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You'll often see a 35-year-old bank manager who is sledging a 15-year-old and you think, 'That's just what you do in grade cricket"

But what about test cricketers that return to Grade cricket for the love of the game?

As wide-eyed juniors, the Grade Cricketer dreamed of playing cricket for Australia one day. That was before entering the dog-eat-dog world of Australian grade cricket, where their hopes and dreams were swiftly extinguished; their cricketing careers subsequently laid to rest.

Whatever reason some things don’t change once you have represented Australia and if you continue to play — you truly loved it for the right reason at the start.

Sledge away kids. The real winner is always and will be cricket.

Dreams can and do come true. Lessons I have learnt is to be always kind. No matter what.

Lessons along the way in detail

1- How you start always matters.
2- Always be prepared.
3- Water puts out fire.
4- Better together.
5- Ball by ball. Only focus on what is in front of you now.
6- The Australian team is a galvanising force
7- Captains are also human
8- Being predictable sometimes works.
9- Approach everyday as if it could be your last.
10- If your dream doesn't scare you it’s not what the higher powers want for you.