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Queensland Cricket
Queensland Cricket
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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The Queensland KFC T20 Max is back for season 2023-24

After last year’s enormous success, the country’s leading premier cricket T20 competition will look to start the season off with a bang and unearth the nation’s next potential superstar.

In a first for the women’s competition, their KFC T20 Max campaign will align with the men’s.

A total of 16 games will be played under lights across two venues and three grounds, thanks to the outstanding National Cricket Campus facilities at Northern Suburbs.

Last year’s campaign saw the unearthing of three future BBL stars in Josh Brown (Norths), Spencer Johnson (Redlands) and Paddy Dooley (Wests).


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Northern Territory Cricket
Northern Territory Cricket
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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Job Opportunity with Northern Territory Cricket - Participation and Growth Lead

Cricket in the Territory is entering its most exciting phase of growth and opportunity in over a decade, and when it comes to junior participation, we are only scratching the surface!

Growth in cricket participants can only be achieved through kids, with over 90% of cricketers starting by the age of 12. Reporting to the Head of Cricket, these 2 newly created Participation and Growth Lead positions will be responsible for developing and delivering programs that significantly increase registered participation in the Territory with a focus on the following key target groups

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Northern Territory Cricket
Northern Territory Cricket
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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NT Cricket are thrilled to announce that a packed 2023 Cricket 365 Program will conclude with the return of the CDU Men’s Top End T20 Series, powered by Dafabet.

Beginning on Sunday 30 July, this year’s series will see 5 teams join the NT Strike and battle it out across 16 action packed T20s and 8 days of cricket at DXC Arena, TIO Stadium and the picturesque Gardens Oval.

Each team will play 5 fixtures during the round robin, getting the opportunity to play each opponent once. The top two teams will then face off in the Final on Sunday 6 August.

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Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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Cricket NSW has named the Country Umpire Representative Panel (CURP) for the approaching 2023-24 country cricket season.

Comprising of nine-members, the CURP consists of both new and returning members, with Dave Cullen (Greater Illawarra) cap number #44, John De Lyall (Western) #53, Jeff Egan (Riverina) #56, Graeme Glazebrook (Western) #43, Brenton Harrison (Riverina) #54, Keiran Knight (Newcastle) #55 and Phil Rainger (Newcastle) #42 retaining their positions on the panel.

Greg Jones (cap no. 39) has earned reappointment onto the CURP, following excellent performances in country cricket programs in recent seasons. Jones, an umpire hailing from the Western zone, regularly oversees first grade fixtures in the Bathurst Orange Inter District Cricket competition.

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Hawkesbury Cricket Club
Hawkesbury Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Hawkesbury’s prolific run scorer to return home for the next 3 season’s as 1st Grade Captain
Hawkesbury Cricket Club is excited to announce the return of Dale McKay for the next 3 seasons and will lead our 1st Grade squad.
Dale is a local junior who played all his grade cricket for the Hawkesbury apart from last season.
Dale will bring back to the club a wealth of knowledge and a skillset that will help our young up and coming players both on and off the field in his dual role as 1st Grade Captain and one of 2 batting coaches at the club for the coming season which will enable Dale to share knowledge throughout the club and not just within his team.
Dale boasts impressive career statistics with the Hawks to date:
Games Played – 298
Leading Run Scorer of All Time for 1st Grade for the Hawks – 7000+ runs
2nd Leading Run Scorer of All Time for all Grades for the Hawks – 9000+ runs
We welcome back Dale to the Hawks, and we all look forward to an exciting season ahead for the Hawks!
#ktfh

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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Vale Betty Davidson

Everyone connected with the Western Suburbs District Cricket Club is saddened by the loss of one our nearest and dearest, Betty Davidson, who passed away peacefully on Saturday 1 July 2023.

The late Alan Davidson AM MBE and Betty were married for seventy years.

Such a formidable combination, with Betty at Alan’s side as they organised functions and Alan conducted his duties as President of Cricket NSW over a period of 33 years.

Prior to that, during Alan’s illustrious cricket career, Betty was the rock their family was built on as Alan toured the world.

Always bright and cheerful, Betty Davidson made an impression on all she met. We’re all better people for knowing her.

She was a good judge of horse flesh, carefully scanning the form and almost inevitably seeing her $1- selections get home each Saturday.

Rest in a well-deserved peace, Betty Davidson.

You will always be in our thoughts and prayers.

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Dennis Hourn
Dennis Hourn
Sydney, Australia
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To me the whole test was pretty disappointing. Started by Australia with a barrage of short, pitched bowling in England's second dig. Then England's 98% of balls pitched in their half of the wicket. What were the umps thinking? Perhaps they weren't.
Starc's catch. Has been out for 150 years. Third umpire I reckon spooked by previous Green and Smith controversies. If Starc had have thrown the ball in the air immediately after catching? Out. End of section.
Bairstow run out. Well, he clearly wasn't attempting a run. Technically out. A variation on a Mankad. Brain fade from Bairstow. But the fact is keepers have been throwing down stumps since day 1. Much to the annoyance of square umpires.
Then the Stokes "I've got the shits" innings. 20/20 comes to test cricket.
But by far the most disappointing was the heckling and abuse by Lord's members of the Australian team in the Long Room. One of the most iconic scenes in world sport is to see players make their way to the dressing room via The Long Room under photographs of the greats being clapped by the members. That may well now be a thing of the past.
This test is going to be remembered for all the wrong reasons.

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Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Stephen O’Keefe has informed the club that he will return to his junior club Hawkesbury for the upcoming 2023/24 season.
The man known as ‘SOK’ has been an extremely valuable member of our club since his arrival in 2009/10. His influence on our senior playing group has been immense, especially over the last few seasons.
He has helped game day warm up of our lower grade teams at Grahams Reserve when injured, contributed to training and coaching, and always been a willing helper.
He will be sorely missed.
However, as a cricket loving club, we applaud the move.
There’s no denying that the Hawks have had their on and off field challenges over the last few years. Their entire playing grounds and facilities being metres under water, not once but twice, was upsetting to see.
Now SOK wants to return to his junior club and help.
While we don’t know all the details, what we can tell you is that SOK has always put himself last. In-fact he has taken no money over the years from us, preferring to give anything on offer to others.
So, we are confident that this move is one of love. In what will probably be his last year of playing some cricket, a local junior done good returns to his roots. There’s nothing but respect there.
Across 88 matches, SOK took 155 wickets for the Waratahs at an average of 17.35. He took a career best of 9/54 against Campbelltown in 2016/17.
He hit 1,332 runs at 28.95 with a top score of 158 in 2009/10. He hit 2 centuries and 6 half centuries.
Best of luck SOK in what will likely be your final year, and we look forward to seeing him at Manly Oval soon.

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Peter Meares
Peter Meares
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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SYDNEY, 1996

“So, it all looks academic now. As long as Winston Olonga stays at the crease, South Africa should cruise home. They only need 45 runs, with 3 wickets in hand, for outright victory over Australia.”

In his Sydney Cricket Ground commentary box at the back of the M.A. Noble Stand, Lucas Fox paused in his description, milking the moment. Voice hushed, almost a whisper, he built the suspense for listeners in two countries. Just turned 30, tall and fair, Lucas looked as young as many of the players. No slouch as a batsman himself, he had sacrificed a budding cricket career for the more secure life of a commentator, and after three years was reaping the benefits. His statistician, Billy Urquhart, was a mine of information, alerting Lucas to significant records, run-rates, bowling figures, archival anecdotes and other minutiae – they were a perfect team.

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Max Bonnell
Max Bonnell
Lawyer
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Cricket is an unpredictable game, especially when you’re a swing bowler

I spent something over twenty years struggling to make the ball curl in the air. It was just about the only thing in cricket I could do. I found out pretty early on that I couldn’t bowl fast enough to bother anyone with pace, but I could learn how to move the ball sideways, so I worked on that. It was work, too – I spent lots endless time in the nets experimenting with different ways to make the ball change direction over 22 yards, so much so that I remember one frustrated batsman in the nets shouting at me, “can’t you bowl just one that just goes straight?”

These experiments never took me much beyond “conventional” swing.

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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
Founder
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Has Bazball spooked the Australians?

Day 5 of the first test of the Ashes series will an exciting challenge for both Australia and England.

The anticipation amongst fans around the world is what test cricket is all about. Who will blink first and who will take a one nil lead in the 5-test series?

Australia needs 174 runs to win with 7 wickets in hand. Warner, Labuschagne and Smith are all back in the shed so the heavy lifting will be on the shoulders of Khawaja, Head and Carey to get Australia home.

Irrespective of the result the most surprising aspect of the test is England have for whatever reason made Australia change the way they play the game, especially with the ball in hand.
The defensive fields and the ease of which the English batters have been able to get off strike is unusual at best. Ashes Test debutant Harry Brooks was again able to play a simple defensive shot to point to get off the mark in the 2nd innings.

After two successful ramps (one six and one four) by Root off Boland early on day 4, Alex Carey came up to the stumps and a fielder was placed on the boundary just behind 2nd slip. With a deep fine leg, deep square leg, short mid-wicket and mid on there was no mid-off.

If a keeper is up to the stumps the expectation would be for the bowler to bowl full and at the stumps. A straight drive for four back down the ground is far easier than a ramp to a yorker at leg stump or a bouncer with two fielders in the deep.

Apart from Roots ramp shots, what is Bazball?

The English batters are playing with freedom and intent. They’re playing attacking cricket, good cricket shots, moving the ball into the gaps and running hard between the wickets. It’s the same as how Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden played and the same way David Warner has played during his career. England’s batters are just doing it as a collective.

With defensive fields set there’s no real need to play Bazball, four singles and a two is still 6 an over.

It seemed odd in the 2nd innings how long it took Australia to bowl a few bouncers. I know the game has changed but if a batter ramped Dennis Lillee or Glenn McGrath, can you imagine where the next 5 balls would be bowled. A deep fine leg and a deep square leg and suddenly, the batter is being asked a question or two.

England are playing cricket with intent; they’ve been proactive and asking questions. Australia can still win the Test. Fascinating cricket, catches win matches.

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Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club
Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club
Brisbane, Australia
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Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club Partnership Proposal for season 2023-24

As a leading Premier Grade Cricket Club in the Queensland Cricket Competition, Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club (WMDCC) provides the best value for money sponsorship in the not for profit space.

With the largest Social Media following in the southern hemisphere, male, female, veteran, senior, junior and multicultural support networks and a corporate presence, WMDCC's Partnership Proposal provides tangible results for it's sponsors.

With a proven record of assisting businesses to grow their digital presence, WMDCC is proud to present Season 2023/24's Partnership Proposal.

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Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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King's Birthday honours list - Cricket NSW volunteers and players

Cricket volunteers and players from across NSW have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to cricket in the 2023 King's Birthday honours list.

Heading the honourees is the Honourable Kevin Patrick Greene, who was awarded the Member (AM) In the General Division.

Other’s afforded awards from NSW include former Test cricketer Miriam Knee, Tamworth’s Terry Psarakis and the Central Coast’s David Smallman who were all awarded the Medal (OAM) In the General Division.

Greene, was honoured for significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales, to local government, and to the community, where he has made an immeasurable contribution to cricket. The current deputy chair of Cricket NSW and life member of St George District Cricket Club is still actively involved in shaping the future of cricket, inspiring people of all ages to play and love the game.

Miriam Knee, 85, from Tennyson, played eight Tests and six ODIs for Australia in the 1960’s and 1970’s before going on to serve cricket in NSW as a selector and coach. She was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2000.

Terry Psarakis received his OAM for service to sport, particularly to cricket, where he has been a stalwart of the South Tamworth Cricket Club for more than four decades, A former player and coach, Psarakis is a life member of the Tamworth District Cricket Association and has been chair of Tamworth Cricket Inc, since 2015. He is known throughout country NSW cricket as a dedicated lifelong servant.

David Smallman, from Wyoming, was acknowledged for service to the community of the Central Coast, and to cricket. A past player and former president of the Central Coast Cricket Association, Smallman has also received a 50 Year Volunteer Certificate from Cricket Australia for his lifetime of commitment and service to the sport.

Cricket NSW CEO, Lee Germon, heralded Greene, Knee, Psarakis and Smallman.

“The contributions of Kevin, Miriam, Terry and David to our great sport of cricket can not be understated,” Germon said.

“All four have, in their own way, inspired countless people to play and love cricket and for that we will be eternally grateful.

“Volunteers are the heartbeat of community sport and in cricket, there are few finer examples that these four devotees.

“On behalf of everyone at Cricket NSW and throughout the state, I congratulate and thank them.”

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Rajesh Kumar
Rajesh Kumar
Founder
Sydney, Australia
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Our NSW Under 12 PSSA girls are the National Champions 🏆. Meaning, we're the number 1 U12 team in Australia.

What a fantastic win we had in the grand finals against South Australia. It was a complete team effort by our girls and all our girls have so much potential to become stars. They in fact played brilliantly all the 40 over games for 6 days with patience, determination and passion.

I think as a Vice-Captain, Kaya has done her job. She is the highest run scorer for NSW in the comp with more than 130% strike rate although she missed out on hitting couple of 50s.

Anyways, I don't know whether these things matter a lot but definitely it's a great birthday present to me.

Go NSW. 👏👏👏

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