Greg Thrift was born and bred in the Hunter Valley of NSW, Singleton in fact.
He has a great passion and love of Cricket and continues to play and contribute in many ways.

I have a basic theory developed from Doug Walters’s book I read years ago. If it looks like it’s got runs on it, don't waste time blocking it, you've done the work, put into practice.

For example one Sunday morning playing John Bull Shield against Upper Hunter my captain Gordon Whatham told me to play myself in and there's a hundred out there today if you want it. The first ball went over long on for six, I didn't get a ton, I got 97

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