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Matador BBQs One Day Cup Winners
We thank Cricket NSW for sharing our vision, to help develop and improve road safety across NSW.
Our partnership with Cricket NSW continues to extend the Plan B drink driving message and engages the community to make positive transport choices to get home safely after a night out.
With the introduction of the Plan B regional Bash, we are now reaching more Cricket fans and delivering the Plan B message in country areas.
Transport for NSW look forward to continuing our strong partnership and wish the team the best of luck for the season ahead.
“Some plan b’s aresmarter than others, don’t drink and drive.”
Supporting the nightwatchmen of NSW
NIGHTWATCHMAN NATHAN LYON
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Contents
2015/16 Cricket NSW Annual Report and Yearbook
Editor: Malcolm Conn Contributor: Simon Anderson Statistics: Adam Morehouse, Dr Colin Clowes, Bob Brenner Consultant: Tom Iceton
Design and Printing: Proactive Graphics
Photography: Getty Images, Delly Carr/Sports Shoot, Steve Christo, Jay McAllister, Simon Anderson, Ian Bird.
Front Cover: NSW won the Matador BBQs One Day Cup, the Blues’ first domestic one day trophy in a decade.
Back Cover: The Sydney Thunder men’s and women’s champions after an historic double victory at the MCG on 24 January, 2016.
2 Members of the Association
3 Staff
4 From the Chairman
6 From the Chief Executive
8 Strategy for NSW/ACT Cricket 2015/16
10 Tributes
11 Retirements
13 The Steve Waugh/Belinda Clark Medal Dinner
14 Australian Representatives – Men’s
16 Australian Representatives – Women’s
17 International Matches Played in NSW
18 NSW Blues Coach’s Report
19 Sheffield Shield
24 Sheffield Shield Statistics
25 NSW First Class Records
31 Matador BBQs One Day Cup
36 NSW One Day Records
39 Lendlease Breakers Coach’s Report
40 Women’s National Cricket League
44 WNCL Season Statistics
45 NSW WNCL Records
47 Sydney Thunder – KFC BBL|05
48 Sydney Sixers – KFC BBL|05
49 Sydney Thunder – Rebel WBBL|01
50 Sydney Sixers – Rebel WBBL|01
51 Sydney Thunder – KFCBBL|05 Finals
53 WBBL|01 Finals
56 Sydney Thunder
58 Sydney Sixers
59 KFCBBL|05 Statistics
60 Rebel WBBL|01 Statistics
61 Toyota Futures League / NSW Second XI
62 U/19 Male National Championships
63 U/18 Female National Championships
64 U/17 Male National Championships
65 U/15 Female National Championships
66 Commonwealth Bank Australian Country Cricket Championships
67 National Indigenous Championships
68 McDonald’s Sydney Premier Grade – Men’s Competition
73 McDonald’s Sydney Premier Grade – Women’s Competition
75 McDonald’s Sydney Shires
77 Cricket Performance
78 Cricket NSW Pathway
79 Coach Education and Development
80 The Basil Sellers Scholarship Program
82 Cricket Operations
84 NSW Districts Cricket Association
85 Sydney Cricket Association
87 Game Development
89 Plan B Regional Bash
90 Commercial Partners
91 Commercial and Events
93 Communications
94 Business Advisory Services
96 NSW Country Cricket Association
101 NSW Schools Cricket Association
103 NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association
106 Association Notes
111 Financials
Lauren Cheatle
Dan Hughes
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Members of the Association
PATRONS Joint Patrons
His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), Governor of New South Wales
Mr AK Davidson AM MBE
The Honourable John Howard OM AC
NSW CRICKET BOARD DIRECTORS (as at June 30)Retire 2016
JA Warn, Hon. KP Greene, IR Hogg, Hon. P Forsythe (Appointed)
Retire 2017
GK Monaghan, MF Rosen, L Gorman (Appointed), JWM Knox (Appointed)
DELEGATESSydney Cricket Association Incorporated
D Bhandari, A Boorer, A Connolly, RF Cook, I Finlay, S Foster, BF Freedman OAM, P Goldsmith, D Graham, The Hon. KF Greene, THJ Iceton OAM, M Langford, G Mail, J Maxwell AM, GK Monaghan, J Penrose, D Thompson, R Timbs, MF Rosen, JA Warn, PJ Wright.
NSW Country Cricket Association Incorporated
TJ Clayton, DC Cox, PG Creighton, IR Hogg, P Marjoribanks, G Kavanagh, RJ Myatt, T Psarakis
NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association Incorporated
Dr DF Dilley (Resigned 16 May 2016), Geoff Garland
NSW Districts Cricket Association Incorporated
JC Evans
NSW Schools Cricket Association Incorporated
GK Kightley
NSW Women’s Cricket Committee
RA Hore
ACT Cricket Association Incorporated
I McNamee
LIFE MEMBERSG Atwell (2003); J Benaud (2004); MJ Bennett (2005); NWL Bergin OAM (1986); MG Bevan (2003); BC Booth MBE (1971); R Brenner (2007); C Brierley OAM (2003); DJ Broad OAM (1992); RF Burgess (1975); BJ Clark AM (2007); FJ Clark OAM (1995); C Clowes (2007); DH Cole (2011); M Cornish OAM (2003); AB Crompton OAM (1983); AK Davidson AM MBE (1963); M Davies (2003); J Dyson (2002); PA Emery (2002); BF Freedman OAM (2000); RA French OAM (1996); BJ Gainsford OAM (2003); LR Gardner OAM (1988); DR Gilbert (2014); JW Gleeson (1979); HJ Griffith (2003); RH Guy (1981); GK Harinath OAM (2010): RN Harvey MBE (1963); BC Hazell OAM (1977); RG Holland (2009); RA Hore (2005); RE Horsell OAM (2002); AJ Hughes OAM (1984); BP Hughes (2015); THJ Iceton OAM (2005); V Jackson (2003); WJ Jocelyn (2003); SM Katich (2015); LM Keightley (2007); NS Laming (1998); L Larsen (2003); GF Lawson OAM (2002); NG Marks (2000); K Marshall (2010): GRJ Matthews (2002); RB McCosker OAM (1990); GD McGrath AM (2008); JT McMahon OAM (2005); P Meyers (2005); A Mitchell OAM (2003); JT O’Dwyer OAM (2006); MB Pawley OAM (2008); PI Philpott OAM (2004); SJ Rixon (1996); MH Rosen (2014); WJ Saunders OAM (1977); BA Sellers AM (2009); C Sheehan (2015); MJ Silver OAM (2009); RB Simpson AO (1970); SB Smith (2010); HB Taber (1979); JMA Tait (1999); MA Taylor AO (2002); G Thomas (2011); RF Tozer (1996); A Turner (1997); KD Walters MBE (1979); ME Waugh AM (2003); SR Waugh AO (2003); W Weir AM (2003); MR Whitney (2002); TH Wholohan OAM (1995); R Wright OAM (2001)
The 2015/16 NSW Cricket Board. Standing (l-r): The Hon. Kevin Greene, Lyall Gorman, Greg Monaghan, Marshall Rosen. Seated (l-r): The Hon Patricia Forsythe, John Warn (Chairman), John Knox, Ian Hogg. David Dilley served part of the year.
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Cricket NSW Staffas at 30 June 2016
Chief Executive Officer Andrew Jones
Business Advisory ServicesChief Financial Officer and Company Secretary Michael Dalton
General Manager, People and Culture Marina Markovic
People and Culture Advisor Bernadette Christie-David
Finance Manager Hari Shan
Payroll Accountant Alister Galletly
Accounts Officer Hamidah Dubey
Facilities & Administration Manager Melissa Scott
Team Assistant Bianca Scobie
Receptionist Louise Barclay
IT Manager Andrew Brown
IT System Support Mladen Bilek
Manager, State Infrastructure and Government Relations Anthony Brooks
Community Facilities & Grants Coordinator Teale Blessington
Cricket PerformanceGeneral Manager David Moore
NSW Blues Head Coach Trent Johnston
Fast Bowling Coach Geoff Lawson
Lendlease Breakers Head Coach Joanne Broadbent
State Strength & Conditioning Coach Paul Chapman
Senior Physiotherapist Danny Redrup
Pathway Physiotherapist Nicola Mepstead
State Talent Manager David Freedman
Player Development Manager Justine Whipper
Senior Manager, Cricket Pathway James Henry
Pathway Manager – Male Gavan Twining
Pathway Manager – Female Leah Poulton
Coach/Pathway Manager – Northern Mark Cameron
Coach/Pathway Manager – Southern Greg McLay
Assistant and Pathway Coach Beau Casson
Executive Officer, State Director of Umpiring Darren Goodger
Umpires Administration Manager Troy Penman
Umpires Administration Officer Nic Bills
Manager, Cricket Operations Kath Koschel
Process and Policy Manager Cricket Operations Amanda Green
Teams Operations Manager Donna Anderson
Teams Operations Coordinator Hayley Blight
Competitions and Operations Officer Clare Crewdson
Cricket Operations Officer Daniel McKenna
Country Programs Manager Bruce Whitehouse
Premier Grade Cricket Manager Roy Formica
Commercial and EventsGeneral Manager Travis Glen
Events Manager Lauren Boyle
Events Manager Taryn Brighten
Events Coordinator Emma MacMillan
Partnerships Manager Gareth McCarthy
Partnerships Coordinator Stephanie Clarke
“What’s Your Plan B?” SCG Indoor Centre Manager Jim Robson
CommunicationsSenior Manager, External Communications Malcolm Conn
Communications Assistant Simon Anderson
Game DevelopmentGeneral Manager Ivan Spyrdz
Development Leader – Sixers Metro Region Rob Drinkwater
Development Leader – Thunder Metro Region Craig McLean
Development Leader – Sixers Regional Region David Szumowski
Manager, Participation Jason Russell-Jones
Manager, Association and Club Development Jason Lawless
Manager, Indoor Cricket Anton Croxford
Community Engagement Manager Julie Stafford
MyCricket Participation Analyst Brett Holliday
Schools Coordinator Nathan Wadds
Development ManagersSydney City/East Luke Miner
Sydney Northern Beaches Nick Govers
Sydney South Gerard Price
Illawarra Paul Brockley
Sydney Central GWS Samantha Devlin
Sydney North West Nicholas Toscan
Sydney South West Herman Lotey
Central Coast Francis Walsh
Hunter Neil McDonald
Northern Inland Kathy Barber
Mid North Coast Martin Garoni
Murrumbidgee Luke Olsen
Murray Robbie Mackinlay
Central West Matthew Tabbernor
Sydney Sixers General Manager Dominic Remond
Marketing & Communications Manager Jodie Hawkins
Membership, Ticketing and Hospitality Manager Michael Visser
Fan Activation & Community Manager Liz McPherson
Sydney ThunderGeneral Manager Nick Cummins
Digital and Social Media Manager Chris Botherway
Membership, Ticketing and Hospitality Manager Daniel Edgtton
Fan and Community Engagement Manager Hans de Koning
Partnerships Manager Vicky Tyas
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From the Chairman
Cricket NSW has much to celebrate on and off the field during a season which could have been even better.
A comprehensive Matador BBQs One Day Cup triumph and the historic Sydney Thunder double of the KFC Big Bash and Rebel Women’s Big Bash League were tinged with frustration. The Blues just missed the Sheffield Shield final and the 10-year golden run of the Lendlease Breakers came to an end.
The continued success of NSW is best summed up by eight of our state players being chosen in the 15-man Test squad named to tour Sri Lanka in August and September, with Steve Smith captain and David Warner his deputy. Two other players, Usman Khawaja and Jackson Bird, are also products of NSW.
Likewise the Southern Stars 14-player squad contains five current and two recent Breakers.
This is complemented by the continued strong growth of grass roots cricket across NSW. Since usurping Victoria in 2014/15 to register the most participants, NSW has gone further ahead with more than 393,000 participating around the state, a lift of 11 percent. Almost a quarter are girls and women.
NSW fans received a rare opportunity to see the full might of the Blues on display during the Matador Cup after Australia’s tour to Bangladesh was cancelled for safety reasons. The star-studded team dominated the competition, which was held entirely in Sydney, as the Blues went on to win their first one-day title in a decade. It is a credit to cricket in this state and the local councils involved that NSW can provide the required venues of such quality.
Successfully organising and running such an event is an enormous logistical exercise. I would like to thank all the Cricket NSW staff involved and the councils of North Sydney, Bankstown, Hurstville, Canada Bay and
Blacktown for their continuing cooperation and support.
Steve Smith led from the front scoring 435 runs at the remarkable average of 145 with two centuries and two half centuries, including an unbeaten 84 in the final against South Australia, guiding the Blues to a nine-wicket victory.
Nic Maddinson showed his growing maturity with 380 runs at 63 including two hundreds and veteran Ed Cowan continued to bloom with 356 runs at 59.
The star performer and clear man of the series was the world class Mitchell Starc, who was unplayable at times with the white ball, claiming a record 26 wickets at an average of just eight.
Congratulations to all the players and coaches involved in that outstanding triumph.
The Matador BBQs One Day Cup success compounds the frustration of missing the Sheffield Shield final by little more than a solitary point. The Blues had the best win-loss ratio of five victories and just one loss but were ultimately foiled by an abandoned match at the SCG. The umpires and match referee ruled the ground was not safe to continue after persistent rain, with NSW 1-88.
This forced the following Sheffield Shield match to be moved to Bankstown, meaning the Blues played their 10 matches at nine different venues, including Lincoln near Christchurch as a warm-up match for the New Zealand Test tour.
In the circumstances it was fitting perhaps that the last match was against Victoria in Alice Springs, where the players tried gallantly but were unable to clinch the last day victory that would have put the Blues in the Shield final.
As part of our ongoing commitment to country cricket, Cricket NSW takes at least one Shield game a season outside of Sydney, with the most recent in Coffs Harbour. The facilities and hospitality were excellent. A special thanks to all the CNSW staff who made this happen and the Coffs Harbour City Council for their generous and wholehearted support.
The Lendlease Breakers fell just short of claiming an 11th successive Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) title but remain one of the most successful domestic sporting teams in Australia. The Breakers have won the title 17 times and made the final every season during the 20-year history of the competition.
It took a run a ball century from South Australia’s England international Sarah Taylor to halt the Breakers’ record run.
Even so it was another impressive season from the Breakers, who blooded a number of young players under the leadership of
Southern Stars vice-captain Alex Blackwell and coach Jo Broadbent.
Undoubtedly the story of the summer for NSW cricket and domestic cricket in Australia was the success of the Sydney Thunder men’s and women’s teams in BBL|05 and WBBL|01
The Thunder men created a Cinderella story by not only making the finals for the first time but claiming the title and the Thunder women finished on top before winning the inaugural WBBL tournament.
The all-Sydney WBBL final between the Thunder and Sixers again highlighted the strength of women’s cricket in NSW.
The instant success of the WBBL has set the benchmark for women’s team sport in Australia, boasting average crowds of 7000 to double headers and peak ratings of more than 400,000 on the Ten Network.
The Sixers and Thunder men’s teams generated a NSW domestic cricket crowd record for the second successive season when 38,456 attended the SCG Sydney Smash, with the Thunder creating another slice of history by beating the Sixers for the first time.
Congratulations to Thunder General Manager Nick Cummins, Sixers General Manager Dom Remond and all their staff for the great work they did ensuring the WBBL was such a success in its debut season. It was fitting their teams played off in the final at the MCG.
Further congratulations to Nick for the great job he has done rebuilding the Thunder into a genuine force and the coaches and players who ensured a double triumph for Cricket NSW.
NSW again performed strongly in Youth cricket this year with the male U/19 NSW Metro and ACT/NSW Country teams finishing first and second in the National Championships while the U/17 NSW Metro and ACT/NSW Country teams finished 2nd and 7th respectively.
The female U/18 NSW Metro and ACT/NSW Country teams were 2nd and 3rd and the female U/15 ACT/NSW Country team broke new ground, with the combined side claiming the title of National Champion in just the second year of the Cricket ACT-Cricket NSW partnership. The female U/15 NSW Metro team finished 4th.
The 2016 National Indigenous Championships saw NSW continue its dominance of the competition, securing both the Male and Female divisions. The NSW men’s team were dominant throughout, remaining undefeated and beating Queensland in the final by 123 runs. Sam Doggett was named player of the championships.
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It was a ninth straight title for the women’s team, who also went through the tournament undefeated. NSW have always been the benchmark for this tournament since becoming the first State to enter a team in the women’s competition back in 2006.
NSW had six players selected in the Female National Indigenous XI which toured India in May 2016.
Congratulations to all the players and coaches involved in these outstanding results.
The growth of grass roots cricket in NSW has been spectacular, with a 70 percent increase over the past five years. Last season it leapt from an unprecedented 354,000 participants in NSW/ACT to more than 393,000. Female engagement continues to grow significantly with 73 new girls’ teams participating in the inaugural Sixers and Thunder Girls Cricket League, supporting girls 11-17yrs of age.
And cricket in country NSW took another great leap forward with the introduction of the Plan B Regional Bash featuring 16 teams from around the state, eight from the Thunder and eight from the Sixers conferences, in a Twenty20 knockout competition. All teams were only two wins away from playing on the SCG, with the top four teams gaining the honour of a finals’ day on the hallowed turf.
The Border Bullets staged a comeback to defeat the Northern Inland Bolters and win the inaugural Plan B Regional Bash title after defeating Orana Outlaws in the Thunder Conference Final. Earlier the Northern Inland Bolters had beaten the Illawarra Flames in the Sixers Conference Final. Congratulations to all the Game Development staff who do such a wonderful job across the state.
A special thank you to our community partners McDonalds, who helped support 35 new cricket facilities across the state worth $17 million.
The McDonald’s Sydney Grade competitions continue to be the foundation of NSW success and I congratulate the respective men’s and women’s Club Champions, Penrith and Universities on their seasons.
Bankstown won the men’s First Grade premiership and the First Grade Limited Overs Cup. The Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup went to Randwick Petersham.
We are pleased that the Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup is providing a clear pathway for Grade players to the KFC T20 Big Bash League. Teams are aligned with either the Sixers or Thunder, with the competition used to select players for the clubs’ Academy squads and BBL supplementary lists.
The Women’s First Grade Limited Overs competition was won by Bankstown Sports by washout after finishing minor premiers and they also claimed the First Grade T20 title.
Financially Cricket NSW is in a healthy position after recording a surplus of $1,790,845 during another strong season from the Cricket NSW Commercial team and BBL clubs.
A strong financial position is vital as we strive to be Australia’s favourite sport and a sport for all Australians. We are very grateful to our sponsors and partners for their continued support and to our Commercial and Events team for their outstanding work during another busy season.
A particular thankyou to former General Manager of Commercial and Events, Brett Richardson, who has left Cricket NSW after 15 years of excellent service.
Successful cricket teams are all about partnerships and our partnership with the NSW Government through Transport NSW is now in its 14th year. We take great pride in helping to deliver the “What’s Your Plan B?” drink driving message to our fans and the wider community.
To complement this partnership, Cricket NSW launched the Parliamentary Friends of Cricket Group with The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian, MP & The Hon. Prudence Goward, MP as patrons of the Women’s Sixers and Thunder teams respectively. We have a strong relationship with the NSW State Government, and as a result a reception was held at Parliament House to celebrate the dual success of the Thunder Men’s and Women’s teams in the Big Bash League.
I would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge and thank the Cricket NSW staff, led by Chief Executive Andrew Jones, for their work during another season of dramatic change.
I would also like to acknowledge the staff members who have left us over the last 12 months, including Hugh Sanders, Kate Costin, Ashley Bryant, James West, Kathryn Carver, Eric Myatt, Christina Voyage, Laura Barker, Cara Pocock, Tom Halliday, Satyen Ashar, Jono Lees, Mark Barreca, Max Bryden, Melissa Quinn, Brett Richardson, Michael Procajlo, Paul Chapman, Sudesh Arudpragasam and Donna Anderson.
Thank you to my fellow NSW Cricket Board Directors for their support and counsel over the last 12 months. They, like many supporters of CNSW are volunteers, and we are indebted to them all for their time, effort, and commitment. I would also like to especially thank Dr David Dilley, who recently retired as a CNSW director.
David was elected as a Board Member for Cricket NSW in September 2009 and was a delegate to the Cricket Australia Board for part of the 2012/13 season, prior to the restructuring of that Board. He has been on the women’s cricket committee since the 2009/10 season.
David is a long-term member of the NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association, umpiring 264 matches, including almost 100 in first grade. He was Chairman of the Association in 2008/09 and 2009/10 and its delegate to Cricket NSW meetings. He has also acted as an Accredited Trainer for courses run throughout the state, and has been Chairman of the Education and Training Committee.
Finally, and most importantly, a big thank you to our Cricket NSW delegate members, the Schools, Zones, Clubs and Associations, plus our huge number of volunteers in the entire cricket community who have helped to make cricket in NSW Australia’s favourite sport.
John WarnChairman – Cricket NSW
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From the Chief Executive
Cricket changed forever during the 2015/16 season and the game is better for it.
While the NSW men won the Matador BBQs One Day Cup, their first domestic one-day trophy in a decade, and missed the Sheffield Shield final by the narrowest of margins, cricket rose to a new level with the launch of the Women’s Big Bash League.
The domination of NSW in Australian cricket was highlighted again with eight NSW players chosen in the 15-man touring squad for Sri Lanka - captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Peter Nevill, Steve O’Keefe and Moises Henriques. They were joined by two other NSW products, Usman Khawaja and Jackson Bird.
It was a similar story with the Southern Stars. Half the squad are current or recent NSW Breakers – Alex Blackwell (vice-captain), Ellyse Perry, Alyssa Healy, Rene Farrell, Lauren Cheatle, Erin Osborne and Sarah Coyte.
The launch of the WBBL created unprecedented interested in female cricket and laid the foundation for our domestic players to become fully professional.
Cricket NSW has been the undisputed leader in the women’s game for decades on and off the field, playing in all 20 Women’s National Cricket League finals and winning an imposing 17.
It was fitting and unsurprising then that the two teams which played off for the inaugural WBBL title were the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder.
The Thunder won a tense game, followed by the Thunder men claiming their first Big Bash League title to complete an historic night at the MCG.
The transformation of the Thunder under General Manager Nick Cummins and his off-field team was as impressive as the
performance of the Thunder men’s and women’s teams to achieve this remarkable double.
Congratulations also to Thunder men’s captain Mike Hussey and coach Paddy Upton and women’s captain Alex Blackwell and coach Jo Broadbent for leading their teams to success in drama-packed finals.
For the third time in two years BBL matches broke the record for the biggest domestic cricket crowd in NSW. While the Sixers were cruelled by injury and had a modest season on the field, they continued to expand off it. This culminated in a crowd of 38,456 at the SCG, which saw the Thunder beat their cross town rivals again.
The strength of cricket in NSW was again highlighted when Australia’s tour to Bangladesh was cancelled for safety reasons, allowing the Blues a rare opportunity to field a full strength team in the Matador BBQs One Day Cup.
NSW dominated the competition from the outset, with captain Steve Smith and fast bowler Mitchell Starc standouts.
Congratulations to Steve, coach Trent Johnston in his first season, and all the players and support staff who contributed to the team’s campaign.
The success of the Matador BBQ’s One Day Cup campaign highlighted the frustration of missing the Sheffield Shield final by little more than a solitary point. An abandoned match at the SCG because of safety concerns regarding the outfield handed eventual Sheffield Shield winners Victoria a valuable six points.
The next match was moved to Bankstown because of concerns the SCG playing surface would not recover in time. Later in the season NSW experienced another first when a home match against Western Australia was moved to Lincoln near Christchurch in New Zealand as part of a warm-up for the players competing in the Test series over there.
This meant NSW players had the unprecedented experience of playing their nine completed matches at nine different venues. I commend the players and coaching staff for their positive attitude in the circumstances, which allowed the Blues to achieve the best win-loss ratio in the competition, 5-1.
Cricket NSW will work closely with the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust to ensure the playing surface is in first class condition next season.
Success was once again spread across the Cricket NSW State teams into the underage pathway system, with NSW winning eight of the 13 Cricket Australia National Championships on offer.
Highlights included:
• First National Championship for ACT/NSW Country taking out the under 15 Female National Championships. NSW Metropolitan was fourth.
• Under 19 Male – NSW Metropolitan first, ACT/NSW Country second.
• Under 17 Male – NSW Metropolitan second, ACT/NSW Country seventh.
• Under 18 Female – NSW Metropolitan second, ACT/NSW Country third.
• Partnership with NSW School Sport to support two under 15 sides competing at the School Sport Australia (SSA) Championships.
• Under 15 SSA Championships Male – NSW Green 1st at SSA Championships, NSW Magenta 4th at SSA Championships.
Thanks to all the coaches and support staff who helped develop and prepare our next group of potential champions.
The 2016 National Indigenous Championships saw NSW continue its dominance of the competition, securing both the Male and Female divisions as they went through the tournament undefeated. It was a ninth straight title for the women’s team, with six NSW players selected in the Female National Indigenous XI which toured India in May 2016.
Congratulations to all the coaches and support staff that made these impressive results possible.
NSW is not only strongly represented by players but also umpires from the international level down. Rod Tucker is on the ICC Elite Umpire Panel while Paul Wilson is a member of the ICC International Umpire Panel.
Paul Wilson is also on the Cricket Australia National Umpire Panel with Gerard Abood and Greg Davidson while Simon Lightbody, Claire Polosak and Anthony Wilds are members of the Cricket Australia Emerging Umpire Panel.
The Cricket NSW State Umpire Panel consists of Anthony Hobson, Keiran Knight, David Taylor and Ben Treloar.
A special mention to Claire Polosak who made history as one of just two women and the first Australian woman to umpire in a major ICC tournament when she stood in the women’s World Twenty20 during March.
Congratulations to the umpiring department, led by Darren Goodger, who achieved 100 percent coverage of Grade matches last season and very close to 100 percent for Shires - an outstanding achievement!
The Steve Waugh & Belinda Clark Medal Dinner was again a great success, and a fabulous evening for the players, sponsors and staff at the Hilton Sydney.
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Particular congratulations to Steve Waugh Medallist Nic Maddinson and Belinda Clark Medallist Ellyse Perry, who also won the WNCL player of the year. Congratulations also to Sheffield Shield Player of the Year Trent Copeland, Matador BBQs One Day Cup Player of the Year Mitchell Starc, Sydney Sixers BBL Player of the Tournament Michael Lumb, Sydney Sixers WBBL Player of the Tournament Marizanne Kapp, Sydney Thunder BBL Players of the Tournament Usman Khawaja & Shane Watson and Sydney Thunder WBBL Player of the Tournament Stafanie Taylor.
One of the highlights of the evening was the induction into the Cricket NSW Hall of Fame of Michael Bevan, Belinda Haggett and the late Alan Kippax.
Michael Bevan made his First Class debut for NSW during the 1990/91 season. He went on to become NSW’s leading batsman in this format with 9,309 runs from 105 matches.
Bevan averaged 63.32 in the Baggy Blue cap, with his 37 centuries the most ever for NSW in First Class cricket.
In 10 years representing Australia, Bevan played 18 Tests for 785 runs with a top score of 91, and 232 One Day Internationals for 6,912 runs with six centuries and 45 half-centuries.
Belinda Haggett scored 1,439 runs in 59 matches for NSW after making her debut as a 19-year-old in 1981/82.
At Test level she scored 762 runs in 10 appearances at the exceptional average of 58.61 with a top score of 144.
She also played 37 One Day Internationals, scoring 913 runs at 30.43 with six half-centuries and a top score of 80.
In a First Class career for NSW that lasted 87 matches from 1918/19 through to 1935/36, Alan Kippax scored 8,005 runs. At the time this was the most ever made by a NSW batsman with the mark only surpassed in 2002/03 – by Michael Bevan.
Kippax captained NSW in 43 matches. He also played 22 Tests for Australia, scoring 1,192 runs with two centuries and eight half-centuries. This included tours of England in 1930 and 1934.
The 2015/16 Community and Grade Club Program saw Cricket NSW commit $450,000 towards $4.5m of facility developments across NSW.
Cricket NSW has invested $400,000 in partnership with Cricket Australia, to support the $11m Penshurst Park Sporting Hub Project through the 2015/16 Cricket & Community Centre Program.
This brought total community project investment to $17million.
Pleasingly participation rose 10.94% in the 2015/16 season to 393,082 across NSW and the ACT, widening the gap with the other states.
This follows 12.5% last season, passing Victoria to become the highest of any region.
Congratulations to Ivan Spyrdz and his highly committed Game Development staff for continuing to achieve these impressive results.
There was a focus on the implementation and inclusion of Entry Level Programs, namely MILO T20Blast, through competition structures. This was to capitalise on the growth of participation within the school sector, and transition of these participants, both boys and girls, into club cricket.
The McDonald’s Sydney Grade competitions continue to be a vital part of the Cricket NSW pathway which helps generates such sustained success for NSW.
Congratulations to Penrith, who won the Club Championship for the third time overall, and for the first time since 2008/09.
Congratulations also to Bankstown, who won the Belvidere Cup for the first time since 2006/07 and also the First Grade Limited-Overs Cup for the second consecutive season.
Thank you to Kingsgrove Sports for again sponsoring the Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup, won by Randwick Petersham. The tournament has rapidly become a crucial part of the Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers pathway.
Universities won the Women’s Club Championship for the second year in a row while Bankstown Sports defended its First Grade Limited Overs title, part of an impressive double with the men’s team.
The sound standing of NSW and its Big Bash teams on the field is matched by Cricket NSW off it, with a $1,790,845 surplus this year.
Once again there were strong contributions from the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder Big Bash clubs and the Cricket NSW commercial team.
This money is reinvested at all levels of cricket across NSW with a significant proportion going to grass roots.
I would particularly like to thank General Manager Commercial and Events Brett Richardson, who left Cricket NSW after 15 years. Brett’s great energy and enthusiasm served Cricket NSW well across a variety of roles, ultimately culminating in his promotion to General Manager. We wish Brett well in the future.
A very special thank you to Donna Anderson, who leaves Cricket NSW after 40 years of remarkable service.
Donna started as a temp in 1975, when Alan Barnes juggled twin roles as Secretary of the NSW Cricket Association and Secretary of the Australian Cricket Board, then based in Sydney. Donna’s original engagement was for two weeks.
Donna was right in the middle of the Australian Cricket Board’s, and NSW Cricket Association’s, stoush with Kerry Packer over World Series Cricket.
In her time here, CNSW has gone from one semi-professional team, the Blues, to six professional teams in the Blues, Breakers, Sixers and Thunder men’s and women’s, plus Futures League, pathway and other development squads. Donna has helped just about every player in those teams.
Her phenomenal innings at CNSW has come to a close and we wish her well in the future.
It is with gratitude we acknowledge the continuing support of our major partner Transport for NSW who continue to spread their Plan B message through the Blues. Our association is now in its 14th year, one of the longest partnerships in Australian sport.
Lendlease continues to be a great supporter of the highly successful Breakers while McDonald’s has again made a strong contribution to Grade and community cricket. Mazda has also continued its blossoming relationship with the Sydney Thunder as Principal Sponsor and iiNet with the Sydney Sixers.
A big thank you to all our supporters and partners who make such an enormous contribution to cricket in NSW.
Thank you also to the NSW Cricket Board, management and staff of Cricket NSW for all your support during another demanding season of change and innovation.
And I would particularly like to acknowledge the thousands of community volunteers who drive the game with their passion. You are the lifeblood of cricket in NSW and Cricket NSW is indebted to your commitment.
Andrew JonesChief Executive Officer – Cricket NSW
8
Cric
ket N
SW A
nnua
l Rep
ort a
nd Y
earb
ook
2015
/16
STR
ATE
GY
FO
R N
SW
/AC
T C
RIC
KET
201
5/16
Aus
tral
ian
Cric
ket’s
Vis
ion:
to b
e A
ustr
alia
’s Fa
vour
ite S
port
& A
Spo
rt fo
r All
Aus
tral
ians
.
Cric
ket N
SW’s
Role
: To
lead
Aus
tral
ia’s
Favo
urite
Spo
rt in
Aus
tral
ia’s
Big
gest
Sta
te.
Asp
irat
ion:
To
be N
o.1
in e
very
thin
g w
e do
: atte
ndan
ce, r
atin
gs, f
an p
assi
on, p
rodu
ctio
n of
Aus
tral
ian
play
ers,
team
suc
cess
, par
ticip
atio
n, p
eopl
e &
lead
ersh
ip, a
nd in
vest
men
t in
the
gam
e.
Valu
es: T
he 5
Es –
Exc
elle
nce,
Eth
ics,
Ene
rgy,
Enga
gem
ent,
Enjo
ymen
t
CA S
trat
egic
Pi
llars
1 P
ut fa
ns fi
rst
2 P
rodu
ce th
e be
st te
ams,
pl
ayer
s an
d of
ficia
ls in
the
wor
ld
3 In
crea
se p
artic
ipat
ion
subs
tant
ially
and
insp
ire
the
next
ge
nera
tions
of p
laye
rs a
nd fa
ns
4 P
rovi
de w
orld
-cla
ss le
ader
ship
an
d m
anag
emen
t and
uni
fy
Aus
tral
ian
Cric
ket
5 G
row
inve
stm
ent i
n th
e ga
me
CNSW
St
rate
gic
Goa
l In
terp
reta
tion
Gro
w S
ixer
s an
d Th
unde
r
Gro
w S
hare
of V
oice
Mai
ntai
n th
e pr
estig
e of
the
Blu
es, B
reak
ers
and
Cric
ket
NSW
Be
the
No.
1 pr
oduc
er o
f tal
ent i
n A
ustr
alia
n Cr
icke
t –
play
ers,
um
pire
s an
d co
ache
s
Win
eve
ryth
ing
we
can
Incr
ease
par
ticip
atio
n su
bsta
ntia
lly
acro
ss a
ll re
gion
s an
d de
mog
raph
ics,
es
peci
ally
gir
ls
Use
par
ticip
atio
n pr
ogra
ms
to p
rom
ote
Sixe
rs a
nd T
hund
er a
nd u
se S
ixer
s an
d Th
unde
r to
prom
ote
part
icip
atio
n
Ensu
re w
e ha
ve th
e be
st le
ader
s an
d st
aff i
n A
ustr
alia
n Cr
icke
t
Ingr
ain
a ‘5
Es’ c
ultu
re -
trea
t sta
ff w
ell a
nd e
xpec
t top
per
form
ance
Gro
w B
BL
and
com
mer
cial
re
venu
e
Part
ner w
ith lo
cal a
nd S
tate
go
vern
men
t to
inve
st in
key
fa
cilit
ies
and
othe
r ini
tiativ
es
Inve
st in
gro
wth
sus
tain
ably
Perf
orm
ance
ta
rget
s to
20 1
7I.
Sixe
rs a
nd T
hund
er th
e N
o 1
club
s in
N
SW a
cros
s al
l spo
rts fo
r ave
rage
ra
tings
and
atte
ndan
ce, a
nd s
tarti
ng to
be
glo
bal b
rand
s
i. 1m
+ ra
tings
per
team
per
gam
e
ii.
Sixe
rs a
ttend
ance
ave
rage
30k
+
iii.
Thun
der a
ttend
ance
ave
rage
20k
+
iv.
Mem
bers
hip
5000
+ pe
r clu
b
v. Di
gita
l mea
sure
s To
p 4
in B
BL a
nd
com
forta
bly
ahea
d of
foot
ball
code
s
vi.
Thun
der N
o 1
team
in W
este
rn
Sydn
ey
II.
Cric
ket 3
0%+
shar
e of
spo
rts m
edia
voi
ce
in N
SW O
ctob
er-M
arch
III.
NSW
30%
+ of
cric
ket c
over
age
in
Aust
ralia
Oct
ober
-Mar
ch
IV.
All V
enue
Agr
eem
ent S
LAs
deliv
ered
to
top
stan
dard
V.
Mat
eria
lly p
rogr
ess
oval
sta
dia
stra
tegy
VI.
SCG,
Spo
tless
and
Man
uka
esta
blis
hed
as h
ubs
for t
he 2
020
Wor
ld T
20s
(men
’s an
d w
omen
’s)
I. N
SW a
nd N
SW-d
evel
oped
pla
yers
:
i. 30
-40%
+ of
Aus
tralia
n ca
ps, m
ale
& fe
mal
e
ii.
30-4
0%+
of n
atio
nal u
nder
age
squa
ds
II.
NSW
Blu
es, B
reak
ers,
Six
ers
and
Thun
der i
n To
p 2
each
yea
r for
Shi
eld,
Mat
ador
Cup
, WN
CL, B
BL
and
WBB
L
III.
NSW
, NSW
Met
ro a
nd/o
r ACT
/NSW
Cou
ntry
Top
2 in
all
path
way
pro
gram
s
IV.
NSW
um
pire
s 25
-33%
+ of
all
elite
and
em
ergi
ng
elite
pan
els
(IUP,
NUP
, EUP
) inc
ludi
ng 1
+ fe
mal
e um
pire
s
V.
100%
um
pire
cov
erag
e of
SCA
mat
ches
and
10
00+
activ
e um
pire
s in
NSW
com
petit
ions
in
clud
ing
addi
tiona
l 10+
fem
ales
per
yea
r
VI.
Clea
r NSW
coa
chin
g pa
thw
ay e
stab
lishe
d an
d ta
lent
pip
elin
e ac
tivel
y m
anag
ed
VII.
All r
equi
red
NSW
and
Aus
tralia
n m
atch
and
tra
inin
g co
nten
t del
iver
ed to
bes
t-in-
clas
s st
anda
rd (b
ench
mar
ked
vs. o
ther
Sta
tes)
VIII.
Del
iver
firs
t cla
ss tr
aini
ng fa
cilit
ies
all y
ear
I. N
SW th
e N
o. 1
Par
ticip
atio
n St
ate
in a
ll ca
tego
ries
II.
Form
al p
artic
ipan
ts e
xcee
d 42
2k b
y 20
17, i
ncl.:
i. 20
0k C
lub
parti
cipa
nts
(in2C
RICK
ET, T
20Bl
ast,
club
, 36k
indo
or)
ii.
222k
sch
ool
iii.
27%
+ pa
rtici
pant
s fe
mal
e (1
13k+
)
III.
Long
-term
: NSW
/ACT
to h
ave
shar
e of
nat
iona
l pa
rtici
patio
n in
line
with
its
shar
e of
pop
ulat
ion
(33%
)
IV.
Tota
l coa
ch n
umbe
rs m
aint
aine
d (5
000+
Lev
el 0
, 55
00+
Leve
l 1),
with
75%
acc
redi
ted
V.
All c
oach
es w
ithin
juni
or D
CA a
nd s
choo
ls p
rogr
am
accr
edite
d
VI.
90%
of t
radi
tiona
l ass
ocia
tions
act
ive
on M
yCric
ket
with
com
plet
e in
form
atio
n
VII.
2000
+ Sc
hool
Am
bass
ador
s
VIII.
$50
0k+
inve
sted
in fa
cilit
ies
per y
ear a
t 12:
1 ra
tio o
r bet
ter,
and
in li
ne w
ith th
e N
SW fa
cilit
ies
stra
tegy
IX.
Deliv
er 1
-2 C
ricke
t & C
omm
unity
Cen
tres
per y
ear
I. Em
ploy
ee e
ngag
emen
t the
hig
hest
in A
C co
nsis
tent
ly e
xcee
ding
sco
re o
f 75
II.
Empl
oyee
per
form
ance
exc
elle
nt m
easu
red
by
succ
ess
vs. s
trate
gy a
nd S
ucce
ssFa
ctor
s ra
tings
≥3
.0 fo
r 90%
+ st
aff
III.
Targ
et 4
0%+
fem
ales
in m
anag
emen
t and
tota
l or
gani
satio
n as
soo
n as
pra
ctic
able
IV.
Aspi
re to
33%
+ fe
mal
es o
n Bo
ard
as s
oon
as p
ract
icab
le (i
e on
retir
emen
t of i
ncum
bent
Di
rect
ors)
V.
Deve
lopm
ent o
f ‘4
hubs
’ mod
el –
SCG
, W S
ydne
y, N
ewca
stle
, ACT
VI.
Succ
essf
ul im
plem
enta
tion
of a
ll el
emen
ts o
f the
CA
/ CN
SW /
CACT
MOU
VII.
Stan
dard
ised
bes
t pra
ctic
e te
chno
logy
pla
tform
sh
ared
with
AC
VIII.
One
Team
pro
ject
reco
mm
enda
tions
impl
emen
ted
whe
re a
gree
d an
d ap
prop
riate
I. Gr
ow S
ixer
s an
d Th
unde
r net
reve
nue
by
10-2
0%+
pa (b
efor
e re
inve
stm
ent).
II.
Mai
ntai
n th
e hi
ghes
t non
-BBL
spo
nsor
ship
po
rtfol
io in
sta
te c
ricke
t
III.
Grow
the
real
val
ue o
f CN
SW’s
othe
r co
mm
erci
al a
ctiv
ities
and
exp
lore
new
re
venu
e op
portu
nitie
s
IV.
Rene
w F
undi
ng A
gree
men
t with
CA
beyo
nd
2017
and
sec
ure
core
and
stra
tegi
c fu
ndin
g co
mm
ensu
rate
with
NSW
/ACT
’s po
pula
tion
and
perfo
rman
ce
V.
Deliv
er ta
rget
ope
ratin
g su
rplu
ses
each
ye
ar o
f the
long
rang
e pl
an (c
urre
nt ta
rget
=
brea
keve
n be
fore
inve
stm
ent r
etur
ns)
VI.
Mai
ntai
n re
serv
es a
t app
ropr
iate
targ
et le
vel
set b
y CN
SW A
udit
& R
isk
Com
mitt
ee a
nd
achi
eve
net i
nves
tmen
t ret
urn
of 5
%+
p.a.
VII.
Mat
eria
lly p
rogr
ess
Proj
ect C
astle
Mai
n su
ppor
ting
stra
tegi
es
A.
Build
two
stro
ng B
BL/W
BBL
club
s w
ith
good
cul
ture
s, g
ood
play
ers
and
good
pe
ople
B.
Deve
lop
BBL
hom
e ga
mes
as
mus
t-atte
nd
ente
rtain
men
t eve
nts
C.
Deliv
er s
trong
com
mun
ity e
ngag
emen
t pr
ogra
ms
to li
nk T
hund
er a
nd S
ixer
s w
ith
resp
ectiv
e re
gion
s es
p. W
Syd
ney
D.
Alig
n al
l (ot
her)
elem
ents
of G
ame
Deve
lopm
ent w
ith S
ixer
s an
d Th
unde
r
E.
Enha
nce
med
ia c
over
age
acro
ss
Blue
s, B
reak
ers,
Six
ers
and
Thun
der
by c
ontin
uing
to b
uild
key
med
ia
rela
tions
hips
, driv
ing
our o
wn
digi
tal
and
PR c
onte
nt, a
nd in
vest
ing
dire
ctly
in
onlin
e an
d ot
her c
over
age
F. Sp
ecifi
cally
em
phas
ise
that
cric
ket i
s a
spor
t equ
ally
for m
en &
wom
en, b
oys
and
girls
and
pos
ition
CN
SW a
s le
ader
s in
this
are
a
G.
Prog
ress
cam
paig
ns to
upg
rade
SCG
and
Sp
otle
ss
H.
Posi
tion
NSW
/ACT
as
the
prim
e lo
catio
n fo
r pre
miu
m 2
020
Wor
ld T
20 m
atch
es
acro
ss S
CG, S
potle
ss a
nd M
anuk
a.
A.
Deliv
er A
ustra
lia’s
best
Hig
h Pe
rform
ance
cric
ket
prog
ram
s in
met
ro &
regi
onal
NSW
:
i. Ta
lent
iden
tific
atio
n an
d se
lect
ion
ii.
Coac
hing
iii.
Cond
ition
ing
(phy
sica
l and
men
tal)
iv.
Com
petit
ions
v. Pe
rson
al d
evel
opm
ent a
nd w
elfa
re
B.
Do s
o by
em
ploy
ing
the
best
coa
ches
and
sta
ff av
aila
ble
acro
ss a
ll N
SW re
gion
s, w
ith h
ubs
at
SCG,
BIS
P, N
ewca
stle
and
Can
berra
C.
Also
acc
eler
ate
inve
stm
ent i
n fe
mal
e pa
thw
ay
D.
Mai
ntai
n an
d en
hanc
e N
SW P
rem
ier G
rade
Cr
icke
t fac
ilitie
s, fo
rmat
s an
d in
vest
men
t to
supp
ort t
he B
lues
, Bre
aker
s, S
ixer
s &
Thu
nder
(B
BL &
WBB
L), a
nd p
rovi
de e
xcel
lent
cric
ket t
o Pr
emie
r pla
yers
.
E.
Inve
st in
um
pire
edu
catio
n, d
evel
opm
ent a
nd
com
mun
ity in
NSW
and
pus
h CA
to im
prov
e na
tiona
l sta
ndar
ds a
nd p
roce
sses
F. Re
sour
ce M
atch
Ope
ratio
ns a
ppro
pria
tely
and
st
anda
rdis
e al
l key
pro
cess
es
G.
Enha
nce
qual
ity o
f & a
cces
s to
SCG
, Spo
tless
, BI
SP p
ract
ice
& p
layi
ng fa
cilit
ies
& o
ur n
etw
ork
of
met
ro &
regi
onal
gro
unds
H.
Prio
ritis
e de
velo
pmen
t of a
yea
r-rou
nd fi
rst-c
lass
tra
inin
g ve
nue
in S
ydne
y (s
hort-
term
+ P
roje
ct
Cast
le)
A.
Wor
k w
ith c
lubs
& a
ssoc
iatio
ns, s
choo
ls &
ed
ucat
iona
l aut
horit
ies,
and
priv
ate
prov
ider
s to
de
liver
the
Aust
ralia
n Cr
icke
t Pat
hway
for g
irls
and
boys
, inc
ludi
ng th
e ne
w ju
nior
form
ats:
i. in
2CRI
CKET
ii.
T20B
last
iii.
Juni
or p
artic
ipat
ion
cric
ket
iv.
Juni
or c
ompe
titiv
e cr
icke
t
v. Se
nior
cric
ket o
f all
stan
dard
s
vi.
Indo
or c
ricke
t
B.
Do s
o us
ing
a St
atew
ide,
regi
on-b
ased
mod
el to
dr
ive
grow
th, s
uppo
rted
by a
ppro
pria
te s
peci
alis
t ro
les
i. De
velo
p an
d im
plem
ent s
peci
fic s
trate
gies
for
each
key
gro
wth
are
a e.
g. W
Syd
ney
ii.
Activ
ely
enga
ge a
nd s
uppo
rt vo
lunt
eers
and
ot
her c
ricke
t-frie
ndly
peo
ple
to d
rive
grow
th
iii.
Ensu
re fu
ndin
g m
odel
s fo
r pro
gram
s ar
e su
stai
nabl
e
C.
Attra
ct a
nd re
tain
hig
h qu
ality
coa
ches
, um
pire
s,
adm
inis
trato
rs a
nd p
aren
ts v
ia a
ppro
pria
te
prom
otio
n, tr
aini
ng, r
ecog
nitio
n &
IT s
uppo
rt
D.
Prot
ect &
impr
ove
cric
ket’s
faci
litie
s by
incr
easi
ng
utili
satio
n &
wor
king
with
clu
bs, a
ssoc
iatio
ns,
scho
ols,
gov
ernm
ent &
oth
er s
ports
E.
Activ
ely
alig
n th
e pa
rtici
patio
n pa
thw
ay w
ith
Thun
der a
nd S
ixer
s, in
clud
ing
all c
lubs
& le
ague
s
A.
Attra
ct a
nd re
tain
top
clas
s pe
ople
to th
e Bo
ard,
st
aff a
nd a
ffilia
te b
odie
s vi
a:
i. An
attr
activ
e Em
ploy
ee V
alue
Pro
posi
tion
ii.
Robu
st re
crui
tmen
t, re
view
and
dev
elop
men
t pr
oces
ses
iii.
Appr
opria
te s
ucce
ssio
n pl
ans
for k
ey
empl
oyee
s an
d Di
rect
ors
B.
Dem
onst
rate
, and
man
age
to, t
he 5
Es –
Ex
celle
nce,
Eth
ics,
Ene
rgy,
Enga
gem
ent a
nd
Enjo
ymen
t
C.
Com
mun
icat
e pr
oact
ivel
y w
ith C
NSW
st
akeh
olde
rs -
incl
udin
g de
lega
tes,
affi
liate
s,
volu
ntee
rs, p
laye
rs, p
ast p
laye
rs, g
over
nmen
t, m
edia
, com
mer
cial
par
tner
s an
d CA
– a
bout
our
st
rate
gy a
nd p
erfo
rman
ce
D.
Adop
t nat
iona
l sys
tem
s, p
olic
ies
and
proc
esse
s w
here
they
will
max
imize
effi
cien
cy a
nd e
nhan
ce
qual
ity
E.
Wor
k as
One
Team
acr
oss
CNSW
, CA
and
the
rest
of
Aus
tralia
n Cr
icke
t – c
olla
bora
te a
ctiv
ely
and
alw
ays
do w
hat i
s be
st fo
r cric
ket
A.
Max
imis
e ne
t ret
urn
from
BBL
sub
ject
to
mai
ntai
ning
mat
ches
as
affo
rdab
le fa
mily
en
terta
inm
ent
B.
Max
imis
e ne
t ret
urns
from
CN
SW’s
othe
r re
venu
e so
urce
s, e
spec
ially
spo
nsor
ship
C.
Deliv
er p
rem
ium
hos
pita
lity
and
even
ts to
po
sitio
n Cr
icke
t NSW
as
a le
adin
g sp
ortin
g or
gani
satio
n to
Gov
ernm
ent,
our s
pons
ors,
m
edia
par
tner
s, p
ast p
laye
rs a
nd o
ther
st
akeh
olde
rs
D.
Secu
re g
over
nmen
t sup
port
(Fed
eral
, Sta
te
and
loca
l) fo
r rel
evan
t inf
rast
ruct
ure
and
com
mun
ity in
itiat
ives
E.
Mai
ntai
n pr
oduc
tive
venu
e ar
rang
emen
ts a
nd
rela
tions
hips
esp
. with
SCG
and
Spo
tless
F. Bu
ild a
nd p
rese
nt c
ompe
lling
bus
ines
s ca
se
to C
A fo
r sig
nific
ant i
ncre
ase
in in
vest
men
t in
NSW
/ACT
pos
t-201
7
G.
Man
age
cost
s an
d ris
ks re
spon
sibl
y
H.
Pres
erve
and
gro
w th
e re
al v
alue
of o
ur
Inve
stm
ent P
ortfo
lio
I. W
ork
with
NSW
Gov
ernm
ent a
nd th
e SC
G an
d Ce
nten
nial
Par
k &
Moo
re P
ark
Trus
t to
deliv
er
Proj
ect C
astle
9
Cric
ket N
SW A
nnua
l Rep
ort a
nd Y
earb
ook
2015
/16
STR
ATE
GY
FO
R N
SW
/AC
T C
RIC
KET
201
5/16
Aus
tral
ian
Cric
ket’s
Vis
ion:
to b
e A
ustr
alia
’s Fa
vour
ite S
port
& A
Spo
rt fo
r All
Aus
tral
ians
.
Cric
ket N
SW’s
Role
: To
lead
Aus
tral
ia’s
Favo
urite
Spo
rt in
Aus
tral
ia’s
Big
gest
Sta
te.
Asp
irat
ion:
To
be N
o.1
in e
very
thin
g w
e do
: atte
ndan
ce, r
atin
gs, f
an p
assi
on, p
rodu
ctio
n of
Aus
tral
ian
play
ers,
team
suc
cess
, par
ticip
atio
n, p
eopl
e &
lead
ersh
ip, a
nd in
vest
men
t in
the
gam
e.
Valu
es: T
he 5
Es –
Exc
elle
nce,
Eth
ics,
Ene
rgy,
Enga
gem
ent,
Enjo
ymen
t
CA S
trat
egic
Pi
llars
1 P
ut fa
ns fi
rst
2 P
rodu
ce th
e be
st te
ams,
pl
ayer
s an
d of
ficia
ls in
the
wor
ld
3 In
crea
se p
artic
ipat
ion
subs
tant
ially
and
insp
ire
the
next
ge
nera
tions
of p
laye
rs a
nd fa
ns
4 P
rovi
de w
orld
-cla
ss le
ader
ship
an
d m
anag
emen
t and
uni
fy
Aus
tral
ian
Cric
ket
5 G
row
inve
stm
ent i
n th
e ga
me
CNSW
St
rate
gic
Goa
l In
terp
reta
tion
Gro
w S
ixer
s an
d Th
unde
r
Gro
w S
hare
of V
oice
Mai
ntai
n th
e pr
estig
e of
the
Blu
es, B
reak
ers
and
Cric
ket
NSW
Be
the
No.
1 pr
oduc
er o
f tal
ent i
n A
ustr
alia
n Cr
icke
t –
play
ers,
um
pire
s an
d co
ache
s
Win
eve
ryth
ing
we
can
Incr
ease
par
ticip
atio
n su
bsta
ntia
lly
acro
ss a
ll re
gion
s an
d de
mog
raph
ics,
es
peci
ally
gir
ls
Use
par
ticip
atio
n pr
ogra
ms
to p
rom
ote
Sixe
rs a
nd T
hund
er a
nd u
se S
ixer
s an
d Th
unde
r to
prom
ote
part
icip
atio
n
Ensu
re w
e ha
ve th
e be
st le
ader
s an
d st
aff i
n A
ustr
alia
n Cr
icke
t
Ingr
ain
a ‘5
Es’ c
ultu
re -
trea
t sta
ff w
ell a
nd e
xpec
t top
per
form
ance
Gro
w B
BL
and
com
mer
cial
re
venu
e
Part
ner w
ith lo
cal a
nd S
tate
go
vern
men
t to
inve
st in
key
fa
cilit
ies
and
othe
r ini
tiativ
es
Inve
st in
gro
wth
sus
tain
ably
Perf
orm
ance
ta
rget
s to
201
7I.
Sixe
rs a
nd T
hund
er th
e N
o 1
club
s in
N
SW a
cros
s al
l spo
rts fo
r ave
rage
ra
tings
and
atte
ndan
ce, a
nd s
tarti
ng to
be
glo
bal b
rand
s
i. 1m
+ ra
tings
per
team
per
gam
e
ii.
Sixe
rs a
ttend
ance
ave
rage
30k
+
iii.
Thun
der a
ttend
ance
ave
rage
20k
+
iv.
Mem
bers
hip
5000
+ pe
r clu
b
v. Di
gita
l mea
sure
s To
p 4
in B
BL a
nd
com
forta
bly
ahea
d of
foot
ball
code
s
vi.
Thun
der N
o 1
team
in W
este
rn
Sydn
ey
II.
Cric
ket 3
0%+
shar
e of
spo
rts m
edia
voi
ce
in N
SW O
ctob
er-M
arch
III.
NSW
30%
+ of
cric
ket c
over
age
in
Aust
ralia
Oct
ober
-Mar
ch
IV.
All V
enue
Agr
eem
ent S
LAs
deliv
ered
to
top
stan
dard
V.
Mat
eria
lly p
rogr
ess
oval
sta
dia
stra
tegy
VI.
SCG,
Spo
tless
and
Man
uka
esta
blis
hed
as h
ubs
for t
he 2
020
Wor
ld T
20s
(men
’s an
d w
omen
’s)
I. N
SW a
nd N
SW-d
evel
oped
pla
yers
:
i. 30
-40%
+ of
Aus
tralia
n ca
ps, m
ale
& fe
mal
e
ii.
30-4
0%+
of n
atio
nal u
nder
age
squa
ds
II.
NSW
Blu
es, B
reak
ers,
Six
ers
and
Thun
der i
n To
p 2
each
yea
r for
Shi
eld,
Mat
ador
Cup
, WN
CL, B
BL
and
WBB
L
III.
NSW
, NSW
Met
ro a
nd/o
r ACT
/NSW
Cou
ntry
Top
2 in
all
path
way
pro
gram
s
IV.
NSW
um
pire
s 25
-33%
+ of
all
elite
and
em
ergi
ng
elite
pan
els
(IUP,
NUP
, EUP
) inc
ludi
ng 1
+ fe
mal
e um
pire
s
V.
100%
um
pire
cov
erag
e of
SCA
mat
ches
and
10
00+
activ
e um
pire
s in
NSW
com
petit
ions
in
clud
ing
addi
tiona
l 10+
fem
ales
per
yea
r
VI.
Clea
r NSW
coa
chin
g pa
thw
ay e
stab
lishe
d an
d ta
lent
pip
elin
e ac
tivel
y m
anag
ed
VII.
All r
equi
red
NSW
and
Aus
tralia
n m
atch
and
tra
inin
g co
nten
t del
iver
ed to
bes
t-in-
clas
s st
anda
rd (b
ench
mar
ked
vs. o
ther
Sta
tes)
VIII.
Del
iver
firs
t cla
ss tr
aini
ng fa
cilit
ies
all y
ear
I. N
SW th
e N
o. 1
Par
ticip
atio
n St
ate
in a
ll ca
tego
ries
II.
Form
al p
artic
ipan
ts e
xcee
d 42
2k b
y 20
17, i
ncl.:
i. 20
0k C
lub
parti
cipa
nts
(in2C
RICK
ET, T
20Bl
ast,
club
, 36k
indo
or)
ii.
222k
sch
ool
iii.
27%
+ pa
rtici
pant
s fe
mal
e (1
13k+
)
III.
Long
-term
: NSW
/ACT
to h
ave
shar
e of
nat
iona
l pa
rtici
patio
n in
line
with
its
shar
e of
pop
ulat
ion
(33%
)
IV.
Tota
l coa
ch n
umbe
rs m
aint
aine
d (5
000+
Lev
el 0
, 55
00+
Leve
l 1),
with
75%
acc
redi
ted
V.
All c
oach
es w
ithin
juni
or D
CA a
nd s
choo
ls p
rogr
am
accr
edite
d
VI.
90%
of t
radi
tiona
l ass
ocia
tions
act
ive
on M
yCric
ket
with
com
plet
e in
form
atio
n
VII.
2000
+ Sc
hool
Am
bass
ador
s
VIII.
$50
0k+
inve
sted
in fa
cilit
ies
per y
ear a
t 12:
1 ra
tio o
r bet
ter,
and
in li
ne w
ith th
e N
SW fa
cilit
ies
stra
tegy
IX.
Deliv
er 1
-2 C
ricke
t & C
omm
unity
Cen
tres
per y
ear
I. Em
ploy
ee e
ngag
emen
t the
hig
hest
in A
C co
nsis
tent
ly e
xcee
ding
sco
re o
f 75
II.
Empl
oyee
per
form
ance
exc
elle
nt m
easu
red
by
succ
ess
vs. s
trate
gy a
nd S
ucce
ssFa
ctor
s ra
tings
≥3
.0 fo
r 90%
+ st
aff
III.
Targ
et 4
0%+
fem
ales
in m
anag
emen
t and
tota
l or
gani
satio
n as
soo
n as
pra
ctic
able
IV.
Aspi
re to
33%
+ fe
mal
es o
n Bo
ard
as s
oon
as p
ract
icab
le (i
e on
retir
emen
t of i
ncum
bent
Di
rect
ors)
V.
Deve
lopm
ent o
f ‘4
hubs
’ mod
el –
SCG
, W S
ydne
y, N
ewca
stle
, ACT
VI.
Succ
essf
ul im
plem
enta
tion
of a
ll el
emen
ts o
f the
CA
/ CN
SW /
CACT
MOU
VII.
Stan
dard
ised
bes
t pra
ctic
e te
chno
logy
pla
tform
sh
ared
with
AC
VIII.
One
Team
pro
ject
reco
mm
enda
tions
impl
emen
ted
whe
re a
gree
d an
d ap
prop
riate
I. Gr
ow S
ixer
s an
d Th
unde
r net
reve
nue
by
10-2
0%+
pa (b
efor
e re
inve
stm
ent).
II.
Mai
ntai
n th
e hi
ghes
t non
-BBL
spo
nsor
ship
po
rtfol
io in
sta
te c
ricke
t
III.
Grow
the
real
val
ue o
f CN
SW’s
othe
r co
mm
erci
al a
ctiv
ities
and
exp
lore
new
re
venu
e op
portu
nitie
s
IV.
Rene
w F
undi
ng A
gree
men
t with
CA
beyo
nd
2017
and
sec
ure
core
and
stra
tegi
c fu
ndin
g co
mm
ensu
rate
with
NSW
/ACT
’s po
pula
tion
and
perfo
rman
ce
V.
Deliv
er ta
rget
ope
ratin
g su
rplu
ses
each
ye
ar o
f the
long
rang
e pl
an (c
urre
nt ta
rget
=
brea
keve
n be
fore
inve
stm
ent r
etur
ns)
VI.
Mai
ntai
n re
serv
es a
t app
ropr
iate
targ
et le
vel
set b
y CN
SW A
udit
& R
isk
Com
mitt
ee a
nd
achi
eve
net i
nves
tmen
t ret
urn
of 5
%+
p.a.
VII.
Mat
eria
lly p
rogr
ess
Proj
ect C
astle
Mai
n su
ppor
ting
stra
tegi
es
A.
Build
two
stro
ng B
BL/W
BBL
club
s w
ith
good
cul
ture
s, g
ood
play
ers
and
good
pe
ople
B.
Deve
lop
BBL
hom
e ga
mes
as
mus
t-atte
nd
ente
rtain
men
t eve
nts
C.
Deliv
er s
trong
com
mun
ity e
ngag
emen
t pr
ogra
ms
to li
nk T
hund
er a
nd S
ixer
s w
ith
resp
ectiv
e re
gion
s es
p. W
Syd
ney
D.
Alig
n al
l (ot
her)
elem
ents
of G
ame
Deve
lopm
ent w
ith S
ixer
s an
d Th
unde
r
E.
Enha
nce
med
ia c
over
age
acro
ss
Blue
s, B
reak
ers,
Six
ers
and
Thun
der
by c
ontin
uing
to b
uild
key
med
ia
rela
tions
hips
, driv
ing
our o
wn
digi
tal
and
PR c
onte
nt, a
nd in
vest
ing
dire
ctly
in
onlin
e an
d ot
her c
over
age
F. Sp
ecifi
cally
em
phas
ise
that
cric
ket i
s a
spor
t equ
ally
for m
en &
wom
en, b
oys
and
girls
and
pos
ition
CN
SW a
s le
ader
s in
this
are
a
G.
Prog
ress
cam
paig
ns to
upg
rade
SCG
and
Sp
otle
ss
H.
Posi
tion
NSW
/ACT
as
the
prim
e lo
catio
n fo
r pre
miu
m 2
020
Wor
ld T
20 m
atch
es
acro
ss S
CG, S
potle
ss a
nd M
anuk
a.
A.
Deliv
er A
ustra
lia’s
best
Hig
h Pe
rform
ance
cric
ket
prog
ram
s in
met
ro &
regi
onal
NSW
:
i. Ta
lent
iden
tific
atio
n an
d se
lect
ion
ii.
Coac
hing
iii.
Cond
ition
ing
(phy
sica
l and
men
tal)
iv.
Com
petit
ions
v. Pe
rson
al d
evel
opm
ent a
nd w
elfa
re
B.
Do s
o by
em
ploy
ing
the
best
coa
ches
and
sta
ff av
aila
ble
acro
ss a
ll N
SW re
gion
s, w
ith h
ubs
at
SCG,
BIS
P, N
ewca
stle
and
Can
berra
C.
Also
acc
eler
ate
inve
stm
ent i
n fe
mal
e pa
thw
ay
D.
Mai
ntai
n an
d en
hanc
e N
SW P
rem
ier G
rade
Cr
icke
t fac
ilitie
s, fo
rmat
s an
d in
vest
men
t to
supp
ort t
he B
lues
, Bre
aker
s, S
ixer
s &
Thu
nder
(B
BL &
WBB
L), a
nd p
rovi
de e
xcel
lent
cric
ket t
o Pr
emie
r pla
yers
.
E.
Inve
st in
um
pire
edu
catio
n, d
evel
opm
ent a
nd
com
mun
ity in
NSW
and
pus
h CA
to im
prov
e na
tiona
l sta
ndar
ds a
nd p
roce
sses
F. Re
sour
ce M
atch
Ope
ratio
ns a
ppro
pria
tely
and
st
anda
rdis
e al
l key
pro
cess
es
G.
Enha
nce
qual
ity o
f & a
cces
s to
SCG
, Spo
tless
, BI
SP p
ract
ice
& p
layi
ng fa
cilit
ies
& o
ur n
etw
ork
of
met
ro &
regi
onal
gro
unds
H.
Prio
ritis
e de
velo
pmen
t of a
yea
r-rou
nd fi
rst-c
lass
tra
inin
g ve
nue
in S
ydne
y (s
hort-
term
+ P
roje
ct
Cast
le)
A.
Wor
k w
ith c
lubs
& a
ssoc
iatio
ns, s
choo
ls &
ed
ucat
iona
l aut
horit
ies,
and
priv
ate
prov
ider
s to
de
liver
the
Aust
ralia
n Cr
icke
t Pat
hway
for g
irls
and
boys
, inc
ludi
ng th
e ne
w ju
nior
form
ats:
i. in
2CRI
CKET
ii.
T20B
last
iii.
Juni
or p
artic
ipat
ion
cric
ket
iv.
Juni
or c
ompe
titiv
e cr
icke
t
v. Se
nior
cric
ket o
f all
stan
dard
s
vi.
Indo
or c
ricke
t
B.
Do s
o us
ing
a St
atew
ide,
regi
on-b
ased
mod
el to
dr
ive
grow
th, s
uppo
rted
by a
ppro
pria
te s
peci
alis
t ro
les
i. De
velo
p an
d im
plem
ent s
peci
fic s
trate
gies
for
each
key
gro
wth
are
a e.
g. W
Syd
ney
ii.
Activ
ely
enga
ge a
nd s
uppo
rt vo
lunt
eers
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Arthur Morris MBE19 January 1922 - 22 August 2015Arthur Morris was widely regarded as the best opening batsman to represent his country. Part of Don Bradman’s Invincibles in 1948, he became Australia’s 24th Test captain.
Named as a member of Australia’s Test Team of the Century in 2000, Morris was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2001 and the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame in 2016.
An elegant and attacking left-handed batsmen, he dominated attacks around the country and around the cricketing world.
The admiration for Morris as a person was just as great. He played the game with grace and humility and was a true gentleman during his long and distinguished retirement.
His attitude to cricket and life was best summed up when he once sacrificed himself on 99 to avoid running out 17-year-old Ian Craig on debut.
Morris gave back to the game long after his distinguished playing career, serving on the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust for 22 years. He
was nominated as patron of the NSW past players’ association, The Baggy Blues, when it was formed in 2012.
He was synonymous with the SCG from the time he created history scoring twin centuries on his first class debut, against Queensland in 1940, with the Arthur Morris Gates officially unveiled at the ground shortly before his death.
Born in Bondi, Morris grew up in rural Dungog, later famous as Doug Walters’ hometown.
At eight, in bare feet, he met his hero Bradman and 18 years later, they created a wonderful Australian cricket legacy together.
Morris debuted for NSW at 18, using a bat borrowed from his club, St George. He made a hundred in each innings, whereupon local MP Doc Evatt, later to lead the Labour Party, dispatched him to Stan McCabe’s sports shop to get a bat of his own.
World War Two intervened, postponing his Test debut by six prime batting years. “They
were lost years but a lot of people lost their lives,” Morris would later reflect.
He joined the army and served in New Guinea during World War Two where, as a single man, he was among the last to be repatriated, missing a tour of New Zealand.
Morris made his mark on the immortal 1948 tour of England, outscoring Bradman and sharing a second wicket partnership of 301 in the 3/404 that delivered Australia a famous last-day win at Headingley.
Asked where he was when Bradman made his famous last innings duck as a Test cricketer on that tour, Morris would jovially reply, “down the other end, I made 196.”
He retired at 33 because his first wife, Valerie, an English dancer, was dying of breast cancer. Morris remarried and he and Judith lived happily for many years in Cessnock and Erina, near Gosford.
Arthur Robert Morris - Statistics
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50Test 46 79 3 3533 206 46.48 12 12First-class 162 250 15 12614 290 53.67 46 46NSW S Shield 37 58 3 3517 253 63.95 12 15
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Michael Clarke celebrates one of his 28 Test centuries
A young Michael Clarke playing one-day cricket for Australia
Michael Clarke turns out for Grade club Western Suburbs
Michael Clarke NSW 1999-2013 Australia 2003-2015For a flamboyant player and captain, there was nothing flamboyant about Michael Clarke’s upbringing. It was quintessentially working class NSW, with a cricketing difference.
His father Les once owned a brick truck and was a milkman, but the career change which set his son on the path to sporting glory came when the family bought an indoor cricket centre. It became a second home for seven-year-old Michael.
For his senior Grade debut at Western Suburbs as a tiny 16-year-old, he was picked as a left-arm spinner and No. 8 batsman. At 18, he captained Australia Under 19s and signed his first New South Wales contract. Turning up to training, he couldn't quite believe he was sharing the same space as Steve and Mark Waugh, Glenn McGrath, and his idol Michael Slater.
Clarke's NSW upbringing is widely assumed to be the reason for his light feet and desire to advance against spinners. However, Clarke claims his nimble movement came much earlier, from the decade he spent in his father's cricket centre, where batsmen are always advancing to sneak a run.
It was the perfect upbringing for a Test debut in India. With those dancing feet Clarke made a seemingly effortless 151, and he finished the series with an average of 57 as Australia claimed a rare series victory In India. Little more than a month later his first home Test, against
New Zealand in Brisbane, produced 141.
However Clarke the entertainer found that fortune did not always favour the brave. A year later, he had failed to make another hundred and was dropped from the Test side. In hindsight Clarke says it is the best thing that ever happened for his cricket.
Pre-axing, Clarke averaged 37 in 20 Tests, including those two hundreds. He finished with 28 centuries and an average of 49. His 8643 runs put him fourth on Australia’s list of all-time Test run scorers behind Ricky Ponting, Allan Border and Steve Waugh.
Captaincy brought the best out of Clarke. Australia won his debut series in Sri Lanka as skipper, where he played some important innings.
And he played some spectacular innings as captain, the most prolific being his 329 not out against India at his beloved SCG, when he declared just five short of Don Bradman’s 334.
During a golden run Clarke followed up with 210 in Adelaide two Tests later and then during the next home summer hammered consecutive scores of 259 not out and 230 against South Africa.
Those innings put Clarke in rarefied air. Amongst Australians only Don Bradman (12) and Ricky Ponting (6) had made it to 200 more times than Clarke while Greg Chappell also scored four Test double centuries.
As captain, Clarke led Australia in 47 Tests for 24 wins, 16 losses and seven draws, a commendable record in a rebuilding side which had lost many of its stars.
Clarke had some outstanding achievements as captain along the way, highlighted by the 5-0 whitewash of England during 2013/14 and the World Cup victory over New Zealand in front of more than 93,000 fans at the MCG.
Such was Clarke’s hectic career for Australia that as a 23-year-old he had already played 31 of his 42 Sheffield Shield matches for NSW when he made his Test debut, averaging one further Shield match a year until his retirement in 2015.
He leaves the game as one of the all-time greats for Australia and NSW.
Michael Clarke - Statistics
Mat Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Wkts Ave BBTests 115 8643 329* 49.10 28 27 134 31 38.19 6/9ODIs 245 7981 130 44.58 8 58 106 57 37.64 5/35T20Is 34 488 67 21.21 - 1 13 6 37.50 1/2 First-class 188 13,826 329* 47.02 45 48 132 42 44.90 6/9
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Brad HaddinNSW 1999-2014Australia 2001-2015If there was a defining feature of Brad Haddin on and off the cricket field it was his tenacity.
Haddin was a relentless campaigner who constantly drove himself and his team mates.
In an era where many of Australia’s leading cricketers do passing state apprenticeships before moving to higher honours, Haddin became one of NSW’s greatest servants over a 15-year career.
He jointly holds the NSW record of 195 matches across all formats with Greg Matthews.
The aggressive right hander was by far the most prolific batsman among NSW first class wicket-keepers, scoring 5829 runs at 41.94.
Haddin captained NSW in 20 Sheffield Shield matches for nine wins, six losses and five draws and 14 one-day games for six wins and eight losses.
Alongside his distinguished international career he sits ninth on the list of most first class matches played for NSW, is second to Phil Emery with the number of dismissals by a wicket-keeper and 11th amongst the all-time first class run scorers for NSW.
He also has the most matches, most runs, most dismissals and fastest century in one-day cricket for NSW.
Not surprisingly Haddin was the most prolific batsman and wicket-keeper in Australian domestic one-day cricket with 3010 runs in 94 matches at 34.60 including six centuries. He also claimed 164 dismissals.
Haddin waited until he was 30 to debut in Test cricket during 2008 following the retirement of Adam Gilchrist, and quickly established himself as a tenacious batsman and gloveman, playing 66 Tests.
Only Ian Healy, Gilchrist and Rod Marsh played more Tests for Australia as a wicket-keeper.
And only Gilchrist and Haddin averaged above 30 with the bat amongst Australian wicket-keepers who played more than a dozen Tests.
Haddin’s batting was pivotal during Australia’s 5-0 whitewash of England across 2013/14, topping the series averages with 61.63 during a string of strong first innings performances which saw him change the early momentum of Test matches. By series end Haddin had made 493 runs, passing 50 six times and scoring a century.
He showed true leadership at the most difficult of times and proved a loyal deputy to Michael Clarke when appointed vice-captain for the 2013 Ashes series, a position he held when Australia triumphed in the 2015 World Cup.
Initially from Queanbeyan, Haddin debuted with the short-lived Canberra Comets in the state one-day competition aged 20, playing nine matches over two seasons with an average of 41 including a century.
One of the most productive and explosive run-scorers in domestic cricket, he played nine one-day internationals as a specialist batsman alongside wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist.
In all Haddin played 29 one-day internationals before his Test debut, mostly as a fill-in for Gilchrist behind the stumps.
Haddin’s 270 Test dismissals as a wicket-keeper sits behind only Gilchrist (416), Healy (395) and Marsh (355) for Australia.
Only Gilchrist (5570 at 47.61), Healy (4356 at 27.40) and Marsh (3633 at 26.52) scored more runs than Haddin’s 3266 at 32.99 as an Australian wicket-keeper.
Brad Haddin celebrates Australia’s 2015 World Cup victory
Brad Haddin - Statistics
Mat Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct StTests 66 3266 169 32.98 4 18 262 8ODIs 126 3122 110 31.53 2 16 170 11T20Is 34 402 47 17.47 - - 17 6First-class 184 9932 169 38.05 17 56 608 40
A young Brad Haddin with then Blues coach Steve Rixon
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The 2015/16 Steve Waugh/Belinda Clark Medal Dinner
Steve Waugh Medal: Nic Maddinson
Belinda Clark Medal: Ellyse Perry
NSW Blues Bupa Sheffield Shield Player of the Year: Trent Copeland
NSW Blues Matador BBQs One Day Cup Player of the Year: Mitchell Starc
Lendlease Breakers WNCL Player of the Year: Ellyse Perry
Sydney Sixers BBL Player of the Tournament: Michael Lumb
Sydney Sixers WBBL Player of the Tournament: Marizanne Kapp
Sydney Thunder Players of the Tournament: Usman Khawaja & Shane Watson
Sydney Thunder WBBL Player of the Tournament: Stafanie Taylor
Cricket NSW Hall of Fame: Belinda HaggettAlan KippaxMichael Bevan
NSW Blues opening batsmen Nic Maddinson took out his first Steve Waugh Medal while Lendlease Breakers allrounder Ellyse Perry won the Belinda Clark Medal during the 2015/16 Steve Waugh/Belinda Clark Medal Dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.
Nic Maddinson was recognised for his consistency throughout the Matador BBQs One Day Cup and some strong performances in the Sheffield Shield. He scored 380 runs at 63.33 with a strike rate of 100.52, including two centuries, assisting the NSW Blues to claim victory in the Matador BBQs One Day Cup. He also scored 488 runs at 30.50 during the Sheffield Shield.
Ellyse Perry claimed her first Belinda Clark Medal after being the leading run scorer in the Women’s National Cricket League, hitting 403 runs at 67.16 to also be named WNCL player of the year.
As inaugural captain of the Sydney Sixers in the Women’s Big Bash League she also scored 430 runs and claimed eight wickets to put them in to the final against her NSW Blues teammates and new rivals the Sydney Thunder.
She had a highest score of 126 runs off 115 deliveries against the ACT and claimed six wickets, gaining her best figures of 2-36 against Queensland.
Belinda Haggett receives her Hall of Fame award from Rina Hore
Belinda Clark Medallist Ellyse Perry in action
Steve Waugh Medallist Nic Maddinson, left, with Jim Hando and Robert Alexander, representing their late uncle and Hall of Fame recipient Alan Kippax
Michael Bevan receives his Hall of Fame award from Geoff Lawson
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Statistics at 30 June 2016
CUMMINS, Patrick James. Born: 8 May, 1993, Westmead, New South Wales | Right-hand batsman; Right arm fast-medium bowler.
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BBFirst-class 8 12 7 142 82* 1 - 28.40 2 - 26 29.84 6-79NSW First-class 3 4 2 10 6 - - 5.00 - - 9 46.33 3-111Sheffield Shield 3 4 2 10 6 - - 5.00 - - 9 46.33 3-111Test 1 2 1 15 13* - - 15.00 1 - 7 16.71 6-79One Day Internationals 18 7 4 34 11* - - 11.33 5 - 33 25.21 4-49World Cup 2 1 1 7 7* - - - 2 - 5 16.00 3-42Dom. limited-overs 7 4 2 73 38 - - 36.50 5 - 10 30.60 3-52Domestic T20 21 8 4 39 14 - - 9.75 5 - 25 24.52 4-16International T20 15 8 2 25 13 - - 5.00 3 - 21 18.80 3-15NSW List A 7 4 2 73 38 - - 36.50 5 - 10 30.60 3-52
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BBFirst-class 188 327 33 13826 329* 48 45 47.02 203 - 42 44.90 6-9NSW First-class 44 80 7 3164 201* 11 11 43.34 37 - 9 33.67 3-22Sheffield Shield 42 76 6 3102 201* 11 11 44.31 36 - 9 33.11 3-22Test 115 198 22 8643 329* 27 28 49.10 134 - 31 38.19 6-9One Day Internationals 245 223 44 7981 130 58 8 44.58 106 - 57 37.64 5-35World Cup 24 21 7 888 93* 8 0 63.43 12 - 3 60.00 2-33Dom. limited-overs 38 36 5 1058 101* 7 1 34.13 12 - 14 18.43 3-20International T20 34 28 5 488 67 1 - 21.22 13 - 6 37.50 1-2NSW List A 40 36 5 1058 101* 7 1 34.13 12 - 14 19.71 3-20
CLARKE, Michael John. Born: 2 April, 1981, Liverpool, New South Wales | Right-hand batsman; Slow left arm orthodox bowler.
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BBFirst-class 95 117 43 1105 75 1 - 14.93 40 - 300 36.55 7-94NSW First-class 16 22 10 280 75 1 - 23.33 6 - 47 34.06 4-63Sheffield Shield 27 42 12 426 75 1 - 14.20 6 - 71 40.55 4-63Test 54 62 28 528 40* - - 15.52 28 - 195 32.87 7-94One Day Internationals 12 5 3 42 30 - - 21.00 2 - 16 33.93 4-44Dom. limited-overs 24 13 6 90 37* - - 12.87 14 - 25 42.88 4-31International T20 1 - - - - - - - - - 0 - -Domestic T20 23 10 3 29 11 - - 4.14 8 - 33 18.58 5-23NSW List A 15 6 2 38 14* - - 12.67 10 - 17 36.35 4-31
LYON, Nathan Michael. Born: 20 November, 1987, Young, New South Wales | Right-hand batsman; Right arm off break bowler.
HAZLEWOOD, Josh Reginald. Born: 2 October, 1971, Moree, New South Wales | Left handed batsman; Right arm fast-medium bowler.
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BBFirst-class 47 51 18 482 43* - - 14.60 18 - 174 25.05 6-50NSW First-class 26 30 8 257 43* - - 11.68 9 - 88 25.89 6-50Sheffield Shield 25 29 7 255 43* - - 11.59 8 - 84 26.21 6-50Test 17 16 8 175 39 - - 21.87 8 - 70 25.77 6-70One Day Internationals 24 5 5 16 11* - - - 2 - 38 23.18 5-31World Cup 5 - - - - - - - - - 7 25.14 4-35Dom. limited-overs 34 15 4 50 17 - - 4.55 8 - 50 31.34 7-36Domestic T20 17 5 3 11 6* - - 5.50 1 - 22 23.59 3-16International T20 7 - - - - - - - 1 - 8 33.62 4-30NSW List A 34 15 4 50 17 - - 4.55 8 - 50 31.34 7-36
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BBFirst-class 71 105 20 3471 235* 19 6 40.83 217 11 - - -NSW First-class 52 83 18 2849 235* 14 6 43.83 161 10 - - -Sheffield Shield 52 83 18 2849 235* 14 6 43.83 161 10 - - -Test 12 13 1 325 66 2 - 27.08 44 1 - - -Dom. limited-overs 47 39 4 794 74 5 - 22.69 60 7 - - -Domestic T20 30 24 8 243 25 - - 15.19 13 6 - - -NSW List A 47 39 4 794 74 5 - 22.69 60 7 - - -International T20 4 - - - - - - - - - 7 22.14 4-30NSW List A 31 14 4 50 17 - - 5.00 8 - 45 38.76 7-36
NEVILL, Peter Michael. Born: 13 October, 1985, Hawthorn, Victoria | Right handed batsman; Wicket-keeper.
HADDIN, Bradley James. Born: 23 October, 1977, Cowra, New South Wales | Right-hand batsman; Wicket-keeper
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BBFirst-class 184 300 39 9931 169 56 17 38.04 608 40 - - -NSW First-class 97 161 22 5829 154 35 11 41.94 293 25 - - -Sheffield Shield 93 157 21 5712 154 34 11 42.00 284 24 - - -Test 66 112 13 3265 169 18 4 32.97 262 8 - - -One Day Internationals 126 115 16 3122 110 16 2 31.53 170 11 - - -World Cup 15 11 2 458 88 4 - 50.89 29 - - - -Dom. limited-overs 98 96 6 3096 138* 18 6 34.40 133 35 - - -Domestic T20 25 25 1 624 76 5 - 26.00 11 8 - - -International T20 34 29 6 402 47 - - 17.47 17 6 - - -NSW List A 89 87 7 2726 138* 16 5 34.08 124 35 - - -
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M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BBFirst-class 60 81 21 1739 99 8 - 28.98 27 - 194 24.72 7-35NSW First-class 52 73 18 1506 99 6 - 27.38 24 - 158 24.61 6-70Sheffield Shield 52 73 18 1506 99 6 - 27.38 23 - 158 24.61 6-70Test 2 2 1 6 6 - - 6.00 - - 7 40.28 3-63Dom. limited-overs 43 30 9 563 70* 1 - 26.81 19 - 25 58.00 3-65Domestic T20 37 28 10 337 50 1 - 18.72 10 - 23 33.61 3-20International T20 7 5 0 32 22 - - 6.40 1 - 6 24.83 3-29NSW List A 43 30 9 563 70* 1 - 26.81 19 - 25 58.00 3-65
O’KEEFE, Stephen Norman John. Born: 9 December, 1984, Penang, Malaysia | Right-hand batsman; Slow left arm orthodox bowler.
SMITH, Steven Peter Devereux. Born: 2 June, 1989, Sydney, New South Wales | Right-hand batsman; Right arm leg-spin bowler.
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BBFirst-class 87 152 21 7414 215 34 25 56.59 104 - 63 53.47 7-64NSW First-class 34 59 7 2813 177 14 8 54.10 50 - 42 50.76 7-64Sheffield Shield 33 57 6 2708 177 13 8 53.10 48 - 39 50.82 7-64Test 41 75 11 3852 215 16 14 60.18 43 - 16 52.31 3-18One Day Internationals 79 65 8 2346 149 12 5 41.15 47 - 27 34.41 3-16World Cup 14 10 2 455 105 4 1 56.88 5 - 1 158.00 1-44Dom. limited-overs 43 41 10 1726 143* 13 2 55.68 28 - 16 44.44 3-43Domestic T20 34 32 7 672 65 4 - 26.88 17 - 22 14.05 4-13International T20 30 25 5 431 90 2 - 21.55 18 - 17 22.17 3-20NSW List A 43 41 10 1726 143* 13 2 55.68 28 - 16 44.44 3-43
STARC, Mitchell Aaron, Born: 13 January, 1990, Baulkham Hills, New South Wales | Left-hand batsman; Left arm fast-medium pace bowler.
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BBFirst-class 57 69 23 1094 99 5 - 23.78 29 - 195 28.13 6-51NSW First-class 21 21 8 210 54* 1 - 16.15 14 - 66 27.74 5-28Sheffield Shield 21 21 8 210 54* 1 - 16.15 14 - 66 27.74 5-28Test 25 37 11 700 99 6 - 26.92 13 - 91 30.58 6-111One Day Internationals 51 20 11 180 52* 1 - 20.00 12 - 98 19.79 6-28World Cup 8 3 1 0 0* - - 0.00 5 - 22 10.18 6-28Dom. limited-overs 16 6 3 83 34* - - 27.67 5 - 51 13.84 6-25International T20 20 6 2 12 4 - - 3.00 4 - 26 19.53 3-11Domestic T20 15 6 4 15 8* - - 7.50 2 - 24 17.62 3-17NSW List A 16 6 3 83 34* - - 27.67 5 - 51 13.84 6-25
WARNER, David Andrew. Born: 27 October, 1986, Paddington, New South Wales | Left-hand batsman; Right arm leg-spin bowler.
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BBFirst-class 73 129 6 6326 253 27 22 51.43 52 - 6 72.16 2-45NSW First-class 14 23 2 966 148 4 3 46.00 6 - 1 118.00 1-0Sheffield Shield 14 23 2 966 148 4 3 46.00 6 - 1 118.00 1-0Test 51 94 4 4506 253 20 16 50.06 39 - 4 63.50 2-45One Day Internationals 74 72 3 2702 178 15 6 39.15 28 - 0 - -World Cup 8 8 1 345 178 - 1 49.29 5 - - - -Dom. limited-overs 35 35 2 1416 197 4 4 42.91 11 - 3 39.33 1-11Domestic T20 26 26 4 847 102* 6 1 38.50 11 - - - -International T20 61 61 3 1633 90* 12 - 28.15 30 - - - -NSW List A 35 35 2 1416 197 4 4 42.91 11 - 3 39.33 1-11
WATSON, Shane Robert. Born: 17 June, 1981, Ipswich, Queensland | Right-hand batsman; Right arm medium pace bowler.
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BBFirst-class 137 241 19 9451 203* 54 20 42.57 109 - 210 29.97 7-69NSW First-class 5 7 0 141 33 - - 20.14 1 - 10 15.80 5-39Sheffield Shield 55 95 9 3595 201* 16 9 41.80 40 - 105 25.95 7-69Test 59 109 3 3731 176 24 4 35.19 45 - 75 33.68 6-33One Day Internationals 190 169 27 5758 185* 33 9 40.54 64 - 168 31.79 4-36World Cup 22 19 7 643 94 6 - 53.58 5 - 9 62.89 1-9Dom. limited-overs 50 48 4 1338 96 9 - 30.41 15 - 24 43.75 3-42Domestic T20 16 15 1 396 69* 4 - 28.29 4 - 15 23.13 3-13International T20 58 56 6 1462 124* 10 1 29.24 20 - 48 24.72 4-15NSW List A 8 8 1 255 83 1 - 36.43 5 - - - -
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Statistics at 30 June 2016
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BestTest 11 21 2 438 74 4 - 23.05 5 - 0 - -One Day Internationals 122 108 23 2952 114 21 3 34.72 46 - 6 10.50 2-8World Cup 21 17 5 341 54 2 - 28.42 7 - 1 8.00 1-8WNCL 127 117 25 4189 157 25 10 45.53 54 - 2 124.50 1-14International T20 73 62 10 1027 61 1 - 19.75 28 - 0 - -Domestic T20 84 78 33 2366 99* 11 - 52.58 44 - - - -
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BestWNCL 5 1 0 8 8 - - 8.00 1 - 7 22.57 2-20International T20 7 1 1 4 4* - - - 1 - 5 24.40 2-13Domestic T20 16 6 3 8 4* - - 2.67 6 - 18 19.72 4-20
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BestTest 3 5 1 31 11 - - 7.75 - - 17 9.88 5-23One Day Internationals 39 19 9 182 39* - - 18.20 10 - 35 31.40 3-26World Cup 6 2 1 29 20* - - 29.00 2 - 7 19.43 2-23WNCL 54 37 4 523 59* 2 - 15.84 14 - 71 23.53 5-57International T20 53 14 6 95 31* - - 11.87 9 - 55 20.61 4-15Domestic T20 61 43 5 639 40 - - 16.82 12 - 64 17.86 5-11
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BestTest 2 3 - 85 39 - - 28.33 6 - - - -One Day Internationals 32 27 6 281 62* 1 - 13.38 22 7 - - -WNCL 71 59 6 1637 146 10 2 30.89 53 22 - - -International T20 68 56 12 1971 90 2 - 18.04 17 23 - - -Domestic T20 84 79 9 1730 82 12 - 24.71 43 54 - - -Domestic T20 62 23 10 221 56 1 - 17.00 17 - 61 18.33 5-27
M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Wkts Avge BestTest 6 10 3 219 71 1 - 31.28 3 - 27 16.11 6-32One Day Internationals 73 53 18 1487 90* 13 - 42.48 21 - 102 24.54 5-19World Cup 10 8 4 106 36 - - 26.50 3 - 17 18.59 3-19WNCL 59 39 11 1084 126 7 1 38.71 19 - 95 18.65 5-11International T20 81 46 16 797 55* 3 - 26.56 19 - 76 19.80 4-12Domestic T20 72 48 17 907 67* 5 - 29.26 18 - 57 22.67 3-12
BLACKWELL, Alexandra Joy. Born: 31 August, 1983, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales | Right hand bat; Right arm medium pace bowler.
CHEATLE, Lauren Roma. Born: 6 November, 1998, Bowral, New South Wales | Left hand bat ; Left arm fast-medium bowler.
FARRELL, Rene Michelle. Born : 13 January, 1987, Kogarah, New South Wales | Right hand bat; Right arm medium bowler.
HEALY, Alyssa Jean. Born: 24 March, 1990, Gold Coast, Queensland | Right hand bat; Wicket Keeper.
PERRY, Ellyse Alexandra. | Born: 3 November, 1990, Wahroonga, NSW | Right hand bat; Right arm fast-medium bowler
Ellyse Perry (left) and Alex Blackwell
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International Matches Played in NSW
Test MatchWest Indies 330 (KC Brathwaite 85, CR Brathwaite 69, D Ramdin 62, DM Bravo 33, SNJ O’Keefe 3-63, NM Lyon 3-120, JL Pattison 2-76) drew with Australia 2-176 (DA Warner 122no, JA Burns 26, J Warrican 2-62) at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 3-7, 2016.
One Day InternationalAustralia 7-330 (DA Warner 122, MR Marsh 102no, MS Wade 36, SPD Smith 28, JJ Bumrah 2-40, I Sharma 2-60) lost to India 4-331 (MK Pandey 104no, RG Sharma 99, S Dhawan 78, MS Dhoni 34, JW Hastings 3-61) by 6 wickets at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 23, 2016.
Twenty20 InternationalAustralia 5-197 (SR Watson 124no, TM Head 26) lost to India 3-200 (RG Sharma 52, V Kohli 50, SK Raina 49no, S Dhawan 26, CJ Boyce 2-28) by 7 wickets at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 31, 2016.
Women’s Twenty20 InternationalAustralia 5-136 (EA Perry 55no, BL Mooney 34, MM Lanning 26, RS Gayakwad 2-36) defeated India 8-121 (VR Vanitha 28, EA Perry 4-12, RM Farrell 2-18) by 15 runs at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 31, 2016.
Tour MatchCricket Australia XI 1 dec 503 (AJ Finch 288no, RGL Carters 209) drew with New Zealanders did not bat at Blacktown International Sportspark No.1 on October 29-31, 2016.
Under 16 International SeriesPakistan 267 (A Ahmad 73, U Khan 55, S Ahmed 35, M Riaz 32, U Abdullah 30, F Ellis 2-33, ZK Evans 2-44) defeated Australia 7-207 (A Waugh 82no, J Sangha 38, W Sutherland 25, S Afridi 2-26, F Hussain 2-43) by 60 runs at Bradman Oval, Bowral on November 21, 2015.
Pakistan 229 (H Ali 119, M Riaz 28, T Bakht 27, U Khan 25, JA Freeman 3-47, W Sutherland 2-32, ZK Evans 2-43) defeated Australia 205 (J Sangha 86, B Dickinson 32, W Sutherland 31, U Abdullah 5-34, S Jalil 2-25) by 24 runs at Bradman Oval, Bowral on November 23, 2015.
Pakistan 142 (A Ahmad 44, S Ahmed 29, ZK Evans 4-19, D Elliott 4-29, S Bhargave 2-25) lost to Australia 1-144 (T Sowden 91, N Murphy 34no) by 9 wickets at Bradman Oval, Bowral on November 25, 2015.
Pakistan 6-156 (H Ali 62, S Ahmed 48, ZK Evans 2-22, A Waugh 2-22) defeated Australia 8-137 (B Dickinson 42, A Bariol 34, F Hussain 3-23, A Khan 2-32) by 29 runs at University Oval, Wollongong on November 27, 2015.
Pakistan 8-141 (E Khan 39, H Ali 30, ZK Evans 3-31, D Elliott 2-21) defeated Australia 116 (A Khan 4-18, M Hasnain 2-22, F Hussain 2-28) by 25 runs at Bradman Oval, Bowral on November 29, 2015.
Pakistan 6-133 (S Ahmed 28, A Ahmad 27, H Ali 25, A Waugh 2-17, ZK Evans 2-18, BL Edwards 2-27) lost to Australia 3-137 (S Bhargave 85no) by 7 wickets at Bradman Oval, Bowral on November 30, 2015.
Sydney Cricket Ground
Peter Nevill’s first Test at the SCG
Alyssa Healy behind the stumps at the SCG against India
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NSW Blues
The Blues had much to be proud of during 2015/16. With the international players available at the start of the season following the cancellation of the Bangladesh tour for safety reasons, the Blues won the Matador Cup, claiming the domestic one-day trophy for the first time in 10 years.
The Blues also had the best win-loss record in the Sheffield Shield, winning five of nine matches and losing just one, with another match abandoned. Unfortunately NSW missed the Shield final by little more than a point.
The frustration of that narrow miss was compounded by the abandoned SCG match, when umpires and the match referee ruled it was unsafe to play after persistent rain.
Planning for the preseason was an urgent priority following the appointment of Trevor Bayliss as ECB Head Coach. Congratulations to him on all his success to date. My sense was that not too much needed to be changed, however it was important that structure and communication were given attention from the start. I met with all players one on one (alongside support staff) to review their previous season and to identify improvements that they felt they needed to make. I also sought the players’ input with regard to areas that we as a coaching group could do better. This information gave us the basis to formulate the preseason.
We held sessions at the SCG (indoor centre and outdoor turf nets), BISP (centre wicket No 2, outdoor turf nets and indoor centre), UNSW, Drummoyne Oval and Sydney Uni. I felt that the pre-season went smoothly and even though the absence of a batting coach was evident the group worked extremely well leading into the Matador Cup campaign.
As rumours of the possible cancellation of Australia’s tour to Bangladesh grew there was an exciting buzz around the group. While the ultimate addition of the Test players was an obvious bonus I still believe that we could have won the Matador Cup without them. Our preparation had been extremely good and it had been very difficult to select a squad of 14 for that tournament even before we knew the Australian players would be available. Ultimately we won the tournament with only one loss. Captain Steve Smith led from the front and NSW One-Day Player of the Year Mitchell Starc was the clear cut Player of the Tournament. Nic Maddinson, Ed Cowan and Moises Henriques with the bat and Sean Abbott with the ball were match winners for us throughout the tournament.
The Sheffield Shield season began and the focus turned to winning back the trophy we last won in 2013/14. Our preparation shifted somewhat from previous seasons as a lot more development bowlers joined the squad to
prepare our batsmen and help to manage the workload of our squad bowlers. Challenging facilities at the SCG were an ongoing issue throughout the season but I must commend the players and support staff for just getting on with their preparation and all the team in NSW Cricket Operations for their tireless work in addressing this. Ultimately we played only nine games during the Sheffield Shield due to the abandoned game against Victoria at the SCG. Two fixtures were played in the Sydney metropolitan area, one in Coffs Harbour (outstanding wicket, crowd and result) and one at Lincoln University NZ which assisted our Australian reps to prepare for the Test tour of New Zealand later that month. All the ‘away’ fixtures were played in Test venues except our fixture against Queensland, which was played in Mackay. Qantas Club membership was a wise investment.
The Big Bash League offered a timely break for non-BBL players over Christmas and a chance to prepare for the remaining Sheffield Shield games. We had 15 sessions throughout this period around fitness, games and skills. I feel this gave a good springboard for the non-BBL players to head into the final period of our season better prepared than ever before.
I take my hat off to every player who represented NSW this season. From Captain Steve Smith to debutants Jay Lenton, Arjun Nair and Harry Conway I commend the way you played your cricket and went about your business, in difficult circumstances at times. In the end we finished just 3 wickets short of hosting the Shield final in Coffs Harbour, an enormous disappointment to everyone concerned with Cricket NSW. I think we all know that we have some unfinished business in the longer format of the game next season.
A special mention must go to Nic Maddinson who stepped up and captained the team after Moises Henriques was injured early in the season. At just 24 to do what he did was a credit to himself and to all those who were involved in Nic’s development. He was a worthy recipient of the 2015/16 Steve Waugh Medal. Special mention must also go to Kurtis Patterson with the bat and to Doug Bollinger, Stephen O’Keefe and Shield Player of the Year Trent Copeland with the ball.
Thanks also go to Greg Shipperd for his contribution to the squad during the Sheffield Shield season.
Congratulations to all players who represented Australia throughout the season especially Stephen O’Keefe playing his first home Test for Australia at the SCG.
Congratulations to those involved in the Futures League-winning performance from players, coaches and support staff. It was the
perfect platform to prepare players for the step up or return to first class cricket.
I would like to take this opportunity to extend my thanks to the Coaching and Sports Science Sports Medicine (SSSM) team who have provided invaluable mentoring, information, advice and humour throughout my first year as NSW Head Coach.
Cricket - Geoff Lawson (Fast Bowling Coach), Greg Shipperd (Batting Coach – Sheffield Shield), Beau Casson (Assistant Coach), Gavan Twining (Assistant Coach) and casual appointments Brad Haddin (Matador Cup), Steve Rixon (Wicket-keeping) and Kerry O’Keeffe (Spin bowling)
SSSM - Paul Chapman (Strength & Conditioning), Danny Redrup (Head Physio), Nicola Hempstead (Physio) , Murray Ryan (Physio), Dr John Orchard (Doctor), Justine Whipper (Player Development Manager), Paul Penna (Psychologist), Erin Michael (Nutritionist).
Thanks to GM of Cricket Performance David Moore who has been a constant source of support and advice throughout my first season. Thanks also to Donna Anderson for all her efforts throughout the season.
Finally to all involved in CNSW from the Board to Game Development to Marketing to Umpiring, your support this season has been much appreciated. Let’s all look forward to a bigger and better season in 2016/2017.
Trent JohnstonNSW Blues Head Coach
NSW Blues coach Trent Johnston
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2015/16 Sheffield Shield
SOUTH AUSTRALIA V NEW SOUTH WALES
At Adelaide Oval, October 28-30, 2015. (Day/Night) New South Wales won by 215 runs. Toss: New South Wales. South Australia 1.5pts; New South Wales 8.12pts. Umpires: GJ Davidson & MD Martell. Scorers: M Harper & NA Ricketts.
Referee: DJ Harper. Player of the Match: SPD Smith. Close of play: Day 1: South Australia (1) 3-3 (Mennie 0, Head 2); Day 2: New South Wales (2) 1-217 (Cowan 82, Smith 103).
New South WalesEJM Cowan c Cooper b Mennie 31 - not out 107DA Warner c Richardson b Head 77 - b Mennie 30*SPD Smith c Cooper b Head 67 - not out 152NJ Maddinson lbw b Head 17 - did not batMC Henriques c Ludeman b Mennie 8 - did not bat+PM Nevill b Zampa 11 - did not batSA Abbott c Ludeman b Richardson 11 - did not batSNJ O’Keefe c Cooper b Mennie 11 - did not batMA Starc not out 21 - did not batJR Hazlewood c Ludeman b Worrall 0 - did not batNM Lyon did not bat - did not batExtras 6lb 1w 1nb 8 1b 1lb(87.1 overs) 9 wkts dec 262 - (67 overs) 1 wkt dec 291Fall: 52 172 185 194 208 219 227 256 262 Fall: 57Bowling: First Innings: Richardson 16-2-47-1; Worrall 19.1-2-71-1; Mennie 21-7-45-3; Cosgrove 4-1-12-0; Head 16-2-42-3; Zampa 11-3-39-1. Second Innings: Richardson 17-1-78-0; Worrall 6-3-14-0; Mennie 18-6-64-1; Head 8-0-49-0; Zampa 10-0-59-0; Cosgrove 8-1-25-0.
South AustraliaKR Smith b Starc 0 - c Nevill b Starc 34MJ Cosgrove lbw b Starc 0 - c Warner b Lyon 6CJ Ferguson lbw b Hazlewood 0 - c Nevill b O'Keefe 96JM Mennie lbw b Starc 4 - (8) c Henriques b O'Keefe 2*TM Head c Nevill b Lyon 37 - (4) c Nevill b Starc 0TLW Cooper b Starc 0 - (5) lbw b Lyon 4AI Ross c Starc b Henriques 3 - (6) c Cowan b Hazlewood 28+TP Ludeman c Cowan b Abbott 23 - (7) c Maddinson b Starc 3A Zampa not out 33 - c Nevill b Hazlewood 26KW Richardson c Lyon b Hazlewood 10 - lbw b Hazlewood 1DJ Worrall c Warner b Starc 4 - not out 6Extras 2lb 1w 3nb 6 - 7b 2lb 1w 2nb 12(39.3 overs) 120 (74.4 overs) 218Fall: 0 1 1 8 9 27 51 90 115 120 Fall: 27 50 51 61 132 135 149 183 185 218Bowling: First Innings: Starc 11.3-3-28-5; Hazlewood 9-2-20-2; Henriques 5-1-25-1; Lyon 6-2-16-1; O’Keefe 5-1-16-0; Abbott 2-1-5-1; Smith 1-0-8-0. Second Innings: Starc 17-2-62-3; Hazlewood 15-3-23-3; Lyon 22-3-64-2; O’Keefe 20.4-3-60-2
NEW SOUTH WALES V VICTORIA
At Sydney Cricket Ground, November 6-7, 2015. Match abandoned (Match awarded to Victoria). Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 0pts; Victoria 6 pts. Umpires: SD Fry & MW Graham-Smith. Scorers: CG Wilcoxon & IE Wright.
Referee: SR Bernard. Close of play: Day 1: New South Wales (1) 0-27 (Carters 5, Cowan 20).
New South WalesRGL Carters c Handscomb b Siddle 9EJM Cowan not out 48KR Patterson not out 29NJ Maddinson did not bat*MC Henriques did not batBJ Rohrer did not bat+JS Lenton did not batSNJ O’Keefe did not batJK Lalor did not batGS Sandhu did not batDE Bollinger did not batExtras 1lb 1nb 2(34.2 overs) 1 wkt 88Fall: 43Bowling: First Innings: Siddle 11-3-23-1; Tremain 5-0-31-0; Boland 11-4-15-0; Stoinis 4-2-8-0; Maxwell 3.2-1-10-0.
VictoriaVictoriaRJ QuineyTJ Dean MP Stoinis PSP HandscombAJ Finch *+MS Wade GJ Maxwell PM Siddle SM Boland CP Tremain Fawad Ahmed
Round 1: South Australia v NSW Blues 28-30 October, 2015 – Adelaide OvalAfter a dominant Matador Cup, the Blues started the Sheffield Shield season with a nearly identical XI to the One Day Cup Final, the only difference being David Warner’s return from injury in place of Ryan Carters. Just three days after toppling South Australia in the Limited Overs Final in North Sydney, the Blues faced the Redbacks again – this time in Adelaide, trading in the white Kookaburra for the pink ball in a day-night match.
Australian captain Steve Smith (67), and his newly appointed deputy Warner (77) adapted to the pink ball well as the Blues declared at 9-262 before Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood picked up where they left off three days earlier. Starc (5-28) and Hazlewood (2-20) crippled the South Australian openers in a destructive early spell, dismissing the top half of the Redbacks batting line up in less than nine overs.
Despite some lower order resistance, the hosts were all out for just 120. The runs then flowed for the Blues in what had looked like impossible conditions to bat for the Redbacks. Ed Cowan (107no) and Steve Smith (152no) helped push the lead past 400 before declaring for the second time in the match.
NSW’s Australian bowling contingent - Starc (3-62), Hazlewood (3-23), Nathan Lyon (2-64) and Stephen O’Keefe (2-60) - had the Redbacks all out for 218, securing a 215-run win to open the Sheffield Shield campaign in style.
Round 2: NSW Blues v Victoria 6-7 November, 2015 – Sydney Cricket GroundA match that will remembered more for the cricket that wasn’t played over the 34.2 overs spent on the field will still be forever special for NSW wicketkeeper Jay Lenton.
Lenton, who had forced the hands of selectors through sheer volume of runs in the McDonald’s Sydney First Grade competition, was handed Blues cap number 737.
He replaced Peter Nevill behind the stumps, who was one of six Blues called up for international duties following NSW’s win in Adelaide.
In one of the more unique First Class debuts, Lenton didn’t take the field for the entire match.
NSW won the toss and elected to bat, with play eventually abandoned after the Sydney Cricket Ground surface was deemed unsafe for play after heavy rain in the NSW capital earlier in the week.
Victoria was handed six competition points after the ruling by Cricket Australia officials, and Lenton would have to wait another week before taking the field in his new Baggy Blue.
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NEW SOUTH WALES V TASMANIA
At Bankstown Memorial Oval, November 14-17, 2015. Tasmania won by 223 runs. Toss: Tasmania. New South Wales 1.65pts; Tasmania 8.45pts. Umpires: GC Joshua & SJ Nogajski. Scorers: CL Bennison & CN McLeod. Referee: DJ Harper.
Player of the Match: BR Dunk. Close of play: Day 1: Tasmania (1) 1-127 (Dunk 68, Doolan 44); Day 2: New South Wales (1) 6-150 (Patterson 56, Abbott 16); Day 3: Tasmania (2) 6-272 (Dunk 127, Kingston 23).
TasmaniaBR Dunk b Bollinger 68 - (2) not out 143BJ Webster lbw b Bollinger 9 - (1) c Carters b Bollinger 8AJ Doolan lbw b O'Keefe 65 - lbw b Bollinger 20JR Doran b Bollinger 7 - lbw b Abbott 33*GJ Bailey c Cowan b Bollinger 37 - b Sandhu 28JP Faulkner c & b O'Keefe 3 - c Henriques b O'Keefe 17+TIF Triffitt c lbw Abbott 54 - lbw b Sandhu 0HP Kingston c Cowan b O'Keefe 5 - c Maddinson b Bollinger 29XJ Doherty not out 21 - not out 18JM Bird lbw b Abbott 0 - did not batSL Rainbird lbw b O'Keefe 14 - did not batExtras 7b 5lb 12 - 9b 7nb 16 17(92.4 overs) 295 - (92 overs) 7 wkt dec 313Fall: 23 127 141 169 177 211 236 272 272 295 Fall: 8 39 142 187 232 239 278Bowling: First Innings: Bollinger 24-5-74-4; Sandhu 20-1-71-0; Henriques 7-1-27-0; Abbott 21-3-65-2; O’Keefe 20.4-6-46-4; Second Innings: Bollinger 20-5-67-3; Sandhu 27-4-60-2; O’Keefe 22-1-85-1; Abbott 15-1-59-1; Henriques 7-0-31-0; Rohrer 1-0-1-0.
New South WalesEJM Cowan b Rainbird 13 - (2) lbw b Doherty 8RGL Carters c Triffitt b Bird 8 - (1) lbw b Kingston 77KR Patterson c Doolan b Kingston 85 - c Triffitt b Kingston 20NJ Maddinson b Kingston 6 - c & b Kingston 10*MC Henriques c Faulkner b Bird 25 - c Triffitt b Bird 14BJ Rohrer b Bird 0 - c Triffitt b Bird 0+JS Lenton c Triffitt b Rainbird 6 - lbw b Faulkner 0SA Abbott lbw b Kingston 31 - b Faulkner 0SNJ O'Keefe c Triffitt b Rainbird 7 - not out 18GS Sandhu not out 6 - c Bird b Kingston 12DE Bollinger b Doherty 1 - b Doherty 4Extras 2b 16lb 2w 7nb 27 2b 1lb 1w 3nb 7(77.2 overs) 215 (62.4 overs) 170Fall: 26 27 38 96 96 116 191 200 212 215 Fall: 21 74 84 111 111 116 120 145 164 170Bowling: First Innings: Bird 19-5-47-3; Rainbird 17-3-38-3; Kingston 14-3-52-3; Faulkner 12-6-20-0; Doherty 13.2-3-31-1; Webster 2-0-9-0. Second Innings: Bird 12-3-25-2; Rainbird 10-2-31-0; Faulkner 12-3-17-2; Doherty 12.4-4-24-2; Kingston 14-3-61-4; Webster 2-0-9-0.
NEW SOUTH WALES V QUEENSLAND
At Sydney Cricket Ground, November 27-30, 2015. New South Wales won by 7 wickets. Toss: Queensland. New South Wales 8.03pts; Queensland 1.82pts. Umpires: GA Abood & AJ Barrow. Scorers: TJ Lorraine & IE Wright. Referee: PL Marshall.
Player of the Match: SNJ O’Keefe. Close of play: Day 1: Queensland (1) 6-221 (Floros 72, Wildermuth 4); Day 2: New South Wales (1) 6-272 (Lenton 15, O’Keefe 5); Day 3: New South Wales (2) 2-42 (Patterson 11, Maddinson 15).
QueenslandSO Henry hit wicket b Sandhu 0 - c Maddinson b Sandhu 11MT Renshaw b O'Keefe 45 - c Abbott b O'Keefe 29S Heazlett lbw b Abbott 9 - c Carters b Bollinger 11M Labuschagne c O'Keefe b Abbott 3 - lbw b O'Keefe 0NJ Reardon c Patterson b Henriques 23 - b Bollinger 44JS Floros run out (Cowan/Lenton) 82 - lbw b O'Keefe 32*+CD Hartley st Lenton b O'Keefe 48 - c Lenton b Abbott 1JD Wildermuth c Lenton b Bollinger 8 - b Sandhu 5JR Hopes c Abbott b O'Keefe 6 - b Bollinger 0BCJ Cutting c Lenton b Bollinger 1 - c Bollinger b O'Keefe 4M Steketee not out 14 - not out 1Extras 4b 14lb 2nb 20 3b 3lb 1nb 7(111.4 overs) 259 (64.1 overs) 145Fall: 1 14 24 75 92 212 225 241 243 259 Fall: 19 50 51 51 122 131 134 134 143 145Bowling: First Innings: Bollinger 26-13-40-2; Sandhu 22-2-62-1; Henriques 12.1-3-31-1; Abbott 21-5-52-2; O’Keefe 30.3-5-56-3. Second Innings: Bollinger 13-6-23-3; Sandhu 13.1-3-26-2; Abbott 16-4-52-1; O’Keefe 22-9-38-4.
New South WalesRGL Carters lbw b Hopes 6 - (2) b Steketee 7EJM Cowan c Labuschagne b Steketee 90 - (1) c Henry b Hopes 8KR Patterson c Cutting b Hopes 14 - not out 31NJ Maddinson c Hartley b Wildermuth 112 - c Renshaw b Floros 15BJ Rohrer c Floros b Hopes 17 - not out 29+JS Lenton c Wildermuth b Steketee 16 - did not batSA Abbott lbw b Wildermuth 0 - did not batSNJ O'Keefe c Heazlett b Hopes 13 - did not batGS Sandhu c Reardon b Steketee 20 - did not batDE Bollinger not out 2 - did not bat*MC Henriques absent hurt - - did not batExtras 2b 5lb 6nb 13 3b 6lb 3nb 12(88.5 overs) 303 (28.4 overs) 3 wkts 102Fall: 23 49 184 221 263 263 281 281 303 Fall: 10 16 45Bowling: First Innings: Steketee 20.5-5-76-3; Hopes 23-9-47-4; Floros 17-3-73-0; Cutting 12-2-39-0; Wildermuth 12-3-37-2; Labuschagne 4-0-24-0. Second Innings: Hopes 10-1-33-1; Steketee 7.4-1-28-1; Floros 6-1-19-1; Cutting 2-0-3-0; Labuschagne 3-0-10-0.
Round 3: NSW Blues v Tasmania 14-17 November, 2015 – Bankstown OvalWith the Sydney Cricket Ground still deemed unsuitable for play, NSW’s fixture against Tasmania was moved to Bankstown Oval to ensure the Blues didn’t risk losing more points. The visitors batted first after winning the toss, and had many starts including half centuries to Ben Dunk (68), Alex Doolan (65) and Tom Triffitt (54). However none of the Tigers were able to go on to reach triple figures thanks in part to Doug Bollinger (4-74) and Stephen O’Keefe (4-46) who were the pick of the Blues bowlers as Tasmania was bowled out for 295. New South Wales endured a shaky start in reply, succumbing to the Tasmania pace-trio of Jackson Bird, Sam Rainbird and Hamish Kingston.
Only Kurits Patterson (85) was able to grind out a solid innings as the Blues were all out for 215, 80 runs behind Tasmania’s first innings total.
Ben Dunk (143no) made batting look easy on the Bankstown deck, putting the Blues further on the back foot as Tasmania extended their lead. The Tigers put NSW back into bat again with a lead of 393 runs, and again the pacemen had a field day. Only Ryan Carters (77) could post a score before he became one of Kingston’s (4-61) four wickets.
The Blues were dismissed for just 170, and Tasmania took the six points.
Round 4: NSW Blues v Queensland 27-30 November, 2015 – Sydney Cricket GroundThree weeks on from the controversial abandoned match against Victoria, the Blues returned to the SCG needing to secure points.
It didn’t take long for NSW to settle in to their spiritual home, with Gurinder Sandhu (2-40) dismissing former team mate Scott Henry who hit his wicket in the second over.
While the Blues pace attack impressed, it was Stephen O’Keefe’s left arm orthodox that gave Queensland the most trouble on a turning Sydney deck. O’Keefe (3-56) bowled well for 30.2 overs as NSW bowled out Queensland for 259.
Nic Maddinson (112) hit his first century for the season, and Ed Cowan (90) continued an impressive return to his home state as the Blues notched a first innings lead of 44.
O’Keefe (4-38) secured man of the match honours in the second innings, bowling well with Doug Bollinger (3-23) and Sandhu (2-26) to dismiss Queensland for just 145.
The Blues had a shaky start chasing 102 for victory when Cowan (8) and Ryan Carters (7) were both dismissed in the first six overs, before the ever-reliable Ben Rohrer (29) combined with Kurtis Patterson (31) to see the Blues record their second outright win in four rounds.
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QUEENSLAND V NEW SOUTH WALES
At Harrup Park, Mackay, December 6-9, 2015. New South Wales won by 3 wickets. Toss: Queensland. Queensland 0.73pts; New South Wales 6pts. Umpires: SAJ Craig & AK Wilds. Scorers: SP Byrnes & C Howard. Referee: DJ Harper.
Player of the Match: MT Renshaw. Close of play: Day 1: Queensland (1) 4-215 (Renshaw 116, Floros 9); Day 2: New South Wales (1) 3-102 (Patterson 41, Rohrer 22); Day 3: Queensland (2) 1-26 (Henry 6, Heazlett 2).
QueenslandSO Henry c Bollinger b Abbott 4 - c Patterson b O'Keefe 38MT Renshaw c Patterson b Somerville 170 - b Somerville 16S Heazlett c Hughes b Somerville 34 - c Rohrer b Abbott 16M Labuschagne run out (Rohrer) 19 - lbw b Abbott 0NJ Reardon c Cowan b Somerville 22 - c Cowan b Bollinger 17JS Floros c Carters b O'Keefe 30 - b Bollinger 0*+CD Hartley lbw b Bollinger 12 - not out 15JR Hopes c O'Keefe b Somerville 5 - c Sandhu b Somerville 19MJ Swepson c Hughes b Somerville 2 - did not batLW Feldman c Carters b O'Keefe 30 - did not batBJ Stanlake not out 0 - did not batExtras 2b 4lb 8nb 14 8lb 2nb 10(136.4 overs) 342 - (51.3 overs) 7 wkt dec 131Fall: 12 88 135 187 263 295 306 310 336 342 Fall: 20 52 58 83 83 108 131Bowling: First Innings: Bollinger 22-7-47-1; Sandhu 20-7-39-0; O’Keefe 33.4-5-95-2; Abbott 11-3-26-2; Somerville 38-7-110-5. Second Innings: Bollinger 12-4-29-2; Sandhu 5-1-21-0; Somerville 12.3-7-24-2; Abbott 11-3-26-2; O’Keefe 11-6-23-1.
New South WalesDP Hughes c Heazlett b Stanlake 0 - (2) b Floros 28EJM Cowan b Floros 22 - (1) c Reardon b Floros 49KR Patterson b Floros 55 - b Swepson 3*NJ Maddinson lbw b Floros 13 - lbw b Swepson 80BJ Rohrer run out (Swepson) 56 - c & b Floros 31+RGL Carters c Renshaw b Floros 31 - c Heazlett b MJ Swepson 4SA Abbott b Feldman 36 - lbw b Floros 3SNJ O'Keefe c Hopes b Feldman 29 - not out 10GS Sandhu lbw b Feldman 0 - not out 9WER Somerville not out 10 - did not batDE Bollinger b Feldman 0 - did not batExtras 1lb 1w 6nb 8 0(125.2 overs) 260 (58.4 overs) 7 wkt dec 217Fall: 0 39 64 145 178 193 248 248 253 260 Fall: 54 59 129 191 191 197 202Bowling: First Innings: Stanlake 19-6-31-1; Hopes 25-8-46-0; Feldman 19.2-5-45-4; Floros 36-9-57-4; Swepson 23-5-65-0; Labuschagne 3-0-15-0. Second Innings: Stanlake 4-0-17-0; Hopes 11-1-37-0; Feldman 6-0-23-0; Floros 25-3-71-4; Swepson 12.4-0-69-3.
NEW SOUTH WALES V WESTERN AUSTRALIA
At Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, February 3-6, 2016. Match Drawn. Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 2.57pts; Western Australia 2.57pts. Umpires:SD Fry & JD Ward. Scorers: A Feely & P Noone. Referee: RW Stratford.
Player of the Match: AC Voges. Close of play: Day 1: New South Wales (1) 6-293 (Nevill 15, Abbott 5); Day 2: Western Australia (1) 4-194 (Voges 58, Moody 0); Day 3: New South Wales (2) 1-11 (Patterson 5, Lyon 0).
New South WalesDP Hughes c Whiteman b Moody 65 - b Paris 4 EJM Cowan c Bancroft b Turner 57 - retired hurt 2 KR Patterson c Voges b Paris 75 - b Paris 21*NJ Maddinson c Paris b Moody 69 - (7) not out 26BJ Rohrer c Voges b Moody 0 - c Turner b Bosisto 20+PM Nevill b Hogan 28 - b Paris 69TA Copeland b Rimmington 2 - (8) not out 2SA Abbott c Hogan b Turner 49 - did not batGS Sandhu c Whiteman b Voges 35 - did not batNM Lyon b Bosisto 1 - (4) lbw b Paris 3DE Bollinger not out 9 - did not batExtras 8lb 2w 2nb 12 5lb 1w 2nb 8(125.3 overs) 402 (87 overs) 5 wkt dec 155Fall: 116 139 243 247 282 285 307 366 379 402 Fall: 6 25 36 77 152Bowling: First Innings: Paris 25-5-70-1; Hogan 24-7-52-1; Rimmington 18-4-61-1; Bosisto 26-5-79-1; Moody 20-2-91-3; Turner 7.3-2-23-2; Cartwright 3-1-9-0; Voges 2-1-9-1. Second Innings: Paris 18-5-37-4; Hogan 18-8-36-0; Moody 9-2-15-0; Rimmington 11-4-30-0; Bosisto 16-5-20-1; Turner 9-3-7-0; Voges 2-1-2-0; Bancroft 1-1-0-0; Cartwright 3-0-3-0.
Western AustraliaCT Bancroft c Sandhu b Copeland 45 WG Bosisto lbw b Copeland 11 M Klinger c Maddinson b Bollinger 37 *AC Voges run out (Rohrer) 149 AJ Turner c Nevill b Lyon 38 DJM Moody b Bollinger 3 HWR Cartwright b Bollinger 36 +SM Whiteman c Nevill b Copeland 93 NJ Rimmington c Hughes b Lyon 48 JS Paris c Rohrer b Lyon 6 MG Hogan not out 14 Extras 2lb 3w 6nb 11(147.5 overs) 491Fall: 33 85 111 190 202 264 421 425 452 491Bowling: First Innings: Bollinger 26-2-107-3; Copeland 36-8-110-3; Abbott 23-4-80-0; Lyon 45.5-9-146-3; Sandhu 17-4-46-0.
Round 5: Queensland v NSW Blues 6-9 December, 2015 - Harrup Oval, MackayFollowing the comprehensive win at the SCG, the Blues jetted to Mackay for a Queensland home game. Daniel Hughes was brought into the Shield side as an opener following his outstanding innings of 300 in a Futures League match at Coffs Harbour, and was joined by Will Somerville who also returned to the First XI. Somerville was particularly impressive on a spinning pitch at Harrup Park, taking 5-110 from 38 overs in his first Shield match since December 2014. Matthew Renshaw (170) was the main contributor for Queensland’s first innings total of 342. The Blues fell short in their first innings, bowled out for 260 with Kurtis Patterson (55) and Ben Rohrer (56) reaching half centuries. The second innings of the match would go on to be one of the most intriguing and exciting of the 2015/16 Sheffield Shield season. Queensland, with a lead of 213, made an aggressive declaration 28 overs into the final day’s play. NSW reached 2-66 at tea, needing 146 in the final session of the match to secure victory. Enter Nic Maddinson. The Blues captain hit four sixes and seven boundaries to post 80 runs in just 72 deliveries to make an unlikely victory suddenly very achievable. His departure, and a spinning fourth day pitch threatened to derail the Blues, but Stephen O’Keefe (10no) and Gurinder Sandhu (9no) were able to withstand intense pressure to see NSW to another outright victory before the Big Bash break.
Round 6: NSW Blues v Western Australia 3-6 February, 2016 - Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, New ZealandThere were plenty of runs on offer in the first Sheffield Shield match ever to be played internationally.
The Blues hosted the Western Australian Warriors in a match designed to give international players a chance to adapt to New Zealand’s conditions ahead of an upcoming tour.
Peter Nevill and Nathan Lyon returned to the state squad from International duties, while Adam Voges was back for the Warriors.
With over 1000 runs eventually scored in the match, in retrospect the decision to bowl first may have been a poor one for the Warriors.
All of the Blues top four posted half centuries as NSW reached 402 for the first innings.
Voges continued his impressive Australian form at state level, hitting 149 while Sam Whiteman (93) just missed out on a century.
The Warriors were eventually all out with an 89-run lead. With a draw inevitable NSW declared at 5-155 in the second innings after Ed Cowan was ruled out of the match with concussion following a bouncer from Joel Paris which struck the opener in the head.
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA V NEW SOUTH WALES
At WACA Ground, Perth, February 14-17, 2016. (Day/Night) Match Drawn. Toss: New South Wales. Western Australia 2.86pts; New South Wales 1.94pts. Umpires: GA Abood & LB Gcuma. Scorers: LW Catchpole & SA Wheeler. Referee: SR Bernard.
Player of the Match: KR Patterson. Close of play: Day 1: New South Wales (1) 5-284 (Rohrer 68, O’Keefe 7); Day 2: Western Australia (1) 3-247 (Bancroft 85, Turner 20); Day 3: New South Wales (2) 1-107 (Hughes 45, Patterson 49).
New South WalesDP Hughes c Klinger b Agar 124 - (2) lbw b Hogan 54NCR Larkin lbw b Paris 1 - (1) c Turner b Paris 11KR Patterson b Moody 47 - not out 129*NJ Maddinson c Whiteman b Moody 1 - c Klinger b Cartwright 46BJ Rohrer c Whiteman b Hogan 78 - b Moody 4+RGL Carters c Whiteman b Hogan 22 - c Hogan b Agar 31SNJ O'Keefe retired hurt 10 - did not batTA Copeland c Turner b Paris 15 - (7) not out 9SA Abbott c & b Paris 0 - did not batGS Sandhu b Paris 0 - did not batDE Bollinger not out 2 - did not batExtras 10lb 4w 2nb 16 6b 6lb 3w 4nb 19(108.3 overs) 316 - (112 overs) 5 wkt dec 303Fall: 5 123 127 208 263 300 301 301 316 Fall: 21 137 203 215 283Bowling: First Innings: Paris 25.3-8-61-4; Hogan 24-10-59-2; Moody 26-7-75-2; Cartwright 8-2-33-0; Bosisto 5-0-19-0; Agar 17-1-53-1; Turner 3-1-6-0. Second Innings: Paris 18-3-56-1; Hogan 18-6-44-1; Moody 26-6-74-1; Cartwright 5-0-16-1; Agar 31-10-69-1; Turner 13-4-28-0; Bosisto 1-0-4-0.
Western AustraliaCT Bancroft c sub b Rohrer 144 WG Bosisto c Rohrer b Bollinger 5 *M Klinger c Carters b Bollinger 0 MS Harris c Carters b Sandhu 120 AJ Turner c Carters b Copeland 96 HWR Cartwright not out 59 +SM Whiteman c Copeland b Sandhu 37 AC Agar c Larkin b Sandhu 0 JS Paris c sub b Abbott 17 MG Hogan not out 7 DJM Moody did not batExtras 8b 6lb 5w 7nb 26(136 overs) 8 wkts dec 511Fall: 7 7 212 382 390 435 435 493Bowling: First Innings: Bollinger 26-7-58-2; Copeland 37-9-113-1; Sandhu 24-4-110-3; Abbott 26-6-112-1; Maddinson 17-1-88-0; Rohrer 6-1-16-1.
NEW SOUTH WALES V SOUTH AUSTRALIA
At C.Ex Coffs International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, February 25-28, 2016. New South Wales won by 5 wickets. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 7.61pts; South Australia 2.48pts. Umpires: AJ Barrow & MW Graham-Smith. Scorers: D Mattison & RL Sanday. Referee: D Talalla.
Player of the Match: TA Copeland. Close of play: Day 1: New South Wales (1) 1-31 (Hughes 10, Sandhu 8); Day 2: South Australia (2) 1-64 (Cosgrove 15, Raphael 24); Day 3: New South Wales (2) 5-178 (Rohrer 62, Copeland 7).
South AustraliaJ Weatherald c Carters b Copeland 58 - c Carters b Copeland 23MJ Cosgrove c Copeland b Abbott 2 - lbw b Copeland 17SJ Raphael c Carters b Abbott 2 - c Patterson b Copeland 34*TM Head c Copeland b Bollinger 7 - c Carters b Abbott 44J Lehmann b Maddinson 122 - b Bollinger 2AI Ross c Rohrer b Copeland 5 - c Hughes b Bollinger 0+AT Carey c Nair b Bollinger 48 - c Rohrer b Abbott 19JM Mennie lbw b Nair 0 - c Carters b Copeland 16C Valente c Nair b Maddinson 43 - lbw b Abbott 4TD Andrews not out 1 - c Carters b Copeland 13DJ Worrall c Bollinger b Nair 0 - not out 0Extras 1b 5lb 1w 3nb 10 2lb 3nb 5(79.2 overs) 298 (51.3 overs) 177Fall: 18 20 59 111 123 228 229 296 297 298 Fall: 29 72 85 111 119 137 146 154 176 177Bowling: First Innings: Bollinger 14-3-60-2; Copeland 19-7-50-2; Abbott 15-0-62-2; Nair 20.2-2-71-2; Sandhu 7-0-39-0; Maddinson 4-2-10-2. Second Innings: Bollinger 13-3-47-2; Copeland 17.3-2-62-5; Abbott 13-2-51-3; Sandhu 4-3-1-0; Nair 4-1-14-0.
New South WalesDP Hughes c Lehmann b Mennie 32 - c Ross b Mennie 1EJM Cowan c Ross b Mennie 10 - c Lehmann b Mennie 31GS Sandhu b Worrall 8 - did not batKR Patterson c Weatherald b Andrews 12 - (3) c Carey b Valente 9*NJ Maddinson c Head b Andrews 20 - (4) c Mennie b Andrews 27BJ Rohrer c Lehmann b Worrall 8 - (5) not out 109+RGL Carters lbw b Mennie 54 - (6) lbw b Worrall 32TA Copeland c Carey b Mennie 6 - (7) not out 47SA Abbott c Carey b Worrall 0 - did not batAJ Nair c Raphael b Worrall 37 - did not batDE Bollinger not out 10 - did not batExtras 3b 3lb 3w 5nb 14 4b 4lb 3nb 11(88.4 overs) 211 (81 overs) 5 wkts 267Fall: 23 45 64 66 81 97 114 119 190 211 Fall: 3 17 66 88 147Bowling: First Innings: Mennie 22-4-52-4; Worrall 24.4-6-48-4; Valente 17-8-32-0; Head 8-2-18-0; Andrews 17-2-55-2. Second Innings: Worrall 23-2-83-1; Mennie 21-3-56-2; Valente 17-4-45-1; Andrews 16-2-62-1; Head 4 0 13 0
Round 7: Western Australia v NSW Blues 14-17 February, 2016 - WACA, PerthWith Ed Cowan ruled out of the Blues return fixture against Western Australia because of concussion, Nick Larkin made his return to the Blues top order.
Another run-fest was on the cards, but Larkin (1) couldn’t cash in on his return to the NSW line up.
His opening partner Daniel Hughes (124) made the most of the conditions at the WACA, as did Ben Rohrer (78) and Kurtis Patterson (47) on the way to a first innings total of 316.
Batting on his home pitch, Cameron Bancroft continued the form that saw him in the mix for Australian selection, hitting 144 before becoming an unlikely victim of Ben Rohrer’s occasional medium pace.
Marcus Harris (120) and Ashton Turner (96) also posted big scores before the Warriors declared at 8-511.
Patterson (129no) finished an excellent match with his third First Class century, as the Blues batted to a draw on the final day.
Round 8: NSW Blues v South Australia 25-28 February, 2016 – C.Ex Coffs International Stadium, Coffs HarbourInternational duties and injury to the Blues spinning ranks saw the emergence of one of Australian cricket’s most exciting prospects – Arjun Nair. The 17-year-old’s performances in Futures League and the U/19 NSW Metropolitan team saw him parachuted into the Shield squad for the must-win match against the Redbacks. South Australia’s own debutant Jake Weatherald (58) and Jake Lehmann (122) rescued the Redbacks after they fell to 3-59. Trent Copeland (2-50) continued his successful return to First Class cricket, eventually picking up the breakthrough wicket of Weatherald, while Nic Maddinson (2-10) snared Lehmann. Nair (2-71) trapped former NSW bowler Joe Mennie LBW to claim his maiden Shield wicket, and nabbed a second to have South Australia all out for 298. Leading Shield wicket-taker Mennie came back to haunt his former state in his hometown of Coffs Harbour, taking 4-52 as the Blues were all out for 211 with hopes of a victory fading. Copeland (5-62) again swung the match back in NSW’s favour, as South Australia crumbled to be bowled out in the second innings for 177, giving NSW a day and a half to bat for the win. It was the mature heads of Ben Rohrer (109no) and Copeland (47no) who saw the Blues home, chasing down 87 runs on the final day to keep NSW in the hunt for a berth in the Final. Copeland finished with combined figures of 7-112, and was named man of the match after his steady effort with the bat to help the Blues to victory.
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At Blundstone Arena, Hobart, March 5-7, 2016. New South Wales won by 7 wickets. Toss: New South Wales. Tasmania 1.92pts; New South Wales 8.21pts. Umpires: SAJ Craig & JD Ward. Scorers: NA Bester & GW Hamley. Referee: SR Bernard.
Player of the Match: TA Copeland. Close of play: Day 1: New South Wales (1) 4-26 (Patterson 13, Rohrer 0; Day 2: Tasmania (2) 3-59 (Webster 32, Bailey 9).
TasmaniaBR Dunk b Bollinger 0 - lbw b Copeland 5TD Paine c Lyon b Conway 12 - b Bollinger 1BJ Webster c Hughes b Conway 73 - c Rohrer b Copeland 36AJ Doolan c Abbott b Copeland 15 - lbw b Copeland 7*GJ Bailey b Abbott 12 - c Carters b Copeland 20BR McDermott lbw b Copeland 59 - c Copeland b Bollinger 10+TIF Triffitt c Abbott b Copeland 9 - c Rohrer b Copeland 4EP Gulbis c Lyon b Conway 34 - c Abbott b Lyon 62HP Kingston not out 15 - c Rohrer b Copeland 1JM Bird lbw b Conway 0 - c Rohrer b Copeland 20AL Fekete c Carters b Conway 4 - not out 4Extras 2b 2lb 5nb 9 5lb 2nb 7(75.4 overs) 242 (46.4 overs) 177Fall: 2 30 72 90 155 182 199 232 232 242 Fall: 1 19 35 71 78 88 88 113 163 177Bowling: First Innings: Bollinger 16-6-31-1; Copeland 22-7-57-3; Abbott 15-2-59-1; Conway 13.4-4-45-5; Lyon 9-1-46-0. Second Innings: Bollinger 9-3-51-2; Copeland 23-5-58-7; Abbott 6-0-32-0; Conway 4-0-14-0; Lyon 4.4-2-17-1.
New South WalesDP Hughes lbw b Bird 0 - not out 100EJM Cowan c McDermott b Kingston 12 - lbw b Bird 0KR Patterson c McDermott b Kingston 100 - lbw b Bird 4NM Lyon c Triffitt b Bird 1 - did not bat*NJ Maddinson lbw b Bird 0 - (4) c Kingston b Bird 0BJ Rohrer c Triffitt b Gulbis 58 - (5) not out 37+RGL Carters b Bird 45 - did not batTA Copeland c Fekete b Bird 25 - did not batSA Abbott lbw b Bird 0 - did not batDE Bollinger c Webster b Bird 19 - did not batHNA Conway not out 0 - did not batExtras 2lb 2w 7nb 11 4lb 5nb 9(89.1 overs) 271 (23.4 overs) 3 wkts 150Fall: 0 25 26 26 146 220 234 234 265 271 Fall: 5 17 17Bowling: First Innings: Bird 20.1-7-45-7; Fekete 17-4-61-0; Kingston 19-4-63-2; Gulbis 18-2-49-1; Webster 11-1-36-0; Dunk 1-0-2-0; Paine 3-0-13-0. Second Innings: Bird 9-2-47-3; Fekete 5.4-0-40-0; Gulbis 3-1-5-0; Kingston 3-0-28-0; Webster 3-0-26-0.
VICTORIA V NEW SOUTH WALES
At Traegar Park, Alice Springs, March 15-18, 2016. Match Drawn. Toss: New South Wales. Victoria 2.51pts; New South Wales 3.44pts. Umpires: MD Martell & P Wilson. Scorers: J Hamilton & V Hutchinson. Referee: D Talalla.
Player of the Match: CL White. Close of play: Day 1: New South Wales (1) 8-262 (Nair 15, Lyon 7); Day 2: Victoria (1) 8-239 (Tremain 6, Holland 0); Day 3: Victoria (2) 3-20 (Stoinis 13, Wade 1).
New South WalesDP Hughes b Tremain 15 - c White b Tremain 2EJM Cowan c Christian b Stoinis 20 - c Wade b Boland 1KR Patterson c Wade b Holland 82 - c Wade b Christian 21*NJ Maddinson c Wade b Tremain 6 - lbw b Holland 40BJ Rohrer c CL White b Tremain 0 - c Wade b Christian 0+RGL Carters lbw b Boland 69 - c White b Holland 39TA Copeland b Tremain 18 - c Wade b Christian 47SA Abbott c Stoinis b Holland 22 - c White b Holland 14AJ Nair c White b Holland 22 - b Christian 4NM Lyon c Handscomb b Fawad Ahmed 75 - not out 7HNA Conway not out 2 - lbw b Christian 0Extras 8lb 1w 1nb 10 3lb 3(107.1 overs) 341 (63.4 overs) 178Fall: 16 49 69 69 179 213 227 242 304 341 Fall: 2 8 62 62 66 135 165 169 178 178Bowling: First Innings: Tremain 17-3-47-4; Boland 24-9-72-1; Christian 8-1-32-0; Holland 34-9-83-3; Stoinis 3-1-7-1; Fawad Ahmed 20.1-1-88-1; White 1-0-4-0. Second Innings: Tremain 9-2-37-1; Boland 10-2-21-1; Holland 18-1-48-3; Christian 16.4-2-40-5; Fawad Ahmed 9-2-23-0; Stoinis 1-0-6-0.
VictoriaRJ Quiney lbw b Copeland 0 - (2) lbw b Copeland 1TJ Dean b Abbott 4 - (1) b Copeland 0MP Stoinis c Hughes b Lyon 107 - lbw b Conway 16PSP Handscomb c Conway b Lyon 26 - b Abbott 4*+MS Wade b Conway 25 - lbw b Lyon 23CL White b Conway 4 - not out 97DT Christian b Copeland 53 - c Hughes b Lyon 30CP Tremain c Carters b Abbott 10 - b Copeland 9SM Boland c Hughes b Lyon 7 - not out 34JM Holland not out 8 - did not batFawad Ahmed b Abbott 0 - did not batExtras 1lb 6nb 7 5b 6lb 4nb 5pen 20(90 overs) 251 (110.4 overs) 7 wkts 234Fall: 0 4 44 78 89 221 223 233 251 251 Fall: 0 1 7 34 56 118 153Bowling: First Innings: Copeland 24-6-41-2; Abbott 18-4-60-3; Conway 9-4-31-2; Lyon 26-6-76-3; Nair 11-3-35-0; Maddinson 2-0-7-0. Second Innings: Copeland 31-16-59-3; Abbott 21.4-6-44-1; Lyon 39-14-86-2; Nair 8-4-12-0; Conway 8-2-10-1; Maddinson 2-1-6-0; Cowan 1-0-1-0.
Round 9: Tasmania v NSW Blues 5-7 March, 2016 – Blundstone Arena, HobartOne of the most pace-friendly pitches saw one debutant replaced with another as Harry Conway was handed Baggy Blue number 739 in Hobart.
The towering quick had a dream start to his Sheffield Shield career, snaring five wickets in his first outing with the ball.
Trent Copeland continued his good form taking 3-57 as Tasmania were all out for 242.
Kurtis Patterson (100) was the Blues’ best in reply, hitting his second century for the season, while Ben Rohrer (58) carried on his form from Coffs Harbour with a patient half century.
The Blues finished the first innings with a lead of 29, before Copeland took the game away from Tasmania in the second innings.
Copeland bowled 23 of the 46.4 overs in the second innings, finishing with figures of 7-58 (10-115 for the match) in what would be his second straight man of the match performance.
Chasing just 149 for victory, Dan Hughes came out firing with a ferocious display of hitting. The Blues opener clubbed 19 fours on his way to an unbeaten century from just 89 deliveries, and fittingly brought up the winning runs with a boundary.
Round 10: Victoria v NSW Blues 15-18 March, 2016 – Traeger Park, Alice SpringsIt all came down to the final match of the season – win and reach the final, anything less and the season was over. Just as had been the case in Coffs Harbour, a former New South Welshman got under the skin of the Blues early in the match. Chris Tremain (4-47) picked up key wickets, helping hold the Blues to 341 in the first innings. Nathan Lyon (3-76) then showed why he’s the country’s number one spinner, taking key wickets alongside Trent Copeland (2-41), Sean Abbott (3-60) and Harry Conway (2-31). The bowlers helped NSW into position to go for the win, entering the second innings with a 90 run lead. However things soon swung back in Victoria’s favour, as the Bushrangers ripped through NSW’s batting, with Dan Christian taking five wickets as NSW were all out for 178. The twists and turns of the thrilling finale hadn’t ended there, with Copeland again shaking the game up early in the final innings. With Victoria expected to put the cue in the rack and bat out the draw, early wickets for the Blues gave the team the belief of snatching the win and an unlikely berth in the final. Copeland (3-59) took two early wickets, and coupled with scalps to Abbott (1-44) and Conway (1-10) had the Victorians 4-34. However despite the best attempts, including aggressive fields that saw all nine fielders crowded around the bat, the Blues couldn’t dismiss Cameron White (97no). He survived more than 250 deliveries to secure a draw that put Victoria through to the final and ended NSW’s season.
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2015/16 SHEFFIELD SHIELD POINTS TABLETEAM Played Won Drawn L PointsSouth Australia 10 5 0 5 49.63Victoria 10 5 2 3 49.13New South Wales 10 5 4 1 47.57Queensland 10 5 0 5 46.66Western Australia 10 4 3 3 44.00Tasmania 10 2 0 8 27.19
2015/16 BUPA SHEFFIELD SHIELD PERFORMANCES BATTING M Inn NO Runs H.S 50 100 Avge Ct StKR Patterson 9 17 3 737 129* 4 2 52.71 4 -EJM Cowan 9 17 3 509 107* 2 1 36.36 7 -NJ Maddinson 10 17 1 488 112 2 1 30.50 4 -BJ Rohrer 9 16 3 447 109* 3 1 34.38 8 -RGL Carters 8 14 - 434 77 3 - 31.00 16 -DP Hughes 6 12 1 425 124 2 2 38.64 8 -SPD Smith 1 2 1 219 152* 1 1 219.00 - -TA Copeland 5 9 3 171 47* - - 28.50 4 -SA Abbott 9 12 - 166 49 - - 13.83 5 -PM Nevill 2 3 - 108 69 1 - 36.00 7 -DA Warner 1 2 - 107 77 1 - 53.50 2 -SNJ O'Keefe 6 7 3 98 29 - - 24.50 3 -GS Sandhu 7 8 2 90 35 - - 15.00 2 -NM Lyon 4 5 1 87 75 1 - 21.75 3 -AJ Nair 2 3 - 63 37 - - 21.00 2 -MC Henriques 4 3 - 47 25 - - 15.67 2 -DE Bollinger 8 8 4 47 19 - - 11.75 3 -JS Lenton 3 3 - 22 16 - - 7.33 4 1MA Starc 1 1 1 21 21* - - - 1 -NCR Larkin 1 2 - 12 11 - - 6.00 1 -WER Somerville 1 1 1 10 10* - - - - -HNA Conway 2 3 2 2 2* - - 2.00 1 -JR Hazlewood 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0.00 - -JK Lalor 1 - - - - - - - - -
BOWLING M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge Best 5wi 10wmDE Bollinger 8 221 64 634 27 23.48 4-74 - -TA Copeland 5 209.3 60 550 26 21.15 7-58 2 1SA Abbott 9 246.4 45 804 21 38.29 3-51 - -SNJ O'Keefe 6 165.3 36 419 17 24.65 4-38 - -NM Lyon 4 152.3 37 451 12 37.58 3-76 - -MA Starc 1 28.3 5 90 8 11.25 5-28 1 -HNA Conway 2 34.4 10 100 8 12.50 5-45 1 -GS Sandhu 7 159.1 29 475 8 59.37 3-110 - -WER Somerville 1 50.3 14 134 7 19.14 5-110 1 -JR Hazlewood 1 24 5 43 5 8.60 3-23 - -NJ Maddinson 10 25 4 111 2 55.50 2-10 - -MC Henriques 4 31 5 114 2 57.00 1-25 - -AJ Nair 2 43.2 10 132 2 66.00 2-71 - -BJ Rohrer 9 7 1 17 1 17.00 1-16 - -EJM Cowan 9 1 0 1 0 - - - -SPD Smith 1 1 0 8 0 - - - -
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Player M Inn NO Runs HS Avge Wkts Avge Best Ct StGreg MATTHEWS 135 200 35 6266 184 37.98 417 28.65 8-52 118 -Phil EMERY 120 169 43 3284 100* 26.06 - - - - 332 46Geoff LAWSON 115 132 25 1523 74 14.23 395 23.37 6-31 51 -Mark WAUGH 108 182 24 8416 229* 53.27 60 41.10 4-130 124 -Steve RIXON 107 155 26 3229 128 25.09 - - - - 249 49Michael BEVAN 105 183 36 9309 216 63.33 24 59.50 3-6 54 -Doug WALTERS 103 279 21 6612 253 41.84 119 35.00 7-63 54 -Mark TAYLOR 100 172 3 6997 199 41.40 - - - 132 -Brad HADDIN 96 161 22 5829 154 41.94 - - - 293 25John DYSON 94 170 17 6773 241 44.27 1 46.00 1-0 78 -Mike WHITNEY 94 86 31 321 28* 5.84 314 27.33 7-75 41 -Brian BOOTH 93 146 18 5577 177 43.57 6 72.16 2-53 63 -Steve WAUGH 93 159 15 6946 216* 48.24 87 31.54 6-51 93 -Stuart MacGILL 90 113 32 789 56* 9.74 3573 33.07 6-64 42 -Alan KIPPAX 87 135 16 8005 315* 67.27 13 63.92 4-66 35 -Richie BENAUD 86 121 10 4116 158 37.08 322 26.01 7-18 106 -Warren BARDSLEY 83 132 11 6419 235 53.04 - - - 48 -Bert OLDFIELD 82 115 12 2393 129 23.23 - - - 165 106Charlie MACARTNEY 81 123 13 5581 221 50.73 148 23.41 7-85 32 -Syd GREGORY 81 136 8 5329 201 41.63 - - - 50 -Rick McCOSKER 79 140 17 5998 168 48.76 2 72.00 2-28 105 -Johnny MARTIN 78 111 14 2582 101 26.61 293 30.67 8-97 83 -Monty NOBLE 77 124 10 5653 281 49.58 230 23.38 7-44 67 -Steve SMALL 77 131 4 4610 184 36.30 - - - 73 -Phil JAQUES 77 142 5 5659 240* 41.31 - - - 58 -Doug BOLLINGER 77 89 38 380 41* 7.45 261 26.99 6-47 30 -Alan TURNER 76 142 8 4171 127 31.12 1 10.00 1-6 57 -Peter TOOHEY 76 128 11 4572 158 39.08 - - - 53 -Tommy ANDREWS 74 115 6 4869 247* 44.66 82 29.42 5-41 35 -Michael SLATER 74 138 4 5257 204 39.23 - - - 45 -Victor TRUMPER 73 123 9 5823 292* 51.07 33 34.96 4-32 51 -Brian TABER 73 111 21 1489 109 16.54 - - - 207 35Shane LEE 73 123 18 3690 183* 35.14 102 41.05 4-20 59 -Alan DAVIDSON 72 100 17 2753 122* 33.16 273 21.45 7-31 54 -Greg MAIL 72 132 5 4085 176 32.17 14 40.29 4-18 63 -David COLLEY 71 107 20 2106 101 24.20 203 32.08 6-30 39 -Norm O’NEILL 70 115 12 5419 233 52.61 46 35.15 4-40 40 -Stuart CLARK 69 90 24 941 62 14.26 228 29.36 8-58 19 -Grahame THOMAS 68 105 7 4351 229 44.39 - - - 61 - Dirk WELLHAM 68 111 14 4297 166 44.30 - - - 33 -Bob HOLLAND 68 73 19 618 53 11.44 228 31.64 9-83 42 -Arthur MAILEY 67 89 32 835 66 14.64 334 27.68 8-81 74 -Jim BURKE 67 105 19 3901 220 45.36 60 32.46 6-60 27 -Bob SIMPSON 67 116 16 5317 359 53.17 79 42.46 5-37 102 -Kerry O’KEEFFE 65 99 30 1880 81* 27.24 211 27.05 6-49 53 -Dominic THORNELY 64 110 16 4224 261* 44.94 32 48.25 3-52 38 -Doug FORD 63 65 23 545 36* 12.97 - - - 120 57Brad McNAMARA 59 93 14 2195 137* 27.78 116 26.83 6-43 35 -Harry DONNAN 58 102 10 3026 160* 32.89 24 34.07 3-14 21 -Mark O’NEILL 58 93 17 3074 178* 40.45 34 49.44 3-47 25 -Trevor BAYLISS 58 96 10 3060 163 35.58 8 26.50 4-64 41 -Wayne HOLDSWORTH 58 63 16 375 34 7.98 188 32.14 7-41 26 -Nathan BRACKEN 58 76 25 872 63 17.10 190 25.60 7-4 15 -Simon KATICH 58 95 9 5309 306 61.73 35 26.49 7-130 54 -Charles KELLEWAY 57 90 10 3031 168 37.88 215 23.89 7-35 43 -Geoff DAVIES 57 101 11 3065 127 34.05 86 33.81 6-43 59 -Tom GARRETT 56 98 8 1952 163 21.68 125 23.48 6-55 38 -Frank IREDALE 56 95 4 3360 196 35.80 5 35.80 3-1 41 -Sid BARNES 56 91 4 4733 200 54.40 39 31.76 3-20 32 -Stan McCABE 55 89 5 4556 229* 54.23 60 28.86 5-36 38 -Ian CRAIG 55 83 5 3379 213* 43.32 - - - 22 -Bill O’REILLY 54 81 20 746 47 12.22 325 16.52 9-41 38 -Dave RENNEBERG 54 71 26 380 26 8.44 190 30.48 7-33 23 -Len PASCOE 54 54 14 366 51* 9.15 203 26.07 8-41 20 -David FREEDMAN 54 62 17 602 54* 13.38 159 30.28 8-49 17 -Ben ROHRER 54 92 13 2895 163 36.65 5 29.40 4-13 29 -James KELLY 53 84 17 1521 108 22.70 - - - 83 45Albert HOPKINS 52 85 5 2437 218 30.46 126 25.67 5-17 30 -Herbie COLLINS 52 86 5 3622 282 44.71 16 34.37 2-21 36 -Peter PHILPOTT 52 79 12 2309 156 34.46 153 31.07 7-53 42 -Murray BENNETT 52 70 20 1215 59* 24.30 131 28.72 6-32 37 -Corey RICHARDS 52 95 4 2606 164 28.64 - - - 23 -Stephen O’KEEFE 52 73 18 1506 99 27.38 158 24.61 6-70 24 -Peter NEVILL 52 83 18 2849 235* 43.83 - - - 161 10Trevor CHAPPELL 51 89 9 2681 150 33.51 58 22.74 4-12 30 -Arthur MORRIS 50 77 4 4660 253 63.83 1 200.00 1-5 30 -Ray LINDWALL 50 61 7 1140 134* 21.11 196 22.70 7-45 32 -Jim DE COURCY 50 74 8 2362 114 35.78 - - - 36 -Keith MILLER 50 68 6 3538 214 57.06 119 25.36 7-12 29 -Nic MADDINSON 50 88 5 2847 154 34.30 3 55.33 2-10 31 -
Doug Bollinger bowling
Jay Lenton wicket-keeping
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LEADING RUN SCORERSBatsman M Inn NO Runs 100s AvgeMichael BEVAN 105 183 36 9309 37 63.33Mark WAUGH 108 182 24 8416 25 53.27Alan KIPPAX 87 135 16 8005 32 67.27Mark TAYLOR 100 172 3 6997 17 41.40Steve WAUGH 93 159 15 6946 22 48.24John DYSON 94 170 17 6773 14 44.27Doug WALTERS 103 279 21 6612 19 41.84Warren BARDSLEY 83 132 11 6419 20 53.04Greg MATTHEWS 135 200 35 6266 9 37.98Rick McCOSKER 79 140 17 5998 19 48.76Brad HADDIN 97 161 21 5829 11 41.94Victor TRUMPER 73 123 9 5823 15 51.07Don BRADMAN 41 69 10 5813 21 98.52Monty NOBLE 77 124 10 5653 19 49.58Charlie MACARTNEY 81 123 13 5581 22 50.73Brian BOOTH 93 146 18 5577 11 43.57Phil JAQUES 77 142 5 5659 14 41.31Norm O’NEILL 70 115 12 5419 18 52.61Syd GREGORY 81 136 8 5369 11 41.63Bob SIMPSON 67 116 16 5317 15 53.17Simon KATICH 58 95 9 5309 15 61.73Michael SLATER 74 138 4 5257 13 39.23Tommy ANDREWS 74 115 6 4869 11 44.66Sid BARNES 56 91 4 4733 19 54.40Arthur MORRIS 50 77 4 4660 17 63.83Steve SMALL 77 131 4 4610 7 36.30Peter TOOHEY 76 128 11 4572 11 39.08Stan McCABE 55 89 5 4556 9 54.23Grahame THOMAS 68 105 7 4351 15 44.39Dirk WELLHAM 68 111 14 4297 9 44.30Dominic THORNELY 64 110 16 4224 10 44.94Alan TURNER 76 142 8 4171 4 31.12Richie BENAUD 86 121 10 4116 9 37.08Greg MAIL 72 132 5 4085 9 32.17Jim BURKE 67 105 19 3901 9 45.36Shane LEE 73 123 18 3690 7 35.14Herbie COLLINS 52 86 5 3622 14 44.71Keith MILLER 50 68 6 3538 10 57.06Ian CRAIG 55 83 5 3379 7 43.32Phil HUGHES 38 69 5 3360 10 52.50Frank IREDALE 56 95 4 3360 5 35.80Phil EMERY 120 169 43 3284 1 26.06Steve RIXON 107 155 26 3229 6 25.03Jack FINGLETON 49 80 6 3178 8 42.94Michael CLARKE 45 80 7 3164 11 43.34Mark O’NEILL 58 93 17 3074 8 40.45Geoff DAVIES 57 101 11 3065 5 34.05Trevor BAYLISS 58 96 10 3060 5 35.58Charles KELLEWAY 57 90 10 3031 10 37.88Harry DONNAN 58 102 10 3026 5 32.89The highest average for NSW is 118.50 by Harry Rock who in five matches, seven innings, in the 1924-25 and 1925-26 seasons scored 711 runs.
MOST RUNS IN A SEASONRuns Batsman Season M Inn N.O H.S 100s Avge1506 Simon KATICH 2007-08 11 17 1 306 5 94.121312 Michael BEVAN 1993-94 12 22 5 203* 5 77.171269 Phil JAQUES 2004-05 12 21 2 240* 3 66.781205 Dirk WELLHAM 1982-83 13 23 5 136* 2 66.941186 Steve SMALL 1990-91 13 23 - 126 4 51.561174 Mark TAYLOR 1988-89 12 22 1 152* 3 55.901153 Rick McCOSKER 1982-83 13 25 4 124 3 54.901127 Don BRADMAN 1928-29 7 12 4 340* 5 140.871065 Dominic THORNELY 2004-05 12 20 3 261* 4 62.641052 Rick McCOSKER 1974-75 10 19 1 164 4 58.441051 Don BRADMAN 1929-30 7 11 2 452* 2 116.771036 Don BRADMAN 1933-34 6 9 2 253 4 148.001024 Grahame THOMAS 1965-66 9 16 - 229 4 64.001019 Michael SLATER 1992-93 10 19 2 143 3 59.941015 John DYSON 1983-84 11 19 3 241 3 63.431009 Mark WAUGH 1989-90 12 17 4 198* 5 77.611005 Norm O’NEILL 1957-58 8 14 2 233 4 83.75
NSW First Class Records
Arjun Nair celebrates a wicket
Nic Maddinson, left, and Trent Copeland celebrate a wicket
Ben Rohrer celebrates a century
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Score Batsman Opponent City Season 452* Don BRADMAN Queensland Sydney 1929-30383 Charles GREGORY Queensland Brisbane 1906-07359 Bob SIMPSON Queensland Brisbane 1963-64340* Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1928-29321 Billy MURDOCH Victoria Sydney 1881-82315* Alan KIPPAX Queensland Sydney 1927-28306 Simon KATICH Queensland Sydney 2007-08297* Harry MOSES Victoria Sydney 1887-88292* Victor TRUMPER Tasmania Sydney 1898-99282 Herbie COLLINS Tasmania Sydney 1912-13281 Monty NOBLE Victoria Melbourne 1905-06277 Bob SIMPSON Queensland Sydney 1967-68271 Reggie DUFF South Australia Sydney 1903-04271* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Sydney 1925-26264* Ray FLOCKTON South Australia Sydney 1959-60263 Steve SMITH Victoria Melbourne 1982-83261* Dominic THORNELY Western Australia Sydney 2004-05260* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Melbourne 1928-29258 Don BRADMAN South Australia Adelaide 1930-31253 Victor TRUMPER New Zealanders Sydney 1898-99253 Don BRADMAN Queensland Sydney 1933-34253 Arthur MORRIS Queensland Brisbane 1951-52253 Doug WALTERS South Australia Adelaide 1964-65248 Alan KIPPAX South Australia Sydney 1923-24247* Tommy ANDREWS Victoria Sydney 1919-20247* Bob SIMPSON Western Australia Sydney 1963-64241 John DYSON South Australia Adelaide 1983-84240 Phil JAQUES Queensland Bankstown 2004-05239 Percy MCDONNELL Victori Melbourne 1886-87238 Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1932-33235* Peter NEVILL Tasmania Hobart 2014-15235 Warren BARDSLEY South Australia Sydney 1920-21235 Warren BARDSLEY South Australia Adelaide 1920-21235 Harry ROCK Victoria Sydney 1924-25233 Norm O’NEILL Victoria Sydney 1957-58231 Neil HARVEY South Australia Sydney 1962-63230 Victor TRUMPER Victoria Sydney 1900-01230 Monty NOBLE South Australia Sydney 1903-04229* Stan McCABE Queensland Brisbane 1931-32229 Neil HARVEY Queensland Sydney 1960-61229 Grahame THOMAS Victoria Melbourne 1965-66229* Mark WAUGH Western Australia Perth 1990-91224 Tommy ANDREWS M.C.C. Sydney 1924-25221 Charlie MACARTNEY Canterbury Christchurch 1923-24220 Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1930-31
Score Batsman Opponent City Season 220 Jim BURKE South Australia Adelaide 1956-57219 Don BRADMAN South Africans Sydney 1931-32218 Albert HOPKINS South Australia Adelaide 1908-09217* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Sydney 1926-27217* Phil JAQUES South Australia Sydney 2004-05216* Roy MINNETT Victoria Sydney 1911-12216* Steve WAUGH Western Australia Perth 1990-91216 Michael BEVAN Tasmania Sydney 2003-04214 Keith MILLER M.C.C. Sydney 1950-51214 Usman KHAWAJA South Australia Adelaide 2010-11213 Monty NOBLE South Australia Adelaide 1908-09213 Monty NOBLE Victoria Sydney 1908-09213* Ian CRAIG South Africans Sydney 1952-53212* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Sydney 1924-25211 Steve WAUGH Victoria Melbourne 2002-03210* Austin DIAMOND Victoria Sydney 1906-07210 Arthur MORRIS Victoria Melbourne 1951-52208 Victor TRUMPER Queensland Sydney 1899-00207 Norman CALLAWAY Queensland Sydney 1914-15206 Bill WATSON Western Australia Perth 1956-57206 Steve WAUGH Tasmania Hobart 1994-95205 Bill BROWN Victoria Sydney 1933-34205 Bob SIMPSON Western Australia Perth 1962-63205* Simon KATICH Queensland Sydney 2006-07204 Michael SLATER Western Australia Perth 2002-03203* Michael BEVAN Western Australia Sydney 1993-94203* Michael BEVAN Western Australia Sydney 2001-02203 Jim MACKAY Queensland Brisbane 1905-06202* Steve WAUGH Victoria Nth Sydney 1997-98202* Michael BEVAN South Australia Sydney 1998-99201 Syd GREGORY Victoria Sydney 1907-08201* Victor TRUMPER South Australia Sydney 1912-13201 Charlie MACARTNEY Victoria Sydney 1913-14201 Alex MARKS Queensland Sydney 1935-36201* Keith MILLER Queensland Brisbane 1950-51201* Doug WALTERS M.C.C. Sydney 1970-71201* Michael BEVAN Tasmania Sydney 2002-03201* Michael CLARKE Queensland Sydney 2005-06200 Monty NOBLE South Australia Adelaide 1899-00200 James BOGLE South Australia Adelaide 1919-20200 Don BRADMAN Queensland Brisbane 1933-34200 Sid BARNES Queensland Brisbane 1945-46200 Allan BORDER Queensland Brisbane 1979-80200* Mark WAUGH West Indians Sydney 1992-93
HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS
CENTURY ON FIRST CLASS DEBUTBatsman Runs Opponent City SeasonLeslie PYE 166 Queensland Brisbane 1896-97Norman CALLAWAY * 207 Queensland Brisbane 1914-15Jim BOGLE 145 Victoria Sydney 1918-19Edward FORSSBERG 143 Queensland Sydney 1920-21Des MULLARKEY 130 Queensland Brisbane 1923-24Harry ROCK 127 South Australia Sydney 1924-25Harry STEELE 130 Queensland Brisbane 1926-27Don BRADMAN 118 South Australia Adelaide 1927-28Arthur ALLSOPP 117 M.C.C. Sydney 1929-30Wendell BILL 115 Tasmania Sydney 1929-30Len LEABEATER 128 Tasmania Sydney 1929-30Richard NUTT 102 South Australia Adelaide 1931-32Arthur MORRIS ** 148 Queensland Sydney 1940-41Eric LUKEMAN 118 South Australia Adelaide 1946-47Ron BRIGGS 121 Western Australia Perth 1952-53Neil MARKS 180* South Australia Sydney 1958-59Gary GILMOUR 122 South Australia Sydney 1971-72Trevor CHAPPELL 120 Western Australia Sydney 1979-80Dirk WELLHAM 100 Victoria Melbourne 1980-81Wayne SEABROOK 165 Victoria Melbourne 1984-85Rodney DAVISON 133* Tasmania Sydney 1993-94Ben ROHRER 163 Tasmania Hobart 2006-07Nic MADDINSON 113 South Australia Adelaide 2010-11Kurtis PATTINSON 157 Western Australia Sydney 2011-12
* This was Callaway’s only first-class innings. It was made in New Wales’s last first-class match until after World War 1. Callaway was killed at the 2nd Battle of Bullecourt, in France, on May 3, 1917.
** Also scored a century (111) in the second innings.
CENTURIES IN BOTH INNINGS OF A MATCHBatsman Runs Opponent City Season Jim MACKAY 105 & 102* South Australia Sydney 1905-06Monty NOBLE 176 & 123 Victoria Sydney 1907-08Charlie MACARTNEY 119 & 126 South Africans Sydney 1910-11Alan KIPPAX 127 & 131 Queensland Brisbane 1926-27Archie JACKSON 131 & 122 South Australia Sydney 1927-28Don BRADMAN 131 & 133* Queensland Brisbane 1928-29Stan McCABE 106 & 103* Victoria Sydney 1931-32Arthur MORRIS * 148 & 111 Queensland Sydney 1940-41Bob SIMPSON 121 & 142* South Australia Sydney 1964-65Rick McCOSKER 138 & 136* Western Australia Sydney 1974-75Rick McCOSKER 123* & 118* Victoria Sydney 1981-82Mark TAYLOR 107 & 152* Western Australia Perth 1988-89Mark TAYLOR 127 & 100 Queensland Sydney 1989-90Steve SMALL 115 & 126 Wellington North Sydney 1990-91Greg MAIL 128 & 152* South Australia Sydney 2003-04Phil JAQUES 129 & 125 Victoria Melbourne 2010-11
* Arthur Morris became the first player in world cricket to register a century in each innings on first-class debut scoring 148 and 111 against Queensland at the S.C.G. in 1940-41 (not a Sheffield Shield fixture).
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HIGHEST WICKET PARTNERSHIPS Wkt Ttl Batsmen Opponent City Season
1st 319 John DYSON & Rick McCOSKER Western Australia Sydney 1980-81308 Bob SIMPSON & Grahame THOMAS Western Australia Sydney 1963-64298 Victor TRUMPER & Reggie DUFF South Australia Sydney 1902-03
2nd 378 Lynn MARKS & Doug WALTERS South Australia Adelaide 1964-65334 Archie JACKSON & Don BRADMAN South Australia Adelaide 1930-31323 Ian CRAIG & Neil HARVEY Queensland Sydney 1960-61
3rd 363 Don BRADMAN & Alan KIPPAX Queensland Sydney 1933-34345 Warren BARDSLEY & Johnny TAYLOR South Australia Adelaide 1920-21280 Wendell BILL & Alan KIPPAX Queensland Brisbane 1930-31
4th 325 Norm O’NEILL & Brian BOOTH Victoria Sydney 1957-58315 Monty NOBLE & Syd GREGORY Victoria Sydney 1907-08293 Reggie DUFF & Monty NOBLE South Australia Sydney 1903-04
5th 464* Mark WAUGH & Steve WAUGH Western Australia Perth 1990-91397 Warren BARDSLEY & Charles KELLEWAY South Australia Sydney 1920-21334 Simon KATICH & Brad HADDIN Queensland Sydney 2007-08
6th 332 Neil MARKS & Grahame THOMAS South Australia Sydney 1958-59271 Steve WAUGH & Greg MATTHEWS Tasmania Hobart 1989-90258 Victor TRUMPER & Frank IREDALE Tasmania Sydney 1898-99
7th 255 Grahame THOMAS & Richie BENAUD Victoria Melbourne 1961-62208 Charlie MACARTNEY & Albert HOPKINS Queensland Sydney 1906-07191 Dominic THORNELY & Brad HADDIN South Australia Sydney 2007-08
8th 270 Victor TRUMPER & Eric BARBOUR Victoria Sydney 1912-13236 Reggie DUFF & Albert HOPKINS Lord Hawke’s XI Sydney 1902-03218 Charlie MACARTNEY & John SCOTT Queensland Sydney 1913-14
9th 226 Charles KELLEWAY & Bert OLDFIELD Victoria Melbourne 1925-26221 Ernest WADDY & Bill HOWELL South Australia Adelaide 1904-05201 Edward FORSSBERG & Hammy LOVE Queensland Sydney 1920-21
10th 307+ Alan KIPPAX & Hal HOOKER Victoria Melbourne 1928-29219 Dominic THORNELY & Stuart MacGILL Western Australia Sydney 2004-05169 Roy MINNETT & Cecil McKEW Victoria Sydney 1911-12
Note: Jack Fingleton, Bill Brown & Don Bradman shared a first wicket partnership of 340 against Victoria at Sydney in 1933-34. Fingleton retired hurt on 78 with the total at 0-148 and did not resume until 4-486 the next day.
LEADING WICKET-TAKERSBowler M Wkts Avge 5WIGreg MATTHEWS 135 417 28.65 20Geoff LAWSON 115 395 23.36 13Stuart MacGILL 90 357 33.07 18Arthur MAILEY 67 334 27.66 28Bill O’REILLY 54 325 16.52 26Richie BENAUD 86 322 26.01 17Mike WHITNEY 94 314 27.33 13Johnny MARTIN 78 291 30.88 12Alan DAVIDSON 72 273 21.45 10Charles TURNER 43 263 16.18 29Doug BOLLINGER 77 261 26.99 10Monty NOBLE 77 230 23.34 13Stuart CLARK 69 228 29.36 9Bob HOLLAND 68 228 31.64 8Charles KELLEWAY 57 215 23.90 7Kerry O’KEEFFE 65 211 27.06 12Len PASCOE 54 203 26.07 9David COLLEY 71 203 32.08 6Ray LINDWALL 50 196 22.71 7Bill HOWELL 48 195 24.07 11Nathan BRACKEN 58 190 25.60 9Dave RENNEBERG 54 190 30.48 8Wayne HOLDSWORTH 58 188 32.14 10Tom McKIBBIN 25 181 21.11 17Albert COTTER 38 171 23.42 10David HOURN 41 161 27.47 11David FREEDMAN 54 159 30.28 7Stephen O’KEEFE 52 158 24.61 3Matthew NICHOLSON 45 155 28.46 3Peter PHILPOTT 52 153 31.07 7John SCOTT 35 150 22.42 9Charlie MACARTNEY 81 148 23.41 3Edwin EVANS 27 145 14.95 15Trent COPELAND 44 171 26.01 7Hughie CHILVERS 32 142 25.38 11Gary GILMOUR 42 140 33.36 3Syd CALLAWAY 33 139 17.36 14Murray BENNETT 52 131 28.72 5Grahame CORLING 46 129 32.28 5John GLEESON 35 126 25.63 7Albert HOPKINS 52 126 25.67 6Tom GARRETT 56 123 23.48 9Fred JOHNSON 35 123 29.45 5Keith MILLER 50 119 25.36 3Doug WALTERS 103 119 35.00 5Brad McNAMARA 59 116 26.83 5Dave GILBERT 43 113 33.27 3Brett LEE 23 109 25.37 7Hunter HENDRY 38 105 26.12 4Sam EVERETT 28 103 26.44 8Shane LEE 73 102 41.05 -John FERRIS 19 101 17.20 7Graeme BEARD 40 100 26.91 6
MOST WICKETS IN A SEASONWkts Bowler Season M Balls Mdns Runs Avge Best63 Charles TURNER 1887-88 7 2513 262 865 13.73 8-3962 Stuart MacGILL 2004-05 12 2771 92 1441 23.24 6-6559 Robert MASSIE 1912-13 10 2261 84 1101 18.68 7-11055 Bill O’REILLY 1939-40 7 1974 52 832 15.12 8-2355 Arthur MAILEY 1922-23 9 2384 52 832 21.63 6-4553 Charles TURNER 1886-87 5 1425 178 377 7.11 8-3253 Wayne HOLDSWORTH 1992-93 12 2245 57 1376 25.96 7-4152 Greg MATTHEWS 1991-92 12 2896 153 1116 21.46 6-6351 Richie BENAUD 1958-59 8 2611 81 995 19.50 7-32
HAT-TRICKSBowler Opponent Venue SeasonGeorge GILBERT Victoria Melbourne 1857-58Charles TURNER Victoria Melbourne 1886-87Monty NOBLE Tasmania Sydney 1898-99Tom HOWARD Queensland Sydney 1902-03Albert HOPKINS South Australia Sydney 1903-04Charles KELLEWAY Queensland Brisbane 1913-14Hal HOOKER * Victoria Sydney 1928-29Alan WALKER Queensland Sydney 1948-49John TREANOR ** Queensland Brisbane 1954-55Gordon RORKE Queensland Sydney 1958-59Alan DAVIDSON Western Australia Perth 1962-63Len PASCOE South Australia Adelaide 1980-81Dave GILBERT Victoria Sydney 1984-85Stuart MacGILL New Zealanders Newcastle 1997-98Stuart CLARK Western Australia Perth 2006-07Doug BOLLINGER Western Australia Perth 2007-08Scott COYTE Queensland Brisbane 2010-11Doug BOLLINGER Victoria Wagga Wagga 2014-15
* Hal Hooker took four wickets in four balls, three in the 1st innings, one in the 2nd innings. ** John Treanor took his hat-trick on debut.
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ONE HUNDRED RUNS AND TEN WICKETS IN A MATCHPlayer Batting Bowling Opponent Venue SeasonClem HILL 17 & 91 7-18 & 5-49 Queensland Sydney 1932-33Greg MATTHEWS 85* & 67 6-63 & 5-70 Queensland Sydney 1991-92
MOST WICKETS IN AN INNINGSWkts Bowler Opponent Venue Season9-41 Bill O’REILLY South Australia Adelaide 1937-389-50 Bill O’REILLY Victoria Melbourne 1933-349-52 Bill HOWELL Victoria Melbourne 1902-039-68 Tom McKIBBIN Queensland Brisbane 1894-959-77 David HOURN Victoria Sydney 1978-799-83 Bob HOLLAND South Australia Sydney 1984-858-14 Sydney AUSTIN Hawkes Bay Napier 1893-948-23 Bill O’REILLY Queensland Sydney 1939-408-31 Edward WHITE South Australia Sydney 1935-368-32 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1886-878-33 Hunter HENDRY New Zealanders Wellington 1923-248-33 Bob HOLLAND New Zealanders Sydney 1985-868-39 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1887-888-40 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1887-888-41 Len PASCOE Tasmania Hobart 1981-828-49 David FREEDMAN West Indians Newcastle 1995-968-50 Roy MINNETT Victoria Melbourne 1914-158-52 Greg MATTHEWS Western Australia Sydney 1992-938-56 Andrew NEWELL Victoria Sydney 1897-988-58 Stuart CLARK Western Australia Perth 2006-078-66 Tom McKIBBIN South Australia Sydney 1894-958-74 Charles TURNER Victoria Sydney 1890-918-74 Tom McKIBBIN South Australia Adelaide 1896-978-81 Herbert HORDERN Queensland Sydney 1905-068-81 Arthur MAILEY South Australia Sydney 1920-218-84 John FERRIS South Australia Adelaide 1890-918-92 Trent COPELAND Queensland Sydney 2009-108-93 Tom McKIBBIN Victoria Melbourne 1895-968-97 Johnny MARTIN Victoria Sydney 1962-638-98 Syd CALLAWAY New Zealanders Christchurch 1895-968-109 Sam COSSTICK Victoria Melbourne 1865-668-111 Michael PIERCE South Australia Adelaide 1892-938-111 Tom McKIBBIN Victoria Sydney 1896-97
MOST WICKETS IN A MATCHWkts Wickets Bowler Opponent Venue Season 16-79 8-39 & 8-40 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1887-8815-125 7-51 & 8-74 Tom McKIBBIN South Australia Adelaide 1896-9715-174 8-74 & 7-100 Charles TURNER Victoria Sydney 1890-9115-175 7-77 & 8-98 Syd CALLAWAY New Zealanders Christchurch 1895-9614-45 8-23 & 6-22 Bill O’REILLY Queensland Sydney 1939-4014-59 8-32 & 6-27 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1886-8714-65 7-47 & 7-18 Syd CALLAWAY Wellington Wellington 1895-9614-73 7-48 & 7-25 Charles LAWRENCE Victoria Domain 1862-6314-87 5-19 & 9-68 Tom McKIBBIN Queensland Brisbane 1894-9514-98 9-41 & 5-57 Bill O’REILLY South Australia Adelaide 1937-3814-189 6-123 & 8-66 Tom McKIBBIN South Australia Sydney 1894-9514-192 8-84 & 6-108 John FERRIS South Australia Adelaide 1890-91
CENTURY AND FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGSPlayer Runs Wkts Opponent Venue SeasonMonty NOBLE 100 5-128 Victoria Sydney 1898-99Monty NOBLE 155 6-91 Victoria Sydney 1899-00Monty NOBLE 147 5-67 South Australia Adelaide 1903-04Tommy ANDREWS 111* 5-41 Canterbury Christchurch 1923-24Colin McCOOL 100 5-65 South Australia Adelaide 1940-41Richie BENAUD 158 5-88 Queensland Brisbane 1953-54Alan DAVIDSON 108 7-31 Western Australia Perth 1961-62Johnny MARTIN 101 5-126 Western Australia Perth 1963-64Peter PHILPOTT 125 6-65 Western Australia Sydney 1964-65Doug WALTERS 253 7-63 South Australia Adelaide 1964-65Geoff DAVIES 112 6-43 Queensland Sydney 1967-68Doug WALTERS 176 6-51 Victoria Sydney 1972-73
YOUNGEST PLAYERS TO SCORE A CENTURYPlayer Years Days Opponent Venue SeasonArchie JACKSON (100) 17 97 Queensland Sydney 1926-27Ian CRAIG (213*) 17 205 South Africans Sydney 1952-53Doug WALTERS (109*) 18 9 Victoria Melbourne 1963-64Kurtis PATTERSON (157) 18 206 Western Australia Sydney 2011-12Nic MADDINSON (113) 18 294 South Australia Adelaide 2010-11Norm CALLAWAY (207) 18 320 Queensland Sydney 1914-15Eric BARBOUR (124*) 18 339 Queensland Sydney 1909-10Arthur MORRIS (148) 18 342 Queensland Sydney 1940-41Bob SIMPSON (104) 18 345 Victoria Sydney 1954-55
YOUNGEST PLAYERS TO TAKE FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGSPlayer Years Days Opponent Venue SeasonBob SIMPSON (5-37) 18 6 West. Aust Sydney 1953-54Jim CAMPBELL (6-118) 18 66 Queensland Brisbane 1926-27James CLEEVE (6-95) 18 316 Victoria Melbourne 1882-83Dave NOONAN (7-98) 18 340 Canterbury Christchurch 1895-96Doug WALTERS (6-66) 18 355 Pakistanis Sydney 1964-65Albert COTTER (5-44) 19 71 M.C.C. Sydney 1903-04Andrew NEWELL (5-53) 19 107 Auckland Auckland 1889-90Stan McCABE (5-36) 19 171 Queensland Sydney 1929-30John FERRIS (5-28) 19 248 Victoria Sydney 1886-87Allan COOPER (6-128) 19 269 Victoria Melbourne 1935-36Moises HENRIQUES (5-17) 19 270 Queensland Brisbane 2006-07Mitchell STARC (5-74) 19 334 Queensland Brisbane 2009-10
Sean Abbott appeals
Ed Cowan drives
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MOST DISMISSALS BY A WICKET-KEEPERWicket-keeper M Dismissals Catches Stumpings Runs Avge H.S Phil EMERY 120 378 332 46 3284 26.06 100* Brad HADDIN 96 316 291 25 5829 41.94 154 Steve RIXON 107 298 249 49 3229 25.03 128 Bert OLDFIELD 82 271 165 106 2393 2323 129 Brian TABER 73 242 207 35 1489 16.54 109 Doug FORD 63 177 120 57 545 12.97 36*Peter NEVILL 44 167 157 10 2849 43.83 235*James KELLY 53 126 81 45 1521 22.70 128 Hanson CARTER 44 121 81 40 1262 23.37 149 Ron SAGGERS 40 115 85 30 1427 25.94 90 Greg DYER 42 114 99 15 1332 27.18 88*
The highest score by a ‘keeper for NSW is 321 by Billy Murdoch.
MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDSMANFieldsman Matches CatchesMark TAYLOR 100 132Mark WAUGH 108 124Greg MATTHEWS 135 118Richie BENAUD 86 106Rick McCOSKER 79 105Bob SIMPSON 67 102Johnny MARTIN 78 103Steve WAUGH 93 93John DYSON 94 78Arthur MAILEY 67 74Steve SMALL 77 74
YOUNGEST FIRST CLASS PLAYERS FOR NEW SOUTH WALESPlayer Years Days Opponent Venue Season Batting BowlingIan CRAIG 16 249 South Australia Sydney 1951-52 91 -Bob SIMPSON 16 355 Victoria Sydney 1952-53 44* & 8* 1-24 & 0-11Doug WALTERS 17 8 Queensland Sydney 1961-62 1 & 50 0-7Victor TRUMPER 17 64 South Australia Adelaide 1894-95 11 & 0 -Archie JACKSON 17 82 Queensland Brisbane 1926-27 5 & 86 -Francis DOWNES 17 196 Victoria Melbourne 1881-82 1 & 4* 2-75 & 0-26Leonard VAUGHAN 17 242 Western Australia Sydney 1925-26 3 -Charles OLIVER 17 246 Victoria Melbourne 1865-66 6* & 29 -Patrick CUMMINS 17 299 Tasmania Hobart 2010-11 0* & 0* 2-80Arjun NAIR 17 318 South Australia Coffs Harbour 2015-16 37 2-71 & 0-14Eric BARBOUR 17 339 Queensland Sydney 1908-09 40 & 0 2-58 & 1-22
FIVE WICKETS ON FIRST CLASS DEBUT FOR NSWBowler Opponent Venue Season John McKONE 5-25 Victoria Melbourne 1855-56Edward WARD 5-15 Victoria Domain 1856-57George RICHARDSON 6-42 Victoria Melbourne 1859-60Charles LAWRENCE 7-48 Victoria Domain 1862-63Sam COSSTICK 8-109 Victoria Melbourne 1965-66Edwin EVANS 6-25 Victoria Albert 1874-75James CLEEVE 6-95 Victoria Melbourne 1882-83Michael PIERCE 8-111 South Australia Adelaide 1892-93Bill HOWELL 5-44 AE Stoddart’s XI Sydney 1894-95Dave NOONAN 7-95 Canterbury Christchurch 1895-96Tom HOWARD 6-59 Queensland Sydney 1899-00Jack MARSH 5-181 South Australia Sydney 1900-01Herbert HORDERN 8-81 Queensland Sydney 1905-06Leslie MINNETT 7-131 M.C.C. Sydney 1907-08Cyril DOCKER 5-67 Queensland Sydney 1909-10Bert FOLKARD 6-37 South Africans Sydney 1910-11Arthur MAILEY 5-46 Western Australia Sydney 1912-13Charles MORRISSEY 6-30 Queensland Brisbane 1924-25Hal HOOKER 5-81 Queensland Sydney 1924-25Jim CAMPBELL 6-118 Queensland Brisbane 1926-27Ernest O’BRIEN 5-99 South Australia Sydney 1926-27F. Harry DUPAIN 5-44 Tasmania Sydney 1927-28Robert ROXBY 5-84 South Australia Adelaide 1953-54John TREANOR 5-146 Queensland Brisbane 1954-55Wally WELLHAM 6-43 Queensland Brisbane 1959-60Wayne HOLDSWORTH 6-55 Victoria Melbourne 1988-89Greg McLAY 5-55 Western Australia Sydney 1990-91Glenn McGRATH 5-79 Tasmania Sydney 1992-93Trent COPELAND 8-92 Queensland Sydney 2009-10Harry CONWAY 5-45 Tasmania Hobart 2015-16
Gurinder Sandhu in action
Steve O’Keefe
Dan Hughes drives
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New South WalesNJ Maddinson c & b Wildermuth 108 (120) EJM Cowan c Swepson b Bazley 21 (19)*SPD Smith not out 143 (122) MC Henriques c Gregory b Hatcher 48 (42) SA Abbott not out 0 (0) RGL Carters did not bat+PM Nevill did not bat SNJ O'Keefe did not batMA Starc did not bat GS Sandhu did not bat NM Lyon did not bat Extras 5lb 10w 3nb 18(50 overs) 3 wkts 338Fall: 56 209 321Bowling: Dixon 10-0-86-0; Hatcher 10-0-86-1; Bazley 7-0-49-1; Wildermuth 10-0-49-1; Swepson 6-0-32-0; Short 7-0-31-0.
Cricket Australia XI+JJ Peirson lbw b Starc 0 (2) MS Harris b Sandhu 0 (7)*WG Bosisto c Cowan b Abbott 9 (26)SE Gotch lbw b Starc 1 (5)MW Short lbw b Abbott 3 (12)AJ Gregory not out 23 (48)JJ Bazley c Henriques b O'Keefe 4 (13)JD Wildermuth b Starc 2 (9)LC Hatcher b Starc 9 (16)MJ Swepson c Smith b Starc 1 (9)MW Dixon b Starc 0 (1)Extras 2lb 5w 7(24.4 overs) 59Fall: 1 8 9 15 16 29 32 48 59 59Bowling: Starc 8.4-2-25-6; Sandhu 5-2-6-1; Abbott 4-1-6-2; O’Keefe 7-1-20-1.
At Bankstown Memorial Oval, 5 October, 2015. New South Wales won by 279 runs. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 6 pts.
Umpires: SJ Nogajski & AK Wilds. Scorers: CL Bennison & CN McLeod. Referee: D Talalla. Player of the Match: MA Starc.
NEW SOUTH WALES v CRICKET AUSTRALIA XI
New South WalesEJM Cowan c Raphael b Zampa 39 (55)NJ Maddinson c Raphael b Mennie 12 (16)*SPD Smith c Zampa b Putland 72 (83)SR Watson b Zampa 12 (14)MC Henriques c Cooper b Andrews 35 (37)+PM Nevill run out (Raphael) 5 (6)SA Abbott run out (Raphael) 25 (27)SNJ O'Keefe run out (Head-Putland) 17 (23)MA Starc b Putland 11 (13)GS Sandhu not out 13 (18)NM Lyon not out 14 (8)Extras 6lb 5w 11(50 overs) 9 wkts 266Fall: 36 73 93 154 161 208 209 233 243Bowling: Richardson 10-1-51-0; Putland 10-0-54-2; Mennie 10-0-47-1; Andrews 10-0-44-1; Zampa 10-0-64-2.
South Australia*TM Head b Starc 0 (1)+TP Ludeman b Sandhu 6 (10)SJ Raphael lbw b O'Keefe 21 (44)CJ Ferguson c Abbott b Starc 1 (2)TLW Cooper c Nevill b Abbott 28 (47)AI Ross lbw b Abbott 13 (21)A Zampa b Starc 7 (12)JM Mennie not out 12 (24)KW Richardson c Lyon b O'Keefe 7 (11)TD Andrews st Nevill b Lyon 8 (14)GD Putland b Starc 1 (3)Extras 1lb 5w 6(31.3 overs) 110Fall: 1 14 16 49 71 80 86 99 107 110Bowling: Starc 8.3-1-27-4; Sandhu 4-0-15-1; O’Keefe 7-0-21-2; Lyon 8-1-32-1; Abbott 4-0-14-2.
At North Sydney Oval, 8 October, 2015. New South Wales won by 156 runs. Toss: South Australia. New South Wales 6 pts.
Umpires: GJ Davidson & MW Graham-Smith. TV Umpire: SJ Nogajski. Scorers: D Mattison & IE Wright. Referee: PL Marshall. Player of the Match: MA Starc.
NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Round 1: NSW Blues vs Cricket Australia XI 5 October 2015, Bankstown Oval While they were considered to be the brightest young talent in the country, there was no way that the boys from the Cricket Australia Invitational XI would ever be a match for a NSW team that would rival most International sides.
Batting first, the Blues cruised to 3-338 from their 50 overs with Nic Maddinson (108) and Steve Smith (143no) both reaching triple figures, while Moises Henriques contributed a stylish 48 runs at the end of the innings.
This was Maddinson’s maiden One Day century. Since debuting as an 18-year-old, the South Coast batsman had a reputation for losing his wicket with a big score looming.
However, the wisdom of age had helped Maddinson overcome this fault, and his opening ton signalled the start of a big season.
At the other end, Smith was unstoppable. He smashed his runs from just 122 balls with 10 fours and five sixes. It was a tough audition for the young bowlers at the hands of the Australian captain.
With the bat, the Cricket Australia XI struggled against the raw pace and swing of Mitchell Starc. They were blasted out for just 59 runs in 24.4 overs, with Starc named Player of the Match for his brilliant return of 6-25 from 8.4 overs.
Round 2: NSW Blues vs South Australia 8 October 2015 , North Sydney OvalAnother superb bowling performance saw the NSW Blues beat South Australia by 156 runs.
North Sydney Oval is a small ground famous for large scores. However, recent trends have seen the winner of the toss send the opposition in with the hope of exploiting early life in the pitch.
This tactic seemed to work for South Australia who were able to restrict the Blues to 9-266 on a ground where 350 is considered par.
The Blues batsmen just couldn’t form partnerships but fortunately, the efforts of Steve Smith (72), Ed Cowan (39) and Moises Henriques (35) enabled them to reach a defendable score.
Much was expected from the South Australian batsmen during the afternoon session. The Redbacks had chased over 350 to defeat Western Australia in their first match with captain Travis Head scoring a double century.
Enter Mitchell Starc.
In another sublime spell with the new ball, he removed Head (0), Tim Ludeman (6) and Callum Ferguson (1) to reduce the Redbacks to 3-16 in four overs. He finished with 4-27 from 8.3 overs as South Australia were bowled out for 110 in 31.3 overs.
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New South WalesNJ Maddinson c Voges b MR Marsh 74 (79)EJM Cowan c Whiteman b MR Marsh 100 (139) *SPD Smith c Whiteman b MR Marsh 0 (2) SR Watson st Whiteman b Agar 13 (19) MC Henriques not out 43 (48) SA Abbott c Voges b Paris 15 (10) +PM Nevill not out 5 (3) SNJ O'Keefe did not batMA Starc did not bat GS Sandhu did not bat NM Lyon did not bat Extras 4b 4lb 6w 14(50 overs) 5 wkts 264Fall: 133 133 168 223 257Bowling: Paris 10-1-36-1; Behrendorff 8-0-43-0; MR Marsh 8-0-36-3; Turner 5-0-24-0; Tye 9-0-63-0; Agar 10-0-54-1.
Western AustraliaCT Bancroft c Watson b Starc 5 (28) SE Marsh c Nevill b Sandhu 1 (11) M Klinger c Abbott b Sandhu 51 (77) MR Marsh b Starc 0 (1) *AC Voges b Starc 2 (7) +SM Whiteman c Watson b Sandhu 45 (59) AJ Turner lbw b Sandhu 14 (16) AC Agar c Lyon b Abbott 31 (24) JS Paris b Abbott 16 (31) JP Behrendorff not out 11 (11) AJ Tye b Starc 0 (3)Extras 9lb 4w 13(44.4 overs) 189Fall: 6 12 12 18 111 112 134 172 188 189Bowling: Starc 9.4-1-23-4; Sandhu 10-1-29-4; Lyon 9-0-50-0; Abbott 7-1-39-2; Henriques 4-0-17-0; O’Keefe 5-0-22-0.
At Blacktown International Sportspark No.1, 10 October, 2015. (Day/Night) New South Wales won by 75 runs. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 5 pts.
Umpires: SAJ Craig & SJ Nogajski. TV Umpire: JD Ward. Scorers: D Mattison & IE Wright. Referee: D Talalla. Player of the Match: EJM Cowan.
NEW SOUTH WALES v WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Tasmania+TD Paine c Henriques b Sandhu 5 (7) BR Dunk b Lyon 23 (38) DP Michael b Starc 54 (58) *GJ Bailey c Starc b Abbott 48 (64) JR Doran run out (Abbott) 16 (25) JP Faulkner c Nevill b Starc 51 (57) EP Gulbis c Nevill b Sandhu 7 (11) CA Rose not out 3 (8) XJ Doherty lbw b Starc 0 (2) AL Fekete c Abbott b Starc 4 (8) JM Bird b Starc 0 (2)Extras 5w 1nb 6(46.3 overs) 217Fall: 7 74 93 121 186 205 211 211 217 217Bowling: Starc 8.3-0-39-5; Sandhu 8-1-30-2; Lyon 10-0-47-1; Henriques 6-0-34-0; Abbott 9-0-38-1; O’Keefe 5-0-29-0.
New South WalesNJ Maddinson not out 118 (118)EJM Cowan b Doherty 47 (72) *SPD Smith st Paine b Doherty 0 (1) SR Watson not out 25 (43) MC Henriques did not bat+PM Nevill did not bat SA Abbott did not batSNJ O'Keefe did not bat MA Starc did not bat GS Sandhu did not bat NM Lyon did not bat Extras 2lb 1nb 3(38.5 overs) 2 wkts 193Fall: 117 117Bowling: Bird 6-1-25-0; Fekete 7-2-30-0; Faulkner 8-0-35-0; Gulbis 5.5-0-42-0; Rose 3-0-21-0; Doherty 9-1-38-2.
At Hurstville Oval, 12 October, 2014. New South Wales won by 8 wickets. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 5 pts.
Umpires: SAJ Craig & JD Ward. Scorers: CL Bennison & RL Sanday. Referee: RW Stratford. Player of the Match: NJ Maddinson.
NEW SOUTH WALES v TASMANIA
Round 3: NSW Blues vs Western Australia 10 October 2015, Blacktown International Sportspark The replay of last summer’s Final also pitted arguably the two strongest teams in the 2015/16 Matador BBQs One Day Cup against one another, with no less than 16 players with International experience on show across both sides.
Playing on a slow wicket, the Blues were able to post a challenging total of 5-264 from their 50 overs.
Openers Ed Cowan and Nic Maddinson laid the platform with a 133 run stand. Maddinson fell first for 74, but Cowan was able to go on to post an even 100, his first for NSW in One Day cricket since 2006.
Moises Henriques played a smart innings in the closing overs, scoring a vital 43 not out to get his side over the magical 250 mark.
In what had become a predictable trend in this tournament, Mitchell Starc claimed early wickets with the new ball. His fiery spell saw Cameron Bancroft (5), Mitchell Marsh (0) and Adam Voges (2) all dismissed cheaply.
At the other end Gurinder Sandhu knocked over the dangerous Shaun Marsh (1), before returning later in the innings to get rid of Michael Klinger (51).
Starc finished with 4-23 while Sandhu claimed 4-29 in the comprehensive 75 run victory.
Round 4: NSW Blues vs Tasmania 12 October 2015, North Sydney Oval
NSW kept their winning streak intact by rolling over Tasmania by eight wickets on the Duckworth-Lewis Method.
Tasmania batted first in the clash and at 1-74 in the 15th over, then 2-93 in the 19th, they were well placed to post a sizable target for the Blues to chase.
The return of Mitchell Starc to the bowling attack provided the turning point NSW.
Starc removed Tasmania’s two top scorers, Dom Michael (54) and James Faulkner (51), then cut off the Tigers’ tail to finish with 5-39 from 8.3 overs.
Tasmania was bowled out for 217 in the 47th over with Gurinder Sandhu (2-30), Nathan Lyon (1-47) and Sean Abbott (1-38) the other wicket takers.
NSW reached the rain-revised target of 193 in 38.5 overs with Nic Maddinson (118no) striking his second century of the tournament.
Ed Cowan also made 47 with Shane Watson unbeaten on 25 runs at the end of the match.
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VictoriaRJ Quiney st Nevill b O'Keefe 79 (75) AJ Finch b Starc 2 (9) CL White b Abbott 27 (35) GJ Maxwell c O'Keefe b Lyon 5 (11) PSP Handscomb c Lyon b Henriques 20 (25) DT Christian c Abbott b Henriques 1 (6) *+MS Wade not out 63 (64) JW Hastings c Lyon b O'Keefe 16 (25) JL Pattinson b Starc 18 (22) JM Holland c Nevill b Starc 3 (8) SM Boland b Starc 4 (3) Extras 2lb 2w 2nb 6(46.5 overs) 244Fall: 5 45 70 115 122 142 165 226 240 244Bowling: Starc 9.5-0-58-4; Hazlewood 9-0-34-0; Lyon 10-0-57-1; Abbott 7-0-39-1; Henriques 5-0-19-2; O’Keefe 6-1-35-2.
New South WalesEJM Cowan lbw b Pattinson 39 (57) NJ Maddinson lbw b Hastings 20 (12) SR Watson lbw b Christian 64 (91) *MC Henriques lbw b Hastings 37 (47) +PM Nevill run out (Maxwell) 15 (34) RGL Carters lbw b Hastings 6 (5) SA Abbott lbw b Hastings 0 (2) SNJ O'Keefe b Boland 32 (33) MA Starc not out 3 (5) JR Hazlewood c Wade b Christian 0 (2) NM Lyon b Boland 1 (2) Extras lb 2lb 3w 6(48.2 overs) 223Fall: 24 85 159 165 172 172 219 219 220 223Bowling: Pattinson 10-0-62-1; Hastings 10-0-30-4; Boland 9.2-1-44-2; Holland 10-0-37-0; Christian 9-0-47-2.
At North Sydney Oval, 18 October, 2015. Victoria won by 21 runs. Toss: New South Wales. Victoria 4 pts.
Umpires: GJ Davidson & P Wilson. TV Umpire: DJ Shepard. Scorers: CL Bennison & RL Sanday. Referee: SR Bernard. Player of the Match: JW Hastings.
NEW SOUTH WALES v VICTORIA
New South WalesNJ Maddinson c Cutting b Stanlake 4 (4)EJM Cowan c Forrest b Cutting 22 (34) *SPD Smith not out 136 (142) SR Watson c Cutting b Boyce 18 (20) MC Henriques b Cutting 89 (86) SA Abbott b Cutting 16 (8) +PM Nevill b Cutting 3 (4) SNJ O'Keefe not out 9 (3) GS Sandhu did not batJR Hazlewood did not bat NM Lyon did not bat Extras 1lb 5w 1nb 7(50 overs) 6 wkts 304Fall: 4 59 83 264 285 289Bowling: Stanlake 7-0-48-1; Feldman 6-0-33-0; Hopes 10-0-51-0; Cutting 10-1-50-4; Boyce 8-0-53-1; Milenko 9-0-68-0.
Queensland*UT Khawaja lbw b Lyon 22 (26)+CD Hartley lbw b Hazlewood 1 (10) JA Burns c Henriques b Lyon 77 (99) NJ Reardon c & b Lyon 7 (24) PJ Forrest c & b O'Keefe 0 (15) BCJ Cutting b Hazlewood 5 (18) S Milenko b O'Keefe 3 (8) JR Hopes run out (Nevill) 0 (1) CJ Boyce c Nevill b Sandhu 5 (8) LW Feldman c Henriques b Lyon 32 (21) BJ Stanlake not out 0 (5)Extras 2lb 4w 6(39.1 overs) 158Fall: 12 24 46 55 68 77 77 90 142 158Bowling: Hazlewood 10-2-23-2; Sandhu 7-0-42-1; Lyon 6.1-1-31-4; Abbott 6-1-17-0; O’Keefe 10-0-43-2.
At Drummoyne Oval, 16 October, 2015. (Day/Night) New South Wales won by 146 runs. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 5 pts.
Umpires: GA Abood & P Wilson. Scorers: CL Bennison & CG Wilcoxon. Referee: PL Marshall. Player of the Match: SPD Smith.
NEW SOUTH WALES v QUEENSLAND
Round 5: NSW Blues vs Queensland 16 October 2015, Drummoyne Oval The NSW Blues wrapped up top spot on the competition ladder and a place in the Matador BBQs One Day Cup Final with a 146 run win over Queensland.
The match saw a welcome return to runs for Steve Smith. After a century and half-century in the opening two games, the NSW and Australian captain had recorded ducks in his next couple of innings.
Fortunately that run of outs ended abruptly as he piled on 136 not out from 142 balls with 12 fours and one six.
Smith and Henriques added 181 runs for the fourth wicket. Henriques fell just short of a century with 89. The all-rounder had been in terrific form with the bat all tournament and he was unlucky not to post a bigger score in what was his first opportunity to bat for a long period.
With Mitchell Starc rested, Josh Hazlewood (2-23) celebrated his return to the field with an early wicket during Queensland’s innings, trapping Chris Hartley (1) lbw.
Spinners Nathan Lyon (4-31) and Stephen O’Keefe (2-43) ripped through the Bulls’ middle order to complete the win.
Round 6: NSW Blues vs Victoria 18 October 2015 , North Sydney OvalNSW suffered their first and only loss of the tournament against Victoria, going down by 21 runs.
Captain Steve Smith was rested for this match after aggravating a leg injury, with stand-in skipper Moises Henriques choosing to bowl first after winning the toss.
It was another impressive performance from the NSW bowlers to hold Victoria to just 244 runs in 46.5 overs.
Josh Hazlewood performed admirably with the new ball, conceding just 34 runs from his nine overs while Mitchell Starc continued his spree with figures of 4-58. Henriques (2-19), Stephen O’Keefe (2-35), Nathan Lyon (1-57) and Sean Abbott (1-39) were the other wicket takers.
John Hastings (4-30) was the Blues chief destroyer in the run chase, giving the previously unflappable batting line-up some headaches with reverse swing.
He had Nic Maddinson out early, leaving Shane Watson to get the NSW chase back on track.
Watson (64) put on partnerships with Ed Cowan (39) and Moises Henriques (37), but when he was dismissed with 15 overs remaining, the Blues chances of continuing their undefeated run slipped.
Hastings had Ryan Carters and Sean Abbott out within two balls, and despite some late resistance by O’Keefe (32), the Blues fell 22 runs short of their target.
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South Australia*TM Head b Starc 1 (3)+TP Ludeman c Smith b JHazlewood 7 (23)CJ Ferguson c Starc b O'Keefe 61 (87)TLW Cooper c Smith b Abbott 105 (119)AI Ross c & b Abbott 18 (12)JL Lehmann st Nevill b Lyon 3 (4)A Zampa c Henriques b Hazlewood 4 (7)JM Mennie b Starc 9 (9)KW Richardson b Starc 1 (10)TD Andrews c Nevill b Hazlewood 1 (4) DJ Worrall not out 2 (3)Extras 1lb 6w 2nb 9(46.3 overs) 221Fall: 3 12 166 191 196 204 207 218 219 221Bowling: Starc 8-0-39-3; Hazlewood 9.3-1-28-3; Lyon 6-0-29-1; O’Keefe 9-0-53-1; Abbott 9-0-44-2; Henriques 5-0-27-0.
New South WalesNJ Maddinson c Ross b Richardson 44 (29) EJM Cowan not out 88 (78) *SPD Smith not out 84 (72) MC Henriques did not batRGL Carters did not bat +PM Nevill did not bat SA Abbott did not bat SNJ O'Keefe did not bat MA Starc did not bat JR Hazlewood did not bat NM Lyon did not bat Extras 1b 2lb 4w 7(29.5 overs) 1 wkt 223Fall: 58Bowling: Richardson 8-0-58-1; Worrall 4-0-36-0; Head 1-0-6-0; Mennie 4-0-28-0; Zampa 9.5-0-76-0; Andrews 3-0-16-0.
At North Sydney Oval, 25 October, 2015. New South Wales won by 9 wickets. Toss: New South Wales. Umpires: MD Martell & JD Ward.
TV Umpire: GC Joshua. Scorers: CL Bennison & CG Wilcoxon. Referee: PL Marshall. Player of the Match: JR Hazlewood.
FINAL – NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIARound 7: NSW Blues vs South Australia 25 October 2015, North Sydney Oval After one of the most dominant performances in the history of the One Day Domestic Cup, all eyes were on Mitchell Starc in the Final against South Australia.
It didn’t take long for Starc to give the fans at North Sydney Oval something to cheer about. The Blues quick bowled the dangerous Travis Head on the last ball of his first over.
Starc’s NSW and Australian team-mate Josh Hazlewood chimed in from the other end to take Tim Ludeman’s wicket, before the South Australians dug their heels in.
A 154-run partnership between Callum Ferguson (61) and Tom Cooper (105) helped the Redbacks avoid what could’ve been an entirely one-sided final.
However once the partnership was broken, the Blues quicks didn’t take long to finish the job.
Hazelwood (3-28) and Starc (3-39) finished an incredible tournament, bowling South Australia out for 221.
While much of the Blues’ Matador success was built on bowling, it was NSW’s batting that was most impressive in the Final.
Nic Maddinson was at his destructive best, hitting six fours and three sixes as he raced to 44 before losing his wicket.
Ed Cowan (88 not out) and Steve Smith (84 not out) capitalised on the impressive start, building an unbeaten 165-run partnership.
Smith sealed the nine-wicket victory when he lofted Adam Zampa for an enormous six, earning NSW their first One Day Domestic title in 10 years.
NSW celebrates its Matador BBQs One Day Cup tournament victory
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2015/16 MATADOR BBQS ONE DAY CUP POINTS TABLETEAM Played Won Lost No Result BP Points N/R/RNew South Wales 6 5 1 0 6 26 2.249Victoria 6 4 2 0 2 18 0.827South Australia 6 4 2 0 1 17 -0.431Tasmania 6 3 3 0 2 14 0.381Western Australia 6 2 4 0 2 10 0.463Queensland 6 2 4 0 0 8 -0.676Cricket Australia XI 6 1 5 0 0 4 -2.896
Net run-rate was calculated by subtracting runs conceded per over from runs scored per over.
2015/16 MATADOR BBQS ONE DAY CUP PERFORMANCES
BATTING M Inn NO Runs HS Avge 50 100 Ct St Stk-RtSPD Smith 6 6 3 435 143* 145.00 2 2 3 - 103.08NJ Maddinson 7 7 1 380 118* 63.33 1 2 - - 100.53EJM Cowan 7 7 1 356 100 59.33 1 1 1 - 78.41MC Henriques 7 5 1 252 89 63.00 1 - 5 - 96.92SR Watson 5 5 1 132 64 33.00 1 - 2 - 70.59SNJ O'Keefe 7 3 1 58 32 29.00 - - 2 - 98.31SA Abbott 7 5 1 56 25 14.00 - - 5 - 119.15PM Nevill 7 4 1 28 15 9.33 - - 8 2 59.57NM Lyon 7 2 1 15 14* 15.00 - - 5 - 150.00MA Starc 6 2 1 14 11 14.00 - - 2 - 77.78GS Sandhu 5 1 1 13 13* - - - - - 72.22RGL Carters 3 1 - 6 6 6.00 - - - - 120.00JR Hazlewood 3 1 - 0 0 0.00 - - - - 0.00
BOWLING M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge Best RPOMA Starc 6 53.1 5 211 26 8.12 6-25 3.97SA Abbott 7 46 3 197 10 19.70 2-6 4.28GS Sandhu 5 34 4 122 9 13.56 4-29 3.59SNJ O'Keefe 7 49 2 223 8 27.88 2-21 4.55NM Lyon 7 49.1 2 246 8 30.75 4-31 5.00JR Hazlewood 3 28.3 3 85 5 17.00 3-28 2.98MC Henriques 7 20 - 97 2 48.50 2-19 4.85
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NSW One Day Records
RecordsHighest total for: 4-397 v Tasmania at Bankstown 2000-01Highest total against: 8-352 by Victoria at Sydney 2007-08
4-352 by Victoria at North Sydney 2012-13Lowest total for: 92 v Queensland at Brisbane 1972-73Lowest total against: 59 by Cricket Australia XI at Bankstown 2015-16Highest score for: 197 DA Warner at North Sydney Oval 2013-14Highest score against: 165 MW Goodwin (Western Australia) at Perth 2000-01Best bowling for: 7-36 JR Hazlewood at Allan Border Field 2014-15Best bowling against: 6-23 B Laughlin (Queensland) at Cairns 2008-09
Major Opponents First Game M Won Lost NR T
Queensland 1969-70 56 28 27 1 -
Western Australia 1971-72 56 31 24 - 1
Victoria 1972-73 53 24 27 1 1
Tasmania 1973-74 43 28 13 - 2
South Australia 1975-76 45 26 19 - -
Others 1969-70 31 20 9 2 -
Total 283 156 119 4 4
LEADING RUN SCORERSBatsman M Inn NO Runs HS 50 100 Avg Stk-RtBrad HADDIN 89 87 7 2726 138* 16 5 34.08 93.61Michael BEVAN 62 62 20 2571 135* 23 1 61.21 73.16Mark WAUGH 77 73 7 2412 123 13 3 36.55 80.75Phil JAQUES 66 64 5 2341 171* 9 5 39.68 88.01Steve WAUGH 58 57 11 2315 131 13 5 50.33 84.64Dominic THORNELY 78 71 6 1865 108 11 1 28.91 73.92Simon KATICH 56 50 4 1846 136* 16 2 40.13 79.53Steve PD SMITH 43 41 10 1726 143* 13 2 55.68 87.97Moises HENRIQUES 60 52 7 1663 131 4 1 31.58 85.45Shane LEE 63 56 7 1545 115 7 3 31.53 87.93Corey RICHARDS 60 56 6 1501 151 9 2 30.02 68.88Mark TAYLOR 49 49 - 1499 84 15 - 30.59 59.02David WARNER 35 35 2 1416 197 4 4 42.91 106.31Nic MADDINSON 42 41 2 1289 118* 7 2 33.05 88.53Trevor BAYLISS 50 47 7 1196 104* 6 1 29.90 66.36Michael SLATER 53 49 2 1139 115 7 1 24.23 68.29Michael CLARKE 40 36 5 1058 101* 7 1 34.13 71.58Steve SMALL 35 35 0 1008 101 4 1 28.80 71.55
HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORESScore (Balls) Batsman Opponent Venue Season197 (141) David WARNER Victoria North Sydney 2013-14179* (122) Daniel SMITH Victoria North Sydney 2011-12171* (143) Phil JAQUES Queensland Sydney 2009-10165* (139) David WARNER Tasmania Hurstville 2008-09164 (144) Rick McCOSKER South Australia Sydney 1981-82158* (141) Phil JAQUES South Australia Adelaide 2005-06152* (141) Phil JAQUES Queensland Sydney 2005-06151 (149) Corey RICHARDS Western Australia Perth 2001-02143* (122) Steve PD SMITH Cricket Australia XI Bankstown 2015-16139 (126) David WARNER Queensland North Sydney 2013-14138* (116) Brad HADDIN Tasmania Hobart 2007-08138 (137) Phil JAQUES Tasmania Hobart 2005-06138 (111) David WARNER Victoria North Sydney 2013-14136* (129) Simon KATICH Victoria Bowral 2003-04136* (142) Steve PD SMITH Queensland Drummoyne 2015-16136 (140) Matthew PHELPS South Australia Drummoyne 2003-04
FASTEST FIFTIESBalls Batsman Opponent Venue Season
24 Don NASH
Western Australia
North Sydney 2000-01
25 David WARNER Tasmania Hurstville 2008-09
30 Michael BEVAN Victoria Sydney 1992-93
31 Mark HIGGS Queensland Sydney 2001-02
31 Phil JAQUES Tasmania Sydney 2004-05
31 David WARNER
South Australia Wollongong 2009-10
33 Steve SMALL
South Australia Adelaide 1992-93
33 David WARNER Victoria North
Sydney 2013-14
35 Brad HADDIN Queensland Brisbane 2001-02
35 Phil JAQUES Tasmania Hobart 2006-07
36 Nic MADDINSON
South Australia
Allan Border 2014-15
38 Brad HADDIN A.C.T. Canberra 2000-01
38 Simon KATICH Tasmania Hobart 2003-04
38 Dominic THORNELY
Western Australia
North Sydney 2004-05
38 Brad HADDIN Victoria Sydney 2004-05
FASTEST CENTURIESBalls Batsman Opponent Venue Season74 Brad HADDIN Tasmania Bankstown 2001-0275 David WARNER Victoria North Sydney 2013-1476 David WARNER Tasmania Hurstville 2008-0977 Daniel SMITH Victoria North Sydney 2011-1282 Brad HADDIN Tasmania Hobart 2007-0887 Dominic THORNELY Victoria North Sydney 2008-0988 Brad HADDIN Western Australia Sydney 2006-0788 Usman KHAWAJA South Australia Adelaide 2010-1190 Shane LEE Queensland Brisbane 1999-0092 Mark WAUGH Tasmania Bankstown 2001-0292 David WARNER Victoria North Sydney 2013-1493 Steve WAUGH Western Australia North Sydney 2003-0494 Brad HADDIN Western Australia North Sydney 2004-0594 Moises HENRIQUES Victoria North Sydney 2014-15
MOST DISMISSALS BY WICKET-KEEPERSWicketkeeper M D C SBrad HADDIN 87 159 124 35Phil EMERY 65 90 76 14Peter NEVILL 43 63 56 7Steve RIXON 28 38 29 9Daniel SMITH 21 21 19 2Greg DYER 22 20 15 5
MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDSMANFieldsman Matches CatchesMark WAUGH 77 47Shane LEE 63 34Mark TAYLOR 49 32Steve PD SMITH 43 28Dominic THORNELY 78 27Simon KATICH 56 26Moises HENRIQUES 60 25Corey RICHARDS 60 24
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LEADING WICKET TAKERSBowler M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg 5W Best RPOStuart MacGILL 64 538.5 25 2812 127 22.14 4 5-40 5.22
Stuart CLARK 85 752.2 58 3165 105 30.14 - 4-24 4.20
Nathan BRACKEN 70 619.0 60 2655 91 29.18 1 5-38 4.29
Doug BOLLINGER 61 536.1 31 2554 81 31.53 - 4-24 4.76
Shane LEE 63 385.1 13 1812 61 29.70 - 4-35 4.70
Mike WHITNEY 49 438.0 49 1625 59 27.54 - 4-13 3.71
Greg MATTHEWS 60 441.4 31 1720 59 29.15 - 4-22 3.89
Brad McNAMARA 46 353.4 23 1365 58 23.53 1 6-25 3.86
Mitchell STARC 17 162.0 14 746 54 13.81 3 6-25 4.60
Geoff LAWSON 44 381.3 49 1340 53 25.28 - 4-31 3.51
Josh HAZLEWOOD 35 328.4 23 1595 53 30.09 1 7-36 4.85
Moises HENRIQUES 60 366.1 16 1884 50 37.68 - 4-17 5.15
Gurinder SANDHU 24 214.3 12 1019 49 26.27 1 5-35 4.75
HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EACH WICKETWkt Runs Batsman Opponent City Season 1st 253 Rick McCOSKER & John DYSON South Australia Sydney 1981-82 2nd 199 Richard CHEE QUEE & Michael BEVAN Western Australia Sydney 1993-94 3rd 240 Steve WAUGH & Mark WAUGH Victoria North Sydney 1991-92 4th 181 Steve PD SMITH & Moises HENRIQUES Queensland Drummoyne 2015-16 5th 171* Phil JAQUES & Dominic THORNELY South Australia Adelaide 2005-06 6th 105* Steve WAUGH & Mark HIGGS Queensland Sydney 2001-02 6th 105* Peter FORREST & Stephen O’KEEFE Western Australia Hurstville 2010-11 7th 116 Corey RICHARDS & Brad HADDIN South Australia North Sydney 2000-01 8th 93 Stephen O’KEEFE & Nathan HAURITZ Victoria Sydney 2010-11 9th 96* Scott THOMPSON & Shawn BRADSTREET Victoria North Sydney 1998-9910th 54 Brad McNAMARA & Gavin ROBERTSON South Australia Adelaide 1996-97
MOST ECONOMICAL BOWLING (MINIMUM 10 OVERS)Runs Wkts Bowler Opponent City Season12 1 Nathan BRACKEN Queensland Sydney 2006-0714 0 Graham SPRING South Australia Sydney 1982-8315 0 Greg MATTHEWS Victoria Sydney 1986-8716 2 Stuart MacGILL A.C.T. Canberra 1997-9817 4 Glenn McGRATH Queensland Brisbane 1993-9417 0 Greg MATTHEWS Victoria Sydney 1996-9718 1 Geoff LAWSON Tasmania Launceston 1983-8419 2 Len PASCOE Victoria Melbourne 1980-8119 2 Mike WHITNEY Western Australia Perth 1991-9220 2 Warwick ADLAM England A Bowral 1991-92
Bowler M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg 5W Best RPOShawn BRADSTREET 50 303.4 20 1496 47 31.83 - 4-23 4.93
Sean ABBOTT 31 209.1 5 1126 45 25.02 - 3-32 5.37Brett LEE 29 283.5 22 1293 43 30.06 1 5-47 4.55Dominic THORNELY 78 262.1 12 1288 40 32.20 - 3-20 4.91
Nathan HAURITZ 34 299.4 13 1327 40 33.18 - 3-25 4.43
Wayne HOLDSWORTH 31 247.5 17 1040 36 28.89 1 5-28 4.20
Steve WAUGH 58 199.0 21 937 35 26.77 - 4-32 4.71Gavin ROBERTSON 33 252.5 19 1035 34 30.44 - 4-46 4.09
Aaron BIRD 25 187.0 7 1051 34 30.91 1 5-26 5.62Mark WAUGH 77 202.2 10 1027 31 33.13 - 4-52 5.08Glenn McGRATH 23 208.0 26 736 30 24.53 - 4-17 3.54
Matthew NICHOLSON 25 209.2 9 1174 30 39.13 - 3-34 5.61
Trevor CHAPPELL 24 185.0 12 715 27 26.48 - 4-35 3.86
Stephen O’KEEFE 44 304.0 12 1503 26 57.81 - 3-65 4.94
Anthony STUART 16 138.4 11 612 25 24.48 - 4-22 4.41
Mitchell Starc
Shane Watson
MOST APPEARANCES
Brad HADDIN 87Stuart CLARK 84Dominic THORNELY 78Nathan BRACKEN 68Phil JAQUES 65Mark WAUGH 64Stuart MacGILL 62Doug BOLLINGER 61Moises HENRIQUES 59Shane Lee 59Michael BEVAN 58Phil EMERY 58Simon KATICH 55Corey RICHARDS 55Steve WAUGH 55Greg MATTHEWS 50Michael SLATER 50
BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGSWkts Bowler Opponent City Season7-36 Josh HAZLEWOOD South Australia Allan Border 2014-156-25 Brad McNAMARA Tasmania Sydney 1996-976-25 Mitchell STARC CA XI Bankstown 2015-166-60 Scott Coyte Tasmania Hobart 2011-125-11 Scott THOMPSON Canterbury Christchurch 1993-945-21 Richard DONE Zimbabweans Bulawayo 1985-865-26 Aaron BIRD Queensland Sydney 2008-095-28 Len PASCOE Western Australia Sydney 1979-805-28 Bob HOLLAND Wellington Wellington 1984-855-28 Wayne HOLDSWORTH Queensland Brisbane 1990-915-35 Gurinder SANDHU Tasmania Hobart 2012-135-38 Nathan BRACKEN Victoria Melbourne 2001-025-39 Mitchell STARC Queensland Brisbane 2011-125-39 Mitchell STARC Tasmania Hurstville 2015-165-40 Stuart MacGILL A.C.T. Canberra 1998-995-44 Trent COPELAND Western Australia Sydney 2011-125-47 Brett LEE Western Australia Perth 2010-115-50 Stuart MacGILL Western Australia Sydney 2001-02
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Supporting excellence in women’s cricket for six strong years.The way we achieve things at Lendlease is just as important as what we achieve. Our core values guide our behaviour and underpin our culture. Excellence is one of our core values and we strive to be exceptional in everything we do. This is a value we live by every day, as do the Lendlease Breakers.
The Lendlease Breakers have demonstrated excellence both on and off the field, achieving outstanding performance for many years. The team is made up of some of the greatest cricketing talent in Australia and we are proud to support the Breakers as they strive to achieve excellence all year round.
www.lendlease.com
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Lendlease Breakers
This season the Breakers squad had 6 significant changes and 3 new players added to our list. Sarah Coyte (SA), Erin Osborne & Angela Reakes (ACT), Kara Sutherland (Qld), Emily Leys (Breakers Academy), Leah Poulton (retired) were replaced by Laura Marsh from England, Maisy Gibson and Rene Farrell returning to NSW from ACT.
It was an uncertain start leading into the season with a new look squad striving for 11 titles in a row. Starting with a narrow loss to SA and a last ball win against WA, we knew it was going to be a challenging season. The team bounced back with good wins against Queensland and Tasmania while the last round of matches against ACT and Victoria was won with conviction. The outstanding finish to the season gave us the minor premier title; unfortunately we were beaten by SA in the final with strong performances from England international Sarah Taylor with the bat and Sarah Coyte with the ball. Although disappointing to lose we had some fantastic performances across the season with six of our players selected to represent Australia’s Southern Stars and four players selected for Australia’s Shooting Stars development squad throughout the season.
We were well led by our captain Alex Blackwell and vice-captain Ellyse Perry.
Our pre-season consisted of a City vs Country series (won by City), Country Championships, and centre pitch practices at Blacktown International Sportspark, as well as our weekly training sessions on Tuesday and Thursday nights at Sydney Cricket Ground, Scots College and Blacktown International Sportspark.
Ellyse Perry won the Belinda Clark Medal as the Lendlease Breakers Player of the Year, and the NSW WNCL Player of the Year. She was also named in the Australian Cricketers’ Association WNCL Team of the Year along with Breakers team mates Alyssa Healy, Alex Blackwell and Rene Farrell.
The Lendlease Breakers were well represented in International cricket with Alex Blackwell, Nicola Carey, Lauren Cheatle, Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry and Naomi Stalenberg all selected for the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars’ series.
Lauren Smith, Ash Gardner, Naomi Stalenberg and Belinda Vakarewa were also selected for Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars tours during the season.
Our thanks go to the following people who challenge our players and set the standard: Ben Sawyer (Assistant Coach/Pace Coach), Leah Poulton (Batting Coach), Steve Jenkins, Beau Casson, Jay Lenton and Murray Bennett (Specialist Coaches), Kate Smith (Physiotherapist), Dean McNamara
(Strength and Conditioner), Hayley Blight (Administrator), Carla Dziwoki/Justine Whipper (Player Development Manager), Paul Penna (Psychologist), Simon Anderson (Media Manager), Jim Robson (What’s Your Plan B? Indoor Centre Manager), Kath Koschel and Daniel McKenna (Facilities).
We also thank Chair of Selectors, Kerry Marshall, for her input with selection and support as Team Manager during the season.
Finally, we are extremely grateful to the Cricket NSW Board, our major sponsor Lendlease, and Cricket NSW General Manager, Cricket Performance, David Moore for their ongoing support for us to achieve our best.
Joanne Broadbent Lendlease Breakers Head Coach2015/16 Lendlease Breakers: Alex Blackwell (captain), Ellyse Perry (vice-captain), Sarah Aley, Nicola Carey, Lauren Cheatle, Stefanie Daffara, Rene Farrell, Ash Gardner, Maisy Gibson, Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy, Laura Marsh, Georgia Redmayne, Lauren Smith and Naomi Stalenberg.
Breakers Academy: Maitlan Brown, Amy Edgar, Rhiannon Dick, Mikayla Hinkley, Saskia Horley, Carly Leeson, Emily Leys, Melissa Norup, Hannah Trethewy and Belinda Vakarewa.
The Lendlease NSW Breakers
Lauren Cheatle celebrates a wicket
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Western AustraliaEJ Villani c Blackwell b Carey 48 (81)*NE Bolton c Stalenburg b Smith 104 (141)JE Cameron b Perry 30 (30)C Piparo run out (Healy/Perry) 16 (20) +M Banting not out 6 (18) B Devchand c Stalenburg b Smith 1 (2) EL King not out 5 (9) NJ Shaw did not bat E Biss did not bat GL Triscari did not bat KJ Hartshorn did not bat Extras 2lb 6w 1nb 9(50 overs) 5 wkts 219Fall: 143 185 202 208 210Bowling: Perry 10-0-33-1; Farrell 10-0-45-0; Marsh 10-0-33-0; Aley 4-0-26-0; Smith 10-1-45-2; Haynes 3-0-19-0; Carey 3-0-16-1.
New South WalesRL Haynes c Bolton b Triscari 72 (90)+AJ Healy lbw b Shaw 24 (38) *AJ Blackwell c Villani b Biss 10 (26) EA Perry c Shaw b Villani 57 (69) NJ Carey lbw b Shaw 6 (18) SE Aley c Bolton b Shaw 11 (18) RM Farrell b Shaw 7 (17) LA Marsh b King 1 (2) NE Stalenburg c Cameron b Biss 12 (11) G Redmayne not out 6 (8) LEM Smith not out 4 (2)Extras 5lb 5w 10(49.5 overs) 9 wkts 220Fall: 57 90 125 137 152 190 194 202 211Bowling: Biss 9.5-0-40-2; King 8-0-53-1; Triscari 9-1-29-1; Shaw 10-0-29-4; Hartshorn 4-0-22-0; Villani 5-0-24-1; Bolton 4-0-18-0..
At WACA Ground, Perth, 9 October, 2015. New South Wales won by 1 wicket. Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 4 pts.
Umpires: JP Hewitt & NR Johnstone. Scorers: LW Catchpole & SA Wheeler. Referee: TA Prue. Player of the Match: NJ Shaw.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES
South AustraliaBE Patterson b Haynes 72 (107)+TJ McPharlin c Redmayne b Farrell 6 (16) SJ Taylor c Marsh b Farrell 101 (103) *LK Ebsary not out 72 (61) SFM Devine c AJ Blackwell b A Gardner 14 (9) SM Betts run out (Perry) 0 (0) TM McGrath not out 3 (4) ML Schutt did not bat A Price did not bat SJ Coyte did not bat A Wellington did not bat Extras 5lb 8w 13(50 overs) 5 wkts 281Fall: 14 152 240 267 268Bowling: Perry 8-0-29-0; Farrell 10-0-65-2; Stalenburg 3-0-12-0; Marsh 9-0-38-0; Aley 9-0-56-0; Carey 4-0-18-0; Gardner 5-0-39-1; Haynes 2-0-19-1.
New South Wales+AJ Healy c Schutt b Wellington 39 (50) RL Haynes c Devine b Schutt 5 (15) *AJ Blackwell not out 118 (139) EA Perry b McGrath 36 (49) NJ Carey b Schutt 45 (41) SE Aley c Devine b Schutt 0 (1) NE Stalenburg c Devine b Schutt 6 (5) RM Farrell run out (Devine) 1 (1) G Redmayne did not bat LA Marsh did not bat A Gardner did not bat Extras 3b 8lb 18w 1nb 30(50 overs) 7 wkts 280Fall: 18 73 163 266 266 273 280Bowling: Devine 10-0-39-0; Schutt 10-3-42-4; Price 4-0-36-0; Coyte 10-0-45-0; Wellington 7-0-49-1; Betts 7-0-38-0; McGrath 2-0-20-1.
At WACA Ground, Perth, 10 October 2015. South Australia won by 1 run. Toss: South Australia. South Australia 4 pts.
Umpires: M Branch & D Koch. Scorers: LW Catchpole & SA Wheeler. Referee: TA Prue. Player of the Match: AJ Blackwell.
NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Round 1: Western Australia v Lendlease Breakers 9 October 2015, WACA Retirements and interstate movements saw the Lendlease Breakers begin the 2015/16 season with a team missing four members of the team that won the 2014/15 WNCL.
England International Laura Marsh became the first overseas player to represent the Breakers in their season opener against Western Australia and was joined by Rene Farrell, Lauren Smith and Georgia Redmayne as new faces in the NSW XI.
The new season started in a challenging fashion for the Breakers, with Western Australian duo Ellyse Villani (48) and Nicole Bolton (104) helping to steer their side to 5-219.
Smith impressed in her return to the Breakers XI, taking 2-45.
Rachael Haynes (72) and Ellyse Perry (57) were the Breakers’ best in the run chase, as they helped put NSW in a winning position, however the game came down to the final over courtesy of some damaging bowling from Nicky Shaw (4-29).
It was again Smith who was front and centre for the Breakers, showing a level head to hit a boundary on the penultimate delivery of the match to see NSW to a one-wicket victory.
Round 2: South Australia v Lendlease Breakers 10 October 2015, WACA
The Breakers didn’t have long to soak in the thrilling win in their season opener, as their second match of the season began just 24 hours later against South Australia.
Sarah Taylor, who would go on to give the Breakers headaches in both matches between the two sides in 2015, was her team’s best.
The England international hit an incredible century, smashing 8 boundaries as she made her way to 101 runs from 103 deliveries.
Taylor was well supported by Bridget Patterson (72) and South Australian captain Lauren Ebsary (72) as the Fury reached 5-281 from 50 overs.
Alex Blackwell (118no) was sublime in the run chase, hitting her ninth century for the Breakers.
The Breakers captain’s efforts were in vain however, with the Breakers failing to score the two runs needed for victory as Rene Farrell (1) was run out on the final ball of the match.
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New South WalesRL Haynes c Short b Johnson 9 (24) +AJ Healy c Brotherston b Hill 124 (138) *AJ Blackwell lbw b Harris 2 (7) EA Perry c Brotherston b Ferling 78 (97) NJ Carey c Sutherland b Jonassen 18 (19) LA Marsh not out 12 (9) SE Aley run out (Johnson/ Jonassen) 8 (5) NE Stalenburg b Jonassen 1 (2) RM Farrell did not bat L Cheatle did not bat LEM Smith did not bat Extras 1b 4lb 19w 1nb 25(50 overs) 7 wkts 277Fall: 43 50 220 248 260 270 277Bowling: Hill 8-1-48-1; Ferling 9-0-38-1; Johnson 6-0-40-1; Harris 10-0-49-1; Barsby 2-0-13-0; Brotherston 4-0-19-0; Jonassen 8-0-43-2; Kimmince 1-0-8-0; Sutherland 2-0-14-0.
QueenslandGM Harris c Smith b Farrell 3 (6) BL Mooney c & b Marsh 33 (55) K Short b Perry 12 (16) J Jonassen lbw b Farrell 15 (29) *DM Kimmince st Healy b Marsh 15 (34) T Brotherston b Marsh 6 (15) SJ Johnson c Stalenburg b Marsh 16 (30) JL Barsby not out 14 (38) K Sutherland run out (Haynes) 1 (9) C Hill c Perry b Smith 6 (13) HL Ferling b Perry 8 (11)Extras 2lb 6w 1nb 9(42.4 overs) 138Fall: 3 17 51 70 85 86 108 112 123 138Bowling: Perry 8.4-0-36-2; Farrell 8-0-23-2; Cheatle 5-1-20-0; Marsh 10-1-27-4; Aley 5-0-10-0; Smith 6-0-20-1.
At Hurstville Oval, 1 November, 2015. New South Wales won by 139 runs. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 5 pts.
Umpires: BC Treloar & AK Wilds. Scorers: CN McLeod & SJ Woodhouse.Referee: GE Reed. Player of the Match: AJ Healy
NEW SOUTH WALES v QUEENSLAND
New South Wales+AJ Healy c Smith b Hunter 19 (26) RL Haynes c Knight b Burns 34 (41) *AJ Blackwell run out (Knight) 31 (76) EA Perry c & b Knight 86 (84) NJ Carey run out (Phillips) 65 (52) LA Marsh not out 22 (19) NE Stalenburg not out 1 (2) RM Farrell did not bat SE Aley did not bat L Cheatle did not bat LEM Smith did not bat Extras 4lb 11w 15(50 overs) 5 wkts 273Fall: 55 70 145 221 272Bowling: Fryett 9-1-68-0; Pyke 10-0-46-0; Hunter 10-3-21-1; Burns 5-0-28-1; Knight 8-0-50-1; Hepburn 6-0-33-0; Matthews 2-0-23-0.
TasmaniaHC Knight c Healy b Marsh 48 (76)M Phillips c & b Perry 10 (26) CL Hall c Blackwell b Aley 17 (29) HK Matthews c Carey b Cheatle 43 (50) EA Burns c Healy b Farrell 47 (48) E Thompson c Marsh b Farrell 6 (4) *V Pyke c Healy b Smith 41 (32) B Hepburn b Farrell 1 (5) JL Hunter st Healy b Smith 3 (12) +EJ Smith not out 3 (9) K Fryett b Smith 2 (5)Extras 5lb 13w 1nb 19(49.1 overs) 240Fall: 36 67 94 163 183 195 197 229 236 240Bowling: Perry 10-1-51-1; Farrell 10-3-32-3; Cheatle 9-1-50-1; Aley 7-1-36-1; Marsh 7-1-42-1; Carey 3-1-14-0; Smith 3.1-0-10-3.
At Blundstone Arena, Hobart, 14 November, 2015. New South Wales won by 33 runs. Toss: Tasmania. New South Wales 4 pts.
Umpires: M Qureshi & W Stewart.Scorers: R Godfrey & GW Hamley. Referee: R Loh. Player of the Match: EA Perry
NEW SOUTH WALES v TASMANIA
Round 3: Lendlease Breakers v Queensland 1 November 2015, Hurstville Oval Talented young quick Lauren Cheatle was selected to debut for the Breakers, and was presented her baggy blue cap by the player she is often compared to, Ellyse Perry.
It was Perry and Southern Stars team-mate Alyssa Healy who stole the show at Hurstville, combining for a 198-run partnership as the Breakers scored 7-277.
Healy (124) clubbed a massive 15 fours during her well-crafted innings, while Perry (78) used the aerial route more than once hitting five fours and two sixes.
Perry (2-23) then chipped in with two wickets, as she and opening partner Rene Farrell (2-36) had Queensland in trouble early.
While pace did the damage against the Queenslanders early, it was spin that undid the middle order.
Laura Marsh played her best game since joining the Breakers, taking 4-27 as Queensland was bowled out in just 42.4 overs.
The 139-run win showed the Breakers were still a force to be reckoned with, despite dropping their previous match against South Australia.
Round 4: Tasmania v Lendlease Breakers 14 November 2015, Blundstone Arena, Hobart
It was another match, with another opportunity for Ellyse Perry to show why she is one of the best players in the world.
The Breakers all-rounder was again heavily involved in seeing NSW to victory with both bat and ball.
After being sent in to bat and losing early wickets, Perry passed 50 for the second time in as many matches.
Perry hit another boundary-laden innings, finding the fence 13 times and clearing it once as she reached 86 from just 84 deliveries.
The Breakers vice-captain was well supported by Nicola Carey who hit her first half century as a Breaker, and was equally as powerful scoring 65 with a strike rate of 125.
Perry started an impressive effort with the ball, taking the first wicket of Tasmania’s innings.
Rene Farrell continued her notable return to the Breakers squad picking up 3-32, but it was young spinner Lauren Smith was her team’s best with the ball.
The Central Coast off spinner took 3-10, including the winning wicket, as the Breakers won by 33 runs.
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Round 5: ACT v Lendlease Breakers 21 November 2015, Manuka OvalWith the finals fast approaching and plenty of traffic at the top of the WNCL ladder, the Breakers needed a dominant weekend in the ACT with their final two games of the regular season.
Dominance was exactly what they produced, beginning with a 120 run win over the ACT.
It didn’t all go NSW’s way, with the visitors struggling at 2-23 before captain Alex Blackwell and Ellyse Perry combined for the Breakers’ biggest partnership of the season.
Perry (126) continued her sublime form with the bat, hitting an incredible century that featured 15 fours and two sixes.
Blackwell, who played a supporting role to Perry early in the partnership, took the lead later in the NSW innings, hitting her second century for the season as the pair put on 232 runs for the third wicket.
NSW posted 6-312 in 50 overs, and after another big match with the bat, Perry was back at it with the ball soon after claiming Claire Koski (4) to put ACT under pressure early.
Lauren Cheatle produced her best performance to date taking 2-24 from eight overs, as did Nicola Carey (2-18) while Lauren Smith (2-36) continued to impress.
The Breakers 120-run win ensured they would have the opportunity to secure a home final in the match against Victoria 24 hours later.
Round 6: Lendlease Breakers v Victoria 22 November 2015, Manuka Oval
It was a match that will be long remembered for one of the more freakish catches in Breakers’ history.
A Meg Lanning edge ricocheted off the head of wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy, with Lauren Smith taking a diving catch at point to see off the Australian captain.
Healy was taken off for assessment, with Alex Blackwell proving a more than handy substitute behind the stumps taking two catches and even managing a stumping.
Sarah Aley (3-21), Rene Farrell (2-24), Lauren Cheatle (2-20) and Lauren Smith (2-23) all finished with multiple wickets as the dangerous Victorian line up was all out for just 132.
Healy, who had sat in the team’s dugout wearing a helmet to prove she could fit it over the substantial lump on her head, clearly wasn’t hampered by the earlier incident, finding the boundary nine times as she posted 65 in the Breakers run chase.
She and Rachael Haynes (65no) took just 25 overs to chase down the Victorian total, and secure hosting rights for the WNCL final in the process.
New South WalesRL Haynes c Maher b Goodwin 6 (6) +AJ Healy c Britt b Goodwin 8 (8) *AJ Blackwell c Hungerford b Osborne 108 (123) EA Perry c Koski b Britt 126 (115) NJ Carey c Maher b Osborne 4 (5) LA Marsh c Koski b Britt 7 (9) NE Stalenburg not out 21 (19) SE Aley not out 25 (15) RM Farrell did not bat L Cheatle did not bat LEM Smith did not bat Extras 7w 7(50 overs) 6 wkts 312Fall: 8 23 255 259 260 274Bowling: Goodwin 10-0-73-2; Churchland 3-0-19-0; Bates 9-0-54-0; Osborne 10-0-50-2; Reakes 8-0-63-0; Britt 10-0-53-2.
ACTCJ Koski c Healy b Perry 4 (16)KM Mack lbw b Farrell 9 (32) *KL Britt c Perry b Marsh 41 (81) SL Hungerford c Blackwell b Cheatle 12 (16) EA Osborne c Blackwell b Cheatle 1 (10) L Bardsley lbw b Smith 5 (11) AR Reakes c Healy b Carey 39 (50) K Churchland c Blackwell b Smith 0 (3) +RJ Maher not out 58 (52) NM Goodwin c Perry b Carey 0 (4) S Bates b Farrell 3 (12)Extras 19w 1nb 20(47.4 overs) 192Fall: 13 33 55 61 75 103 105 167 168 192Bowling: Perry 8-1-39-1; Farrell 7.4-1-26-2; Cheatle 8-2-24-2; Aley 8-0-26-0; Smith 8-0-36-2; Marsh 4-0-23-1; Carey 4-0-18-2.
VictoriaSJ Elliott b Cheatle 27 (57)HNK Jensen c Blackwell b Aley 19 (39) *MM Lanning c Smith b Aley 12 (26) DN Wyatt c Blackwell b Aley 0 (3) KM Applebee c Carey b Cheatle 1 (12) +EJ Inglis c Cheatle b Smith 34 (57) A Lanning lbw b Farrell 7 (23) BC Binch c Blackwell b Farrell 4 (8) KM Beams c Aley b Marsh 0 (10) K Lamb st Healy b Smith 13 (32) E Kearney not out 2 (7)Extras 1b 1lb 9w 2nb 13(45.2 overs) 132Fall: 37 65 66 66 69 94 100 105 129 1322Bowling: Perry 7-1-23-0; Smith 7.2-2-23-2; Farrell 9-0-24-2; Aley 7-0-21-3; Cheatle 7-0-20-2; Marsh 8-3-19-1.
New South WalesRL Haynes not out 63 (68)+AJ Healy not out 65 (82)*AJ Blackwell did not bat EA Perry did not bat NJ Carey did not bat LA Marsh did not bat RM Farrell did not bat NE Stalenburg did not bat SE Aley did not bat L Cheatle did not bat LEM Smith did not bat Extras 2lb 4w 6(25 overs) 0 wkts 134Fall: Bowling: Kearney 7-1-27-0; Lamb 3-0-24-0; Beams 5-1-23-0; Binch 1-0-11-0; Wyatt 3-0-10-0; Jensen 4-2-12-0; Elliott 1-0-8-0; MM Lanning 1-0-17-0.
At Manuka Oval, Canberra 21 November, 2015. New South Wales won by 120 runs. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 5 pts.
Umpires: PRDL Bandara & D Young. Scorers: DW Fredericks & R Shivakkumar. Referee: WF Ruse.
ACT v NEW SOUTH WALES
At Manuka Oval, Canberra 22 November, 2015. New South Wales won by 10 wickets. Toss: Victoria. New South Wales 6 pts.
Umpires: CA Cassin & A Dolin. Scorers: J Perkovic & R Shivakkumar. Referee: TJ Keel. Player of the Match: SE Aley.
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2015/16 Women’s National Cricket League
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Round 7: Women’s National Cricket League Final Lendlease Breakers v South Australia 29 November 2015, Hurstville OvalThe Breakers lined up in their 20th consecutive WNCL Final, looking to win an 11th straight title and equal the record of the great St George Rugby League sides of the 1950s and 60s.
The team that stood in their way was South Australia, the only state to trouble NSW on their way to the decider.
Rene Farrell struck in her second over, removing Tegan McPharlin (5) and handing the Breakers a perfect start.
However McPharlin’s dismissal brought Sarah Taylor to the crease, and just as she had done in the last meeting between the two teams, the English batter wrestled the game back in South Australia’s favour.
Another century from Taylor (110) helped South Australia take control, with the usually dominant Breakers on the back foot.
Chasing 265 for victory, the Breakers lost wickets at regular intervals and were into the middle and lower order by the middle of the innings.
A gutsy 58 to Naomi Stalenberg gave NSW hope late in the innings, but her dismissal in the 44th over spelt the end of the Breakers’ incredible run of premierships.
Two overs later it was over, the Breakers falling 55 runs short of victory.
South AustraliaSouth Australia Women+TJ McPharlin c Aley b Farrell 5 (6) BE Patterson c Marsh b Smith 74 (124) SJ Taylor c Farrell b Cheatle 110 (106) *LK Ebsary b Cheatle 3 (8) SJ Coyte c Carey b Marsh 11 (15) ML Schutt not out 13 (18) TM McGrath b Marsh 21 (17)SM Betts b Perry 1 (4) A Price not out 0 (2) K Pope did not bat A Wellington did not bat Extras 1b 8lb 17w 26(50 overs) 7 wkts 264Fall: 12 193 199 224 224 259 264Bowling: Perry 9-1-30-1; Farrell 6-0-42-1; Aley 7-0-43-0; Cheatle 10-0-44-2; Smith 8-0-44-1; Marsh 7-0-41-2; Carey 3-0-11-0.
New South WalesRL Haynes run out (Ebsary/McPharlin) 15 (30) +AJ Healy c Wellington b Coyte 37 (59) *AJ Blackwell run out (Schutt) 6 (19) EA Perry c Schutt b Wellington 20 (41) NJ Carey b Schutt 32 (50) LA Marsh c McPharlin b Wellington 0 (1) RM Farrell b McGrath 4 (15) NE Stalenburg c Wellington b Price 58 (38) SE Aley c Schutt b Betts 16 )14) L Cheatle b Price 8 (8) LEM Smith not out 0 (2)Extras 1b 12w 1nb 14(46 overs) 210Fall: 37 53 68 105 105 112 163 195 203 210Bowling: Schutt 10-1-45-1; Betts 4-0-27-1; Coyte 10-3-24-1; McGrath 10-0-43-1; Price 5-0-36-2; Wellington 7-1-34-2.
Ellyse Perry bowling during the WNCL final
Naomi Stalenberg unleashes
At Hurstville Oval, 29 November, 2015. South Australia won by 54 runs. Toss: South Australia.
Umpires: SJ Nogajski & AK Wilds. Scorers: CG Wilcoxon & SJ Woodhouse. Referee: SR Bernard. Player of the Match: SJ Taylor.
FINAL – NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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2015/16 WNCL Season Statistics
2015/16 WOMEN’S NATIONAL CRICKET LEAGUE POINTS TABLETEAM Played Won NR Lost BP Points NRR
New South Wales 6 5 0 1 5 25 1.432
South Australia 6 5 0 1 1 21 0.499
Queensland 6 3 0 3 2 14 -0.018
Victoria 6 3 0 3 1 13 0.166
ACT 6 3 0 3 1 13 -0.281
Western Australia 6 2 0 4 0 8 -0.324
Tasmania 6 0 0 6 0 0 -1.185
Net run-rate was calculated by subtracting runs conceded per over from runs scored per over.
2015/16 WOMEN’S NATIONAL CRICKET LEAGUE PERFORMANCESBATTING M Inn NO Runs HS Avge 50 100 Ct St Stk-Rt
EA Perry 7 6 - 403 126 67.17 3 1 4 - 88.57
AJ Healy 7 7 1 316 124 52.67 1 1 5 3 78.80
AJ Blackwell 7 6 1 275 118* 55.00 - 2 9 - 70.51
RL Haynes 7 7 1 204 72 34.00 2 - - - 74.45
NJ Carey 7 6 - 170 65 28.33 1 - 3 - 91.89
NE Stalenburg 7 6 2 99 58 24.75 1 - 3 - 128.57
SE Aley 7 5 1 60 25* 15.00 - - 2 - 113.21LA Marsh 7 5 2 42 22* 14.00 - - 4 - 105.00RM Farrell 7 3 - 12 7 4.00 - - 1 - 36.36
L Cheatle 5 1 - 8 8 8.00 - - 1 - 100.00
G Redmayne 2 1 1 6 6* - - - 1 - 75.00
LEM Smith 6 2 2 4 4* - - - 2 - 100.00
A Gardner 1 - - - - - - - - - -
BOWLING M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge Best RPO
RM Farrell 7 60.4 4 257 12 21.42 3-32 4.24
LEM Smith 6 42.3 3 178 11 16.18 3-10 4.19
LA Marsh 7 55 5 223 9 24.78 4-27 4.05
L Cheatle 5 39 4 158 7 22.57 2-20 4.05
EA Perry 7 60.4 4 241 6 40.17 2-36 3.97
SE Aley 7 47 1 218 4 54.50 3-21 4.64
NJ Carey 7 17 1 77 3 25.67 2-18 4.53
RL Haynes 7 5 - 38 1 38.00 1-19 7.60
A Gardner 1 5 - 39 1 39.00 1-39 7.80
NE Stalenburg 7 3 - 12 0 - - 4.00
Sarah Aley celebrates a wicket
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NSW WNCL Records
RecordsHighest total for: 5-395 v Tasmania at North Sydney 2010-11Highest total against: 5-281 by South Australia at Perth 2015-16Lowest total for: 71 v Victoria at Bankstown 2004-05Lowest total against: 45 by South Australia at Bankstown 2009-10Highest score for: 157 Alex Blackwell v Tasmania at North Sydney 2010-11Highest score against: 141* by Karen Rolton (South Australia) at Newcastle 2005-06Best bowling for: 5-11 Ellyse Perry v ACT at Drummoyne 2010-11Best bowling against: 6-22 Catherine Fitzpatrick (Victoria) at Glen Waverley 2006-07
MOST APPEARANCESPlayers MatchesLisa STHALEKAR 145Alex BLACKWELL 127Julie HAYES 111Leah POULTON 105Michelle GOSZKO 101Leonie COLEMAN 98Sarah ALEY 95Lisa KEIGHTLEY 91Sarah ANDREWS 83Bronwyn CALVER 80Emma LIDDELL 80Kate BLACKWELL 76Alyssa HEALY 71Martha WINCH 66
MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDERFielder Matches CatchesAlex BLACKWELL 127 53Lisa STHALEKAR 145 52Sarah ALEY 95 36Belinda CLARK 47 35Julie HAYES 111 33Lisa KEIGHTLEY 91 26Erin OSBORNE 51 24Bronwyn CALVER 80 24Michelle GOSZKO 101 24Martha WINCH 66 23
MOST DISMISSALS BY WICKETKEEPERSWicketkeeper M D C SLeonie COLEMAN 98 98 61 37Alyssa HEALY 54 72 50 22Jenny WALLACE 28 22 18 4
Opponents First Game M W L NR TACT 2009-10 8 7 1 - -Queensland 1996-97 37 33 4 - -South Australia 1996-97 39 30 9 - -Tasmania 2010-11 6 5 1 - -Victoria 1996-97 58 38 18 1 1Western Australia 1996-97 37 36 1 - -Total 185 149 34 1 1
LEADING RUN SCORERSBatsman M Inn NO Runs HS 50 100 AvgAlex BLACKWELL 127 117 25 4189 157 25 10 45.53Lisa STHALEKAR 145 129 29 3414 108* 17 2 34.14Lisa KEIGHTLEY 91 91 8 3081 144* 21 3 37.12Leah POULTON 105 102 11 2741 109 19 1 30.12Michelle GOSZKO 101 98 8 2416 85 14 - 26.84Belinda CLARK 47 47 8 2170 122* 22 2 55.64Alyssa HEALY 71 59 6 1637 146 10 2 30.89Kate BLACKWELL 76 65 22 1448 102 10 1 33.67Rachael HAYNES 36 35 3 1389 156 9 2 43.41Martha WINCH 66 62 13 1155 101* 4 1 23.57Ellyse PERRY 59 39 11 1084 126 7 1 38.71Shannon CUNNEEN 41 38 6 911 72 5 - 28.47Sally GRIFFITHS 30 28 2 665 95 6 - 25.58Julie HAYES 111 73 21 578 58* 1 - 11.12Sarah ALEY 95 49 12 554 69 1 - 14.97Sarah COYTE 43 33 11 536 54 1 - 24.36Bronwyn CALVER 80 43 16 509 61* 2 - 18.85
HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORESScore (Balls) Batsman Opponent Venue Season157 (111) Alex BLACKWELL Tasmania North Sydney 2010-11156 (139) Rachael HAYNES Victoria Sydney 2011-12146 (137) Alyssa HEALY Western Australia Blacktown 2014-15144* (158) Lisa KEIGHTLEY Queensland Beenleigh 1996-97138 (143) Alex BLACKWELL Western Australia Trinity College 2009-10135* (110) Alex BLACKWELL Western Australia Blacktown 2012-13132* (125) Alex BLACKWELL Tasmania Hobart 2011-12130 (133) Alex BLACKWELL Western Australia Perth 2005-06126 (115) Ellyse PERRY ACT Manuka 2015-16124 (138) Alyssa HEALY Queensland Hurstville 2015-16122* (153) Belinda CLARK Western Australia Hurstville 2000-01121* (107) Alex BLACKWELL ACT Manuka 2009-10118* (139) Alex BLACKWELL South Australia Perth 2015-16115 (120) Rachael HAYNES Tasmania Manly 2014-15112* (97) Alex BLACKWELL Western Australia Blacktown 2012-13112 (156) Lisa KEIGHTLEY Western Australia Floreat 1999-00109 (115) Leah POULTON Tasmania Launceston 2013-14108* (126) Belinda CLARK Western Australia Waitara 1998-99108* (93) Lisa STHALEKAR Western Australia Trinity College 2009-10108 (111) Lisa STHALEKAR Western Australia Perth 2003-04108 (123) Alex BLACKWELL ACT Manuka 2015-16102* (138) Lisa KEIGHTLEY Western Australia Waitara 1996-97102 (114) Kate BLACKWELL South Australia Newcastle 2005-06101* (77) Martha WINCH Western Australia North Sydney 2 2004-05101* (116) Alex BLACKWELL South Australia Adelaide 2 2008-09
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LEADING WICKET TAKERSBowler M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg 5 Best RPOLisa STHALEKAR 145 1203 188 3644 166 21.95 - 4-7 3.03Julie HAYES 111 955.1 163 3030 112 27.05 - 4-12 3.17Emma LIDDELL 80 678.5 117 2109 100 21.09 - 4-33 3.11Ellyse PERRY 59 489.2 60 1772 95 18.65 2 5-11 3.62Bronwyn CALVER 80 697 134 2172 94 23.11 - 3-18 3.12Sarah ANDREWS 83 599.5 89 1992 89 22.38 1 5-16 3.32Sarah ALEY 95 465.1 44 1836 68 27.00 - 4-35 3.95Erin OSBORNE 51 366.3 40 1208 65 18.58 - 4-18 3.34Therese McGREGOR 47 403 78 1228 64 19.19 - 4-15 3.05Sarah COYTE 43 245.4 22 980 44 22.27 - 4-25 3.99Angela REAKES 49 229.3 7 1048 44 23.82 - 4-10 4.57Sharon MILLANTA 64 372.3 48 1389 43 32.30 - 4-24 3.73Charlotte ANNEVELD 29 194 22 712 34 20.94 - 4-29 3.67Debbie NELSON 32 181.4 24 692 29 23.86 - 3-9 3.81Nicole GOODWIN 30 172 20 638 22 29.00 1 5-31 3.71Jo GAREY 15 118 24 393 21 18.71 - 4-13 3.33
NSW WNCL Records
BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGSWkts Bowler Opponent City Season5-11 Ellyse PERRY ACT Drummoyne 2010-115-16 Sarah ANDREWS Victoria Glen Waverley 2005-065-19 Ellyse PERRY South Australia Bankstown 2009-104-7 Nicole GOODWIN Victoria Glen Waverley 2005-064-10 Ellyse PERRY Tasmania North Sydney 2010-114-10 Angela REAKES South Australia Prospect 2012-134-12 Julie HAYES Queensland Allan Border 2002-034-12 Lisa STHALEKAR South Australia Manly 2011-124-13 Jo GAREY South Australia Park 25 1996-974-14 Lisa STHALEKAR Western Australia Aquinas 2009-104-15 Therese McGREGOR Western Australia Scotch College 1997-984-18 Erin OSBORNE Victoria Hurstville 2008-09
HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EACH WICKETWkt Runs Batters Opponent City Season 1st 170 Leah POULTON & Alex BLACKWELL Tasmania North Sydney 2010-11 2nd 165 Belinda CLARK & Sally GRIFFITHS Victoria Sydney 1996-97 3rd 232 Alex BLACKWELL & Ellyse PERRY ACT Manuka 2015-16 4th 129 Alyssa HEALY & Ellyse PERRY Western Australia Blacktown 2014-15 5th 122 Lisa STHALEKAR & Sarah COYTE Victoria Blacktown 2011-12 6th 111 Leah POULTON & Ellyse PERRY Tasmania Launceston 2013-14 7th 94 Leah POULTON & Nicola CAREY Queensland Allan Border Field 2014-15 8th 51 Therese McGREGOR & Leonie COLEMAN Victoria Hurstville 2002-03 9th 59 Angela REAKES & Sarah ALEY South Australia Adelaide No.2 2014-15 10th 38 Leonie COLEMAN & Rene FARRELL South Australia Bankstown 2007-08
Rachael Haynes drives
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Sydney Thunder – KFC BBL|05
Mike Hussey signed off as Thunder captain in style, lifting the KFC T20 Big Bash League crown, fulfilling his ambition to leave the club as champions.
Ben Rohrer, Shane Watson, Fawad Ahmed, Clint McKay and Andre Russell were the major off-season signings, all with their fair share of experience, as the Thunder Nation looked to improve on their seventh position in BBL|04.
Spotless Stadium was chosen to launch the BBL|05 season, hosting the Sydney Smash with the Thunder looking to pick up their first victory in the eighth meeting of the cross-town rivals.
Posting 4-158 with Hussey scoring a magnificent 80 off 59, Thunder then bowled out the Sixers for 122. West Indian Andre Russell impressed with his raw pace to become an instant Thunder favourite when he destroyed Brad Haddin’s stumps in the fourth over.
Now a Test regular and recovering from a hamstring injury, Usman Khawaja was available for the second game, scoring an unbeaten 109 before Jacques Kallis used all his experience to prevent the Stars from scoring the ten runs they required for victory in the final over.
The hosts ended up needing 6 from 4 deliveries, a quick two was followed by two incredible dot balls, leaving James Faulkner needing a boundary from the final ball. With all the fielders back, Faulkner played the ball into the deep, well in reach of Ben Rohrer who was able to field the ball for two, giving Thunder a 1-run victory.
A seven-wicket victory against the Adelaide Strikers was followed by four consecutive defeats to the Hobart Hurricanes, Brisbane Heat, Perth Scorchers and the Melbourne Renegades, with Mike Hussey (hamstring) and Jacques Kallis (back) missing games due to injury.
Thunder’s trip to Bellerive Oval may have ended in defeat but Andre Russell was able to take one of the catches of the tournament as he removed Dan Christian in a superman-like effort. The following trip to the Gabba saw Thunder’s bowlers struggle in wet conditions after Watson (46) and Hussey (56) had helped post a competitive score of 5-186, before the Heat chased it down with three balls remaining.
Returning to Spotless Stadium to face the Melbourne Renegades the returning Usman Khawaja and Shane Watson both made 62 but it wasn’t enough as Cameron White smashed 61 to help the visitors to victory with four balls to spare. Watson captained Thunder in their loss to the Perth Scorchers by 30 runs, despite Andre Russell’s 20-ball 42 and 2-31 with the ball.
With one game to go Thunder needed not only to beat the Sydney Sixers at the SCG but also hope that the Adelaide Strikers beat the Melbourne Renegades.
With Kallis to miss the Sydney Smash at the SCG, Thunder recruited New Zealand batsman Henry Nicholls who had impressed against the Thunder in their tour of New Zealand.
Shane Watson was the star of the sold out Sydney Smash, making 66 before Andre Russell clubbed a 19-ball 46 as Thunder made 5-202. Chris Green, Clint McKay and Fawad Ahmed then each took three wickets to inflict a 46-run defeat on the Sixers.
Thunder’s progress to the semi-finals was then dependent on the the Strikers avoiding a heavy defeat at the hands of the Melbourne Renegades. The game saw the Renegades’ Chris Gayle equal the fastest T20 half century ever scored, before Travis Head took the wickets of Gayle, Cameron White and Dwayne Bravo to secure a top four spot for the Thunder.
BBL|05 SQUAD
Contracted players: Mike Hussey (Captain), Fawad Ahmed, Ahillen Beadle, Aiden Blizzard, Pat Cummins, Jake Doran, Ryan Gibson (Injury Replacement), Chris Green, Chris Hartley, Jacques Kallis, Usman Khawaja, Alister McDermott, Nathan McAndrew (Injury Replacement), Andrew McDonald, Clint McKay, Arjun Nair (Development Rookie), Henry Nicholls, Kurtis Patterson, Ben Rohrer, Andre Russell, Gurinder Sandhu, Nazir Shinwari (Community Rookie), Shane Watson
Head Coach: Paddy Upton
Assistant Coaches: Beau Casson and Shawn Bradstreet
Team Manager: David Gardiner
Physiotherapist: Murray Ryan
Strength and Conditioning: Dean McNamara
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The Sydney Sixers had a year to forget on the field during BBL|05, with injuries and International selection cruelling a season that started with such promise.
After suffering a first ever loss to the Thunder at Spotless Stadium, the Sixers took on the Hobart Hurricanes and showed they meant business with a resounding victory at the SCG. After banking another solid win in Melbourne against the Renegades, the Sixers returned to the SCG to take on the Stars.
With the game playing well into the Sixers hands, Captain Moises Henriques suffered a season-ending calf injury and the Stars took the points.
From there the Sixers’ season flat-lined, with the game in Adelaide on New Year’s Eve seemingly in the hands of the Sixers being won by the Strikers, an injury to Brad Haddin ruling him out of the game two days later against the Scorchers, and then injury to Nic Maddinson and Steve O’Keefe effectively ending their BBL|05 campaign. The Sixers finished the season with two losses at home.
Seasoned veteran Michael Lumb was the leading scorer with 253 runs and was one of just six players to manage all eight matches. Haddin was also a strong performer until his injury, with his 200 runs at 33 including two half-centuries, while Henriques showed superb form. The all-rounder averaged 57 in three games before his cruel injury blow.
There were some strong bowling performances, with Sean Abbott claiming 11 wickets for the tournament.
Australia’s Test spin twins, Nathan Lyon and O’Keefe, both showed their class from limited opportunities. In four matches Lyon claimed seven wickets at the miserly average of 15.86 while conceding little more than a run a ball.
O’Keefe was even more difficult to score from, taking three wickets in as many matches at just 13.67 apiece and conceding less than a run a ball.
BBL|05 SQUAD
Contracted players: Moises Henriques (Captain), Sean Abbott, Riley Ayre, Jackson Bird, Doug Bollinger, Johan Botha, Ryan Carters, Ed Cowan, Ben Dwarshuis, Mickey Edwards, Brad Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Michael Lumb, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Stephen O’Keefe, Jordan Silk, Steven Smith, Will Somerville, Mitchell Starc, Charlie Wakim
Head Coach: Greg Shipperd
Assistant Coaches: Geoff Lawson, Darren Berry
Physiotherapist: Dan Redrup
Strength and Conditioning: Tom Carter
Sydney Sixers Jackson Bird, Brad Haddin and Michael Lumb run onto the SCG
Sydney Sixers – KFC BBL|05
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Sydney Thunder – Rebel WBBL|01
Sydney Thunder showed their intent heading into the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League by securing the signatures of a host of Australian internationals as well as West Indies Captain Stafanie Taylor, widely regarded as the best female T20 player in the world.
Southern Stars Vice-Captain Alex Blackwell was picked to lead the side, who opened their account at a packed Howell Oval in Penrith on 6 December, comprehensively beating the Sydney Sixers by 9 wickets with 40 balls remaining.
Left arm quick Lauren Cheatle was the star that day, taking 4-20 and the 17-year old schoolgirl would become one of the standouts of the season, finishing the fourth highest in the competition’s wicket-taking charts with 18 wickets.
Thunder won eight of their first ten games, losing only to the Adelaide Strikers and Brisbane Heat on the same day, when off-spinner Sam Bates suffered a season ending injury, fracturing her arm whilst fielding.
Thunder then produced arguably their most impressive display of the season when they travelled to Perth for two games against the Scorchers. Thunder put on a clinical performance as Rachael Haynes (33), Stafanie Taylor (59) and Alex Blackwell (26*) set the Scorchers 140 to win before bowling out the hosts for 117.
The second game of the weekend saw then England captain Charlotte Edwards make an unbeaten 88, setting the Thunder the challenge of chasing down 153. Once again Taylor showed her class making 57 before she was run out, but the game was far from won. Rachael
Haynes (66) and Alex Blackwell were left needing 17 from the final two overs. Haynes was only able to add four more to the total before she too was run out. A couple of quick singles and a 2-run no ball meant the Thunder required seven from the final over. Nicola Carey then hit two nerveless fours and Thunder won by eight wickets with two balls remaining.
Thunder would continue their winning streak, beating the Brisbane Heat and the Hobart Hurricanes twice in Hobart before they played their first televised game live on One HD against the Melbourne Renegades at Etihad Stadium.
The game was played in front of a crowd that reached 14,611, with Rachel Priest scoring a half century for the Renegades before Belinda Vakarewa and Nicola Carey both took two wickets as the hosts finished on 8-139. Thunder struggled to gain momentum in the chase, with only Alex Blackwell (45) getting a start and seven of her teammates losing their wicket without making double figures to suffer a 36-run defeat.
Thunder would lose their next two matches against the Melbourne Stars at Spotless Stadium and against the Sixers at the SCG in their second televised match, this time on Network Ten.
The next day Thunder confirmed their top spot in the table beating the Melbourne Stars at Sydney University by 6 runs after Rene Farrell took 4-18 to set up a semi-final clash against the Perth Scorchers in Adelaide.
The tournament saw Nicola Carey, Naomi Stalenberg and Lauren Cheatle all receive call-ups to the Southern Stars squad, joining teammates Alex Blackwell, Erin Osborne and Rene Farrell.
WBBL|01 SQUAD
Contracted players: Alex Blackwell (Captain), Sam Bates, Nicola Carey, Lauren Cheatle, Stef Daffara, Maisy Gibson, Rene Farrell, Mikayla Hinkley, Rachael Haynes, Claire Koski, Erin Osborne, Naomi Stalenberg, Stafanie Taylor, Belinda Vakarewa
Head Coach: Joanne Broadbent
Assistant Coaches: Leah Poulton
Physiotherapist: Emily Boulton-Smith
Strength and Conditioning: Kellie Beahan
Team Manager: Mervyn Pereira
Sydney Thunder WBBL Player of the tournament Stafanie Taylor runs onto Adelaide Oval
Sydney Thunder young guns Lauren Cheatle, Naomi Stalenburg and Maisy Gibson celebrate a wicket
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Sydney Sixers - Rebel WBBL|01
In the Women’s Big Bash League’s first season, the Sixers drew together an impressive roster of talent that included current Southern Stars Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy, White Ferns star Sara McGlashan, South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp and former Australian International Lisa Sthalekar.
Under the guidance of the NSW Breakers Assistant Coach Ben Sawyer, the Sixers WBBL team started the season slowly with six losses in a row. With the team struggling to find its rhythm, it took until game seven at the SCG, and the first double header match of the tournament, for the Sixers to really shine with a strong win over the Perth Scorchers.
After a two-week break over the Christmas and New Year period, the Sixers went on one of the most impressive winning streaks of recent times, with nine wins in a row to see them play off in the Final against cross town rivals the Thunder.
The game at Hurstville Oval to gain a place in the Finals series came down to the wire with McGlashan holding her nerve to score the winning runs off the last ball.
It was an outstanding innings in a cutthroat game, with McGlashan showing all her class to score an unbeaten 79 from just 58 balls with three fours and four sixes. The next top score was 11.
While falling just short in the Final, the Sixers formed a tightknit unit and will look to go one better in WBBL|02.
In her first major assignment as captain Perry led from the front. During a gruelling 16-match schedule she was the leading scorer with 430 runs at 33 including three half-centuries.
She was well supported by McGlashan, with 366 at 31, which also included three half-centuries.
Experienced seamer Sarah Aley was the leading bowler with 19 wickets at 16 while Kapp claimed 17 at 14 with her classy outswing.
WBBL|01 SQUAD
Contracted players: Ellyse Perry (Captain), Sarah Aley, Rhiannon Dick, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Jodie Hicks, Sara Hungerford, Emily Leys, Marizanne Kapp, Laura Marsh, Sara McGlashan, Angela Reakes, Lauren Smith, Lisa Sthalekar, Kara Sutherland.
Head Coach: Ben Sawyer
Assistant Coaches: Anthony Clark, Belinda Robertson
Physiotherapists: Kate Leslie, Nicole Mepstead
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Michael Pappas
Marizanne Kapp, Lauren Smith and Emily Leys celebrate a wicket
New Zealand international Sara McGlashan hits out for the Sydney Sixers
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Sydney Thunder – KFC BBL|05 Semi Final
Adelaide Strikers+TP Ludeman c Russell b McKay 2 (7)DPMD Jayawardene c Hartley b Watson 7 (6) TM Head c Rohrer b McKay 23 (17) *BJ Hodge b Green 14 (19) AI Ross b McKay 47 (38) JS Lehmann c Green b Watson 14 (14) MG Neser b Russell 27 (16) AU Rashid not out 14 (3)B Laughlin not out 1 (1)JM Holland did not bat GD Putland did not bat Extras 9w 1nb 10(20 overs) 7 wkts 159Fall: 8 11 42 64 106 142 144Bowling: Russell 4-0-31-1; Watson 4-0-28-2; McKay 4-0-44-3; McAndrew 2-0-14-0; Green 4-0-20-1; Fawad Ahmed 2-0-22-0.
Sydney ThunderUT Khawaja not out 104 (59)SR Watson c Lehmann b Laughlin 7 (8)*MEK Hussey c Ludeman b Rashid 11 (13) HM Nicholls not out 35 (27) BJ Rohrer did not bat AD Russell did not bat CJ Green did not bat +CD Hartley did not bat CJ McKay did not bat NJ McAndrew did not bat Fawad Ahmed did not bat Extras 1lb 1w 1nb 3(17.4 overs) 2 wkts 160Fall: 57 87Bowling: Putland 4-0-37-0; Holland 2-0-19-0; Neser 3-0-33-0; Laughlin 3-0-21-1; Head 2-0-21-0; Rashid 3.4-0-28-1.
At Adelaide Oval, 21 January, 2016. Sydney Thunder won by 8 wickets. Toss: Adelaide Strikers. Umpires: GA Abood & SD Fry.
TV Umpire: SAJ Craig. Scorers: RM Artis & NA Ricketts. Referee: DJ Harper. Player of the Match: UT Khawaja.
SEMI FINAL – ADELAIDE STRIKERS v SYDNEY THUNDER
Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder 21 January, 2015 - Adelaide OvalThe Thunder found themselves in uncharted territory when the BBL|05 Finals rolled around.Previously the finals series signalled an end to the Thunder’s Big Bash campaign, but there was a sense around the club that the 2015/16 squad was destined for much more.
Having earned the last spot in the Finals, the Thunder travelled to Adelaide where they would meet the Strikers. Adelaide finished the regular season at the top of the table having suffered defeat only once in their previous eight matches – that loss coming against the Thunder.The home team won the toss and elected to bat, a decision that Clint McKay and Shane Watson would soon make the Strikers regret.A vocal Adelaide crowd was soon silenced when Watson (2-28) and McKay (3-44) snared early wickets to have Adelaide 2-11 within three overs.Alex Ross (49) was the only Striker able to provide some resistance, as the home team was restricted to 7-159 from 20 overs.Sydney was bolstered by the return of Usman Khawaja from International duties, and the Thunder foundation player’s impact with the bat was enormous and immediate.The Semi Final was only Khawaja’s third game for the Thunder in BBL05, and in his previous two matches he had hit a century and a half century.He continued his blistering form, almost single handedly taking the game away from the Strikers.Khawaja blasted 13 fours and three sixes to all parts of Adelaide Oval on his way to an unbeaten 104 from just 79 deliveries.The Thunder secured victory in just 17.4 overs, booking a spot in their first ever Big Bash Final in the process and ensuring both the men’s and women’s teams would be represented in the deciders.
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Sydney Thunder – KFC BBL|05 Final
Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder 24 January, 2016 – Melbourne Cricket GroundAfter the Thunder claimed the inaugural WBBL title, the Melbourne Stars were all that stood between Sydney’s men’s team and a historic WBBL/BBL double.The Thunder received an early boost ahead of the decider, with Jacques Kallis overcoming an injury to rejoin the XI for the most important day in the club’s history.As a result, the Thunder was able to field its strongest XI, with Usman Khawaja remaining in the XI after his Semi Final heroics.While Mike Hussey had led the Thunder from the front in previous seasons, it was captain-in-waiting Shane Watson who put his team in front early.Watson (2-17) was economical, and took the key wickets of Marcus Stoinis and Luke Wright.Kevin Pietersen (74) put on a classy display of hitting to keep the Stars competitive, but the South African-born batsman eventually fell to the Thunder’s own South African born rising star.Chris Green (2-37) capped off a breakout season with one of his most important matches yet, catching Pietersen off his own bowling after earlier dismissing Peter Handscomb.
Green also took an impressive boundary catch to dismiss Evan Gulbis, while Ben Rohrer hit the stumps from long off to run out Adam Zampa. The Stars made an impressive total of 9-176 from their 20 overs, before the man of the moment Usman Khawaja strode to the crease with Kallis to set about securing a first BBL title for the Thunder.Khawaja picked up where he left off in the Semi Final, hitting powerfully and with great technique.In his fourth innings for the Thunder in BBL05, he hit three sixes and five fours on his way to another half century.Khawaja’s 70 from 40 deliveries not only laid the platform for the Thunder to take the win, but also lifted him to second on the BBL05 batting rankings.When Khawaja fell in the 14th over the Thunder were still 53 runs behind the Stars’ total, and while the subsequent batsmen made much smaller totals than their opener, each played their role well.Hussey (18), Andre Russell (10) and Aiden Blizzard (16) all contributed quick runs, before the level heads of Ben Rohrer and Chris Hartley were left at the crease in the final over needing just one run to win with four balls remaining.Rohrer only needed one, hitting Daniel Worrall for an enormous six back over his head, sealing a first Big Bash title for the Thunder, and the incredible WBBL/BBL double.
Melbourne StarsMP Stoinis c Russell b Watson 5 (8) LJ Wright b Watson 23 (24) KP Pietersen c & b Green 74 (39) +PSP Handscomb c Hussey b Green 9 (9)*DJ Hussey b Kallis 21 (14) RJ Quiney c & b Russell 2 (4)EP Gulbis c Green b McKay 16 (11) A Zampa run out (Rohrer) 15 (10) BW Hilfenhaus not out 0 (1) DJ Worrall run out (Hartley) 0 (0) MA Beer did not bat Extras 4b 7w 11(20 overs) 9 wkts 176Fall: 6 50 85 131 139 144 176 176 176Bowling: Russell 4-0-30-1; Watson 3-0-17-2; McKay 4-0-40-1; Kallis 3-0-24-1; Fawad Ahmed 2-0-24-0; Green 4-0-37-2.
Sydney ThunderUT Khawaja c Worrall b Hussey 70 (40) JH Kallis c Pietersen b Zampa 28 (27) SR Watson c Hussey b Stoinis 6 (7) *MEK Hussey b Zampa 18 (15) AD Russell c Handscomb b Stoinis 10 (8) BJ Rohrer not out 13 (9) AC Blizzard run out (Beer) 16 (7)CJ Green c Hussey b Stoinis 8 (5)+CD Hartley not out 0 (0)CJ McKay did not bat Fawad Ahmed did not bat Extras 3lb 8w 1nb 12(19.3 overs) 7 wkts 181Fall: 86 94 123 142 146 163 172Bowling: Worrall 3.3-0-42-0; Hilfenhaus 2-0-21-0; Beer 3-0-25-0; Gulbis 2-0-19-0; Zampa 4-0-32-2; Stoinis 4-0-30-3; Hussey 1-0-9-1.
At Melbourne Cricket Ground, 24 January, 2016. Sydney Thunder won by 3 wickets. Toss: Sydney Thunder. Umpires: SD Fry & SJ Nogajski.
TV Umpire: GC Joshua. Scorers: JKE Higgs & MK Walsh. Referee: RW Stratford. Player of the Match: UT Khawaja.
FINAL – MELBOURNE STARS v SYDNEY THUNDER
Ben Rohrer celebrates after hitting a six to win the Sydney Thunder its first BBL title
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Sydney Thunder – Rebel WBBL|01 Semi Final
Sydney ThunderRL Haynes c Shaw b Bates 15 (21) SR Taylor c Wallace b Brunt 24 (25) *AJ Blackwell run out (Wallace) 39 (41) NE Stalenberg c Biss Graham 6 (5) NJ Carey b Graham 19 (18) EA Osborne run out (Bolton) 2 (4) +CJ Koski not out 7 (6) RM Farrell did not bat LR Cheatle did not bat ML Gibson did not bat BW Vakarewa did not bat Extras 1lb 5w 6(20 overs) 6 wkts 118Fall: 30 51 58 96 101 118Bowling: Brunt 4-0-24-1; Shaw 3-0-21-0; Bates 4-0-22-1; Hartshorn 4-0-19-0; Graham 3-0-15-2; Bolton 2-0-16-0.
Perth Scorchers*CM Edwards c Carey b Osborne 18 (30) EJ Villani run out (Gibson-Koski) 23 (10) SW Bates c & b Gibson 11 (25) NE Bolton c Cheatle b Gibson 1 (4) C Piparo c Koski b Carey 17 (16) KH Brunt lbw b Farrell 18 (20) E Biss c & b Farrell 1 (4) +JCL Wallace c Haynes b Carey 8 (4) H Graham not out 8 (5) NJ Shaw c Carey b Farrell 0 (2) KJ Hartshorn did not bat Extras 1b 1lb 3w 5(20 overs) 9 wkts 110Fall: 33 49 51 62 75 78 87 110 110Bowling: Farrell 4-0-20-3; Cheatle 4-0-24-0; Carey 4-0-27-2; Gibson 4-0-16-2; Osborne 4-0-21-1.
At Adelaide Oval, 21 January, 2016. Sydney Thunder won by 8 runs. Toss: Sydney Thunder. Umpires: PJ Gillespie & DB Mealey.
TV Umpire: SA Lightbody. Scorers: RM Artis & NA Ricketts. Referee: SJ Davis. Player of the Match: AJ Blackwell.
SEMI FINAL - PERTH SCORCHERS v SYDNEY THUNDER
Sydney Thunder v Perth Scorchers 21 January 2016, Adelaide OvalAfter being the benchmark team for much of the inaugural WBBL competition, the Sydney Thunder travelled to Adelaide to try and make history as the first team from their club to qualify for a Big Bash Final.
In the curtain raiser at Adelaide Oval before their male counterparts took on the Strikers, the Thunder women could only manage a modest total of 6-118 from their 20 overs.
Captain Alex Blackwell (39) top scored while her team mates struggled to find their rhythm with the bat.
The Thunder faced an uphill battle to keep their season alive, defending their total against a Scorchers XI that featured Southern Stars Ellyse Villani and Nicole Bolton, as well as Internationals Charlotte Edwards and Suzie Bates.
It was the Thunder’s own Internationals who took key wickets at key moments to wrestle control of the match back from Perth.
Erin Osborne (1-21) struck first, breaking the opening partnership and her Southern Stars team mate Rene Farrell (3-20) strangled the Scorchers run rate late in the innings. Farrell’s third wicket came on the final ball of the innings, sealing an eight run win for the Thunder and earning them the first spot in the inaugural WBBL final.
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Rene Farrell and Claire Koski celebrate a wicket
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Sydney Sixers – Rebel WBBL|01 Semi Final
Hobart Hurricanes*HC Knight c & b Sthalekar 16 (13) V Pyke c Healy b Kapp 0 (1) EA Burns c Reakes b Sthalekar 26 (27) AE Satterthwaite lbw b Sthalekar 24 (24) HK Matthews c Healy b Aley 5 (3) CL Hall b Kapp 2 (4) SK Maloney run out (Reakes-Perry) 7 (9) JL Hunter run out (Smith-Perry) 4 (3) M Phillips not out 0 (0) B Hepburn did not bat +EJ Smith did not bat Extras 1lb 1w 2(14 overs) 8 wkts 86Fall: 1 30 68 69 73 77 84 86Bowling: Kapp 3-0-21-2; Perry 3-0-19-0; Aley 3-0-20-1; Sthalekar 3-0-9-3; Smith 2-0-16-0.
Sydney Sixers+AJ Healy not out 32 (22) *EA Perry not out 22 (16)A Gardner did not bat M Kapp did not bat EA Leys did not bat SJ McGlashan did not bat AR Reakes did not bat LEM Smith did not bat LC Sthalekar did not bat K Sutherland did not bat SE Aley did not bat Extras 1w 1(6.2 overs) 0 wkts 55Fall: Bowling: Hunter 2-0-15-0; Pyke 1-0-12-0; Satterthwaite 1-0-6-0; Hepburn 1-0-9-0; Knight 1.2-0-13-0.
At Melbourne Cricket Ground, 22 January, 2016. Sydney Sixers won by 10 wickets (D/L). Toss: Hobart Hurricanes. Umpires: GJ Davidson & AK Wilds.
Scorers: JKE Higgs, J Howard & MK Walsh. Referee: D Cox. Player of the Match: LC Sthalekar.
SEMI FINAL - HOBART HURRICANES v SYDNEY SIXERS
Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes 22 January 2016, Melbourne Cricket GroundIn a stunning turnaround after losing their opening six games of the season, the Sixers found themselves playing for a chance to contest the WBBL Final against cross-town rivals the Thunder.
It was veteran all-rounder Lisa Sthalekar that played a pivotal role in her side’s return to form, and she was again at the centre of their success in the Semi Final against the Hurricanes.
Sthalekar (3-9) dismissed three of Hobart’s top four batters, and was well supported by South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp (2-21).
Along with Sarah Aley (1-20), the trio helped restrict Hobart to just 8-86 before rain interrupted play in Melbourne.
With a revised total of 55 needed to progress to the Final, the Sixers turned to the star duo of Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry.
As they had done time and time again at the end of the regular season, the pair produced some damaging hitting.
Both carried their bats as they chased the total down in just 6.2 overs, sealing the win and an all-Sydney Final to ensure NSW’s dominance in women’s cricket would continue.
Sydney Sixers celebrate a wicket
Lauren Smith dives for a catch
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Rebel WBBL|01 Final
Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers 24 January 2016, Melbourne Cricket GroundPrior to the inaugural WBBL, the Lendlease Breakers claimed both domestic titles in 2014/15 – including the now defunct WT20 tournament - so it was only fitting that the first WBBL final featured both Sydney teams.
The final featured five Southern Stars from NSW between the Sixers and Thunder, plus a further two that would go on to represent their country following the WBBL season.
It was again those Southern Stars that would have an enormous impact on who would claim the first WBBL title.
Early in the match it was the Thunder’s Internationals who made their mark.
As she had done so often during the season, Rene Farrell (2-22) got the Thunder off on the right foot, dismissing Ellyse Perry (8) and Sarah McGlashan (20).
Farrell’s two wickets ensured she would finish the season as the highest wicket taker in WBBL|01, while spin duo Maisy Gibson (2-21) and eventual player of the match Erin Osborne (3-21) removed some of the Sixers’ biggest hitters.
After restricting the Sixers to 7-115, the Thunder looked as though they would cruise to the title with Rachael Haynes (37) and Stafanie Taylor (27) combining for a 54 run opening stand.
When Taylor departed, Naomi Stalenberg (0) went the next ball and it was up to Haynes and captain Alex Blackwell (30) to get the chase back on track.
The pair got the Thunder within 16 runs of victory with 2.4 overs remaining before one of the most exciting periods of cricket of the season.
The Thunder went from 3-100 to 7-113 in the space of two overs, with three batters run out.
Needing three runs to win, with four balls remaining, Lauren Cheatle (0no) and Claire Koski (5no) sealed the win after Ellyse Perry missed a shot at the stumps with the winning runs coming from overthrows.
The Thunder capped off an incredible inaugural competition with the club’s first title, the silverware doubling later that evening in the men’s final.
Lauren Cheatle and Claire Koski hug after the winning runs in the WBBL final
Sydney Thunder celebrate winning the inaugural WBBL title
Sydney Sixers+AJ Healy lbw b Gibson 19 (20) *EA Perry c Haynes b Farrell 8 (13) A Gardner st Koski b Osborne 20 (16) SJ McGlashan lbw b Farrell 20 (21)M Kapp c & b Osborne 7 (7)LC Sthalekar c Haynes b Gibson 1 (2)SE Aley c Koski b Osborne 7 (15) AR Reakes not out 23 (18) K Sutherland not out 7 (8) EA Leys did not bat LEM Smith did not bat Extras 3w 3(20 overs) 7 wkts 115Fall: 18 43 51 59 60 75 94Bowling: Farrell 4-0-22-2; Cheatle 4-0-15-0; Carey 4-0-36-0; Gibson 4-0-21-2; Osborne 4-0-21-3.
Sydney ThunderRL Haynes run out (Perry-Healy) 37 (50) SR Taylor c Gardner b Aley 27 (35) NE Stalenberg b Aley 0 (1)*AJ Blackwell b Kapp 30 (23) NJ Carey run out (Sutherland-Healy) 1 (1) EA Osborne run out (Reakes-Healy) 1 (1) RM Farrell c Leys b Perry 1 (4) +CJ Koski not out 5 (3) LR Cheatle not out 0 (0) ML Gibson did not bat BW Vakarewa did not bat Extras 2b 5lb 6w 1nb 14(19.3 overs) 7 wkts 116Fall: 54 56 100 107 107 109 113Bowling: Kapp 4-1-11-1; Perry 3.3-0-22-1; Aley 4-0-19-2; Sthalekar 3-0-24-0; Reakes 1-0-10-0; Smith 4-0-23-0.
At Melbourne Cricket Ground, 24 January, 2016. Sydney Thunder won by 3 wickets. Toss: Sydney Sixers. Umpires: GJ Davidson & SAJ Craig.
Scorers: JKE Higgs, J Howard & MK Walsh. Referee: D Cox. Player of the Match: EA Osborne.
FINAL – SYDNEY SIXERS v SYDNEY THUNDER
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Sydney Thunder make history with BBL/WBBL triumph
On 24 January 2016 women’s cricket cracked the glass ceiling of Australian sport.
Two million cricket fans watched around the country as the victorious Sydney Thunder women’s team ran onto the MCG to join their triumphant male colleagues on the podium.
There, gathered as one, that exhilarating moment was captured for posterity; one club, two teams celebrating their historic Big Bash and Women’s Big Bash League successes.
In front of a crowd approaching 50,000 and viewed by the largest Big Bash television audience in its short and dynamic history, elite male and female cricketers rejoiced as equals.
With the Thunder men including Usman Khawaja and Fawad Ahmed, the first Muslims to represent Australia, and the gallant but vanquished Sixers WBBL side containing Ash Gardner, who has indigenous heritage, and Lisa Sthalekar, the first player of Indian heritage to wear Australian colours, cricket shone as a sport for all.
For the Thunder this was the Cinderella story to end all Cinderella stories. The club
had struggled on and off the field until it recruited Mike Hussey as captain, giving it the foundation to build a winning team.
The addition of powerful and potent all-rounders Shane Watson and Andre Russell added an extra dimension which eventually took the Thunder men’s team all the way to the title. Such was Watson’s impact that he tied as the Thunder’s BBL player of the tournament with the free-flowing Khawaja.
The Thunder women’s team dominated the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League from the opening game with a strong victory over rivals the Sydney Sixers at Penrith.
Led by Championship-winning NSW Breakers captain and Southern Stars vice-captain Alex Blackwell, the Thunder recruited the best women’s T20 player in the world, Stafanie Taylor. A hard-hitting opening batter and useful off-spinner, Taylor lived up to her reputation by winning the Thunder WBBL player of the tournament.
The success of the Thunder women mirrored the instant success of the WBBL, which
redrew the landscape for women’s team sport in Australia.
This highlighted a silent revolution which had been taking place around the country for a decade as the number of female players exploded.
Cricket stands tall as Australia’s favourite sport with more than 1.3 million now playing at all levels and abilities. Of those almost a quarter are female and their participation continues to grow exponentially.
Inspired by the glitz and excitement of the WBBL, this rapidly expanding interest is being captured in the startling ratings and encouraging crowds.
Two centuries after Christina Willes pioneered overarm bowling to avoid her voluminous skirt, the WBBL created a modern day revolution. Peak ratings of 400,000 and record crowds of more than 12,000 in Sydney and 14,000 in Melbourne highlighted that women’s cricket had been a sleeping giant.
Sydney Thunder make history, winning their first BBL title and the inaugural WBBL title on the same night at the MCG
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Sydney Thunder General Manager’s Report After two years of rebuilding there was much optimism in the Thunder camp.
On the BBL side, the addition of Shane Watson and Andre Russell significantly bolstered the Thunder’s line up, while the club’s new WBBL team boasted some of Australia’s best female cricketers as well as the ICC’s Player of the Year, Stafanie Taylor. There was much to look forward to.
We enjoyed a busy pre-season, holding the third edition of the MoneyGram Thunder Nation Cup with over 700 participants hailing from Sydney’s Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Sri Lankan and Afghani communities. Sleeping giants India clinched the trophy against rivals Pakistan, with Afghan-background fast bowler Nazir Shinwari securing our Community Rookie contract.
We launched three new community programs; the ACT-Country NSW Rookie, a chance for young player from Thunder’s country region to train with the BBL squad. Pambula all-rounder Mac Wright was a well-deserved recipient of our first Regional Rookie scholarship.
In conjunction with the Sixers, we held the inaugural Aboriginal T20 Cup in Orange. The tournament was designed to give an opportunity to Aboriginal cricketers to further develop their skills to become the next generation of BBL stars. Participants Marty Jeffrey, Laine Beckett, Djali Bloomfield and Aaron Muir all went on to represent NSW at the National Indigenous Cricket Championships with 16-year old Jeffrey being named in the Australian Indigenous merit squad.
In November, Thunder partnered with the Australian Federal Police to launch the Thunder Leadership Program after receiving early backing from the Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs Craig Laundy. The program used Thunder’s high profile Muslim players Usman Khawaja and Fawad Ahmed to promote important messages around personal development and social cohesion to boys and girls across a range of multicultural communities. The program was delivered by BBL|04 Community Rookie Hameed Kherkah to 12 schools. At the time of writing, the project has received a further $100,000 Federal Government funding and will triple its reach to 39 schools across New South Wales during BBL|06.
In another first, Mike Hussey, Shane Watson and Aiden Blizzard joined members of the Thunder Academy as they travelled to Christchurch in early December where they played two games, the first a 9-run defeat to Canterbury Kings, followed by a 44-run victory over a Canterbury Cricket XI.
The tour provided a pathway for Academy players Ryan Gibson and Nathan McAndrew to
both be named as replacement players during the season, with McAndrew playing two BBL|06 games.
The tour also exposed the Thunder hierarchy to the talents of Henry Nicholls, who was drafted into Thunder’s squad towards the end of the competition to cover the injured Jacques Kallis for two games.
With pre-season over, we started the season on a high, selling out of Membership packages weeks ahead of the opening game and breaking our membership record to finish with 3,021 members. The bar has been set much higher in BBL|06.
My personal highlight was having the honour of working with Thunder WBBL coach Jo Broadbent to build the club’s first WBBL squad.
Working in collaboration with our first WBBL captain Alex Blackwell, and Assistant Coach, Leah Poulton, the leadership group assembled what would prove to be an irresistible force in women’s cricket.
The level of energy and enthusiasm our Thunder women brought to the first day of the season was infectious, lifting our front office, male and female teams alike for the challenges that lay ahead.
In winning their first game against the Sixers at Howell Oval in Penrith, the women not only broke a four year winless streak against our arch rival but set the tone for the remainder of the season.
The team was led superbly by Alex throughout the season, getting the best from our seasoned professionals such as Rachael Haynes, Erin Osborne, Stafanie Taylor and Rene Farrell as well as fostering the next generation of Thunder stars in Naomi Stalenberg, Lauren Cheatle, Maisy Gibson and Nicola Carey.
The top of the ladder season was bookended by a nail-biting Grand Final win against the Sixers. Stafanie Taylor was a deserved winner
of our WBBL player of the year award. As inaugural seasons go, they don’t get much better.
After two seasons of improvement, there were high expectations amongst our BBL squad.
Exploding out of the gates with a 3-0 start, it looked as though our first finals appearance was assured. Unfortunately the cricketing gods are never that kind, and four games later we found ourselves sitting 3-4 needing a win against the Sixers.
From that point onwards the team was never headed. Led by performances from the eventual joint winners of our BBL player of the year award, Usman Khawaja and Shane Watson, the Thunder won three in a row to win our first ever BBL title.
The win was tinged with some sadness as we farewelled Mike Hussey, Jacques Kallis and Andrew McDonald, who all played their final season with the Thunder. I would like to thank them all for their leadership, which has had a profound impact on the club.
Mike’s influence will not be lost, as he will continue as Thunder’s Director of Cricket.
The historic BBL/WBBL double was an incredible achievement and testament to the hard work of innumerable people. I would like to thank the CNSW Board, CEO Andrew Jones, coaches Paddy Upton and Jo Broadbent, captains Mike Hussey and Alex Blackwell as well as players, support staff, major sponsors Mazda, HomeWorld, XVenture and the Thunder Game Development team.
In particular, I would like to acknowledge the tireless work of the Thunder Front Office team; Chris Botherway, Daniel Edgtton, Hans de Koning, Vicky Tyas, and specifically Taryn Brighten, who has endured since BBL|01. Our success this summer would not have been possible without you.
Nick Cummins General Manager – Sydney Thunder
Sydney Thunder head office staff 2015/16 (l to r): Chris Botherway, Simon Anderson, Taryn Brighten, Nick Cummins, Daniel Edgtton, Hans de Koning, Vicky Tyas
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Sydney Sixers General Manager’s ReportThe great support of our fans was the highlight of BBL|05 for the Sydney Sixers as we continued to break attendance, ratings and membership records.
While there were challenges on the field for the men’s team, the players and staff of the Sixers are grateful to our growing fan base, who continued to turn up or watch on television in ever greater numbers.
The Sixers Women’s Big Bash team had a stunning debut season, overcoming a slow start to make a late charge that took them all the way to the final at the MCG, before falling to crosstown rivals the Sydney Thunder. With strong ratings and growing crowds, the inaugural WBBL was an instant hit.
Television RatingsAnother very impressive year, with the Sixers BBL achieving an average rating of 1.035 million for the season, without featuring in the higher rating finals. This in combination with a twilight fixture and the game against the Scorchers with a post 12.00 midnight east coast finish, shows the growing popularity of the BBL.
The WBBL had a fabulous start on television, with average ratings reaching over 230,000 for the season, three times the A-League. The WBBL final against the Thunder produced the outstanding figure of 344,000, winning its time slot.
Network Ten delivered an excellent product for both BBL and WBBL, committing full production facilities to the WBBL, resulting in an outstanding coverage which won the Ten Network a deserved Logie.
AttendanceAnother very positive season with aggregate attendance for the Sixers BBL home games topping 111,000.
The continuation of the match themes assisted in driving the result, with crowds of over 20,000 achieved for every game, a first. The Christmas Bash started the season on a great note with a record pre-Christmas crowd. Thousands stayed to enjoy Carols on the SCG after the game.
The season culminated in another record domestic crowd in NSW, achieving a sell-out 38.456 for Sydney Smash IX.
The WBBL had some excellent crowds at suburban grounds, indicating the community support of for the women in their inaugural season. Most pleasing was the crowd of 12,200 at the SCG for the double header against the Thunder.
Commercial PartnershipsThe Sixers achieved record commercial partnership revenue in BBL05, enjoying long
term commitments from key partners iiNet, Purina Supercoat, The Star, Sydney Water, University of Notre Dame and Southern Cross Group Services.
Initial relationships were established with BMW Sydney and Bauer Media, with work being conducted to secure both of these as long term partners. Both these partners contributed to the Fan Zone precinct on Driver Avenue, adding entertainment to the match day crowd.
MembershipThe addition of Michael Visser to the dedicated role of Membership and Ticketing Manager saw immediate results, achieving 2,801 members, an increase of 47% on BBL04. A more thorough and structured digital marketing campaign was a key driver in the success. In addition, net contribution was kept high with the premium Social Club membership being expanded and improving overall yield.
The Members open training and kids clinics were very well attended, highlighting that passion and loyalty are building for the Club.
MerchandiseSales at venue and online exceeded expectations for the Sixers and could have been even greater if not for the lack of stock, particularly in kids replica shirts. Sales and licensing fees almost doubled from BBL04, another great indicator for the passion that is displayed by the fans and their desire to wear the Magenta proudly.
The kids replica shirts are now outselling those of NRL clubs and a strong indicator for how stock will be managed for future seasons. The Warner Bros partnership with
the Superman branded shirts and caps was another driver of incremental sales. When issues can be solved with supply, merchandise will become a major contributor to Club revenue.
Community and Fan EngagementThe Sixers continued to partner with Cricket NSW Game Development to drive the brand at the grass roots level and assist in delivering record participation results for NSW.
The Kingsgrove T20 Cup and Local Government Area (LGA) days were held at Hurstville, Randwick and Manly, with tremendous turn outs for the kids’ clinics.
The Sixers trial game at Drummoyne Oval attracted over 200 kids to the pre-match clinic and provided great opportunities for the community to get up close and personal with their heroes.
The Fan Day at the SCG was a resounding success with over 1,500 people enjoying an afternoon at the famous ground, meeting players, touring the ground and participating in a number of skill sessions and games.
The integration of Sixers Girls’ Cricket League players into match day presentations at the WBBL games hosted by suburban grounds was a highlight of the inaugural year. Players formed a guard of honour and were given Sixers caps as part of the pre-game activities, reinforcing the visible pathway for young girls playing cricket.
Thanks to the players, coaching staff, support staff and to the Head Office Sixers team for their positive efforts during the season.
Dominic Remond General Manager – Sydney Sixers
Sydney Sixers head office staff 2015/16 (l to r): Michael Visser, Jodie Hawkins, Liz McPherson, Dom Remond
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2015/16 KFC BBL|05 Statistics2015/16 KFC BBL|05 POINTS TABLE
TEAM Played Won Lost Points NRR
Adelaide Strikers 8 7 1 14 0.544Melbourne Stars 8 5 3 10 0.366Perth Scorchers 8 5 3 10 0.181Sydney Thunder 8 4 4 8 0.375Melbourne Renegades 8 3 5 6 -0.041Brisbane Heat 8 3 5 6 -0.204Hobart Hurricanes 8 3 5 6 -0.955Sydney Sixers 8 2 6 4 -0.330
Net run-rate was calculated by subtracting runs conceded per over from runs scored per over.
2015/16 SYDNEY SIXERS KFC BBL|05 PERFORMANCES
BATTING M Inn NO Runs HS Avge 50 100 Ct St Stk-RtMJ Lumb 8 8 - 253 63 31.62 1 - 5 - 133.16BJ Haddin 7 7 1 200 72 33.33 2 - 2 - 151.52NJ Maddinson 7 7 - 141 70 20.14 1 - 1 - 133.02JC Silk 8 8 - 121 41 15.12 - - 2 - 119.80MC Henriques 3 3 1 114 62 57.00 1 - 3 - 132.56J Botha 8 8 2 99 38* 16.50 - - 2 - 115.12EJM Cowan 4 4 - 66 43 16.50 - - - - 110.00B Dwarshuis 4 3 - 39 13 13.00 - - 1 - 150.00RGL Carters 3 3 - 35 27 11.67 - - 2 - 85.37SA Abbott 8 7 2 25 7* 5.00 - - 3 - 73.53JM Bird 8 4 3 17 14* 17.00 - - 3 - 85.00NCR Larkin 1 1 - 15 15 15.00 - - - - 100.00TL Lawford 3 3 2 13 6* 13.00 - - - - 144.44DE Bollinger 8 3 1 13 9 6.50 - - 4 - 86.67NM Lyon 4 4 1 11 7 3.67 - - 2 - 110.00SNJ O'Keefe 3 3 2 10 6* 10.00 - - 1 - 125.00WER Somerville 1 - - - - - - - 1 - -
BOWLING M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge Best RPO
SA Abbott 8 21.3 - 215 11 19.55 3-8 10.00
NM Lyon 4 15.5 - 111 7 15.86 5-23 7.01
DE Bollinger 8 26.4 - 219 7 31.29 2-31 8.21
B Dwarshuis 4 13.3 - 113 5 22.60 3-25 8.37
SNJ O'Keefe 3 8 - 41 3 13.67 2-17 5.12
JM Bird 8 27 1 210 3 70.00 1-13 7.78
J Botha 8 23 - 190 2 95.00 1-13 8.26
MC Henriques 3 4 - 27 1 27.00 1-27 6.75
TL Lawford 3 7 - 60 1 60.00 1-12 8.57
WER Somerville 1 2 - 15 0 - - 7.50
2015/16 SYDNEY THUNDER KFC BBL|05 PERFORMANCESBATTING M Inn NO Runs HS Avge 50 100 Ct St Stk-RtUT Khawaja 4 4 2 345 109* 172.50 2 2 - - 163.51MEK Hussey 9 9 2 306 80* 43.71 3 - 4 - 131.33SR Watson 10 10 - 235 66 23.50 2 - 2 - 132.02AD Russell 10 9 1 185 46 23.12 - - 6 - 186.87JH Kallis 8 8 1 137 49* 19.57 - - 2 - 98.56AC Blizzard 9 8 - 130 35 16.25 - - - - 112.07BJ Rohrer 10 8 4 105 30 26.25 - - 4 - 138.16HM Nicholls 2 2 1 38 35* 38.00 - - 3 - 122.58CJ McKay 10 3 2 25 14 25.00 - - 5 - 147.06KR Patterson 1 1 - 18 18 18.00 - - - - 75.00CJ Green 8 5 2 18 8 6.00 - - 8 - 128.57Fawad Ahmed 10 2 2 9 5* - - - 3 - 128.57CD Hartley 10 3 2 9 9* 9.00 - - 6 2 81.82AB McDonald 1 1 - 7 7 7.00 - - - - 116.67GS Sandhu 6 1 - 7 7 7.00 - - 2 - 100.00NJ McAndrew 2 - - - - - - - 1 - -
BOWLING M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best RPOCJ McKay 10 33.5 1 274 18 15.22 4-28 8.10AD Russell 10 39 1 302 16 18.88 3-13 7.74SR Watson 10 28.2 - 231 9 25.67 3-13 8.15CJ Green 8 19 - 144 8 18.00 3-27 7.58Fawad Ahmed 10 30 - 246 6 41.00 3-39 8.20JH Kallis 8 21 - 144 5 28.80 1-15 6.86AB McDonald 1 2 - 21 1 21.00 1-21 10.50GS Sandhu 6 19 1 200 1 200.00 1-23 10.53NJ McAndrew 2 4 - 35 0 - - 8.75
Doug Bollinger in action for the Sydney Sixers
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2015/16 REBEL WBBL|01 POINTS TABLE
TEAM Played Won NR Lost BP Points NRR
Sydney Thunder 14 9 0 5 18 0.358Hobart Hurricanes 14 8 0 6 16 0.190Sydney Sixers 14 8 0 6 16 -0.074Perth Scorchers 14 7 0 7 14 0.166Melbourne Stars 14 7 0 7 14 0.026Brisbane Heat 14 7 0 7 14 -0.086Adelaide Strikers 14 6 0 8 12 -0.131Melbourne Renegades 14 4 0 10 8 -0.459
Net run-rate was calculated by subtracting runs conceded per over from runs scored per over.
2015/16 SYDNEY SIXERS REBEL WBBL|01 PERFORMANCES
BATTING M Inn NO Runs HS Avge 50 100 Ct St Stk-RtEA Perry 16 16 3 430 67* 33.08 3 - 3 - 94.30SJ McGlashan 16 15 3 366 79* 30.50 3 - 1 - 124.49AJ Healy 12 12 1 285 81 25.91 1 - 6 5 119.75A Gardner 15 14 1 213 55 16.38 1 - 3 - 129.09M Kapp 16 14 1 152 23 11.69 - - - - 87.36SE Aley 16 14 2 99 29 8.25 - - 5 - 83.90AR Reakes 16 10 4 90 23* 15.00 - - 5 - 115.38LC Sthalekar 14 10 3 82 31* 11.71 - - 4 - 68.33LA Marsh 6 5 - 29 19 5.80 - - - - 56.86RS Dick 8 5 2 18 8 6.00 - - 1 - 81.82SL Hungerford 6 5 1 17 6* 4.25 - - - - 73.91K Sutherland 16 7 5 13 7* 6.50 - - 1 - 65.00EA Leys 7 1 1 1 1* - - - 3 - 25.00LEM Smith 13 - - - - - - - 2 - -
BOWLING M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge Best RPO
K Sutherland 16 12 - 107 - 0.00 0-4 8.92SE Aley 16 48.2 - 300 19 15.79 4-8 6.21M Kapp 16 57 5 244 17 14.35 4-18 4.28LC Sthalekar 14 44 - 290 13 22.31 4-23 6.59LA Marsh 6 19.1 - 112 9 12.44 3-17 5.84EA Perry 16 51.3 2 337 8 42.12 2-11 6.54LEM Smith 13 28.1 - 185 6 30.83 3-17 6.57AR Reakes 16 22 - 178 1 178.00 1-24 8.09RS Dick 8 3 - 32 0 - - 10.67
2015/16 SYDNEY THUNDER REBEL WBBL|01 PERFORMANCESBATTING M Inn NO Runs HS Avge 50 100 Ct St Stk-RtAJ Blackwell 16 16 7 410 45 45.56 - - 13 - 101.23SR Taylor 16 16 1 372 59* 24.80 3 - 1 - 103.91RL Haynes 16 16 - 350 66 21.88 1 - 4 - 91.62NE Stalenberg 16 14 1 178 42 13.69 - - 5 - 133.83NJ Carey 16 14 1 168 53 12.92 1 - 4 - 94.38EA Osborne 12 9 1 92 36 11.50 - - 5 - 89.32CJ Koski 16 13 5 86 13* 10.75 - - 15 13 113.16RM Farrell 16 7 3 73 19* 18.25 - - 4 - 98.65CA Anneveld 3 3 1 19 15 9.50 - - 1 - 100.00M Hinkley 7 2 1 15 15 15.00 - - 4 - 166.67ML Gibson 9 4 2 8 3* 4.00 - - 3 - 61.54LR Cheatle 16 6 3 8 4* 2.67 - - 6 - 50.00SG Daffara 1 1 1 3 3* - - - - - 150.00BW Vakarewa 12 2 1 2 2* 2.00 - - 4 - 66.67S Bates 4 - - - - - - - - - -
BOWLING M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best RPORM Farrell 16 61.1 - 337 26 12.96 4-18 5.51LR Cheatle 16 61 3 355 18 19.72 4-20 5.82NJ Carey 16 60.2 - 344 16 21.50 4-12 5.70ML Gibson 9 26 - 147 13 11.31 3-14 5.65SR Taylor 16 38 - 240 10 24.00 2-14 6.32EA Osborne 12 34 - 241 9 26.78 3-21 7.09BW Vakarewa 12 22 - 132 6 22.00 2-13 6.00S Bates 4 7 - 45 4 11.25 2-20 6.43CA Anneveld 3 6 - 38 3 12.67 1-5 6.33RL Haynes 16 1 - 16 0 - - 16.00
2015/16 Rebel WBBL|01 Statistics
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NSW enjoyed an outstanding 2015/16 Toyota Futures League season, securing five outright victories from six matches, to finish a massive 13 points ahead of the second placed team Queensland.
The increase from four to six four-day Matches was a welcome change to the program. The addition of the extra matches allowed the State Selection Panel further opportunities to expose both our most talented Youth players, as well as our strongly performing players from the SCA First Grade Competition, to the challenges and conditions they will encounter at the next level. These fixtures also allowed the Panel the luxury of providing some of our established squad members valuable match time. Players the calibre of Peter Nevill, Ryan Carters, Kurtis Patterson, Doug Bollinger, Sean Abbott, Trent Copeland and Ben Rohrer all figured in matches during the season and made significant contributions both on and off the field.
Further to the six Futures League matches, a second XI three-day and one-day match were held in February against New Zealand provincial team Canterbury, resulting in two further comprehensive victories for NSW.
A total of twenty nine players were used during the season, with seven players; Liam Hatcher, Beau McClintock, Arjun Nair, Jayden Park, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha and Charlie Stobo, all making their senior representative debuts. Jason Sangha, at 16 years and 105 days, became the youngest NSW player in 90 years to play in a Second XI or Futures League match when he was selected for the Futures League game against ACT in February.
Further to the excellent team results, there were numerous brilliant individual performances, which saw several of our playing group promoted to the Sheffield Shield side.
Highlights were:• Nick Larkin with 697 runs at 77.44, earning
him the Futures League Player of the Year award.
• Daniel Hughes’ incredible 300no against South Australia at Coffs Harbour. Daniel scored 482 runs at 96.40 , and went on to score two Shield centuries in the second half of the season
• Seventeen year old Arjun Nair taking nine wickets on debut against ACT in Canberra in February, earning him selection in NSW Shield side for the final two games of the season.
• The outstanding comeback from injury of Trent Copeland. His 17 wickets at 18.35 from four Futures League matches led to his successful return to the Blues side, taking out the Sheffield Shield Player of the Year award.
• The consistent Futures League performances of Harry Conway which resulted in him making his First Class debut against Tasmania, claiming 5-45
• The elevation of Liam Hatcher, Chris Green, Arjun Nair and Jason Sangha to the Blues Contract List for 2016-17.
• The continued development of Ryan Gibson (308 runs at 55.37), as a potential 1st Class player.
• Retaining the prestigious Syd Gregory Cup with an innings victory over Queensland In Brisbane in January.
It was another highly successful and productive Futures League season, with several of our elite young talent performing above expectations. With our strong performances across all domestic competitions at both Youth and Senior level, Cricket NSW once again maintained our strategic goals of dominating interstate competitions and being the No 1 producer of cricketing talent in the country.
David Freedman State Talent Manager
ResultsToyota Futures League
Round 1: NSW 340 (Rohrer 76, Ley 74, Hughes 56, Lalor 50no) defeated South Australia 150 (Ley 4-27, Lalor 3-46, Conway 2-24) and 157 (Bollinger 3-33, Conway 2-34, Ley 2-22) by an innings and 33 runs
Round 2: NSW 302 (Larkin 118, Solway 79) and 3-198 (Larkin 78, Solway 64) drew with Western Australia 178 (Copeland 4-67, Cowell 3-31, Somerville 2-15) and 393 (Pattison 3-74, Somerville 2-91, Conway 2-70)
Round 3: NSW 4 dec 565 (Hughes 300no, Gibson 92, Larkin 70, Wells 43) defeated Tasmania 185 (Somerville 5-79, Copeland 3-30) and 299 (Conway 3-38, Lalor 3-71, Copeland 2-22) by an innings and 81 runs
Round 4: NSW 385 (Larkin 148, Gibson 82, Lenton 68) defeated Queensland 199 (Copeland 3-38, Cowell 3-41, Sams 2-33) and 181 (Cowell 4-40, Sams 3-53) by an innings and 5 runs
Round 5: NSW 376 (Nevill 125, Larkin 49, Hughes 35) and 1-97 (Hughes 51no, Patterson 27no) defeated Victoria 313 (Abbott 4-48, Copeland 3-80) and 159 (Lalor 5-30, Abbott 3-17) by nine wickets
Round 6: NSW 408 (Larkin 163, Green 83no, Gibson 71) and 7 dec 245 (Wakim 78, Solway 76) defeated ACT 163 (Nair 6-43) and 188 (Nair 3-27, Hatcher 3-37, Green 2-30) by 302 runs
Second XI (3 day fixture) NSW 4 dec 284 (Solway 109no, Green 68no, Larkin 57) and 3-159 (Lenton 54, Sangha 41) defeated Canterbury NZ, 251 (Green 4-81, Conway 2-22) and 189 (Conway 4-45, Park 3-29) by 5 wickets.
Toyota Futures League/ NSW Second XI
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This year’s U/19 Male National Championships in Adelaide had a change of dates, moving to 30 November-10 December. There was also a format change to 50 over cricket. The tournament mimicked the U17 male National Championships and included the two new sides of Victoria Country and Cricket Australia XI. The CA XI players are selected from the U/17 carnival and this year included four NSW players representing the side. Two NSW players were also selected to represent Northern Territory at the tournament.
The tournament was very successful, with the NSW Metro and ACT/NSW Country sides playing off in the final at Gliderol Stadium in Glenelg and NSW Metro taking home the win. It was fitting to have both sides in the final as they finished one and two on the table in their particular pool.
NSW Metro exhibited their skills on a number of occasions through the tournament and had a number of players stand up in important games. This was evident in the final with Arjun Nair capturing 6-24 off his ten overs, which put NSW Metro in a winning position.
ACT/NSW Country showed their dominance consistently, only losing one game for the entire tournament. Throughout its games ACT/NSW Country showcased their skills in all facets of the game with players contributing in all areas of bat, ball and in the field.
NSW METROPOLITAN TEAM1 Harmon Sandhu – captain Fairfield-Liverpool2 Luke Bartier St George3 Axel Cahlin Gordon4 Jordan Gauci Campbelltown-Camden5 Liam Hatcher Fairfield-Liverpool6 Ben Manenti Sydney7 Arjun Nair Hawkesbury8 Luke Ohrynowsky Fairfield-Liverpool9 Jonathan Rose St George10 Brendan Smith Bankstown11 Cameron Weir Penrith12 Declan White UNSW13 Jake Wholohan Penrith
StaffCoach: Beau Casson Assistant Coach: Anthony Clark Physiotherapist: Nicola Mepstead
ACT/NSW COUNTRY TEAM:1 Jonte Pattison – captain Central Coast2 Matthew Gilkes ACT-Southern3 Henry Hunt ACT-Southern4 Blake MacDonald ACT-Southern5 Pat Magann Central Northern6 Lewin Maladay North Coastal7 Jono Maloney Central Northern8 Jacob McNaught Western9 Jayden Park Newcastle10 James Psarakis Central Northern11 Joe Slater ACT-Southern12 Ben Taylor ACT-Southern13 Mac Wright ACT-Southern
StaffCoach: Greg McLay Assistant Coach: Mark Cameron Physiotherapist: Michael Gabriel
After strong performances in the U/17 Male National Championships had NSW four players who represented the CA XI at the tournament:
Ryan Hadley (NSW Metro-Blacktown) Ryan Hackney (NSW Metro-Penrith) Sam Skelly (ACT/NSW Country-Southern/ACT) Jason Sangha (CA XI-Newcastle)
Now Cricket Australia has provided Northern Territory with the opportunity to select NSW players, it saw two additional players have exposure to the tournament;
Alec Melville (ACT/NSW Country-North Coastal) Param Uppal (NSW Metro-Fairfield-Liverpool)
Results Round 1: CA XI 178 (B Manenti 4-28, D White 3-31) defeated by NSW Metropolitan 9-226 (A Cahlin 42, J Rose 30*, H Sandhu 29, A Nair 28, B Manenti 25).
Victoria Country 4-246 defeated by ACT/NSW Country 6-247 (H Hunt 128, JG Psarakis 50, B Macdonald 34).
Round 2: NSW Metro 226 (L Ohrynowsky 59, C Weir 54, J Gauci 31) defeated by South Australia 6-282 (D White 2-43).
ACT/NSW Country 302 (J Psarakis 109, B Macdonald 65, H Hunt 65, J Pattison 38) defeated Northern Territory 60 (J Slater 3-21, J Park 2-1, P Magann 2-13, J McNaught 2-19).
Round 3: NSW Country 3-137 (H Hunt 69, M Gilkes 30 H Sandhu 2-29) defeated NSW Metro 136 (B Manenti 33, J Rose 31 J Slater 4-29 JT Ralston 3-15).
Round 4: Northern Territory 66 (A Nair 3-9, J Venianakis 3-29, L Hatcher 2-2, D White 2-15) defeated by NSW Metro 4-299 (J Rose 100, J Gauci 81, L Bartier 66*, A Nair 42*).
ACT/NSW Country 5-258 J Pattinson 110*, Macdonald 54, H Hunt 41, L Maladay 29 defeated Queensland 257 (P Magann 3-51)
Round 5: Victoria Country 145 (J Wholohan 2-13, A Nair 2-28, B Manenti 2-33 defeated by NSW Metro 203 (B Manenti 65, J Wholohan 41, J Gauci 31).
South Australia 9-229 (J Park 3-34, B Taylor 2-31) defeated by ACT/NSW Country 231 B Taylor 43, J Slater 37, L Maladay 37.
Quarter Finals: NSW Metro 3-217 L Bartier 53*, L Ohrynowsky 51*, J Rose 50, A Nair 39 defeated Western Australia 215 (L Hatcher 3-40, J Venianakis 2-28, A Nair 2-38).
ACT/NSW Country 7-263 J Psarakis 87, B Macdonald 78, J Pattison 32 defeated Queensland 221 (J McNaught 4-39, J Park 4-43).
Semi Finals: South Australia 177 (A Nair 3-29, H Sandhu 2-31, B Manenti 2-34, L Hatcher 2-38) defeated by NSW Metro 8-178 J Gauci 62, J Rose 40.
ACT/NSW Country 5-162 J Psarakis 46, H Hunt 41, J Pattison 38 defeated Victoria Country 161 (J Slater 4-31, J Park 3-15, B Taylor 2-46).
Final: (1 & 2) ACT/NSW Country 160 H Hunt 42, M Gilkes 32, M Wright 28 (A Nair 6-24, J Wholohan 4-12) defeated by NSW Metro 1-161 J Rose 80*, A Nair 41, J Gauci 38*.
Honours: Australian U/19 Liam Hatcher, Arjun Nair (NSW Metro), Henry Hunt (ACT/NSW Country) and Jason Sangha (CA XI)
U/19 Male National Championships
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U/18 Female National ChampionshipsThe U/18 Female National Championships were held in Canberra from 13-19 January 2016. NSW had two teams contest the event: NSW Metropolitan and ACT/ NSW Country. Five NSW players were also selected to represent the Cricket Australia XI for developing cricketers. In total 31 players from NSW competed in the event.
NSW Metropolitan came into the tournament looking to extend their 11-year winning streak which will surely go down as one of Australia’s greatest sporting records. Missing two of their strike bowlers in Lauren Cheatle and Belinda Vakarewa through WBBL, it was always going to be a challenge, however the side retained a number of key players in Carly Leeson, Amy Edgar and Mikayla Hinkley and played positive cricket to reach the final against arch enemies Victoria. Unfortunately the girls were outplayed in this match and Victoria finished deserved winners of the championships. It was just the second time in 20 attempts where Victoria have lifted the trophy in this age group.
The ACT/NSW Country team came into the tournament with great motivation to improve on their fifth placing from the previous year. A young squad coached by ACT’s Andrew Dawson and NSW’s Leah Poulton, the group played with flair and aggression and showed they were a team on the rise. Key performances by Tahlia Wilson, Naomi McDonald and Rachel Trenaman propelled the girls to finish third in the championships. With 10 of the 13 players returning next year, this is certainly a team to watch.
NSW METROPOLITAN TEAM:1 Dannielle Armstrong Penrith
2 Lauren Cheatle Illawarra / Campbelltown-Camden
3 Ashley Day Penrith4 Amy Edgar – captain Western / Penrith5 Mikayla Hinkley Penrith6 Haylee Hoffmeister Campbelltown-Camden7 Saskia Horley Gordon Women’s8 Clara Iemma Campbelltown-Camden
9 Carly Leeson North Coast / Bankstown Sports Women’s CC
10 Serena Lin Universities11 Yardley Polsen Campbelltown-Camden12 Hannah Trethewy Campbelltown-Camden13 Belinda Vakarewa Campbelltown-Camden
RESERVESKate Barry Bankstown Sports Women’s CCClaudia Johnston UniversitiesPrudence Roebuck Bankstown Sports Women’s CC
StaffCoach: Stephen Jenkin Assistant Coach: Michelle Goszko Manager: Jess Henry Physiotherapist: Nirmalan Thanabalasingam
ResultsRound 1 (50 overs) Victoria 9-206 (A Edgar 4-29 C Leeson 2-30) defeated NSW Metropolitan 106 (C Iemma 32)
Round 2 (50 overs) NSW Metropolitan 3-83 (C Iemma 37*) defeated South Australia 80 (P Roebuck 3-11 A Edgar 2-11, S Horley 2-12)
Round 3 (T20) NSW Metropolitan 124 (M Hinkley 47, A Edgar 32) defeated Western Australia 9-99 (A Edgar 3-14, S Horley 2-13)
Round 4 (T20) NSW Metropolitan 5-138 (C Leeson 64, A Day 32) defeated ACT/NSW Country 7-91 (C Iemma 3-8, S Horley 3-10)
Round 5 (T20) NSW Metropolitan 0-80 (M Hinkley 57*) defeated CA XI 4-79 (C Iemma 2-12)
Round 6 (T20) NSW Metropolitan 3-50 defeated Tasmania 9-49 (C Leeson 4-12)
Round 7 (50 overs) NSW Metropolitan 3-89 (A Day 38*) defeated Queensland 88 (A Day 2-2, Y Polsen 2-11, A Edgar 2-11)
Final 1 v 2 (50 overs) Victoria 3-183 (C Iemma 1-8) defeated NSW Metropolitan 124 (Y Polsen 23)
ACT/NSW COUNTRY TEAM:1 Katelyn Beaumont North Coast 2 Geogia Bye Riverina3 Ellie Dalgarno – Fixter Riverina4 Sophea Heath Illawarra5 Jessica Howard ACT/ Southern6 Matilda Lugg North Coast7 Grace McDonald North Coast8 Naomi McDonald North Coast9 Rachel Trenaman Riverina10 Amy Riddell – Captain North Coast11 Alana Ryan Western12 Kirsten Smith Central North13 Tahlia Wilson Illawarra
StaffCoach: Andrew Dawson Assistant Coach: Leah Poulton Manager: Anna Baker Physiotherapist: Elyse Potter
ResultsRound 1 (50 overs) ACT/NSW Country 6-258 (T Wilson 67*, AM Ryan 52, R Trenaman 48*) defeated Western Australia 62 (A Riddell 4-14, R Trenaman 2-8)
Round 2 (50 overs) CA XI 173 (S Heath 4-22, N McDonald 3-23, A Riddell 2-33) defeated ACT/NSW Country 9-171 (N McDonald 38, M Lugg 32, A Ryan 28)
Round 3 (T20) ACT/NSW Country 6-109 (A Riddell 31, R Trenaman 29) defeated Queensland 107 (J Howard 3-21, S Heath 2-15)
Round 4 (T20) NSW Metropolitan 5-138 defeated ACT/NSW Country 7-91 (T Wilson 34, R Trenaman 26)
Round 5 (T20) Victoria 0-79 defeated ACT/NSW Country 8-77 (A Ryan 17*)
Round 6 (T20) ACT/NSW Country 3-138 (N McDonald 44, T Wilson 39*) defeated South Australia 8-81 (J Howard 2-8)
Round 7 (50 overs) ACT/NSW Country 9-159 (K Beaumont 31, K Smith 28, R Trenaman 27) defeated Tasmania 158 (S Heath 3-18, G Bye 2-10)
Final 3 v 4 (50 overs) ACT/NSW Country 3-105 (M Lugg 25) defeated South Australia 104 (A Riddell 6-21, R Trenaman 2-20)
U/18 CAXI Squad (NSW Players): Tahlia Wilson (ACT/NSW Country), Naomi McDonald (ACT/NSW Country), Rachael Trenaman (ACT/NSW Country), Amy Riddell (ACT/NSW Country), Mikayla Hinkley (NSW Metro), Amy Edgar (NSW Metro) Belinda Vakarewa (NSW Metro) Carly Leeson (NSW Metro), Hannah Trethewy (NSW Metro), Clara Iemma (NSW Metro), Haylee Hoffmeister (NSW Metro), Saskia Horley (NSW Metro)
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NSW had two representative sides, NSW Metro and ACT/NSW Country, compete at this year’s National Championships held in Brisbane from 28 September to 8 October. Apart from the dates falling earlier in the season compared to previous years, the tournament also saw a format change with all fixtures being 50 over cricket. Two extra teams were added, Victoria Country and a Cricket Australia XI, selected from the National U/15s schools tournament held earlier in the year.
The NSW Metro side played dominant cricket throughout the tournament, achieving the most points out of the two pools. After strong performances in both the quarter-finals and semi-finals, NSW Metro unfortunately fell over at the last hurdle with a loss to Queensland in the final held at Allan Border Field. During the tournament there were many highlights but a special mention must go to Ryan Hackney, who scored three centuries and won the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award.
Throughout the tournament ACT/NSW Country were frequently in winning positions but struggled to finish the job off on a few occasions, narrowly going down to Queensland in the quarter-finals. Despite not winning as many games as hoped ACT/NSW Country players showed that their skills on numerous occasion will hold them in a good position for the future. Special mention to Tom Engelbrecht who had the equal most wickets in the tournament.
NSW METROPOLITAN TEAM:1 Param Uppal – captain Fairfield-Liverpool2 James Arnold Sutherland3 Kyle Chisholm Campbelltown-Camden4 Nathan Doyle Mosman5 George Furrer Northern District6 Ryan Hackney Penrith7 Ryan Hadley (Blacktown8 Baxter Holt Northern District9 Wallace Marshall Campbelltown-Camden10 Ryan Mizzi Hawkesbury11 Ryan O’Beirne Bankstown12 James Robertson Northern District13 Connor Wilkinson Bankstown
StaffHead Coach: Beau Casson Assistant Coach: Grant Lambert Manager: Nicola Mepstead
ACT/NSW COUNTRY TEAM:1 Daniel Leerdam – captain Southern/ACT2 Charlie Dummer Southern/ACT3 Tom Engelbrecht Southern/ACT4 Matthew Gilkes Southern/ACT5 Jack Harper Riverina6 Griffin Lea Newcastle7 Peter McCredie Newcastle8 Jordie Misic Sotuhern/ACT9 Patrick Montgomery Central North10 Ryan Meppem Central North11 Tom Scoble Central North12 Sam Skelly Southern/ACT13 Andrew Sommerville Newcastle
StaffHead Coach: Kyle Piper Assistant Coach: Mark Cameron Manager: Michael Gabriel
NSW had six players represent the CA XI during the tournament and they all showed promising signs for the future. They were:Aiden Bariol (NSW Metro - Manly)Bailey Dickinson (NSW Metro - Bankstown)Joel Foster (NSW Metro - Northern District)Jason Sangha (ACT/NSW Country - Newcastle) Thomas Sowden (NSW Metro - Bankstown) Austin Waugh (NSW Metro - Sutherland)
Cricket Australia has restructured the talent identification pathway, allowing two NSW players to represent the Northern Territory. They performed strongly through, giving NSW a total of 34 players in the tournament:
Nicholas Arnold (NSW Metro - Sydney University) Jack Edwards (NSW Metro - Manly)
Round 1: CA XI 183 (P Uppal 3-38, G Furrer 2-27) defeated by NSW Metropolitan 4-184 (R Hackney 112*, R Mizzi 33*).
VIC Country 4-252 (T Scoble 2-44) defeated ACT/NSW Country 251 (J Harper 48, M Gilkes 40, T Englebrecht 39, G Lea 29, C Drummer 25).
Round 2: NSW Metro 9/290 (J Arnold 94, K Chisholm 47, J Robertson 38, R Mizzi 31, B Holt 28) defeated South Australia on Duckworth-Lewis Method 4/96 (P Uppal 2-24 N Doyle 2-25).
ACT/NSW Country 2-78 (P McCredie 33*) defeated Northern Territory on Duckworth-Lewis Method 8-185 (A Somerville 2-20).
Round 3: ACT/NSW Country 186 (D Leerdam 40, R Meppem 37 (R Hadley 2-2, K Chisholm 2-24, R O’Beirne 2-28, P Uppal 2-31) defeated by NSW Metro 5-259 (R Hackney 118*, R Mizzi 46, J Robertson 45 (T Scoble 2-35).
Round 4:
Northern Territory 5-232 defeated NSW Metro (167 R Mizzi 51, P Uppal 41, J Robertson 28).
ACT/NSW Country 9-203 (M Gilkes 61, P McCredie 30, C Dummer 26) defeated by Queensland 8-210 (G Lea 2-29, T Engelbrecht 2-34, R Meppem 2-39).
Round 5:
8-179 defeated by NSW Metropolitan 5-180 (R Hackney 55, P Uppal 37, C Wilkinson 27*).
South Australia 214 (T Engelbrecht 4-51, P Montgomery 2-17) defeated by ACT/NSW Country 7-235 (D Leerdam 85*, R Meppem 72).
Quarter Finals: NSW Metro 5-259 (J Arnold 78, P Uppal 64, R Hackney 43) defeated Western Australia 10-156 (J Arnold 3-19, N Doyle 3-23).
Queensland 9-223 (S Skelly 3-23, G Lea 3-27) defeated ACT/NSW Country 9-215 (C Dummer 61, P McCredie 49*, M Gilkes 31).
Semi Finals: NSW Metro 204 (B Holt 43, R Hackney 32, C Wilkinson 32, J Robertson 27) defeated Victoria Metro 63 (R O’Beirne 3-18, R Hadley 2-10, P Uppal 2-12).
South Australia 5-282 (T Engelbrecht 2-60) defeated ACT/NSW Country 7-272 (J Misic 101, D Leerdam 46, C Dummer 41, M Gilkes 36).
Final: (1 & 2) NSW Metro 8-262 (R Hackney 112, R Mizzi 48, J Robertson 43) defeated by Queensland 5-265 (W Marshall 2-21).
Final:(7 & 8) ACT/NSW Country 9-265 (C Dummer 107, P McCredie 45, M Gilkes 32) defeated Victoria Country 185 (T Engelbrecht 4-36, J Harper 2-19, R Meppem 2-37).
Honours: Ryan Hadley and Ryan Hackney (Player of the tournament) NSW Metro, Sam Skelly (ACT/NSW Country) and Jason Sangha (CA XI).
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The U/15 Female National Championships were held in Hobart from 25 November – 1 December 2015. NSW had two teams contest the event: NSW Metropolitan and ACT/ NSW Country. Four of our players were also selected to represent the Cricket Australia XI for developing cricketers. In total 30 players from NSW competed in this event.
Both teams enjoyed a comprehensive lead-in to the championships, with the Metropolitan squad training as a team weekly, and the ACT/Country team completing a number of regionally based camps. Both squads came together in Sydney for a joint camp before flying to Hobart.
NSW Metropolitan came into the tournament looking to reclaim their title from last season. After a tough start to the competition where they lost to arch enemies Victoria by 4 runs, the team managed to regroup to lose just one other game, a T20 against ACT/NSW Country to make the 3 v 4 play-off. Hannah Darlington and Maddy Darke produced solid performances across the carnival, while fast bowler Stella Campbell showed she is one to watch with a number of unplayable spells.
A polished all-round performance saw the ACT/NSW Country team win their first U/15 National Title. Well led by Captain Rachael Trenaman, the side produced many outstanding team and individual performances across the carnival, including highest team score by ACT/NSW Country and highest tournament aggregate. Fast bowler Emma Hughes claimed the side’s first ever hat-trick, while Anita Handono was brilliant up the top of the order and playing an influential foil to the free-flowing Trenaman.
NSW METROPOLITAN TEAM1 Isabelle Afaras Roseville JCC2 Miriam Bank St George-Sutherland WCC3 Stella Campbell Universities WCC4 Maddy Darke Universities WCC
5 Hannah Darlington - Captain Penrith Cricket Club
6 Halle Hlasiuk St George-Sutherland WCC7 Bethany Jenkins Camden District CA8 Jessica Langford Camden District CA9 Stephanie Marsh Summer Hill CC10 Kristen McCormack Penrith Cricket Club11 Tracey McGrath Camden District CA12 Olivia Porter Universities WCC13 Grace Thomas Holy Cross Crusaders CC
StaffCoach: Mark McInnes Assistant Coach/ Manager: Leah Poulton Physiotherapist: Emily Boulton Smith
Results:Round 1: (36 overs rain reduced) VIC 4-103 (S Campbell 1-10) defeated NSW Metro 11-100 (H Darlington 24).
Round 2: (40 overs) NSW Metro 145 (M Bank 43) defeated QLD 8-116 (O Porter 2-8, I Afaras 2-27).
Round 3: (T20) NSW Metro 5-108 (B Jenkins 35) defeated Tasmania 6-49 (S Campbell 2-8).
Round 4: (T20) NSW Metro 3-133 (OP Porter 58, M Bank 29) defeated CAXI 5-62 (I Afaras 2-3).
Round 5: (T20) ACT/NSW Country 5-106 (I Afaras 2-11) defeated NSW Metro 7-100 (H Darlington 36).
Round 6: (T20) NSW Metro 2-158 (M Darke 71, H Darlington 36) defeated Western Australia 7-105 (O Porter 4-14).
Round 7: (40 overs) NSW Metro 5-148 (M Darke 41) defeated South Australia 11-93 (S Campbell 3-10).
FINALS 3 v 4 (40 overs) Victoria 5-134 (M Bank 2-22) defeated NSW Metro 131 (Afaras 39).
* Under tournament playing conditions, teams were permitted to bat their remaining overs during preliminary rounds after losing 10 wickets. Match results were determined by the team’s score at either the end of their allotted overs or after they lost 10 wickets, whichever occurred first. A bonus point system was also in operation, whereby teams receive points for runs scored and wickets taken.
ACT/NSW COUNTRY TEAM:1 Dharmini Chauhan Illawarra2 Paris Crelley Riverina3 Jessica Davidson Central Northern4 Dahlia Glennie Central Northern5 Jasmine Goode Central Northern6 Anita Handono North Coast7 Emma Hughes Western8 Taylah Knight Central Northern9 Jessica Marsh South Coast10 Mollie Mullen North Coast11 Lilly Tassell Riverina
12 Rachael Trenaman - Captain Riverina
13 Sarah Young Illawarra
StaffCoach: Steve Davies Assistant Coach: Luke Knight Manager: Anna Baker Physiotherapist: Elyse Potter
Results:Round 1: (40 overs) ACT/NSW Country 6-329 (R Trenaman 70, L Tassell 51no) defeated Tasmania 20-127 (E Hughes 6-19).
Round 2: (40 overs) ACT/NSW Country 4-236 (R Trenaman 118*, A Handono 78) defeated Western Australia 13-151 (T Knight 4-18 E Hughes 3-7 L Tassell 3-19).
Round 3: (T20) Queensland 5-123 (M Mullen 3-16) defeated ACT/NSW Country 4-88
Round 4: (T20) ACT/NSW Country 100 defeated South Australia 8-81 (T Knight 3-22 R Trenaman 2-13)
Round 5: (T20) ACT NSW Country 5-106 (L Tassell 36) defeated NSW Metropolitan 7-100 T Knight 2-10, L Tassell 2/17).
Round 6: (T20) ACT/NSW Country 4-97 (R Trenaman 49*) defeated by Victoria 5-100 (T Knight 3-12).
Round 7: (40 overs) ACT/NSW Country 8-212 (R Trenaman 76* D Glennie 33) defeated CA XI 11-84 (R Trenaman 3-25 J Goode 2-3 MR Mullen 2-5).
FINAL 1 v 2 (40 overs) ACT/NSW Country 134 (D Glennie 38) defeated Queensland 94 (R Trenanan 4-17)
U/15 AWARD WINNERS:
Leading Run Scorer: Rachel Trenaman (ACT/NSW Country) – 364 runs
U/15 TEAM OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS (NSW Players): Rachel Trenaman (ACT/NSW Country), Emma Hughes (ACT/NSW Country), Taylah Knight (ACT/NSW Country), Sarah Turner (CAXI), Maddie Darke (NSW Metro), Hannah Darlington (NSW Metro), Isabel Arafas (NSW Metro), Stella Campbell (NSW Metro), Olivia Porter (NSW Metro).
U/15 Female National Championships
U/15 Female National Championships
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Commonwealth Bank Australian Country Championships 2015/16Commonwealth Bank Australian Country Championships 2015/16 New South Wales Country Team
FINAL TABLE POINTS
South Australia 21
Victoria 20
Queensland 17
Western Australia 16
New South Wales 16
East Asia Pacific 0
The 2015/16 Championships were played in Mt Gambier, South Australia from 4-11 January 2016, with the home side, the South Australian Outbacks, securing their first ever title.
In another first, a women’s division was also played, with East Asia Pacific taking out the title. New South Wales, however, did not enter a side.
Another innovation saw each state provide an umpire, with Phil Rainger (North Coastal) representing NSW Country.
Led by Western Zone’s Nick Berry, the squad contained seven new faces – Berry being one of them. He was joined by Mitch Bower (Western), Keiran Gray (Southern ACT), Ben Mitchell (Southern ACT), Jordan Moran (Western), Joe Price (Newcastle) and Grant Stewart (Newcastle). Keiran Gray later withdrew from the squad due to illness and was replaced by Michael Arblaster (Southern ACT).
Despite being a mathematical chance of taking out the title coming into the last round clash against Victoria, the Bush Blues were never really in the hunt, after a loss in round one saw the side chasing points for the remainder of the championships. At the completion of the event, the Bush Blues finished in fifth position, being the lowest spot for some years.
Debutant Michael Arblaster enjoyed a fantastic championships with the bat, managing 204 runs at the very healthy average of 51. Scott Burkinshaw again performed notably with the ball, snaring 11 wickets. Both Arblaster and Burkinshaw were rewarded with selection in the Australian Country XI.
Tom Groth was once again presented the Ian Healy award, being rated the best wicket keeper at the Championships
Match ResultsRound 1 v Western Australia – Two Day Fixture 4th and 5th January 2016
Western Australia 233 (J Whitney 73 A Sbizzirri 65 S Burkinshaw 3-41 M Coombs 2-42) defeated
New South Wales 214 (J Moran 62 M Arblaster 44 P Butler 5-58 K Ballard 2-26)
Round 2 v South Australia – One Day Fixture 6th January 2016
New South Wales 213 (M Arblaster 82 J Moran 53 N Clayfield 2-27 S Nottle 2-41) defeated
South Australia 7-202 (B Smith 51 J Moss 44 N Berry 2-27 A Lindsay 2-36)
Round 3 v Queensland – Two Day Fixture 8th and 9th January 2016
New South Wales 8-175 (G Stewart 40 M Arblaster 38 S McCarthy 2-29 M Salerno 2-39) defeated
Queensland 171 (K Dickfos 79 A Knezevic 22 B Mitchell 5-61 S Burkinshaw 3-21)
Round 4 v East Asia Pacific – One Day Fixture 10th January 2016
New South Wales 3-105 (N Berry 36 J Moran 25no A Stephen 2-19) defeated
East Asia Pacific 104 (J Kila 50 R Tari 22no S Burkinshaw 4-21 B Mitchell 3-21)
Round 5 v Victoria – One Day Fixture 14th January 2015
Victoria 9-232 (N Walsh 59 A Burgiel 33 J Price 2-21 M Coombs 2-31) defeated
New South Wales 7-231 (N Berry 118no A Lindsay 42 A Ward 4-44 B Boyd 2-57)
Championship Awards• Championship Shield – South Australia
• Commonwealth Bank Player of the Series – Ben Smith (South Australia)
• Sir Donald Bradman Trophy – Batting Aggregate – Nathan Walsh (Victoria)
• Bill O’Reilly Trophy – Bowling Aggregate – Ben Boyd (Victoria)
• Doug Walters Fielding Award – James Moss (South Australia) and Jacob Smith (Victoria)
• Ian Healy Wicket Keeper Award – Tom Groth (New South Wales) and Tony Hampson (Queensland)
• East Asia Pacific Spirit of Cricket Team Award – New South Wales
The New South Wales Player Of The Series at the Commonwealth Bank Australian Country Cricket Championships
Scott Burkinshaw (Central Coast) was awarded New South Wales Player of the Series at the Commonwealth Bank Australian Country Cricket Championships.
Back Row (L to R): David Redden (Scorer - Newcastle), Eric Koetz (Manager - Riverina), Mitch Bower (Western) Joe Price (Newcastle), Mitch Coombs (Central Coast), Scott Burkinshaw (Central Coast), Grant Stewart (Newcastle) Andrew Lindsay (North Coastal), Llew Scott (Physio – Illawarra), Jeff Cook (Coach – Central Northern)
Front Row (L to R): Jordan Moran (Western), Justin Moore (North Coastal), Tom Groth (Central Northern), Nick Berry (Captain – Western), Nick Foster (Newcastle), Ben Mitchell (Southern ACT), Michael Arblaster (Southern ACT)
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National Indigenous Championships (Imparja Cup)
Squads (tribe or mob/club/regional zone in brackets)Male:
Aaron Muir (Wiradjuri/Western Suburbs) Martin Jeffrey (Wiradjuri/ Western) Nathan Price (Kamilaroi/Randwick Petersham)Brendan Smith (Dungutti/Bankstown) Brett Russell (Dungutti/Parramatta) Damien Duroux (Gumbainggir/ North West Sydney) Sam Doggett (Worimi/Randwick Petersham) Djali Bloomfield (Wiradjuri/ACT-Southern) Ben Patterson (Wiradjuri/Hawkesbury) Laine Beckett (Yuin Nation/ACT-Southern) Andrew Gordon (Kamillaroi/Western Suburbs) Andrew Glover (Darug/ACT-Southern) Tyran Liddiard (Biripi/Penrith) Jeff Cook (Coach) Peter Cooley (Manager) Chris Evans (Physio)
Female:
Jemma Astley (Wonnarua/Central Coast) Sara Darney (Wiradjuri/Western) Ashleigh Gardner (Muruwari/Bankstown Sports) Sam Gordon (Wiradjuri/St George-Sutherland) Veronica Gordon (Wiradjuri/St George Sutherland) Haylee Hoffmeister (Palawa/Campbelltown-Camden) Nicole Honeysett (Wiradjuri/Western) Madison McCooey (Wiradjuri/Bankstown Sports) Renea Melville (Dharruk/Parramatta) Julie Muir (Wiradjuri/St George-Sutherland)Rihannon Paulson (Worrimi) Nicole Squires (Wiradjuri/Northern District) Roxsanne Van-Veen (Gundungurra/St George-Sutherland) Kerry Marshall (Coach) Neil McDonald (Manager) Chris Evans (Physio)
ResultsMale
Round 1: NSW 144 (NA Price 32 B Smith 32 S Doggett 31*) defeated Victoria 55 (B Patterson 5-7 MR Jeffrey 2-6 S Doggett 2-17) by 89 runs
Round 2: NSW 3-96 (D Duroux 32) defeated Northern Territory 6-94 (B Patterson 2-19) by 7 wickets
Round 2: NSW 0-81 (D Duroux 43* NA Price 37*) defeated South Australia 79 (S Doggett 4-15 MR Jeffrey 2-9 B Patterson 2-14) by 10 wickets
Round 3: NSW 0-79 (NA Price 44* D Duroux 31*) defeated Tasmania 75 (MR Jeffrey 4-25 L Beckett 3-1) by 10 wickets
Round 4: NSW 7-271 (NA Price 122* D Duroux 33 AB Muir 25) defeated Western Australia 10-107 (B Russell 5-15 S Doggett 2-20) by 164 runs
Round 5: Bye
Round 6: Bye
Round 7: NSW 214 (S Doggett 43 D Duroux 35 MR Jeffrey 35 B Smith 28) deafeated Queensland 62 (S Doggett 3-16 B Russell 2-9 DM Bloomfield 2-9 B Patterson 2-16) by 152 runs
Final: NSW 9-198 (AB Muir 41 A Glover 33) defeated Queensland 75 (MR Jeffrey 2-3 B Patterson 2-19 S Doggett 2-24) by 123 runs
Female
Round 1: NSW 3-63 (R Van-Veen 22) defeated Victoria 6-62 (J Astley 2-14) by 7 wickets
Round 2: NSW 6-165 (A Gardner 65 R Van-Veen 31) defeated Western Australia 69 (R Van-Veen 4-10 N Squires 2-1 J Muir 2-26) by 96 runs
Round 3: NSW 2-192 (S Gordon 80 A Gardner 56 R Van-Veen 29*) defeated Northern Territory 6-85 (R Van-Veen 3-17 J Muir 2-23) by 107 runs
Round 4: NSW 1-67 defeated Queensland 7-66 (R Van-Veen 3-18 N Squires 2-12) by 9 wickets
Final: NSW 3-195 (S Gordon 65 R Van-Veen 65) defeated Northern Territory 3-72 by 123 runs
Honours
Male Player of the Tournament: Sam Doggett
Female National Indigenous XI Sara Darney Ashleigh Gardner Sam Gordon Haylee Hoffmeister Roxsanne Van-Veen Jemma Astley
The 2016 National Indigenous Championships saw NSW continue its dominance of the competition, securing both the Male and Female divisions. The aim of the National Indigenous Championships is to showcase and accelerate Indigenous Cricket Talent as part of Australian Cricket’s integrated High Performance Pathway.
The NSW men’s team were dominant throughout, remaining undefeated and defeating Queensland in the final by 123 runs. Sam Doggett was named player of the championships.
It was a ninth straight title for the women’s team as they went through the tournament undefeated. NSW have always been the benchmark for this tournament since becoming the first State to enter a team in the women’s competition back in 2006.
NSW had 6 players selected in the Female National Indigenous XI which toured India in May 2016.
NSW men celebrate their tournament victory
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McDonald’s Sydney Premier Grade CricketPremier Grade Cricket – Men’s CompetitionThe Premier Grade Cricket competition again comprised 20 clubs, with 15 rounds scheduled for First Grade, and 15 rounds for each lower grade. Those grades, together with the Poidevin-Gray Shield and AW Green Shield, contributed to the Club Championship. The 2015/16 season’s Twenty20 Cup competition, consisting of four preliminary round matches, was a stand-alone competition that did not count towards the Club Championship and First Grade competition.
Club Championship - The Sydney Smith CupPenrith won the Club Championship for the third time overall, and for the first time since 2008/09, by a margin of 28 points over Sydney with Sutherland in third place.
Table: Penrith 1,303; Sydney 1,275; Sutherland 1,232; St George 1,181; Northern District 1,173; Eastern Suburbs 1,128; Mosman 1,046; Sydney University 1,037; Manly-Warringah 1,027; Gordon 962; Randwick Petersham 942; Bankstown 927; UNSW 922; Parramatta 897; Campbelltown-Camden 879; Blacktown 822; Fairfield-Liverpool 726; Hawkesbury 547; Western Suburbs 513; North Sydney 283.
First Grade - The Belvidere CupBankstown won the Belvidere Cup for the first time since 2006/07 and for the seventh time overall, by defeating Sydney in the Final.
Leading Batsman: Philip Wells (Bankstown) – 1,388 runs
Leading Bowler: Nathan Ellis (St George) – 58 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Ashley Doolan (Mosman) – 44 dismissals
Table: Bankstown 66; Penrith 60; Sydney 54; St George 52; Campbelltown-Camden 52; Sutherland 49; Northern District 49; Manly-Warringah 48; Gordon 48; Eastern Suburbs 47; Randwick Petersham 42; Blacktown 42; Parramatta 42; Fairfield-Liverpool 38; UNSW 30; Mosman 30; Sydney University 30; North Sydney 12; Hawkesbury 12; Western Suburbs 6.
Qualifying Finals
Bankstown 391 defeated Sutherland 299 at Bankstown Oval;
Penrith 235 defeated Campbelltown-Camden 233 at Howell Oval;
Sydney 251 drew St George 3-88 at Drummoyne Oval.
Semi-Finals
Bankstown 243 defeated St George 109 at Bankstown Oval;
Sydney 4-202 defeated Penrith 169 at Howell Oval;
Finals
Bankstown 423 (J Cormack 126 P Wells 103 D Solway 55 N McAndrew 45 M Phelps 21 R Williams 20no T Ortiz 3-103 A Glendenning 3-111 B Manenti 2-88 R Corns 2-89) defeated Sydney 326 (H Dalton 174 A Mosca 69 T McDonald 33 D Smith 23 N McAndrew 3-91 K White 2-8 M Phelps 2-76) at Bankstown Oval.
Benaud Medal for Player of the Final: Harry Dalton (Sydney)
First Grade Limited-OversBankstown won the First Grade Limited-Overs Cup for the second consecutive season and for the fifth time overall, by defeating St George in the Final.
Leading Batsman: Nathan Price (Randwick Petersham) – 271 runs
Leading Bowlers: Rhys Williams (Bankstown) & Matthew Halse (Penrith) –14 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Andrerw Deitz (Fairfield-Liverpool) – 12 dismissals
Table: Bankstown 24; Sydney 18; Blacktown 18; St George 18; Sutherland 18; Penrith 18; Fairfield-Liverpool 14; Eastern Suburbs 13; Randwick Petersham 12; Northern District 12; Mosman 12; Sydney University 12; Gordon 12; Parramatta 12; Manly-Warringah 7; UNSW 6; Hawkesbury 6; North Sydney 6; Campbelltown-Camden 6; Western Suburbs 0.
Quarter-Finals
Bankstown 4-254 defeated Eastern Suburbs 6-253 at Bankstown Oval;
Sydney 5-65 defeated Fairfield-Liverpool 64 at Drummoyne Oval;
Penrith 7-275 defeated Blacktown 8 -274 at Joe McAleer Reserve;
St George 4-154 defeated Sutherland 152 at Pratten Park.
Semi-Finals
Bankstown 3-119 defeated Penrith 118 at Bankstown Oval;
St George 7-256 defeated Sydney 248 at Drummoyne Oval.
Final
Bankstown 7-167 (M Stretton 36 J Burke 32 A Bird 31 D Solway 21 A May 3-20) defeated St George 166 (R Burns 34 C MacDougal 31 D Bourke 20 N McAndrew 3-26 J Burke 3-37 R Williams 2-34) at Bankstown Oval.
Michael Bevan Medal for Player of the Final: Jarrad Burke (Bankstown).
First Grade Premiers Bankstown Cricket Club Benaud Medallist Harry Dalton
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Kingsgrove Sports T20 CupRandwick Petersham won the Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup and $12,000 prize money by defeating Sydney University in the Final at Coogee Oval. Sydney University received $4,000 as runner-up. The competition was made up of two Conferences, with participating teams aligned with the Sydney Sixers Conference and the Sydney Thunder Conference. The competition also included teams representing ACT Cricket Association, Central Coast Cricket Association, Illawarra Cricket Association and Newcastle District Cricket Association.
Leading Batsman: Alexander Kemp (Randwick Petersham) – 258 runs
Leading Bowler: Matthew Alexander (Manly-Warringah) – 13 wickets
Leading Wicketkeepers: Jay Lenton (Manly-Warringah) – 9 dismissals
Table:
Sydney Sixers Conference: Randwick Petersham 24; Manly-Warringah 24; St George 18; Newcastle 18; Gordon 12; Sydney 12; North Sydney 12; UNSW 6; Sutherland 6; Mosman 0; Eastern Suburbs 0; Illawarra 0.
Sydney Thunder Conference: Sydney University 24; Campbelltown-Camden 18; Northern District 18; Bankstown 18; ACT 12; Blacktown 12; Parramatta 12; Penrith 6; Hawkesbury 6; Fairfield-Liverpool 6; Central Coast 0; Western Suburbs 0.
Semi-Finals
Sydney Sixers Conference:
Randwick Petersham 4-132 defeated Newcastle 6-127 at Coogee Oval;
Manly-Warringah 6-179 defeated St George 9-141 at Manly Oval.
Sydney Thunder Conference:
Sydney University 5-120 defeated Bankstown 8-119 at Sydney University Oval.
Northern District 5-158 defeated Campbelltown-Camden 5-157 at Raby Oval 1.
Conference Finals:
Sydney Sixers Conference: Randwick Petersham 7-146 defeated Manly-Warringah 6-134 at Sydney Cricket Ground;
Sydney Thunder Conference: Sydney University 3-122 defeated Northern District 9-81 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Final – 1 November 2015
Randwick Petersham v Sydney University at Sydney Cricket Ground – abandoned due to rain.
Rescheduled Final – 29 November 2015
Randwick Petersham 7-166 (N Price 45 D Sams 43 A Sams 28 S Eaton 23 T Kierath 2-13) defeated Sydney University 7-140 (N Larkin 61 L Robertson 41 D Sams 2-18) at Coogee Oval.
SCA Medal for Player of the Final: Daniel Sams (Randwick Petersham).
Second Grade - The Albert CupFor the first time since 1981/82, and for the sixth time overall, the Albert Cup was won by Sydney Cricket Club, by defeating University of NSW in the Final at Drummoyne Oval.
Leading Batsman: James Kettleborough (Eastern Suburbs) – 669 runs
Leading Bowler: Nathan Rowe (Eastern Suburbs) – 33 wickets
Leading Wicketkeepers: James Newton (Penrith) & Lewin Maladay (UNSW) – 34 dismissals
Table: Sydney 79; Penrith 78; Sutherland 69; UNSW 61; Sydney University 61; St George 59; Eastern Suburbs 54; Blacktown 50; Northern District 49; Mosman 49; Parramatta 42; Manly-Warringah 37; Randwick Petersham 36; Gordon 30; Hawkesbury 25; Campbelltown-Camden 24; Fairfield-Liverpool 24; Western Suburbs 18; Bankstown 18; North Sydney 7.
Qualifying Finals:
Sydney 9-117 defeated St George 108 at Birchgrove Park;
Penrith 138 defeated Sydney University 102 and 184 at Blacktown International Sportspark 2;
UNSW 5-267 defeated Sutherland 194 at Glenn McGrath Oval;
Semi-Finals
Sydney 391 defeated Sutherland 236 at Drummoyne Oval;
UNSW 234 defeated Penrith 153 and 6-44 at Old Kings Oval;
Final
Sydney 210 (A Squire 53 A McKay 50no M Pasternatsky 34 B Irving-Holliday 3-35 B McLean 2-27) and 322 (D Jacob 75 A Squire 50 M Pasternatsky 47 A Bloomfield 40 R Felsch 20 R Rizwan 4-47 B Irving-Holliday 2-33) defeated UNSW 142 (L Maladay 45 M Atallah 36 J Rodgie 4-37 A Squire 3-15 A Bloomfield 2-22) and 3-33 (R Felsch 3-22) at Drummoyne Oval.
SCA Medal for Player of the Final: Ash Squire (Sydney).
Third Grade - The Mitchell CupThe Mitchell Cup has been won by Sydney University, for the first time since 1997/98 and for fourth time overall, by defeating Eastern Suburbs in the Final at Sydney University Oval.
Leading Batsman: Andrew O’Brien (Bankstown) – 487 runs
Leading Bowler: Mark Appleton UNSW) – 41 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Matthew Simpson (Bankstown) – 27 dismissals
Table: Sydney 64; Eastern Suburbs 61; Mosman 58; Sydney University 57; Manly-Warringah 50; Randwick Petersham 50; Northern District 49; Gordon 49; Western Suburbs 49; UNSW 47; Fairfield-Liverpool 42; Bankstown 37; St George 37; Sutherland 36; Parramatta 35; Penrith 33; Blacktown 31; Campbelltown-Camden 30; Hawkesbury 26; North Sydney 14.
Qualifying Finals
Sydney 220 defeated Randwick Petersham 124 at Ryde Oval;
Manly-Warringah 205 defeated Eastern Suburbs 127 at Waverley Oval;
Sydney University 6-244 defeated Mosman 169 at Allan Border Oval.
Semi-Finals
Eastern Suburbs 5-110 defeated Sydney 58 at Birchgrove Park;
Sydney University 221 defeated Manly-Warringah 146 at Sydney University Oval.
Final
Sydney University 287 (T Decent 119 B Larkin 73 H Clark 40 A Cowan 27 S Powell 3-56 H Brooks 2-30 M Sarkies 2-44) defeated Eastern Suburbs 160 (S Pointer 71 M Sarkies 36 H Clark 4-25 J Gibson 3-36) at Sydney University Oval.
SCA Medal for Player of the Final: Tom Decent (Sydney University).
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McDonald’s Sydney Premier Grade – Men’s Competition
Fourth Grade - The Reid CupThe Reid Cup was won by Sydney University for the first time since 1994/95 and for the fifth time overall, by defeating Penrith in the Final at Howell Oval.
Leading Batsman: Nathan Maskell (Penrith) – 478 runs
Leading Bowlers: Pete Gregersen (Penrith) and Jake Day (Sydney University) – 30 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Chris Florence (Eastern Suburbs) – 28 dismissals
Table: Northern District 78; Penrith 62; St George 62; Sydney University 60; Eastern Suburbs 56; Manly-Warringah 55; Sydney 50; Sutherland 50; Parramatta 49; Mosman 37; UNSW 34; Western Suburbs 31; Blacktown 30; Bankstown 28; Gordon 27; North Sydney 24; Campbelltown-Camden 19; Randwick Petersham 18; Hawkesbury 12; Fairfield-Liverpool 6.
Qualifying Finals
Northern District 2-238 defeated Manly-Warringah 144 at Mark Taylor Oval;
Penrith 256 defeated Eastern Suburbs 150 at Bill Ball Oval;
St George 205 drew with Sydney University 6-111 at Hurstville Oval;
Semi-Finals
Sydney University 7-216 defeated Northern District 185 at Mark Taylor Oval;
Penrith 305 defeated St George 169 at Bill Ball Oval.
Final
Sydney University 304 (M Powys 109 H Kerr 106 C Cull 27 D Miklosz 4-69 E Brown 2-21 B Leyshon 2-59) defeated Penrith 238 (J Apicella 88 J New 60 E Brown 26 C New 24 L Neil-Smith 5-63 J Day 2-27 L McMahon 2-61) at Howell Oval.
SCA Medal for Player of the Final: Hayden Kerr (Sydney University).
Fifth Grade - The David Sherwood CupThe David Sherwood Cup was won by Campbelltown-Camden, for the first time since 2009/10 and for the fifth time overall, by defeating Eastern Suburbs in the Final at Raby Oval 1.
Leading Batsman: Cameron Binskin (Campbelltown-Camden) – 472runs
Leading Bowler: Michael Strong (Campbelltown-Camden – 45 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Elliott Brookes (Sutherland) – 27 dismissals
Table: Campbelltown-Camden 70; Eastern Suburbs 68; Gordon 60; Mosman 55; Parramatta 53; Sutherland 48; Sydney University 48; Penrith 45; Hawkesbury 43; Randwick Petersham 42; Manly-Warringah 42; St George 30; Sydney 30; Northern District 30; Western Suburbs 28; UNSW 25; Fairfield-Liverpool 24; Bankstown 19; Blacktown 18; North Sydney 15.
Qualifying Finals
Campbelltown-Camden 4-282 defeated Sutherland 160 at Raby Oval 1;
Eastern Suburbs 210 defeated Parramatta 120 at Trumper Park;
Mosman 254 defeated Gordon 176 at Chatswood Oval.
Semi-Finals
Campbelltown-Camden 170 and 3-55 defeated Gordon 94 and 128 at Raby Oval 1;
Eastern Suburbs 218 and 1-72 defeated Mosman 95 at Waverley Oval.
Final
Campbelltown-Camden 99 (T O’Keefe 27 L Wallace 25 S Lewis 3-26 G Black 3-31 Z Tapia 2-24) and 3-98 (V Hreszczuk 36 N Appleton 30) defeated Eastern Suburbs 95 (H Dunlop 22 P O’Neill 4-19 L Wallace 3-27) and 101 (S Towers 20no L Wallace 4-24 I Carlisle 3-30) at Raby Oval 1.
SCA Medal for Player of the Final: Todd O’Keefe (Campbelltown-Camden).
Poidevin-Gray Shield (U/21)Sutherland won the Poidevin-Gray Shield for the second consecutive season and for the sixth time overall, by defeating St George in the Final at Glenn McGrath Oval.
Leading Batsman: Jamie Brown (Sutherland) – 410 runs
Leading Bowler: Daniel Fallins (Sutherland) – 22 wickets
Leading Wicketkeepers: Lewin Maladay (UNSW), Andrew Deitz (Fairfield-Liverpool) and Jonathan Rose (St George) – 12 dismissals
Table: Sutherland 32; St George 30; Fairfield-Liverpool 27; Randwick Petersham 25; Bankstown 24; Penrith 22; Gordon 22; Campbelltown-Camden 19; UNSW 19; Mosman 18; Sydney 18; Hawkesbury 13; Blacktown 13; Northern District 12; Sydney University 12; Manly-Warringah 12; Eastern Suburbs 7; Parramatta 6; Western Suburbs 6; North Sydney 0.
Quarter-Finals
Sutherland 7-247 defeated Campbelltown-Camden at Glenn McGrath Oval;
St George 196 defeated Gordon 195 at Hurstville Oval;
Penrith 163 defeated Fairfield-Liverpool 129 at Rosedale Oval;
Bankstown 2-132 defeated Randwick Petersham 131 at Petersham Oval.
Semi-Finals
Sutherland 3-231 defeated Penrith 7-227 at Glenn McGrath Oval;
St George 7-236 defeated Bankstown 149 at Hurstville Oval.
Final
Sutherland 7-180 (J Brown 72 L Hawksworth 34 K Brockley 23no N Ellis 3-31 J Green 2-23) defeated St George 179 (D Visser 45 M Dedes 39 L Bartier 32 D Arahu 27 D Fallins 4-28 D Malone 3-21 R Ayre 2-44) at Glenn McGrath Oval.
Shane Lee Medal for Player of the Final: Jamie Brown (Sutherland).
Poidevin-Gray Shield Premiers Sutherland Cricket ClubKingsgrove Sports T20 Cup Champions Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
2nd Grade Premiers Sydney Cricket Club
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AW Green Shield (U/16)Mosman won the AW Green Shield for the first time since 1981/82 and for the third time ever, after defeating Hawkesbury by 42 runs in the Final at Allan Border Oval.
Leading Batsman: Baxter Holt (Northern District) – 594 runs
Leading Bowler: Tyson Lee (Mosman) – 16 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Dash Ratnam (Mosman) – 21 dismissals
Table: Northern District 32; Mosman 32; Bankstown 25; Sutherland 25; Hawkesbury 24; Randwick Petersham 24; St George 20; Manly-Warringah 19; Penrith 19; Campbelltown-Camden 18; Gordon 13; Fairfield-Liverpool 12; UNSW 7; Western Suburbs 6; Parramatta 6; Blacktown 6; North Sydney 6; Sydney 6; Sydney University 0; Eastern Suburbs 0.
Quarter-Finals
Manly-Warringah 3-177 defeated Northern District 175 at Mark Taylor Oval;
Mosman 2-154 defeated St George 153 at Allan Border Oval;
Randwick Petersham 1-114 defeated Bankstown 113 at Jensen Park;
Hawkesbury 9-286 defeated Sutherland 214 at Glenn McGrath Oval.
Semi-Finals
Mosman 5-137 defeated Manly-Warringah 9-135 at Allan Border Oval;
Hawkesbury 8-204 defeated Randwick Petersham 1-56 on Duckworth-Lewis method at Owen Earle Oval.
Final
Mosman 201 (Z Hersov 56 A Carre 36 L Hearne 31 D Ratnam 25 R Lipowicz 5-33) defeated Hawkesbury 159 (R Lipowicz 39 C Mizzi 28 M Singh 24 T Lee 3-22 S Nair 3-26) at Allan Border Oval.
Kevin Cunningham Medal for Player of the Final: Tyson Lee (Mosman).
Carlton-Mid O’Reilly Medal- Player Of The YearThe O’Reilly Medal for the First Grade Player of the Year, named after former Australian and NSW leg-spinner, and journalist, Bill O’Reilly, was judged by umpires who award votes on a 3-2-1 basis at the end of each match.
In 2015/16 the Medal went to Gordon’s opening bowler Charlie Stobo, who took 44 wickets and was named Carlton-Mid Player of the Match on four occasions during the season.
Stobo finished the season on 15 votes, two points clear of Ian Moran (Eastern Suburbs) and Nathan Price (Randwick Petersham) who were equal second.
Leading players: Charlie Stobo (Gordon) – 15 votes; Ian Moran (Eastern Suburbs) and Nathan Price (Randwick Petersham) – 13; Ryan Gibson (Campbelltown-Camden), Daniel Smith (Sydney) and Daniel Sams (Randwick Petersham) – 12; Benjamin Wakim (UNSW), Jarrad Burke (Bankstown) and Philip Wells (Bankstown) – 11; James Crosthwaite (Manly-Warringah), Ahillen Beadle (Manly-Warringah) and Jay Lenton (Manly-Warringah) – 10.
Sydney Cricket Association Merit XII – First Grade Team Of The YearThe First Grade Merit XII was first introduced in 2012/13 to recognise the leading players in the First Grade Competition. Selection is based on statistics in First Grade preliminary-round matches during the season. The team includes the six highest run-scorers, the four leading wicket-takers, the leading wicketkeeper and the Carlton-Mid O’Reilly Medallist as captain. Tied players are separated by superior average (wicket-keepers by most runs).
Commemorative caps were generously donated by Harry Solomons of Kingsgrove Sports.
Captain Charlie Stobo (Gordon) – 44 wickets;
Batsmen Philip Wells (Bankstown) – 1,157 runs; Ryan Gibson (Campbelltown-Camden) – 1,002 runs; Nathan Price (Randwick Petersham) – 991 runs; David Dawson (UNSW) – 961 runs; Jay Lenton (Manly-Warringah) – 881 runs; Daniel Smith (Sydney) – 848 runs;
Wicketkeeper Ashley Doolan (Mosman) – 44 dismissals and 474 runs;
Bowlers
Daniel Sams (Randwick Petersham) – 43 wickets; Nathan Ellis (St George) – 43 wickets; Shane Devoy (Eastern Suburbs) – 40 wickets; Nigel Cowell (Sydney University) – 37 wickets.
Captains Of The YearEach captain is assessed by the umpires at the conclusion of each match for on-field captaincy skills, personal performance, team management and communication skills.
First Grade: Chris Green (Northern District) and Daniel Smith (Sydney)
Second Grade: Daniel Friedrich (Northern District)
Third Grade: Rodney Stafford (Randwick Petersham)
Fourth Grade: Ryan Bolger (Northern District)
Fifth Grade: Matthew Hollier (Hawkesbury)
Spirit Of CricketSydney University won this award for the fourth consecutive season. Officiating umpires assessed each team’s support for the Spirit of Cricket, as set out in the Preamble to the Laws of Cricket, during each match.
Leading Clubs: Sydney University 8.03 points average; Northern District 7.95; Campbelltown-Camden 7.79; Hawkesbury 7.72; St George 7.71; Mosman 7.69.
Bob Simpson Award – Coach Of The YearSydney’s Michael Haire won the Bob Simpson Award for Coach of the Year. His club won the Second Grade competition, runner-up in the Club Championship and First Grade premiership, Third Grade Minor Premiers and Semi-Finalist in the First Grade Limited-Overs competition.
The Award is designed to recognise the contribution of coaches towards the development of the teams and individual players in their respective clubs.
Bob Simpson was a key figure in Australian cricket for more than four decades, and has made a significant contribution to Sydney Grade cricket as a player and coach.
AW Green Shield Premiers Mosman Cricket Club
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McDonald’s Sydney Premier Grade – Men’s CompetitionGrounds Of The YearFirst Grade: Hurstville Oval (St George)
Lower Grade: Merrylands Oval (Parramatta)
Season HighlightsDuring Round 1, Ian Moran became just the third player in the 123 year history of the First Grade competition to achieve the double of 11,000 runs and 300 wickets in First Grade. By the end of the season Moran had taken his tally to 11,776 runs and sixth on the all-time list of leading run scorers.
The highest individual score for the season was achieved in Round 2 when Bankstown’s Kerrod White scored 226 not out from 249 balls against Hawkesbury at Owen Earle Oval. His innings included 26 fours and four sixes.
Manly-Warringah’s Jay Lenton became the first player to score a hundred in consecutive innings across One Day, Two Day and T20 cricket.
St George batsmen Ashton May and Damian Bourke set a new record for the highest fourth wicket partnership in First Grade history during the opening day of Round 4. Playing against Sydney at Hurstville Oval, May and Bourke came together when the score was 3-21. Together, they added a record 370 runs for the fourth wicket. May top scored with 203 not out with Bourke hitting an unbeaten 170, allowing St George to declare at 3-391.
NSW batsman Ben Rohrer reached a major career milestone during Round 4 while scoring 175 for Fairfield-Liverpool against Bankstown at Bankstown Oval. The century took Rohrer past 8,000 First Grade runs.
Also in Round 4, Devlin Malone’s 10-115 for Sutherland against Sydney University in Second Grade was the ninth time that a bowler had taken 10 wickets in an innings in Second Grade since the competition began in 1895-96. Malone took his 10 wickets in Sydney University’s second innings after taking 6-23 in the first innings. His 16 wickets for the match has been bettered only three times in Second Grade.
Former NSW wicketkeeper Daniel Smith reached a career milestone during Round 5, scoring his 8,000th First Grade run during Sydney’s match against Mosman. Batting in the middle order, Smith made 77 in Sydney’s total of 5-217. Smith ended the season with 8,480 career First Grade runs.
Mosman’s Nicholas Browne became the first English County cricketer to score a double century in the Sydney First Grade competition during day one of Round 6. Browne, who plays for Essex, struck 206 runs for the Whales at Allan Border Oval against Sydney University.
The previous best score by an English professional was 194 by Mike Gatting for Balmain against Central Cumberland in 1979.
In Second Grade Round 6 action, Dan Rixon scored 272 for Sutherland against Hawkesbury which was the second highest score since the start of the Second Grade competition back in 1895/96. The 347 runs he and Jamie Brown (172no) added for the third wicket was also the second highest partnership in Second Grade for any wicket, just 10 runs shy of the record.
Veteran spin bowler Anthony Kershler played his final day in the Sydney Grade competition for Hawkesbury in Round 7 (December 12) at Owen Earle Oval. One of only three players to reach 400 First Grade matches, Kershler made his First Grade debut for Penrith as an 18-year-old at the start of the 1986/87 season. He retired with 421 matches and 742 wickets at an average of 25.04, with best figures of 7-22 against Fairfield-Liverpool back in 2007/08. He has one century to his name, 112 against Northern District in 1998/99.
During Round 7, Greg Mail scored his 42nd First Grade century, finishing not out on 164 to help Sydney University to victory over Western Suburbs. This is the 14th consecutive season that Mail has scored at least one century, equalling the record shared by Victor Trumper (1897/98 - 1910/11) and Bob Simpson (1953/54 – 1973/74).
Sydney captain Daniel Smith became just the 31st player in the 123 year history of the Sydney Grade competition to score 20 First Grade centuries. Smith scored 115 not out from 109 balls, including 10 fours and four sixes in Sydney’s Round 9 match against Campbelltown-Camden.
Randwick Petersham celebrated the contribution of one of their longest serving volunteers on February 13 which has been re-named “Robin Gardner Day”. Robin was
introduced to the club at Petersham Oval by her then fiancé Stuart Gardner, a spin bowler with the Petersham-Marrickville club, back in the 1966/67 season. During the afternoon, she offered to help Pat Hughes and Helen Milford serve the afternoon tea for the players. She has now been performing that role for the last 50 years.
A record 400th First Grade appearance by umpire Greg Lill was the highlight of Round 13 at Pratten Park. He joins Victoria’s Bill Sheahan as one of only two umpires in Australia to have officiated in 400 or more top grade matches.
Campbelltown-Camden’s Ryan Gibson became just the second player in the history of the Sydney First Grade competition to score back-to-back double centuries after striking 217 not out against Gordon during day one of Round 14. Gibson batted for almost six hours, hitting 29 fours and two sixes. This was Gibson’s second double century in as many weeks after hitting 204 not out against Blacktown in Round 13. The only other player to hit consecutive double centuries in First Grade was Greg Mail, who made 214 not and 212 for Sydney University back in the 2009/10 season.
Other highlights
400 matches: North Sydney’s Robbie Aitken & Fairfield-Liverpool’s Anthony Clark. Anthony ended the season just 1 run short of 10,000 First Grade career runs.
8,000 Runs – Sydney’s Daniel Smith & Fairfield-Liverpool’s Ben Rohrer.
7,000 Runs – Bankstown’s Philip Wells. Philip is also the first player with consecutive seasons of over 1200 runs.
5,000 Runs – UNSW batsman David Dawson. His 5,783 runs have come at the exceptional average of 50.72. Only six players have finished their career with more than 5000 runs and an average of over 50.
Gordon’s Charlie Stobo wins the Carlton Mid O’Reilly Medal
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McDonald’s Sydney Premier Grade – Women’s CompetitionClub Championship – The Ann Mitchell ShieldUniversities won the Club Championship for the second year in a row. They had a total of five teams competing in the SCAWC, more than any other club in the competition, with their Brewer Shield side winning both the T20 and Limited Overs competition.
Table: Universities 1289 points; St George-Sutherland 1233; Bankstown Sports 1079; Gordon 907; Campbelltown-Camden 847; Parramatta 508; Penrith 470; Northern District 335; Sydney 327; North West Sydney 36
First Grade – The Ruth Preddy TrophyBankstown Sports defended their First Grade Limited Overs title against Gordon at Village Green. Rain meant no result was reached in the Grand Final with Bankstown Sports awarded the premiership by virtue of finishing the season as the Minor Premiers.
Kingsgrove Sports First Grade Player of the Year: Georgia Redmayne (Universities)
Leading Batter: Georgia Redmayne (Universities) – 656 runs
Leading Bowler: Emma Newman (Bankstown Sports) – 29 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper – The Christina Matthews Shield: Heidi Cheadle (Gordon) – 25 dismissals
Table: Bankstown Sports 72 points; Universities 71; Gordon 53; St George-Sutherland 49; Campbelltown-Camden 42.5; Sydney 26; Penrith 20; Northern District 12
Semi-Finals
Bankstown Sports 7-254 (L Wright 59) defeated St George-Sutherland 122 (J Kelly 40, E Burns 4-6) by 132 runs at Bankstown Oval
Gordon 8-217 (H Trollip 98, N Gibson 5-40) defeated Universities 124 (R Haynes 47, S Horley 3-16) by 93 runs at Sydney University 1
Final
Bankstown Sports 8-240 (C Hall 122, C Anneveld 3-30) drew with Gordon 1-38 off 12.3 overs at Village Green
Player of the Final: Corinne Hall (Bankstown Sports)
First Grade T20The First Grade T20 competition was won by Bankstown Sports, who defeated table toppers Universities in the Grand Final at Coogee Oval.
Table: Universities 48 points; Bankstown Sports 34; Gordon 28; Campbelltown-Camden 25; St George-Sutherland 25; Sydney 13; Penrith 12; Northern District 0
Final
Universities 3-94 (G Redmayne 39) defeated by Bankstown Sports 5-95 (A Smith 27) by 5 wickets at Coogee Oval
Player of the Final: Asha Smith (Bankstown Sports)
Second GradeSt George-Sutherland won back the Second Grade Limited Overs Premiership after losing it for the first time in 8 years in season 2014/15. They beat Parramatta in the Grand Final at Merrylands Oval.
Kingsgrove Sports Second Grade Player of the Year: Sue Fairhurst (Bankstown Sports)
Leading Batter: Sue Fairhurst (Bankstown Sports) – 624 runs
Leading Bowler: Jaclyn Vickery (St George-Sutherland) – 29 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Michelle Rigney (St George-Sutherland) – 13 dismissals
Table: St George-Sutherland 68 points; Parramatta 64; Bankstown Sports 63; Gordon 50; Campbelltown-Camden 38; Penrith 36; Universities 27; Northern District 8; Sydney -2
Semi-Finals
Gordon 9-97 (E Mair 27, T Knight 3-23) defeated by St George-Sutherland 1-98 (S Dillon 51*) by 9 wickets at Hurstville Oval
Bankstown Sports 150 (E Newsom 43) defeated by Parramatta 5-151 (R Miller 34, M Halton 29*) by 5 wickets at Merrylands Oval
Final
Parramatta 106 (J Bonner 35, J Vickery 3-24) defeated by St George-Sutherland 2-110 (M Rigney 35*, A Watson 33) by 8 wickets at Merrylands Oval
Player of the Final: Cassandra McLaren (St George-Sutherland)
Second Grade T20Minor Premiers St George-Sutherland were crowned T20 Premiers after defeating Bankstown Sports in the Grand Final at Coogee Oval.
Table: St George-Sutherland 47 points; Bankstown Sports 41; Penrith 34; Parramatta 29; Campbelltown-Camden 15; Gordon; 15; Northern District 10; Sydney 10; Universities 3
Final
Bankstown Sports 66 (K Gauci 18, M Bank 3-12) defeated by St George-Sutherland 1-67 (S Dillon 25*, A Wills 20) by 9 wickets at Coogee Oval
Player of the Final: Mariam Bank (St George-Sutherland)
Third GradeIn the 40 over competition, held prior to Christmas, St George-Sutherland won their seventh consecutive title by defeating Universities Gold in the Grand Final.
Third Grade Player of the Year: Katrina Serena (Universities)
Leading Batter: Katrina Serena (Universities) – 442 runs
Leading Bowler: Susan Shaw (St George-Sutherland) – 19 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Sarah Healy (Universities) – 12 dismissals
Table: Universities Blue 54.1 points; St George-Sutherland 53.6; Gordon 46.2; Universities Gold 30.9; Bankstown Sports 26.4; Campbelltown-Camden 17.7; North West Sydney 9.4
Semi-Finals
Universities Blue 75 (W Maxwell 21, L Karalus 4-24) defeated by Universities Gold 3-76 (K Edwards 31*) by 7 wickets at Tempe Reserve Oval 2
Gordon 6-118 (J Henry 30, N Pawar 25) defeated by St George-Sutherland 3-119 (A Gillett 50*, L Pond 30*) by 7 wickets at Gifford Park
Final
St George-Sutherland 5-202 (S Gillett 53*, L Pond 43) defeated Universities Gold 47 (L Pond 3-8, A Watson 3-23) by 155 runs at Bella Vista Oval
Player of the Final: Stephanie Gillett (St George-Sutherland)
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McDonald’s Sydney Premier Grade – Women’s Competition
Third Grade T20The Third Grade T20 competition was held after Christmas. Minor Premiers St George-Sutherland were crowned premiers after defeating Gordon in the final at Neville Reserve.
Table: St George-Sutherland 47.9 points; Gordon 41; Universities Blue 38.1; Campbelltown-Camden 30.9; Universities Gold 27.7; Bankstown Sports 24.8; North West Sydney 8.8
Semi-Finals
St George-Sutherland 3-121 (L McIntyre 30*, F Spowart 28) defeated Campbelltown-Camden 62 (B Jenkins 20, L McIntyre 3-6) by 59 runs at Gifford Park
Gordon 3-132 (E Sherwood 31*, K Dorsch 31*) defeated Universities Blue 6-78 (A Chisholm 30*) by 54 runs at Forsyth Park 1
Final
Gordon 6-71 (K Dorsch 19) defeated by St George-Sutherland 1-75 (S Gillett 30*, L McIntyre 30*) by 9 wickets at Neville Reserve
Player of the Final: Lisa McIntyre (St George-Sutherland)
Brewer Shield (U/17)The 40 over competition saw defending champions Universities win their third Brewer Shield title in a row by defeating Northern District in the Grand Final at Blacktown International Sports Park.
Brewer Shield Player of the Year: The Trish Langsford Trophy: Maddy Darke (Universities)
Leading Batter: Maddy Darke (Universities) 329 runs
Leading Bowler: Stella Campbell (Universities) – 14 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Maddy Darke (Universities) – 11 Dismissals
Table: Universities 50.6 points; St George-Sutherland 37.3; Northern District 36.2; Campbelltown-Camden 33.4; Parramatta 23.7; Sydney 22.2; Gordon 8.9; Bankstown -11.4
Semi-Finals
Campbelltown-Camden 9-160 (J Langford 54*, J Tillack 29) defeated by Universities 3-161 (C Johnston 47, J Christie 30*) by 7 wickets at Raby Oval 1
St George Sutherland 49 (J Hjort 2-1) defeated by Northern District 4-53 (I Afaras 21*, H Hlasiuk 3-16) by 6 wickets at Harold Fraser Oval
Final
Northern District 74 (A Taylor 25, J Christie 3-7) defeated by Universities 1-75 (M Darke 29) by 9 wickets at Blacktown International Sports Park 1
Player of the Final: Jade Christie (Universities)
Brewer Shield T20 – The Reg Tulk ShieldIn the post-Christmas T20 competition, Universities defeated Northern District in the Grand Final at Grahame Thomas Oval.
Table: Universities 40.1 points; Campbelltown-Camden 33.2; Northern District 31.3; Parramatta 31.0; St George-Sutherland 29.2; Bankstown Sports 21.5; Gordon 13.7; Sydney 11.1; Penrith 9.9
Semi-Finals
Universities 3-114 (M Darke 33, S Turner 31) defeated Parramatta 8-59 (H Silver-Holmes 13) by 55 runs at Village Green
Northern District 6-80 (A Taylor 20) defeated Campbelltown-Camden 72 (T Brendish 16, J Hjort 4-7) by 8 runs at Raby Oval 2
Final
Northern District 6-60 (N Bullen 21) defeated by Universities 2-64 (S Turner 26*, O Porter 25) by 8 wickets at Grahame Thomas Oval
Player of the Final: Olivia Porter (Universities)
Spirit Of Cricket AwardThis award is judged by officiating umpires who assess each team’s adherence to the Spirit of Cricket, as set out in the Preamble to the Laws of Cricket.
Northern District won the Spirit of Cricket Award for season 2015/16.
Bob Curtin Memorial Umpires AwardThe award is judged by umpires who allocate points on a 3-2-1 basis each match.
This award was won by Yardley Polsen from Campbelltown-Camden, who polled the most points across all grades.
Corinne Hall, Player of the First Grade FinalMcDonald’s Women’s First Grade Premiers Bankstown Sports
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McDonald’s Sydney Shires
Sydney ShiresFourteen clubs contested the Shires competitions. The four grades, together with the Frank Gray Shield, comprised the Club Championship.
Club Championship – The David Tribolet TrophyBurwood Briars won the Shires Club Championship for the fourth consecutive season and for the 19th time overall, by a margin of 67 points over Georges River with Warringah in third position.
Table: Burwood Briars 1,157; Georges River 1,090; Warringah 1,089; Mount Pritchard-Southern Districts 987; Epping 911; Macquarie University 830; Strathfield 765; North West Sydney 688; Auburn 632; Lindfield 625; Balmain South Sydney 496; Lane Cove 466; Pennant Hills 466; Roseville 70.
First Grade – The RB Clark CupThe RB Clark Cup was won by Strathfield, for the first time since 2010/11 and for the 5th time overall, after defeating Burwood Briars in the Final at Blacktown International Sportspark No. 2.
Leading Batsman: Marc Seymour (Burwood Briars) – 523 runs
Leading Bowler: Jack Kovacic (Burwood Briars) – 66 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Andrew Jalalaty (Burwood Briars) – 54 dismissals
Table: Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 63; Burwood Briars 60; Georges River 58; Warringah 48; Strathfield 46; Pennant Hills 37; Auburn 32; Lindfield 31; Lane Cove 30; Macquarie University 30; Epping 28; North West Sydney 18; Balmain South Sydney 16; Roseville 4.
Qualifying Finals:
Mt Pritchard Southern Districts 7-196 defeated Pennant Hills 177 at Greenway Oval 1;
Strathfield 198 and 79 defeated Burwood Briars 140 and 4-45 at Rothwell Park;
Georges River 155 and 3-130 defeated Warringah 109 at Bexley Oval.
Semi-Finals
Burwood Briars 79 and 7-152 defeated Mt Pritchard Southern Districts 72 and 158 at Greenway Oval 1;
Strathfield 123 and 8-99 defeated Georges River 104 at Bexley Oval.
Final
Strathfield 201 (P Donovan 89 J Townsend 52no M Seymour 5-59 J Kovacic 4-45) and 6-142 (D Herne 37 P Donovan 26 A Donovan 25no S Wotton 22 A McNamara 21 S Nardo 3-34) defeated Burwood Briars 166 (B Bastow 38 M Seymour 27 S Nardo 21 A Donovan 6-55 J Townsend 2-34 B Chappelow 2-45) at Blacktown International Sportspark 2.
Peter Toohey Medal for Player of the Final: Paul Donovan (Strathfield)
Shires Player Of The YearBurwood Briars’ Marc Seymour won the award with 17 points. Seymour was the competition’s leading batsman with 523 runs at an average of 32.7 and took 64 wickets at an average of 11.1 and recorded five Man-of-the-Match performances.
Leading players:
Marc Seymour (Burwood Briars) 17 points; Sean Dean (Georges River) 15; Andrew Donovan (Strathfield), Cosikan Beadle (Pennant Hills) 12; Rick Lucey (Mount Pritchard-Southern Districts), Nasir Jalil (Auburn), Luke Jones (Macquarie University) 11; Tristan Rajah (Warringah), Jack Kovacic (Burwood Briars) 10.
Sydney Cricket Association Merit XI – Shires First Grade Team Of The YearThe Merit XI recognises the leading players in the First Grade Competition. Selection into the team is based on statistics in First Grade preliminary rounds only. Eleven players are selected including the five highest run-scorers, the leading all-rounder, the four leading wicket-takers, the leading wicketkeeper, with the Shires Player of the Year, named as captain. Any players tied on the same number of runs or wickets are separated by superior average, and in the case of wicket keepers, by most runs.
Commemorative caps were presented to the players.
Batsmen Rick Lucy (Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts); 473 runs; Tristan Rajah (Warringah); 451 runs; Wayne Bull (Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts); 432 runs; Arfan Haider (Balmain South Sydney); 419 runs; Nasir Jalil (Auburn); 409 runs;
Allrounder and Captain Marc Seymour (Burwood Briars); 461 runs and 48 wickets;
Wicketkeeper Andrew Jalalaty (Burwood Briars); 41 Dismissals;
Bowlers Arshad Khan (Mounties); 47 wickets; Jack Kovacic (Burwood Briars); 46 wickets; Joe Scarcella (Lane Cove); 42 wickets; Sean Dean (Georges River); 34 wickets;
Shires Captains Of The YearFirst Grade: Shane Pargeter (Georges River) Second Grade: Anthony Boorer (Epping) Third Grade: Ian Bassett (Warringah) Fourth Grade: Craig McKenzie (Pennant Hills)
Spirit Of Cricket AwardLindfield won this award, for the first time.
Leading Clubs:
Lindfield 7.49 points average; Auburn 7.39; Warringah 7.35; Roseville 7.25; Epping 7.25; Macquarie University 7.22.
Shires Umpire Of The YearThis award was won by Anthony Raymond.
Shires Ground Of The YearNorth West Sydney’s Kanebridge Oval won the Ground of the Year title, for the first time.
Leading Grounds: Kanebridge Oval (North West Sydney) 7.52 points average; Bexley Oval (Georges River) 7.42; Rothwell Park (Burwood Briars) 7.35; Tantallon Oval (Lane Cove) 7.34; Northern Oval (Macquarie University) 6.70; Roseville Chase (Roseville) 6.59.
Second Grade – The SJ Mayne TrophyWarringah won the SJ Mayne Trophy for the second consecutive season and for the seventh time overall, by defeating Burwood Briars in the Final at Kanebridge Oval.
Leading Batsman: Brad Lewis (Warringah) – 454 runs
Leading Bowler: Anthony Boorer (Epping) – 52 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Brad Lewis (Warringah) – 30 dismissals
Table: Warringah 69; Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 63; Epping 55; Burwood Briars 55; Macquarie University 51; Georges River 45.4; North West Sydney 44; Strathfield 36; Auburn 28; Pennant Hills 22; Lane Cove 20; Balmain South Sydney 16; Lindfield 12; Roseville 0.
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Qualifying Finals
Georges River 296 defeated Warringah 117 at Weldon Oval;
Mt Pritchard Southern Districts 5-241 defeated Macquarie University 80 at Greenway Oval 2;
Burwood Briars 151 and 5-63 defeated Epping 109 and 146 at North Epping Oval.
Semi-Finals
Warringah 110 and 9-131 defeated Mt Pritchard Southern Districts 103 at Greenway Oval 2;
Burwood Briars 7-130 drew Georges River 8 (dec) 250 at Rothwell Park.
Final
Warringah 3-118 (N Cohen 31 B Lewis 29 T Bourke 24no) defeated Burwood Briars 117 (C Dickeson 24 D Kennedy 20 C Rupert 3-15 L Parkinson 2-15 A Caruso 2-20 S Carruthers 2-32) at Kanebridge Oval.
SCA Medal for Player of the Final: Craig Rupert (Warringah)
Third Grade – The JB Hollander TrophyBurwood Briars won the JB Hollander Trophy for the first time since 2012/13 and for the 14th time overall, by defeating Epping in the Final at North Epping Oval.
Leading Batsman: Ian Wheatley (Epping) – 378 runs
Leading Bowler: Paul Clift (Macquarie University) – 38 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Gareth Robson (Burwood Briars) – 24 dismissals
Table: Burwood Briars 61; Macquarie University 54; Warringah 53; North West Sydney 52; Georges River 49; Epping 48; Auburn 38; Strathfield 36; Balmain South Sydney 36; Lindfield 28; Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 17; Lane Cove 16; Pennant Hills 10; Roseville 4.
Qualifying Finals
Epping 157 and 5-83 defeated Burwood Briars 106 and 133 at Ron Routley Oval;
Macquarie University 151 and 2-52 defeated Georges River 111 and 91 at Northern Oval;
North West Sydney 201 defeated Warringah 192 at Frank Gray Oval.
Semi-Finals
Burwood Briars 132 and 1-42 defeated Macquarie University 129 at Northern Oval;
Epping 5-205 defeated North West Sydney 204 at Kanebridge Oval.
Final
Burwood Briars 4-255 (D Fraser 96no H Giddy 74no B Critchley 44 G Robson 22 D Hossack 2-62) defeated Epping 252 (M Horrocks 75 D Hossack 59 M Boorer 46 G Price 5-45 A Mahajan 2-53) at North Epping Oval.
SCA Medal for Player of the Final: Daniel Fraser (Burwood Briars)
Fourth Grade – The Harry Culbert TrophyThe Harry Culbert Trophy was won by Burwood Briars, for the second consecutive season, after defeating Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts in the Final at Rothwell Park.
Leading Batsman: Daniel Burton (Auburn) – 471 runs
Leading Bowler: Greg Metcalfe (Burwood Briars) – 52 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Matthew Brewster (Warringah) – 23 dismissals
Table: Burwood Briars 74; Warringah 64; Georges River 61; Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 58; Strathfield 55; Epping 48; Lindfield 45; Auburn 32; Macquarie University 25; North West Sydney 24; Pennant Hills 22; Balmain South Sydney 16; Roseville 10; Lane Cove 6.
Qualifying Finals
Burwood Briars 81 and 135 defeated Epping 78 and 69 at Jubilee Oval;
Strathfield 237 and 2-64 defeated Warringah 128 at Airey Park;
Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 269 defeated Georges River 175 at Lance Hutchinson Oval.
Semi-Finals
Burwood Briars 7-219 defeated Warringah 113 at Ron Routley Oval;
Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 161 and 5-89 defeated Strathfield 76 at George Parry Oval.
Final
Burwood Briars 117 (L Andrews 32 S Ganguly 28 G Long 25 S Alugoju 5-36 M Singh 3-27) and 6-89 (G Long 22) defeated Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 112 (D Makan 29 D Price 3-18 T Moffitt 2-12 M Roper 2-21 G Metcalfe 2-29) and 92 (G Metcalfe 5-27 T Moffitt 2-24 M Roper 2-24) outright at Rothwell Park.
SCA Medal for Player of the Final: Greg Metcalfe (Burwood Briars)
Frank Gray Shield (U/24)Georges River won the Frank Gray Shield for the second consecutive season by defeating Epping in the Final at Bexley Oval.
Leading Batsman: Chris McArthur (Georges River) – 299 runs
Leading Bowler: Alex Timbrell (Lindfield) – 19 wickets
Leading Wicketkeeper: Thomas Wilson (Epping) – 12 dismissals
Tables: Sydney Sixers Conference: Epping 33; Lindfield 33; Lane Cove 26; Macquarie University 26; Warringah 13; Pennant Hills 7; Roseville 0.
Sydney Thunder Conference: Georges River 34; Balmain South Sydney 32; North West Sydney 20; Burwood Briars 14; Mt Pritchard-Southern Districts 13; Auburn 13; Strathfield 0.
Semi-Finals
Epping 8-259 defeated Balmain South Sydney 108 at North Epping Oval;
Georges River 4-112 defeated Lindfield 109 Bexley Oval.
Final
Georges River 3-89 (C McArthur 34no H Doria 2-14) defeated Epping 85 (D Yates 3-9 L Byron 3-19 P Kennedy 2-10) at Bexley Oval.
The David Gilbert Medal for Player of the Final: Daniel Yates (Georges River)
Frank Gray Shield Player of The YearEach season, the Frank Gray Shield Player of the Year is assessed by officiating umpires on a 3-2-1 basis. In 2015/16, this award was won by Nicholas Henriques (Georges River) who polled 9 points during the competition.
Leading players: Nicholas Henriques (Georges River) 9 points; Wayne Bull (Mount Pritchard-Southern Districts), Joe Scarcella (Lane Cove), Ben Vella (Georges River), Nicholas Wilson (Epping), Waleed Jalil (Auburn), Louis Kimber Lindfield) 8; Christopher McArthur (Georges River), Charlie Ayers (Balmain South Sydney) 7.
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Cricket Performance
Once again Cricket Performance celebrated many successes in the 2015/16 season with our State teams winning eight of the 13 Cricket Australia National Championships on offer, while we also made significant contributions to both male and female senior National teams.
Our strategic goal is to “be the number one producer of talent in Australian cricket” and last summer, NSW and NSW-developed players comprised half of the cricketers selected in the male and female Australian teams – a massive jump on the previous season’s 30%.
The NSW Blues had a new coach in Trent Johnston. He replaced Trevor Bayliss after Trevor was recruited by the ECB to coach the England Men’s team.
The NSW Blues started the season very well by winning the Matador BBQs One Day Cup for the first time in ten years. The Blues finished third in the Bupa Sheffield Shield again this year after losing only one match and having to contend with an abandoned match in Round 2 against Victoria at the SCG when the outfield was deemed unplayable.
The NSW Toyota Futures League team won the competition with Nicholas Larkin being named Player of the Tournament.
The Lendlease Breakers were defeated for the first time in ten years in the WNCL when they were beaten by South Australia at Hurstville Oval.
This season saw the introduction of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) to replace the WT20 League. The WBBL was a great innovation and demonstrated NSW dominance in the Women’s program with the Sydney Thunder winning WBBL|01, while the Sydney Sixers were runners up. For CNSW to provide both finalists in the premier Women’s
domestic T20 League in the world is a great achievement.
Blues coach Trent Johnston had a very good first year winning one title, while Breakers Coach Joanne Broadbent suffered her first title loss for NSW in the WNCL, but became the title winning coach in the inaugural WBBL tournament.
Nicolas Maddinson won the Steve Waugh Medal with some outstanding performances in the Matador BBQs One Day Cup, followed by good performances in the Sheffield Shield.
Ellyse Perry won the Belinda Clark Medal for outstanding performances in both the WNCL and inaugural WBBL.
The NSW Youth teams had outstanding success, the highlights of which are as follows:
U/15 Male SSA Championships
NSW Green 1st, NSW Magenta 5th
U/15 Female National Championships
ACT/ NSW Country 1st; NSW Metro 3rd
U/17 Male National Championships
NSW Metro 2nd; ACT/ NSW Country 7th
U/18 Female National Championships
NSW Metro 2nd; ACT/ NSW Country 4th
U/19 Male National Championships
NSW Metro 1st; ACT/ NSW Country 2nd
Following the Women’s U/18 tournament 12 players were selected to attend the U/18 Women’s talent camp while six players were selected for the Australian U/19 Men’s team to play Pakistan in UAE.
In its tenth year, the Basil Sellers Scholarship Program continued with ten young players
benefitting from Basil’s continued generous support of young cricketers in NSW.
Cricket NSW is indebted to Basil’s generosity and commitment to our goal of producing talent for Australian cricket.
The men’s Selection Panel was led by the State Talent Manager David Freedman with Greg Mail and Steve B Smith serving as selectors.
They worked closely with the Grade Advisory Panel of Corey Richards, Bill Anderson, Anthony Clark, Evan Atkins and Shaun Bradstreet, who provided feedback on player performances in the McDonald’s Sydney Grade competition.
The Women’s State Selection Panel was headed by Kerry Marshall, with Joanne Broadbent acting as the other selector for the Lendlease Breakers. Mechelle Hare undertook the role as talent manager to overview the performance of both Sydney Club cricketers and State players.
This year NSW AIME Indigenous teams completed the double in the Imparja Cup, winning the women’s competition for the ninth consecutive year and the men’s team breaking the drought and winning the tournament.
Congratulations to Paul Chapman, who has been appointed as the Physical Performance Coach for Queensland Cricket. Paul has been an integral part of the Blues program and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours.
Finally, I wish to express my thanks to the Cricket Performance staff, part time support staff, coaches and officials for their much valued efforts throughout the season.
David Moore General Manager–Cricket Performance
The 2015/16 Cricket Performance Department: Front (l to r) Leah Poulton, Donna Anderson. Second row (l to r) Erin Michael, Nicola Mepstead, Clare Crewdson, Joanne Broadbent, David Moore, Kath Koschel, Amanda Green, Justine Whipper. Third row (l to r) James Henry, Roy Formica, Troy Penman, Bruce Whitehouse, David Freedman. Fourth row (l to r) Hayley Blight, Beau Casson, Darren Goodger, Greg McLay, Gavan Twining, Jay Lenton. Back row (l to r) Mark Cameron, Dan Redrup, Trent Johnston, Geoff Lawson, Dean McNamara, Nic Bills.
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Pathways
Cricket NSW entered its second season of the MOU signed between Cricket NSW, Cricket ACT and Cricket Australia to allow players from NSW and ACT to compete at all National Underage Championships as NSW Metropolitan and ACT/Country NSW.
Cricket NSW continued to develop and enhance its State Challenge competitions from under 13 to under 19. Enhancements to this year’s State Challenge competitions included MyCricket live scoring in all age groups, a pink ball round in the U/13 and U/14 and white balls and coloured pads for ages U/15, U/16, U/17, U/18 and U/19. The continued expansion of the academy program saw it include more players and coaches, with the introduction of a Cricket NSW Academy Curriculum.
Highlights• First National Championship for ACT/
NSW Country taking out the U/15 Female National Championships with a 40 run victory over Queensland in the Final.
• Under 19 Male – NSW Metropolitan first at National Carnival, ACT/NSW Country second at National Championships.
• Under 17 Male – NSW Metropolitan second at National Carnival, ACT/NSW Country seventh at National Championships.
• Under 18 Female – NSW Metropolitan second at National Carnival, ACT/NSW Country third at National Championships.
• Under 15 Female – ACT/NSW Country first at National, NSW Metropolitan 4th at National Championships.
• Partnership with NSW School Sport to support two U/15 sides competing at the School Sport Australia (SSA) Championships.
• Under 15 SSA Championships Male – NSW Green 1st at SSA Championships, NSW Magenta 4th at SSA Championships.
State ChallengesState Challenges provide players, coaches and umpires the opportunity to experience a high performance carnival with the creation of super zones across Metropolitan Sydney and Country NSW.
Male
• This year’s NSW State Challenges were held at:
– Under 13, eight teams competed in Dubbo.
– Under 14, eight teams competed in Dubbo.
– Under 16, four teams competed at Blacktown International Sportspark.
– Under 17, four teams competed in Coffs Harbour.
– Under 19, four teams competed at Benson’s Lane, Hawkesbury.
Female
• This year’s NSW State Challenges were held at:
– Under 15, four teams competed at Raby Oval, Raby.
– Under 18, four teams competed in Maitland.
CNSW Academy
The Cricket NSW Academy is a state wide program that focuses on the holistic development of the individual with athletes gathering skills across key areas including mental, tactical, technical and physical following the introduction of a Cricket NSW Academy Curriculum.
In the 2015/16 season six regional and four metropolitan squads made up the NSW Female Academy program with ten regional and six metropolitan squads making up the NSW Male Academy program. Improvements to the CNSW Academy program included increased one on one in season training sessions for top tiered athletes as well as specialist coach visits to both metropolitan and regional academies.
James Henry Senior Manager – Pathways
Ryan Hackney scored three centuries for NSW Metropolitan during the U/17 National Championships
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Coach Education and Development
This year has been very successful in regard to coach accreditation, education, identification and development. Emphasis has been placed on the accreditation process, moving to an online enrolment and payment process. The aims of this process are to have a one stop shop for registration, payment and re- accreditation.
Cricket NSW again had an emphasis on education, identification and development of coaches to working within club cricket and the Cricket NSW Player Pathway.
Accreditation
Community Coaching Course (Level One)
Cricket NSW conducted 43 Community Coach Accreditation Courses in both metropolitan and regional NSW during 2015/16, with 566 coaches accredited as a result.
Seven targeted Community Coach Accreditation Courses for school teachers and university students were conducted in conjunction with the NSW Department of Education and Training, accrediting a further 67 coaches.
Representative Coaching Course (Level Two)
This year 76 representative coaches were accredited across three Representative Courses held in NSW. One course was at the “What’s Your Plan B?” SCG Indoor Centre and two at the Bradman Museum and Oval in Bowral.
The courses at the Bradman Museum and Oval in Bowral were run as traditional residential courses, while the “What’s Your Plan B?” SCG Indoor Centre was run as a non-residential course.
High Performance Coaching Course (Level Three)
Eight candidates from the Cricket NSW Academy, ACA and Pathway Programs were selected by Cricket Australia to attend the Cricket Australia High Performance Coaching Course in Brisbane.
The candidates were:
Sarah Andrews
Timothy Lang
Brad Haddin
Lee Kirk
Grant Lambert
Glenn McGrath
Greg McLay
Ben Rohrer
EducationThis year Cricket NSW produced an interactive coaching newsletter ‘Coaches Corner’ on a bi-monthly basis. It is made available to all NSW accredited coaches and its content includes interviews with coaches, upcoming courses, articles of the month and coaching resources.
A highlight of the Coach Education Seminars was the sessions conducted within regional areas of NSW at Newcastle and Dubbo based around Underage Carnival Fixtures. In Newcastle Mark Cameron delivered a seminar on fast bowling and workloads whilst in Dubbo Gavan Twining delivered a seminar on the role of the coach, developing young players and carnival management.
Talent Identification And DevelopmentCricket NSW’s focus during 2015/16 was to identify talented coaches and provide them with the opportunity to coach teams at a ‘level above’. This year has seen more than 60 identified coaches given opportunities to coach within State Challenges, Underage National Championships, WBBL, BBL and NSW Second XI.
James Henry Senior Manager – Pathways
NSW Blues Head Coach Trent Johnston
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The Basil Sellers Scholarship Program was established in 2006. Presented to male and female cricketers aged between 16 and 19, the aims of the scholarship are to:
• Facilitate the development of young talented cricketers
• Support a cricketer’s move from regional to city life, if necessary
• Assist the cricketer with education, training, employment and social skills
• Retain in cricket talented young sports people who have considerable ability in multiple sports.
Since its inception, 14 recipients have progressed through the ranks to represent Australia while Sam Robson has also gone on to play Test cricket for England and Tom Cooper represented the Netherlands.
Those to represent Australia are Phillip Hughes, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Usman Khawaja, Patrick Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Gurinder Sandhu, Sean Abbott, Nic Maddinson, Adam Zampa, Erin Osborne, Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry, with Naomi Stalenberg the latest debutant.
2015/16 Basil Sellers Scholarship HoldersLiam Hatcher (Fairfield-Liverpool), Arjun Nair (Hawkesbury), Jordan Gauci (Campbelltown-Camden), Brendan Smith (Bankstown), Lewin Maladay (North Coast/UNSW), Mac Wright (Southern/ACT), Ben Taylor (Southern/ACT), Matthew Gilkes (Southern/ACT), Mikayla Hinkley (Penrith), Amy Edgar (Western/Penrith) and Lauren Cheatle (Illawarra/Campbelltown-Camden).
Highlights• Arjun Nair made his debut for NSW
in the Sheffield Shield.
• Liam Hatcher and Arjun Nair were members of the Australian U/19 tour to the UAE.
• Lauren Cheatle made her debut for the Southern Stars and was part of the WT20 World Cup squad.
• Lauren Cheatle and Mikayla Hinkley were members of the winning Sydney Thunder WBBL team.
Past Recipients2014/15: Riley Ayre, Ashleigh Gardner, Mikayla Hinkley, Tom Jagot, Bayley MacGill, Jonte Pattison, James Psarakis, Lauren Smith, Henry Thornton
2013/14: Riley Ayre, Soumil Chhibber, Jake Doran, Stefanie Daffara, Daniel Fallins, Taryn Heddo, Jeremy Maher, Damien Mortimer, Tom Skelly
2012/13: Harry Conway, Gurinder Sandhu, Jake Doran, Shane Cassel, Sam Reading, Tom Skelly, Ashley James, Naomi Stalenberg, Celeste Raack
2011/12: Brad Chard, Kurtis Patterson, Gurinder Sandhu, Taylor Scott, Sam Reading, David Garness, Nathan Price, Tom Skelly, Keeghan Tucker, Emily Leys, Nicola Carey, Katie Mack, Hannah Trollip
2010/11: Nathan Brain, Sean Abbott, Scott Heaney, Patrick Cummins, Aaron Flaherty, Andrew Harriot, Brendan Reynolds, Taylor Scott, Keeghan Tucker, Lisa Griffith, Sammy-Jo Johnson
2009/10: Sean Abbott, Tim Armstrong, Adam Coyte, Andrew Harriet, Blake Hutchison, Nic Maddinson, Sandy Rogers, Ben Smith, Timm Van Der Gugten, Adam Zampa, Alyssa Healy, Samantha Hinton, Erin Osborne, Kara Sutherland, Ellyse Perry
2008/09: Tim Armstrong, Adam Coyte, Luke Doran, David Farrell, Blake Hutchison, Nic Maddinson, David Miller, James McNeil, Sandy Rogers, Ben Smith, Adam Zampa, Alyssa Healy, Samantha Hinton, Ellyse Perry
2007/08: Adam Coyte, Matthew Day, David Farrell, Jason Haywood, Josh Hazlewood, Phillip Hughes, Simon Keen, Ryan Medley, David Murphy, James Phatanak, Sam Robson, Sandy Rogers, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc
2006/07: Phillip Hughes, Matthew Day, Tom Cooper, Marcus Hainsworth, Phillip Wells, Jordon Magro, Kaine Harmsworth, James Phathanak, Daniel Burns, Usman Khawaja
The Basil Sellers Scholarship Program
The Basil Sellers Country Boys’ Coaching ClassThe Country Boys’ Coaching Class (CBCC) is the oldest development program within Cricket NSW, and one that is held in very high regard by all involved.
This year’s CBCC class was conducted in April 2016. Emphasis was placed on providing country cricketers with feedback on areas of their game to be worked on in the off-season. Players also took part in a day of holistic athlete development focussing on time management, nutrition and the expectations of a Cricket NSW player.
The 2016 program incorporated a three day U/16 State Challenge which allowed the country players to showcase their skills against their city counterparts.
2015/16 Country Boys’ Coaching Class: Ollie Anable Southern / ACTKaleb Auld North CoastalJared Baldwin North CoastalMatt Calder IllawarraJack Cooper North CoastalCoby Cornish Central NorthernNic Hall WesternMax Harper RiverinaJack Harris Central CoastLuke Hitchcock NewcastleMartin Jeffrey WesternHarry Magennis IllawarraCaleb McNeill Central NorthernJordie Misic Southern / ACTPatrick Montgomery Central NorthernBlake Nikitaras Southern / ACTAustyn Nugent North CoastalTane Nunn IllawarraFlynn Parker Southern / ACTJye Paterson Central NorthernJye Phillips IllawarraKaleb Phillips Southern / ACTPat Rees IllawarraTyson Rennie Central NorthernJason Sangha NewcastleJacob Tozer Southern / ACTWesley Van Kempen IllawarraGlenn Winsor Newcastle
Special thanks are extended to all the coaches and support staff, and to Basil Sellers for his continued support of the Country Boys’ Coaching Class.
Back (l to r): Nathan Lyon, Basil Sellers and Josh Hazlewood with the 2015/16 Front: Basil Sellers Scholars
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Cricket Operations
The 2015/16 season was a busy one for the Cricket Operations Team. Among a busy international, domestic and BBL schedule, the inclusion of the WBBL competition presented the team with an opportunity to lead Australian Cricket in all service provision areas including ground allocation, resourcing and staffing.
The priorities for the Cricket Operations Team in season 2015/16 included:
1. Delivering First Class Cricketing venues for all elite fixtures
2. Implementing venue readiness programs
3. Improving existing cricket facilities and identifying potential new elite cricket facility spaces
4. Improving processes and team logistics
Department staff assumed important administration responsibilities in a number of diverse areas, including scheduling, match management, venue readiness programs, ground selection (on behalf of the ICC and CA and including CNSW), specific project management of venue transitions, process and policy implementation, stakeholder management and management of all associated training sessions.
We staged 236 competition matches across 34 different grounds in New South Wales. The Cricket Operations team would like to thank all of our major venues and each Grade and Shires Club that assisted in a hosting capacity this season:
• Blacktown Venue Management and Blacktown City Council
• Bankstown Cricket Club
• North Sydney Council
• Sydney Cricket Club and City of Canada Bay Council
• Royal Agricultural Society (Spotless Stadium)
• Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust
• Coffs Harbour City Council
• Hurstville City Council
• Sydney University
• Campbelltown City Council
• Penrith City Council
• Waverley Municipal Council
• Scots College
• Newington College
• New Zealand Cricket (Lincoln Oval)
The “home” Sheffield Shield fixture in New Zealand presented us with a different opportunity to take match management skills internationally for the first time in the history of Cricket New South Wales.
Department staff worked closely with Commercial and Events, and NSWCUSA staff in particular, to ensure that each match was conducted at a very high standard. Amanda Green (Sydney Thunder and Sheffield Shield), Daniel McKenna (Sydney Sixers and Internationals) and Clare Crewdson (Futures League and Women’s Cricket) played major roles in on-field match management, making such a busy season the huge success that it was. Donna Anderson (Senior Teams) and Hayley Blight (WBBL and Pathway Teams) provided excellent off-field service provision and team logistic support in a demanding season.
Room Attendants Doug Williams, Dennis Johnson, David Gardiner, Brett Evans, Neil Merrick, Hayden Merrick, Andrew Gilchrist, John Hayes, Gary Koschel, and Matt Williams also played key roles, on a match by match basis.
The Cricket Operations Team welcome the challenges that will present in a busy 2016/17 season.
Kath Koschel Manager, Cricket Operations
South Australia (back) and NSW before the Sheffield Shield match at Coffs Harbour
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The NSWDCA is the affiliate body for junior and senior community cricket in the Greater Metropolitan region of Sydney. Comprising 34 member associations, the DCA’s primary purpose is to support and provide quality competitions in alignment with the Australian Cricket Pathway.
The DCA Inter-District Shield Competitions provide representative opportunities for junior and senior cricketers of member associations, and are an important part of the development process of our state’s elite cricketers.
Season HighlightsSeason 2015/16 was highlighted by the significant growth of junior players between the ages of 8 and 12 years in associations, primarily due to the adoption of entry-level programs such as the Milo T20 Blast. Further, the reintroduction of the U/13 Mollie Dive Shield into the regular home-and-away format demonstrated the commitment of the DCA in providing a quality pathway for junior girls to play cricket. This season, 8 associations entered teams – some, such as Sutherland, for the first time in this competition – with North Shore and Manly Warringah combining teams, as well the eventual Shield Winners the ‘New Coasters’, a combined Newcastle and Central Coast outfit.
Designated as a National priority, the DCA will continue to provide opportunities for girls in 2016/17 with the reintroduction of the U/15 Margaret Peden Shield.
In the Senior Shields, 12 teams battled it out for the Martin Shield (Opens), the same number as last season. In 2014/15, the U/19 Durham and U/23 Telegraph Shields were not conducted due to low team entries. In an effort to provide an opportunity for these age groups, we were pleased to offer a combined Durham/Telegraph Shield this season, with 6 associations taking part. The Committee will continue to work with associations to resolve challenges in regard to participation in the senior shields.
AdministrationThis season saw the appointment of Jason Lawless as the new Executive Officer of the NSWDCA. A full-time employee of Cricket NSW, Jason is also the Manager of Association & Club Development, a role charged with the development and delivery of the National Club Strategy across NSW and ACT. Further, Jason is the Executive Officer of the Sixers and Thunder Girls Cricket Leagues.
Consequently, at the AGM in August, the NSWDCA said farewell to Eric Myatt as Executive Officer after many years of dedicated service. On behalf of the
Committee, I would like express my sincere thanks to Eric for his outstanding service over the past 10 years in his role as Executive Officer. During this time, the Inter-District Competition has maintained a strong reputation as arguably the best junior representative competition in Australia, and Eric should be proud of his contribution. We wish all the very best in his future endeavours.
The NSWDCA also welcomed Bruce Parker from the Hornsby Kuringai & Hills DCA onto the Committee. Bruce has already had a significant impact on our operations, with his vast experience in competition management and logical approach to challenges adding positively to the dynamic of the Committee.
Executive Members:Jeffery Evans (Chairperson)Colin Booth (Deputy Chair)Jason Lawless (Executive Officer)David Toose (Treasurer)Vic FerraraPatrick GavinWilliam HowardGregory LigginsBruce ParkerMichael RossJeff Vilenski
AppreciationThe NSWDCA would like to thank the following:
• The Cricket NSW Board for their continued support of the NSWDCA and community cricket
• The Sydney Cricket Association Committee of Management for their support, particularly in the provision of turf grounds
• Local Government Authorities for their provision of grounds and facilities which enable our associations to provide quality competitions for our cricketers
• Harry Solomons and Kingsgrove Sports Centre for their generous support of the DCA, in particular providing gift vouchers to the Players of the Series in each junior Shield
• Kookaburra Sport for the provision of cricket balls to associations who enter teams in the Inter-District Shields
• All the parents, umpires, scorers and volunteers who contribute in their own unique way, thus providing an opportunity for our cricketers to play our great game
Jeffery EvansChairman
NSW Districts Cricket Association
Inter-Association Shield Winners
AGE SHIELD WINNERSPLAYER OF THE SERIES ASSOCIATION
U/10 WG Foster North Shore JCA Addison Sheriff Canterbury Wests DCA
U/11 JH Creak South Eastern JCA Daimon Pin North Shore JCA
U/12 Arch Cawsey Parramatta DCA Kunj Changela Blacktown City & DCA
U/13 WS Gee Manly Warringah JCA Thomas Phelps Manly Warringah JCA
U/13 (Girls) Mollie Dive New Coasters* Clare Webber New Coasters
U/14 Harold Moore Parramatta DCA Harrison King Parramatta DCA
U/15 EG Weblin Parramatta DCA Oliver Davies Manly Warringah JCAU/16 CS Watson Camden DCA Isaac Schipp Bankstown DCAU/23 Telegraph^ Hornsby Kuringai & Hills DCA - -
Opens Martin Camden DCA - -
* New Coasters were a combined Newcastle and Central Coast team^ The Telegraph Shield was combined with the U/19 Durham Shield this season
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Sydney Cricket Association
Membership of the AssociationBF Freedman, MH Klumpp (Bankstown)A Day, S Foster (Blacktown)A Connolly, M Iemma (Campbelltown-Camden)J Maxwell, A Tham (Eastern Suburbs)RF Cook, A Smith (Fairfield-Liverpool)AJ Falk, MF Rosen (Gordon)H McKay, R Timbs (Hawkesbury)A Gummer, JA Warn (Manly-Warringah)I Finlay, A Frank (Mosman)D Graham, BO White (North Sydney)C Hambleton, M Langford (Northern District)GK Monaghan, R Wright (Parramatta)P Goldsmith, P Hazard (Penrith)C Sullivan, P Wright (Randwick Petersham)S Green, KP Greene, (St George)E Atkins, THJ Iceton (Sutherland)J Penrose, P Rashleigh (Sydney)D Bryant, G Mail (Sydney University)D Bhandari, P Serov (University of NSW)W Stead, R Wayde (Western Suburbs)D Rose (Auburn)G Workman (Balmain South Sydney)T Murphy (Burwood Briars)G Baird (Epping)R Buchanan (Georges River)B Scott (Lane Cove)G Cook (Lindfield)P Erskine (Macquarie University)J Miller (Mount Pritchard-Southern Districts)D McDonald (North West Sydney)S Clarke (Pennant Hills)J Biviano (Roseville)D Chappelow (Strathfield)A Caruso (Warringah)E Smith (City and Suburban Cricket Association)DF Dilley (NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association)CW Booth, JC Evans, E Myatt (NSW Districts Cricket Association)R Smith (Sydney Women’s Competition).
Committee of ManagementAt its 29th Annual General Meeting on 17 August 2015, the SCA elected a Committee of Management comprising Messrs AJ Falk (Chairman), C Hambleton (Deputy Chairman), E Atkins, RF Cook, A Frank and BF Freedman. On the same evening, the SCA approved the Committee’s nominees of Messrs JK Lalor and GJ Mail to also serve as Appointed Members of the Committee.
New and Retiring MembersNew Delegate Members were Messrs Iemma, Smith, Graham, Hazard, Green, Bryant, Scott,
Cook, Erskine and Biviano. They replaced Messrs T O’Keefe, R Gerdes, DH Cole, R Edwards, P Jackson, JF Rodgers, D Naughton, B Scott, S Fairlie and N Felton respectively. Ms W Stead (WS) resigned from the SCA during the course of year and was replaced by Mr D Thompson. The SCA wishes to record its appreciation of the efforts of all retiring Members, and to welcome all new Members.
Shires Competition Sub-CommitteeThe Committee of Management formally delegated specific duties to the above sub-committee, comprising persons elected by Shires clubs, as follows; Messrs G Workman (Chairman), J Biviano, A Boorer, A Clarke, J Miller, D Chappelow and M Wood. The Committee thanks those persons for their contribution to the successful conduct of the Shires competition.
Women’s Competition Sub-CommitteeThe Committee of Management formally delegated administration of the Women’s Competition to the above sub-committee, as follows; Ms J Henry (Chair), Ms T Bates, Ms C Byrnes, Mr G Forliano, Ms K Hinkley and Mr R Smith. The Committee thanks those persons for their contribution to the successful conduct of the Women’s Grade competition.
Code of Conduct Commissioners and Judiciary CommitteeThe Board appointed Mr JA McGruther as the SCA’s Code of Conduct Commissioner and Messrs GA Abood and GR Gorrie as the Assistant Code of Conduct Commissioners.
The Judiciary Committee for the season comprised Messrs R Browne (Chairman), G Farmer (Deputy Chairman), GR Beard, GR Bensley, P Blanchard, R Chee Quee, RP Collins, RJ Green, C Hynes, E Myatt and PM Toohey.
The Committee thanks those persons for their assistance, when required, in considering alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct.
During the season, the Commissioners considered 65 alleged breaches of the Code. The Commissioners offered 49 players a penalty, ranging from a caution to three matches. On three occasions, the Commissioners determined to take no action.
The Judiciary Committee found 11 players guilty of breaching the Code, and imposed penalties ranging from a censure to ten matches. On two occasions, the Judiciary Committee determined that the charge was not made out.
Cricket AustraliaCricket Australia again demonstrated its direct commitment to club cricket by allocating $289,636 and $68,060 to Cricket NSW for the development of Premier Grade cricket and Women’s Grade cricket, respectively. The Board distributed those grants among all clubs, to facilitate projects such as ground improvements and coaching programs.
FunctionsThe SCA conducted separate Premiers’ Dinners during April and May 2015 for the Premier Grade, Shires and Women’s Grade competitions. The three functions were a fitting way in which to end a very successful season, and to congratulate all premiership teams and award winners.
MediaDuring the season, the SCA’s competitions enjoyed regular media coverage, in particular from metropolitan newspapers, suburban newspapers, and the SCA’s social media channels. In addition, the SCA’s Premier Grade competition website provided live ball-by-ball coverage of selected preliminary rounds and finals series matches, including the First Grade Final.
Community Radio 2HHH-FM 100.1 provided successful calls of the Kingsgrove Sports Twenty20 Cup with live broadcasts of selected matches, including the Finals from the Sydney Cricket Ground and Coogee Oval.
The SCA again offered the Phil Tresidder Award, in memory of the late sports journalist, Randwick CC member and NSWCA Life Member. Entries for Best Season Coverage were of a high standard, emphasising the support that Grade cricket receives from suburban print media. The award-winner was Mark Kirkland of the Bankstown-Canterbury Torch.
UmpiresThanks are extended to the NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association (NSWCUSA), which again appointed accredited umpires to officiate in Grade competition matches. The NSWCUSA also assisted the Sydney Shires Cricket Umpires’ Association and the Sydney Women’s Cricket Umpires’ Association to make similar appointments.
State ChallengeBankstown CC and Western Zone qualified to represent the SCA and NSWCCA respectively, in the annual match between the Premiers of each association’s Limited Overs competition.
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On this occasion, the two competing teams determined to not conduct this annual match due to scheduling constraints and ground unavailability.
U/16 City – Country Challenge
Allan Border Oval, 14 February 2016
Mosman CC and Central Northern Zone qualified to represent the SCA and the NSWCCA respectively, in the annual match between the Premiers of each association’s U/16 competition. In an entertaining and competitive Twenty20 match, Mosman CC recorded victory by defeating Central Northern Zone by just 4 runs on the last ball of the match.
Result: Mosman CC 7-138 (D Ratnam 28 M Croft 22 J Paterson 2-17 J Watts 2-17) defeated Central Northern Zone 8-134 (C McNeil 29 W Fort 22 C Cornish 21 L Hearne 1-17 M Moran 1-18).
Umpires: Mark Hughes (SCA) and David Cullen (Illawarra CA)
AW Green Shield Merit XII At the completion of the AW Green Shield Final, the SCA named a Merit XII based on statistics from the preliminary rounds only, with the top six batsmen, the top five bowlers and the leading wicketkeeper selected as follows.
Batsmen (6)
Baxter Holt (Northern District, 550 runs at 275.00); Reece Lipowicz (Hawkesbury, 237 runs at 47.40); Lachlan Hearne (Mosman, 219 runs at 73.00); Zack Hersov (Mosman, 214 runs at 42.80); Nicholas Amos (Sutherland, 210 runs at 52.50); Nicholas Johnson (Hawkesbury, 196 runs at 39.20).
Wicket keeper
Dash Ratnam (Mosman, 13 dismissals).
Bowlers (5)
Thomas Sowden (Bankstown, 15 wickets at 10.20); Austin Waugh (Sutherland, 13 wickets at 8.15); Damon Myburgh-Sisam (Penrith, 12 wickets at 10.25); Nathan Baker (Campbelltown-Camden, 10 wickets at 8.10); Shahryar Malik (Blacktown, 10 wickets at 12.20).
All players will receive a commemorative cap in recognition of their selection.
Note: Ties separated by superior average.
ObituarySydney Grade Cricket lost one of its finest servants with the passing of Robert “Bob” Aitken.
Bob was an outstanding off spinning all-rounder, who played 28 seasons of First Grade cricket between 1960 and 1988 for Central Cumberland, Sydney and Parramatta.
Bob captured 816 first grade wickets at an average of 23.26, placing him 6th on the all-time leading wicket takers list, as well as being a strong hitter of a cricket ball, amassing 6,362 first grade runs at an average of 19.45.
Bob was a member of the Cumberland premiership winning team of 1964-65.
Anyone that knew Bob understood and appreciated his immense passion for the game which he shared with all three of his sons, all of whom are competitive First Grade players with the North Sydney club.
Bob played much of his career with his brother, John Aitken a left arm spinner and later opening batsman who had an equally lengthy career with Cumberland and Parramatta cricket clubs.
AppreciationThe Sydney Cricket Association wishes to record its appreciation of the contribution of the following persons and bodies to the success of its 2015/16 season:
• McDonald’s – major sponsor of SCA competitions.
• Carlton & United Breweries – sponsor of the Carlton-Mid Player of the Round and the Carlton-Mid O’Reilly Medal for First Grade Player of the Year.
• Kingsgrove Sports – sponsor of the Kingsgrove Sports Twenty20 Cup.
• Kookaburra Australia Pty Ltd – sponsor of SCA competitions.
• Cricket Australia – for its men’s and women’s Grade Club Funding Program.
• Australian Cricketers’ Association, especially Brendan Drew (Membership & Game Development Manager), for its initiative in creating the Premier Cricket Program, a program aimed at providing funding of non-contracted ACA members to Premier Clubs to be utilised in playing, coaching or mentoring roles.
• Australian Associated Press (AAP) – for its promotion of the SCA’s competitions.
• The NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association, especially Messrs Darren Goodger (Executive Officer and Education & Development Manager), Troy Penman (Administration Manager) and Jay Lenton (Administration Officer), its Board, and all officiating umpires and scorers.
• The Sydney Shires Cricket Umpires’ Association, especially Mark Hughes (President) and Stephen Blomfield (Secretary), its Committee and all officiating umpires.
• The Sydney Women’s Cricket Umpires’ Association and all officiating umpires.
• Messrs Colin Clowes, Bob Brenner and Colin Jefferies (Honorary Librarians, NSWCA) for the provision and maintenance of records, milestones and statistics.
• Mr Adam Morehouse, SCA Statistician.
• First Grade scorers for their valuable contribution in providing timely online match scorecards.
• Managers and coaches of all AW Green Shield competition teams.
• Ground Staff and ground authorities of the Sydney Cricket Ground, and all clubs, particularly those that hosted competition finals and representative matches.
• Graham Chudleigh, who retired after 29 years of consecutive service to the SCA as an umpire (452 SCA matches).
Mosman CC –U/16 City – Country Challenge Champions. Back row l to r: Matthew Day (Coach), Luka Flannigan, Henry Wines, Matthew Moran, Lachlan Hearne, Angus Carre, Shahill Nair, Hugo Farquharson, Shane Moran (Manager). Front row l tor: Dash Ratnam, Zack Hersov, Nathan Doyle (Captain), Alastair James, Nick Gallu, Tyson Lee, Mackinley Croft, Ash Doolan (Coach)
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Game Development
The primary aim of the Game Development department is to “increase participation substantially and inspire the next generation of players and fans”.
Cricket NSW continues to invest strongly in the future of the game by delivering programs in schools and the community whilst building the capacity of junior and senior clubs.
In 2015/16 Game Development sharpened our focus on assisting Associations and Clubs to promote and grow cricket within their region, including the implementation and inclusion of Entry Level Programs, namely MILO T20Blast, through their competition structures. This was to capitalise on the growth of participation within the school sector, and transition of these participants, both boys and girls, into club cricket.
Participation ResultsParticipation rose 10.94% in the 2015/16 season to 393,082 participants.
As outlined in figure 1 (right), this was achieved by good growth through our Entry Level Programs, Traditional Club Cricket and Modified Club Cricket sectors. The other sector indicating a significant increase was Indoor Cricket.
Some key insights include:
• NSW and ACT outcomes are combined in all reporting for this year
• Entry Level Programs accounted for major participation contribution for 15/16 season, including Club and School MILO IN2Cricket and MILO T20Blast programs
• Modified Club Cricket includes Last Man Stands, previously in Traditional Club Cricket
• New Indoor Cricket Manager assisted increase and identify higher participation
• Forensic Census Collection has accounted for best data capture to date
Outcomes from Participation ProgramsFurther to the primary aim of increasing participation substantially, the Game Development department continued to provide additional focused outcomes:
• Providing a clear participation pathway for all players, girls and boys
• Continued integration of BBL teams with Game Development
• Promotion of WBBL to build on female cricket growth via Sixers & Thunder Girls Leagues
• Build skill set of Game Development staff around media, finance and management to lead their cricket communities with the cricket communities
• Seek and investigate revenue opportunities for reinvestment into cricket
Figure 1: Participation rates from 2005/06 to 2015/2016
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Figure 2: Segment Growth for the 2015/2016 season
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These outcomes have and will continue to provide cricket the greatest opportunities to grow cricket participation and engagement.
Indoor Cricket
Masters NationalsThe 2015 Masters Indoor Cricket Nationals were held from Saturday 23 to 30 May, 2015 at Ultimate Indoor Sports, Silverwater. New South Wales competed in all 5 Men’s divisions, with 2 NSW teams competing in the Over 45 Men’s division.
Masters Nationals results for NSW:
Over 30 Men 3rd placeOver 35 Men 1st placeOver 40 Men 3rd placeOver 45 Men (Blues) 2nd placeOver 45 Men (Waratahs) 5th placeOver 50 Men 2nd place
Congratulations to the following players that were selected in Australian All-Star teams:
Over/30 Men: Rick Lucey, Allan Richards, Kristian Messia
Over/35 Men: Brett Collison, Craig White, Matt Holwell, Adam Britt, Ross Jones (Coach)
Over/40 Men: Justin Nelson, Steve Simons
Over/45 Men: Craig Bayldon (NSW Blues), Mark Butler, Peter Bastow (pictured) – Player of the Series
Over/50 Men: Stephen Ahearn, Phil Broadhead, Peter Morris
Open NationalsThe 2015 Australian Open Indoor Cricket Nationals were held from Saturday 25 July to 1 August, 2015 at Strathpine Indoor Sports Centre, Queensland. The New South Wales Blues entered teams in 3 divisions.
Open National results for NSW:
Under 19 Men 5th placeOpen Men 5th placeLord’s Taverners 5th place
Congratulations to Nathan Nunn who was selected in the Australian Lords Taverners All-Star team for 2015, and to Josh Pettigrew who was selected in the Australian Under 19 All-Star team.
Congratulations to Mark Rice who was selected in the Australian High Performance Camp Squad.
Junior NationalsThe 2015 Australian Junior Indoor Cricket Nationals were held from Saturday 4 July to 11 July, 2015 at Toombul Indoor Sports, Toombul Queensland. The NSW Metro Blues entered teams in the U/13 Boys, U/15 Boys and U/17 Girls, and NSW Country Cyclones entered teams in all 4 divisions, with 6 out of the 7 teams entered making the play-offs.
Junior Nationals results for NSW:
NSW Metro Blues
NSW Country
CyclonesUnder 13 Boys 3rd 4thUnder 15 Boys 4th 3rdUnder 17 Boys - 2ndUnder 17 Girls 4th 1st
Congratulations to the following players who were selected in 2015 Australia & Australia ‘A’ teams teams:
Under 13 Boys:
Ethan Debono, Connor Corscadden, Sanjiv Weerasingham, Joshua Campbell (NSW Blues), Jarrod Prosper, Tom Coady, (NSW Country Cyclones)
Under 15 Boys:
Hashan Ekanayake (NSW Blues), Brock Larance, Tom Atlee, Daniel Pretty (NSW Country Cyclones)
Under 17 Boys:
Wade Burrowes, Tom Scoble, Kurt Prosper, Grant Robertson, Jake Wood (NSW Country Cyclones), Greg King (NSW Country Cyclones) Coach Australia ‘A’ team
Under 17 Girls:
Sophie Heath, Hannah Darlington, Hayley Hoffmeister , Blayne Gibbs (NSW Blues), Laura Avard, Lauren Cheatle, Carly Leeson, Amy
Riddell, Kirsten Smith, Rachael Trenaman, Claire Lennon, Sarah Lennon (NSW Cyclones), Kerrie Brill Coach Australia 17/Under Girls
BBI-01 and Northern Zone SuperleagueIn 2015 the Metropolitan Zone played in the inaugural BBI (Big Blast Indoors) competition. The Senior grades consisted of Premier League and Men’s 2 to Men’s 5. Congratulations to Sportsworld Liverpool who were the Club Champions for 2015 winning the inaugural Eddie Sultan shield.
BBI-01 Premiers:
Premier League Penrith Storm Division 2 Castle Hill Cougars Division 3 Penrith Storm Division 4 Liverpool Bulls Division 5 Penrith Bulls
Facilities and GrantsSince the Program commenced in 2013, Cricket NSW in partnership with McDonald’s, has supported over 90 cricket facility projects worth $27 million across regional and metropolitan NSW. Funding has primarily been invested in the development or upgrade to training nets, synthetic or turf pitches, as well as ground improvements or club amenities.
The 2015/16 Community and Grade Club Program saw Cricket NSW commit $450,000 towards $4.5m of facility developments across NSW. Official openings for 12 facility projects that had been funded through the Program were held to acknowledge the partnership approach that had been collaboratively achieved with key stakeholders.
Cricket NSW is proud to have invested $400,000 in partnership with Cricket Australia, to support the $11m Penshurst Park Sporting Hub Project through the 2015/16 Cricket & Community Centre Program.
The Program, now heading into its fourth year, has been highly successful and Cricket NSW would like to recognise and thank the cricket community and all levels of government for their support in providing quality facilities to help develop and foster cricket across NSW.
Ivan SpyrdzGeneral Manager – Game Development
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Plan B Regional Bash
One of the most significant recent developments in NSW country cricket came when Cricket NSW announced a new T20 knock-out competition during August 2015.
The Plan B Regional Bash was sponsored by Cricket NSW’s major sponsor, Transport for NSW, and is designed to further align Regional NSW with the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder as well as giving more country cricketers a chance to play on the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The competition fielded eight Sydney Sixers Conference franchises and eight Sydney Thunder Conference franchises, creating a direct pathway for identification of regional cricketers into the Cricket NSW Big Bash teams.
The eight Sixers Conference teams are the Central Coast Rush, Coffs Coast Chargers, Hunter Hitmen, Illawarra Flames, Macquarie Coast Stingers, Newcastle Blasters, Northern Inland Bolters and Northern Rivers Rock.
The eight Thunder Conference franchises are the ACT Aces, Border Bullets, Central West Wranglers, Murrumbidgee Rangers, Orana Outlaws, South Coast Crew, Southern Riverina Vipers and Wagga Wagga Sloggers.
Former NSW and Australian batting hero Doug Walters was named the Sixers Conference Ambassador, whilst former NSW and Australian fast bowler Len Pascoe represented
the Thunder with the pair travelling throughout NSW to help promote the inaugural competition.
The Plan B Regional Bash commenced on 11 October 2015 when the Northern Rivers Rock claimed victory over the Coffs Coast Chargers in the Sixers Conference at Coffs Harbour, while eventual champions Border Bullets began the Thunder Conference with a win over the Southern Riverina Vipers.
The competition culminated in a play-off day at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where the finals of the Thunder and Sixers conferences were contested, before the two top teams from the North and South of NSW played off in the Regional Bash Final.
The Border Bullets represented the Thunder in the Grand Final after defeating the Orana Outlaws, while the Northern Inland Bolters were too strong for the Illawarra Flames in the Sixers conference.
In the Grand Final, the Border Bullets at one point fell to 4-4 before Mat Armstrong (54) led a fight back.
The Bullets eventually posted 7-130, a total that ended up being enough to win the tournament, as the Bolters fell seven runs short of victory with the inaugural title going to the Border until the 2016 competition begins later this year.
Sixers Conference FinalNorthern Inland Bolters 4-147 (A Jones 41no B Middlebrook 37 P Hammond 3-37) defeated
Illawarra Flames 6-142 (T Edwards 90 D Constable 28no B Reynolds 3-14)
Tyler Edwards (Illawarra Flames) was named Player of the Match
Thunder Conference FinalBorder Bullets 7-117 (D Farrell 32 A Popko 24 A Heraghty 2-11 B Patterson 2-25) defeated
Orana Outlaws 7-115 (N Pilon 33 Z Simmonds 2-20 M Armstrong 2-24)
David Farrell (Border Bullets) was named Player of the Match.
Plan B Regional Bash FinalBorder Bullets 7-130 (M Armstrong 54 J Craig 38 T Kensell 4-9) defeated
Northern Inland Bolters 5-124 (M Rixon 34 B Middlebrook 29no Z Simmonds 2-23)
Matt Armstrong (Border Bullets) was named Player of the Final, whilst Simon Norvill (Northern Inland Bolters) was named Player of the Tournament.
The Plan B Regional Bash is launched at the SCG
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Commercial PartnersCricket NSW would like to thank the following sponsors and partners for their support during 2015/16.
BMW Sydney
Cricket NSW Major Partner Lendlease Breakers Major Partner
Sydney Sixers Principal Partner Sydney Thunder Principal Partner
Sydney Sixers Major Partner Sydney Thunder Major Partner
Sydney Sixers & Sydney Thunder WBBL Principal Partner
Cricket NSW Partners
Sydney Sixers Partners
Sydney Thunder Partners
Venue & Community Partners
BMW Sydney
Cricket NSW Major Partner Lendlease Breakers Major Partner
Sydney Sixers Principal Partner Sydney Thunder Principal Partner
Sydney Sixers Major Partner Sydney Thunder Major Partner
Sydney Sixers & Sydney Thunder WBBL Principal Partner
Cricket NSW Partners
Sydney Sixers Partners
Sydney Thunder Partners
Venue & Community Partners
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Commercial & Events
Commercial and EventsThe 2015/16 season was another wonderful season of cricket in NSW. First class matches took place across Sydney as well as in Coffs Harbour, new tournaments were established in the WBBL and the Plan B Regional Bash and we enjoyed a soggy but successful international season.
The vision of the Commercial and Events department is to showcase Cricket NSW as a leading sporting organisation by:
1. Delivering premium events
2. Maximising revenue
3. Delivering first class facilities
4. Energising and professionalising Cricket NSW
Key Priorities
Successfully deliver a massive summer of cricket
Cricket NSW hosted 85 match days across 11 venues and 30 non-match day events, ranging from the Matador BBQs One Day Cup, the inaugural rebel Women’s Big Bash League and concluding with the prestigious Steve Waugh & Belinda Clark Medals evening in April 2016.
Highlights from the event calendar included:
• The Cricket NSW Season Launch at Establishment, which was well attended by the NSW Blues and the Lendlease Breakers squads along with 180 other guests
• The annual Cricket NSW Golf Day presented by Pitcher Partners at Moore Park Golf Club was again a successful event with even more people in attendance than last year
• The Cricket NSW Ladies Night presented by Pitcher Partners during the KFC T20 INTL between Australia and India
• BBL|05 and WBBL|01, which saw the success of the Sydney Thunder BBL and WBBL teams winning their respective championships. Fans showed their support of both the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder teams resulting in the average attendance increasing for both teams
• The success of the inaugural WBBL with the Events Hub managing 12 of these matches and the Sydney Sixers breaking the NSW domestic women’s cricket attendance record with 12,220 fans cheering on the teams at the local derby
• The NSW Blues Sheffield Shield match played in Coffs Harbour was a huge success with over 6,600 locals attending to show their support
• Over 460 people helped celebrate Cricket NSW’s best individual performers over the summer at our flagship event, the Steve Waugh & Belinda Clark Medals Dinner, hosted at the Hilton Sydney
Maximise revenue from BBL assets
The Big Bash League is going from strength to strength with $2.5 million in BBL sponsorship revenue generated this season, which was an increase of $750,000 from 2014/15.
The 2015/16 Commercial and Events Staff (l to r): Taryn Brighten, Lauren Boyle, Gareth McCarthy, Stephanie Clarke, Emma MacMillan, Jim Robson, Brett Richardson.
The Chairman’s Room hosted over 500 guests across the summer
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Sydney Sixers Principal and Major Partners iiNet and Purina Supercoat returned for another season, whilst new Major Partner Homeworld joined Principal Partner Mazda at the Sydney Thunder to enjoy tasting victory in the competition.
XVenture were the inaugural Principal Partner of both the Sixers and Thunder WBBL teams and should be congratulated for backing an untested product. They were rewarded with the amazing success of the WBBL as a whole and by both Sydney sides contesting the final.
Maximise revenue from Cricket NSW assets
Cricket NSW earned $1.6 million in sponsorship revenue during 2015/16, contributing to an overall commercial portfolio worth $4.1 million when combined with BBL revenue.
Our partnership with the State Government and Transport for NSW is now 14 years strong and we are extremely proud to confirm that we have signed a new three year agreement to extend this wonderful partnership further.
Everyone at Cricket NSW, including the playing group, are extremely proud of the important role our partnership continues to play in educating fans and the wider community about the dangers of drink-driving through the extremely successful ‘Plan B’ campaign.
There are still far too many fatalities on NSW roads despite increases in road and vehicle safety and quality. The challenge is how to change driver behaviour behind the wheel in order to further reduce the toll. There is still more we can all do to help stay safe on our roads. The key messages remain for everyone:
Stick to the speed limit
• Wear a seatbelt
• Stop, revive, survive
• Get your hand off your mobile phone when driving and
• Have a Plan B if you’re drinking to get you home safely
This summer McDonald’s returned as the Major Sponsor of the Sydney Cricket Association, Country Cricket NSW and the Cricket NSW Community Grants program.
The partnership allows Cricket NSW marketing and promotional opportunities throughout all of McDonald’s 300 restaurants across NSW. This includes access to in-store advertising assets for a two month period, which allowed us to encourage children and their parents to sign up to their local cricket club. This campaign reached 10 million people in 2015/16.
Lendlease continue to be tremendous supporters of the Lendlease Breakers. We are thrilled that Lendlease’s support of the Breakers continues to promote the benefits of workplace diversity and flexibility.
We are delighted that Sydney Water joined Cricket NSW in a ground-breaking partnership as the Blues, Breakers, Sixers and Thunder Hydration Partner. This partnership, the first of its kind for professional sports in Australia, aims to spread the message that the best way to stay hydrated, to save money and to help the environment is to drink tap water, rather than bottled water or other bottled beverages.
Thank you to all of our other commercial partners and suppliers. Your support continues to assist Cricket NSW to deliver the best cricket programs across the State for our grass roots and elite cricketers.
I would also like to acknowledge our venue and council stakeholders that partnered with Cricket NSW this season:
• Blacktown City Council
• North Sydney Council
• Bankstown Cricket Club
• Hurstville City Council
• City of Canada Bay Council
• SCG Trust
• Coffs Harbour City Council
• Penrith City Council
• The Royal Agricultural Society
Finally, I would like to thank and acknowledge the performance of the Commercial and Events team – Lauren Boyle, Taryn Brighten, Emma MacMillan, Jim Robson, Stephanie Clarke and Gareth McCarthy – for their dedication and hard work throughout a very busy but rewarding season.
Brett Richardson General Manager – Commercial and Events
Transport for NSW had the Blues writing and recording Plan B jingles to help spread the message
Cricket NSW welcomed Sydney Water to a groundbreaking partnership covering all men’s and women’s senior teams and launched the partnership under suitably wet weather on Sydney Harbour
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Communications
Communications Significant change continued to sweep across the cricketing landscape during 2015/16, providing new and exciting challenges for the broader communications team.
Those challenges were successfully met at a state if not national level according to the most fundamental benchmark, Share of Voice. NSW generated an unprecedented 33 percent of all cricket media coverage in Australia from October to March. Unfortunately the National Share of Voice fell to 23 percent against other sports in the same period, its lowest level for at least four years.
The successful, high profile launch of the Women’s Big Bash League in Sydney just 10 days into the new financial year combined with an explosion of interest in the Men’s BBL competition.
This took interest in Men’s and Women’s domestic cricket to unprecedented levels. The Men’s BBL attracted average crowds of 29,000 and average ratings of 1.1 million, making it the most popular sporting league in Australia.
The popularity of the BBL helped maintain a strong interest in cricket over the summer given the low-key Test series against the West Indies, particularly the washed out Sydney Test.
Sydney Thunder’s Cinderella run to the finals came on the back of explosive performances from Usman Khawaja and Andre Russell in particular, maintaining intense interest in Sydney up until the final at the MCG.
This produced the photo of the summer when the Thunder WBBL players, who had triumphed earlier in the day, joined their male counterparts on the podium to reinforce the one club, two team ethos.
WBBL launchReflecting the long and strong commitment of Cricket NSW to women’s cricket, the WBBL launch at Luna Park was driven by the Cricket
NSW Communications team, with special thanks to Sydney Sixers Marketing and Communications Manager Jodie Hawkins.
With a high profile representative from each new WBBL team flown in from around the country there was strong media interest, setting the foundation for unprecedented coverage of women’s cricket.
The inaugural WBBL match in Sydney on Sunday 6 December was a great success. About 1000 fans turned up at Howell Oval, Penrith to watch the Thunder dominate the Sixers. There was a great feeling around the game and an excellent media turnout, reflecting a new era in women’s sport.
This was reflected in the outstanding media coverage the following day with the main photo and story on the back page of The Australian, the main photo spread in the SMH and a full page in the Telegraph.
Television coverage of the WBBL proved the women’s game to be a sleeping giant of Australian sport. With a peak viewing audience of 400,000 and an average of 230,000 it out-rated A-League soccer three to one and the National Basketball League four to one. In all the circumstances it was fitting that NSW, the state which had dominated the Women’s National Cricket League since its inception, playing in all 20 finals for 17 titles, should provide both WBBL finalists. The Sydney Thunder beat the Sydney Sixers in a thriller, reinforcing that women’s cricket was now a major player in the sporting sphere.
EvolutionThe communications department continued to evolve with the changing cricket and media landscape. A strong investment in streaming Blues and some WBBL matches live allowed for broader coverage and better highlights available to the media. The streaming of a Sixers and Thunder WBBL match late in the season proved the forerunner to a joint Cricket
Australia-state initiative which ensured all non-televised WBBL matches will be streamed in 2016/17.
To better service mainstream media under pressure from dwindling resources, the communications department upgraded its cameras. The new equipment was both essential and overdue to ensure high quality content for our own digital and social channels and to send out video news releases (VNRs) to the various television and radio networks.
The office refresh also allowed a studio to be created in the old coaching and Sixers offices above the café.
The communications department appreciates the support of the Cricket NSW Executive and Board for providing the resources to better tell our story.
Plan B Regional BashThe Plan B Regional Bash was an outstanding innovation which created teams from 16 regions across NSW in a Twenty20 knockout format. The great incentive was conference finals and Regional Bash regional final to be played at the SCG, giving four country sides the chance to compete in the state’s most hallowed sporting arena.
With his background in regional radio and television, Communications Assistant Simon Anderson drove coverage of the tournament to local media who quickly realised the significance of the event, taking the coverage of community cricket in rural NSW to a new level.
Sudesh Arudpragasam left Cricket NSW after almost a decade of loyal service. I would like to thank Sudesh for his significant contribution, particularly in the area of women’s cricket and the production of these annual reports in previous years.
Malcolm ConnHead of Communications, Cricket NSW
The 2015/16 Communications staff Simon Anderson (left) and Malcolm Conn
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The business advisory team was formed in 2013, following the continued growth of the organisation and to ensure professional support is provided to all staff. Over that time the structure and roles have evolved to meet the needs of the organisation. In 2015/16, we welcomed the Government Relations and Infrastructure team (GRI), which has transitioned from Game Development to recognise the broad scope of these key functions. This included recently welcoming a new role to the team to support manager Anthony Brooks.
The highly skilled IT team are in the process of transitioning their roles to CA, which should ensure further investment and standardisation of hardware and support platforms across Australian Cricket.
Project Castle was established in late 2014 to consider what best practice, training and administrative facilities look like, and how we may bring that to life for Cricket NSW. Over the last few years, we have seen an increase in demand for facility use, driven by an increase in professional and pathway teams, as well as professionalisation of women’s cricket. At the same time we are dealing with ageing high performance facilities that do not meet the needs of modern athletes. Significant
progress has been made in establishing our requirements, and discussing those needs with key stakeholders including Government, the SCG Trust and Centennial Park Trust.
The vision of the BAS team is to be the best service and support function in Australia by driving continuous improvement and decision making to achieve strategic outcomes. BAS exists to serve the organisation and facilitate the organisation’s strategy across all pillars.
The team has provided many highlights in 2015/16. I would like to thank all the BAS staff for their wonderful contribution, commitment and excellence in making a real difference. Key highlights included:
People & Culture The People & Culture function was formed in late 2013 and has continued to evolve and mature with a plan created to help deliver the Chief Executive’s “Good to Great” strategy. In early 2016 we welcomed back Marina Markovic, General Manager, People & Culture from parental leave. Her replacement, Vanessa Wende, agreed to stay on in a part-time role to assist on some key HR projects.
The team continues to build on the excellent foundations laid in previous years, with
highlights including rolling out a leadership development program, management development program, 360 assessment and development program for some individuals identified as high potentials, talent reviews completed across the organisation and succession planning. Employee engagement increased by 5 percentage points, which was facilitated by a number of initiatives aimed at keeping staff engaged.
Attracting the best talent continues to be a big focus and priority. Our recruitment practices have improved through revamping our processes, implementing a new recruitment management system and launching a careers page on LinkedIn. A diversity working group was formed and a gender diversity and inclusion strategy has been created. Work has also commenced on defining the CNSW employee value proposition.
Information Technology The focus of the Technology team for this year has largely been on the Australian Cricket One Team Project. In November 2015, as part of the Australian Cricket One Team Project, the Technology work stream was established. This was led by Andrew Brown, from Cricket NSW, and was tasked with the following objective:
Business Advisory Services
The 2015/16 Business Advisory Services staff (l-r): Alister Galletly, Hari Shan, Sam Watson, Mladen Bilek, Anthony Brooks, Bernadette Christie-David, Hamidah Dubey, Vanessa Wende, Marina Markovic, Michael Dalton, Bianca Scobie, Teale Blessington, Melissa Scott, Louise Barclay
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Define, agree and implement the optimal structure and approach for technology within the whole of Australian Cricket and through overt consultation jointly agree with all 9 entities the optimal core technology infrastructure and business applications and timing for adoption across the whole of AC.
Through a process of consultation with Cricket Australia staff, and all States and Territories, it was agreed that Technology would be delivered and supported nationally by a single technology team. The organisational and technical changes are extensive, and commence from 1 July 2016.
In April 2016, the technology team completed the migration of email infrastructure to the cloud, significantly reducing the risk to the business, and the reliance on the Moore Park site. The utilisation of cloud services, as part of the national Technology Roadmap, will continue to assist staff with being more mobile and innovative.
Facilities and Asset Management
In 2015 the SCG administration facility underwent a highly anticipated refurbishment which created a more modern, open plan office space while increasing capacity to support the expected growth of Cricket NSW over the next few years.
Following the announcement by the Sydney Thunder to play their home matches at Spotless Stadium for the next 10 years, both our Thunder and GWS Game Development teams were relocated to office space at the Royal Agricultural Society within Sydney Olympic Park for a 5 year term.
CNSW engaged Michael Fahey (Sports Memorabilia Australia) in partnership with Warren Joel to complete a full catalogue and valuation process of memorabilia displayed onsite at our SCG administration facility. The review has provided CNSW with a detailed inventory report.
While continuing to work closely with SCG Trust, CNSW continues its search for a long term solution for a centre of excellence to cater for its training and administration needs. A number of options are being canvassed, including the revised plans for the Sports Central development at the SCG.
Finance The Finance team continued to provide valuable support to the business, Chief Executive and myself.
The team has been involved in some key projects with CA – including the roll out of a new on-line expense management system, complementing the Procure-to-Pay system rolled out last year. CNSW is the first cricket entity to have fully rolled out the expense management system. Additionally, the Finance system has been upgraded to a new version, a project led by CA but with significant involvement from the Finance team, led by Finance Manager Hari Shan.
A robust budget and four year financial plan was refreshed, which has highlighted the significant additional investment in the Game Development and Cricket Performance departments in particular.
A significant project in the year ahead will be the renewal and agreement of a new funding deal with CA. The current deal expires on 30 June 2017.
Government Relations and InfrastructureThe Infrastructure and Government Relations team joined BAS in 2015 following a broader focus on government engagement and leveraging outcomes across the organisation.
The team successfully developed a government engagement plan which included the launch of a NSW Parliamentary Friends of Cricket Group with Co-Chairs Chris Patterson, MP and Jo Haylen, MP at Parliament House. The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian, MP and The Hon. Pru Goward, MP became patrons of the Women’s Sixers and Thunder teams
respectively. The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian MP, Treasurer, and Minister for Industrial Relations successfully launched the WBBL season at North Sydney Oval with Alyssa Healy and Claire Koski.
The NSW Government also hosted a Thunder Reception at Parliament House after winning BBL|05 and WBBL|01, whilst the Sydney Thunder Leadership Program secured funding from both State and Federal Governments following a highly successful pilot program.
The City of Canada Bay successfully hosted the inaugural Governor-General’s XI match at Drummoyne Oval, featuring the Southern Stars v India, and Mrs Linda Hurley, wife of His Excellency the Governor accepted patronage of the Lendlease Breakers.
Cricket NSW commissioned a report to investigate the Social, Health and Economic Impact of Community Cricket, and equally across metropolitan Sydney and regional NSW. The report indicated the cricket community directly contributes over $630M to the NSW economy annually.
The additional staff resourcing of a new role, Community Facilities and Grants Coordinator, has allowed us to invest record funds into the Facilities Grants Program. The work achieved in 2015/16 has the function well positioned to support the cricket community and collaborate with all levels of government.
2015/16 was another big year for our sport. We approach 2016/17 with a high degree of enthusiasm and momentum and are very much looking forward to supporting another highly successful year for Cricket NSW.
Michael Dalton Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Parliamentary Friends of Cricket Group Co-chairs Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, and Chris Patterson, Member for Camden, pictured with Sydney Thunder WBBL player Nicola Carey and BBL Player Gurinder Sandhu, presenting The Hon. Premier Mike Baird and The Hon. Troy Grant Deputy Premier with personalised Thunder jerseys at the Sydney Thunder Reception, Parliament House.
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Office Bearers and Delegates 2015/16Country Delegates elected to the Association were:
Central Coast CA: Messrs. G Kavanagh, D Frazer
Central Northern Zone: Messrs. T Psarakis, B Middlebrook
Illawarra CA: IR Hogg, M Waldock
Newcastle Zone: Messrs. PH Marjoribanks, R McCormack
North Coastal Zone: Messrs. RJ Myatt, K Robinson
Riverina Zone: Messrs. T J Clayton, E A Koetz
Southern Zone: Messrs. P G Creighton, R Cavalier AO
Western Zone: Messrs. D C Cox, C J Wood
The following Office Bearers and Committee of Management were elected:
Chairman: IR Hogg (Illawarra)
Deputy Chairman: Paul Marjoribanks (Newcastle)
Committee: Tim Clayton (Riverina), Dennis Cox (Western), Graeme Creighton (Southern), Paul Marjoribanks (Newcastle), Robert Myatt (North Coastal), and Terry Psarakis (Central Northern)
Management (NSWCA Administration)Country Programs Manager/Public Officer: Bruce Whitehouse Treasurer: Michael Dalton
NSWCCA Attendance RecordThe Committee of Management met on four occasions from 7 September 2015 to 6 June 2016:
Messrs IR Hogg (Chairman) 4, TJ Clayton 3, DC Cox 4, PG Creighton 4, D Frazer 2 (as proxy for G Kavanagh), G Kavanagh 2, EA Koetz 1 (as proxy for TJ Clayton), PH Marjoribanks (Deputy Chairman) 4, B Middlebrook 1 (as proxy for T Psarakis). RJ Myatt 4, T Psarakis 3.
Life MembersDJ Broad OAM (1993), JT O’Dwyer OAM (1995), BJ Gainsford OAM (2001), GR Bennett, MS Curry (2003), GC Browne (2004), JT McMahon OAM (2006), MJ Silver OAM (2008), S Moore (2013)
FinancialCountry Cricket received generous financial assistance from the NSW Cricket Association with $3,535,440 being made available. Generous financial support was also received from Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust to assist in the conduct of the SCG Country Cup competition. The following programs received the majority of funding:
1. Regional T20 Bash 87,285 2. Country Plate 58,055 3. Country Shield 48,914 4. Country Colts 51,932 5. Women’s Country Championships 46,862 6. Bradman Cup 58,502 7. Country Championships 57,508 8. Commonwealth Bank Australian Country Cricket Championships
59,111
9. Kookaburra Cup 56,888 10. Other administration costs 242,874 TOTAL 767,931
Total Investment in Country Cricket Season 2015/16
Investment in Country Cricket AmountCountry Cricket Programs 767,931 Academy Coaching Grants & Staff 305,000 General Grants 294,639 Youth Programs Male 350,720 Youth Programs Female 262,000 Regional Game Development Field Force
1,305,150
Grants & Loans Allocated 250,000 TOTAL 3,535,440
General Grants of $294,639 and Coaching Grants of $305,000 respectively were made to Country Affiliates. The overall contribution to Country Cricket for the year totalled $3,535,440.
NSW Country v Canterbury “A” (New Zealand)NSW Country played Canterbury (NZ) in a two day fixture at Blacktown on 20 and 21 February 2016. This was the first time since the early 1990’s that NSW Country has played an overseas side, the last fixture being against Zimbabwe.
Batting first, Canterbury compiled a competitive 8(dec) 260 in 80.2 overs on the back of a fine 121 from James O’Gorman, well supported by Joel Abraham with 57. Scott Burkinshaw was the pick of the Bush Blues bowlers with 3-61, while Joe Price was the next best, capturing 2-25.
In reply, the Bush Blues fell just short, dismissed for 247. Greg Hunt (Newcastle) was outstanding with 77, with Mitch Coombs (Central Coast - 36), Justin Moore (North
Coastal - 28) and skipper Nick Berry (Western - 22) all chipping in.
McDonald’s Country ChampionshipsAfter topping their respective pools played in Gunnedah and Wagga Wagga, Newcastle and Southern ACT qualified for the Final which was played on the 29 November 2015 at No 1 Sportsground, Newcastle.
In one of the best finals for many years, Newcastle defeated Southern ACT by three runs in a very exciting match. Pat Darwen (Newcastle) was named Player of the Final with a fine double, scoring 55 and taking 4-38.
Country Cricket NSW wishes to acknowledge competition sponsor McDonald’s, as well as Central Northern Zone and Gunnedah DCA (northern pool), Riverina Zone and Wagga Wagga DCA (southern pool), for their support of the pool matches. Thanks also go to Newcastle Zone for hosting the Final
Newcastle Zone 9-257 (P Darwen 55 M Littlewood 45 C Suidgeest 3-55 B Mitchell 2-35) defeated Southern ACT 8-254 (M Arblaster 48 B Mitchell 46 P Darwen 4-38)
McDonald’s Country ColtsCentral Northern defended their 2014/15 title after remaining undefeated in the McDonald’s Country Colts Carnival, played at Dubbo on the 18th to the 20th September 2015. Central Northern finished their three matches on 13 points, edging out Southern ACT who finished on 11 points.
Central Northern’s Ryan Hansen and Scott Palumbo both registered centuries, however Southern ACT’s Blake Macdonald smashed an amazing 189 in his side’s round three match against Riverina.
Macdonald led the run scoring for the Carnival, registering 214 runs. Best with the ball were Jono Maloney (Central Northern) and Rhys Lloyd (Riverina) who both secured seven wickets.
Country Cricket NSW wishes to acknowledge competition sponsor McDonald’s as well as Western Zone, Dubbo DCA and Dubbo City Council for their support of the McDonald’s Country Colts Carnival.
UNDER 19 STATE CHALLENGEAt the completion of the McDonald’s Country Colts Carnival, the following two sides were named to play in the Under 19 State Challenge against two metropolitan sides at Bensons Lane on 29 September to 1 October.
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Country Purple: James Psarakis (Central Northern - Captain), Henry Hunt (Southern ACT), Vince Umbers (Western), Ryan Hansen (Central Northern), Mac Wright (Southern ACT), Lewin Maladay (North Coastal), Ben Taylor (Southern ACT), Alex Melville (North Coastal), Bayley McGill (Newcastle), Toby Flynn-Duncombe (Illawarra), Kain Flynn-Duncombe (Illawarra), Joe Slater (Southern ACT), Jacob McNaught (Western). The side was coached by Rod Bryant (Central Northern).
Country Maroon: Jonte Pattison (Central Coast - Captain), Blake Macdonald (Southern ACT), Kevin Jacob (Southern ACT), Scott Palombo (Central Northern), Alec Baldwin (North Coastal), Tom Byrnes (Riverina), Jayden Park (Newcastle), Tom Galvin (Western), Jono Maloney (Central Northern), Pat Magann (Central Northern), Jason Ralston (Illawarra), Callan McKiernan (North Coastal). The side was coached by Garth Dean (Western).
The following ACT/NSW Country side was chosen to play in the National Under 19 Championships.
Jonte Pattison (Central Coast – Captain), Matthew Gilkes (Southern ACT), Henry Hunt (Southern ACT), Blake Macdonald (Southern ACT), Pat Magann (Central Northern), Lewin Maladay (North Coastal), Jono Maloney (Central Northern), Jacob McNaught (Western), Jayden Park (Newcastle), James Psarakis (Central Northern), Joe Slater (Southern ACT), Ben Taylor (Southern ACT) and Mac Wright (Southern ACT). The side was coached by Greg McLay (Riverina), with Mark Cameron (Newcastle) as the Assistant Coach.
The side performed extremely well at the National Championships, remaining undefeated until the final, where they were well beaten by the NSW Metropolitan side by nine wickets.
At the completion of the National Championships, the following country players were selected in the Australian Under 19 squad for the World Cup to be played in Bangladesh: Jonte Pattison (Central Coast), Henry Hunt (Southern ACT), Jason Sangha (Newcastle) and Ben Taylor (Southern ACT). Unfortunately, due to security concerns, the Australian side did not travel to Bangladesh.
Brian Gainsford McDonald’s Country CupThis season saw 30 teams compete for the Brian Gainsford McDonald’s Country Cup. After four preliminary rounds, the remaining four teams played in the Semi-Finals and Final in December 2015, hosted by Tamworth DCA. Parkes DCA and Berry Shoalhaven Heads CC qualified for the Final which was played at No 1 Oval, Tamworth. Parkes skipper Anthony
Heraghty led the way in a match winning performance scoring 57 and snaring 2-36 with the ball, Parkes eventually winning by 94 runs.
Country Cricket NSW wishes to acknowledge competition sponsor McDonald’s as well as Tamworth DCA, Tamworth Regional Council and Central Northern Zone for their support of the Brian Gainsford McDonald’s Country Cup Semi-Finals and Final.
Parkes DCA 219 (A Heraghty 57 M Smith 42 C McCarron 3-27 J Gray 3-71) defeated Berry Shoalhaven Heads CC 135 (A Sullivan 50 B Smith 4-52 P Dunford 3-15)
McDonald’s Country PlateThis season saw 43 teams nominate for the McDonald’s Country Plate Competition. Following four preliminary rounds, the remaining teams qualified for the Country Plate Semi-Finals and Final, hosted by Tamworth DCA in December 2015. Goulburn DCA and Macquarie Hotel CC (Port Macquarie) qualified for the Final, played at No 1 Oval Tamworth. Goulburn secured their first ever title, with a comprehensive 94 run win over Macquarie Hotel. Jordan Lees (Goulburn) took out the Player of the Final award after returning the impressive bowling figures of 6-27.
Country Cricket NSW wishes to acknowledge competition sponsor McDonald’s as well as Tamworth DCA, Tamworth Regional Council and Central Northern Zone for their support of the McDonald’s Country Plate Semi-Finals and Final.
Goulburn DCA 155 (B Webster 43 H Copland 29 R Arnell 3-14 C Cole 3-23) defeated Macquarie Hotel CC 61 (J Lees 6-27 B Smith 3-14)
Under 17 State ChallengeThe following sides were chosen for the Under 17 State Challenge, which was played in Coffs Harbour in August.
Country Purple: Daniel Leerdam (Southern ACT - Captain), Jamie Bekis (North Coastal), Lachlan Davidson (Central Northern), Tom Engelbrecht (Southern ACT), Peter McCredie (Newcastle), Patrick Montgomery (Central Northern), Luke Powell (Western), Quinten Moffatt (Southern ACT), Jason Sangha (Newcastle), Sam Skelly (Southern ACT), Andrew Sommerville (Newcastle), Wesley Van Kempen (Illawarra). The side was coached by Steve Davies (Illawarra)
Country Maroon: Matthew Gilkes (Southern ACT - Captain), Ollie Anable (Southern ACT), Charlie Dummer (Southern ACT), Kel Evans (Southern ACT), Lachlan Ford (North Coastal), Jack Harper (Riverina), Dylan Jordan (Southern
ACT), Griffin Lea (Newcastle), Ryan Meppem (Central Northern), Jordie Misic (Southern ACT), Ryan Peacock (Western), Jason Ralston (Illawarra), Tom Scoble (Central Northern). The side was coached by Scott Moran (Coach).
At the completion of the State Challenge, the ACT/NSW Country side to compete in the national Under 17 championships in Brisbane in September was selected:
Daniel Leerdam (Southern ACT -Captain), Charlie Dummer (Southern ACT), Tom Englebrecht (Southern ACT), Matthew Gilkes (Southern ACT), Jack Harper (Riverina), Griffin Lea (Newcastle), Peter McCredie (Newcastle), Jordie Misic (Southern ACT), Patrick Montgomery (Central Northern), Ryan Meppem (Central Northern), Tom Scoble (Central Northern), Sam Skelly (Southern ACT) and Andrew Somerville (Newcastle). The side was coached by Kyle Piper (ACT) and Mark Cameron (Newcastle).
Finishing the Championships in eighth spot, Charlie Dummer was the best with the bat scoring 294 runs, whilst Tom Englebrecht was the pick of the bowlers taking 14 wickets.
Bradman Cup (Under 16)Newcastle Zone hosted the Bradman Cup Carnival in January 2016 with Central Northern and Southern ACT topping their respective pools and qualifying for the Final, played at No 1 Sportsground.
In a competitive affair, Central Northern edged out Southern ACT by three wickets, with Tyson Rennie taking out the Player of the Final award following a controlled innings of 67.
Blake Nikitaris (Southern ACT) was the leading run scorer for the Carnival with 136 runs, while Austyn Nugent (North Coastal) topped the bowling, taking 10 wickets.
Country Cricket NSW wishes to acknowledge Newcastle Zone, Newcastle City Council as well as the host Newcastle clubs for their support of the Bradman Cup.
Central Northern Zone 7-230 (T Rennie 67 J Watts 33no T Woods 3-34) defeated Southern (ACT) 9-227 (B Nikitaris 94 K Phillips 59 P Montgomery 3-49 J Paterson 2-42)
Under 16 State ChallengeFollowing the Bradman Cup, two Country sides were selected to play in the Basil Sellers Under 16 State Challenge against two City sides.
Country Purple: Kaleb Auld (North Coastal), Jared Baldwin (North Coastal), Matt Calder (Illawarra), Max Harper (Riverina), Jack Harris (Central Coast), Luke Hitchcock (Newcastle), Harry Magennis (Illawarra), Caleb McNeill (Central Northern), Blake Nikitaras (Southern
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ACT), Austyn Nugent (North Coastal), Flynn Parker (Southern ACT), Jye Patterson (Central Northern), Kaleb Phillips (Southern ACT), Trent Woods (Southern ACT). The side was coached by Graeme Smith (Southern ACT) and Warren Smith (Riverina).
Country Maroon: Ollie Anable (Southern ACT), Jack Cooper (North Coastal), Coby Cornish (Central Northern), Nicholas Hall (Western), Marty Jeffrey (Western), Jordan Misic (Southern ACT), Patrick Montgomery (Central Northern), Tane Nunn (Illawarra), Jye Phillips (Illawarra), Pat Rees (Illawarra), Tyson Rennie (Central Northern), Jason Sangha (Newcastle), Jacob Tozer (Southern ACT), Glenn Winsor (Newcastle). The side was coached by Robbie Jackson (Riverina) and Jeff Cook (Central Northern).
Under 16 City v Country ChallengeAfter winning the Bradman Cup, Central Northern played the winners of the Sydney Cricket Association A W Green Shield competition Mosman, in the Under 16 City v Country Challenge. This match was played on 14 February 2016 at Allan Border Oval in Twenty20 format.
In an exciting fixture, Mosman defeated Central Northern by 4 runs. Dash Ratnam (Mosman) was named Player of the Match following an aggressive innings of 28 in 18 balls, including two sixes.
Mosman DCC 7-138 (D Ratnam 28 M Croft 22) defeated Central Northern Zone 8-134 (C McNiel 29 W Fort 22)
Kookaburra Cup (Under 14)The Kookaburra Cup was held in Griffith in January 2015, with Central Coast and Western qualifying for the Final after topping their respective pools. The Final was played at Exies No 1 Oval, Griffith. Led by a solid all round performance from Broc Hardy (41no and 2-20), Central Coast cruised to a comfortable seven wicket victory and in doing so, secured their fifth Kookaburra Cup title.
Joseph Liddle (Central Coast) was the leading run scorer for the carnival with 144 runs, whilst Broc Hardy was the best of the bowlers with nine wickets.
Country Cricket NSW wishes to acknowledge Griffith DCA, the Exies Club, Griffith Shire Council and Riverina Zone for their support of the event.
Central Coast CA 3-115 (J Liddle 43 B Hardy 41no) defeated Western Zone 9-114 (T Singh 38 J Horner 2-19 B Hardy 2-20)
Following the completion of the Kookaburra Cup, four combined “Super Zone” sides were selected to play in the Under 14 State Challenge, played in Dubbo from 18 to 21 January 2016.
Under 14 City v Country ChallengeThe Under 14 City v Country Challenge was played at Allan Border Oval, Mosman on 14 February 2015, with Central Coast playing the winner of the NSW Districts Cricket Association Harold Moore Shield competition, Parramatta DCA in a Twenty20 fixture.
Parramatta enjoyed a comprehensive eight wicket victory over Central Coast, led by a fine innings of 62 by opener Matthew Watson who was recognised with the Player of the Match medal.
Parramatta DCC 2-134 (M Watson 62 R Johns 21no) defeated Central Coast CA 6-130 (J Liddle 39 K Daley 24 B Overton 2-16)
Under 13/Under 14 State ChallengeThe Under 13 and Under 14 State Challenges were once again played in Dubbo and Narromine. Four combined Country sides and four combined City sides were chosen in each age group, with the State Challenge played on the 18th – 21st January 2016. Country Cricket NSW wishes to acknowledge Dubbo City Council and Narromine Shire Council for their support of the State Challenge
Under 13 State ChallengeAt the completion of the three preliminary rounds, East City Stallions and North City Silverbacks qualified for the Final after remaining undefeated. The Silverbacks enjoyed a comprehensive nine wicket win over Silverbacks.
North City Silverbacks 1-96 (S Greenland 38no J Naganayagam 34) defeated East City Stallions 93 (R Scott 21no A Joshi 3-5 A Sidhu 2-30)
Under 14 State ChallengeAt the end of round three, the top two sides in each pool were the East City Stallions and the Northern Razorbacks, qualifying for the Final.
In a high scoring affair, the Razorbacks edged out the Stallions by nine runs.
Northern Razorbacks 4-242 (M Lynch 73 B Larance 64) defeated East City Stallions 231 (B Konstas 58 J Greenberg 38 C Maladay 5-29)
McDonald’s Women’s Country ChampionshipsThis season the McDonald’s Women’s Under 18 and Under 15 Country Championships were held in Raymond Terrace in October 2015.
Under 18 ChampionshipsNorth Coastal continued their dominance of the Under 18 division, securing their third consecutive title in defeating Southern NSW by 44 runs. Naomi McDonald led the way for North Coastal with an unbeaten 55, taking out the Player of the Final medal.
The leader batter for the Championships was Matilda Lugg (North Coastal) with 111 runs, while Jessica Howard (Southern NSW) was the best with the ball with eight wickets.
Country Cricket NSW wishes to acknowledge the support of competition sponsors McDonald’s, Raymond Terrace Cricket Club, Port Pythons Cricket Club and Port Stephens Shire Council in hosting the McDonald’s Women’s Under 18 Country Championships.
North Coastal Zone 3-121 (N McDonald 55no G McDonald 34) defeated Southern NSW 6-77 (K Rowlings 18)
Under 18 State ChallengeAt the conclusion of the Championships, the following players were selected to play in the Under 18 State Challenge on the 19 to the 20 September 2015 at Maitland:
Jemma Astley (Newcastle), Kaelah Austin (Illawarra), Laura Avard (Central Northern), Georgia Bye (Riverina), McKenzie Carr (Western), Lauren Cheatle (Southern ACT), Antonia Curtale (Western), Ellie Delgarno-Fixter (Riverina), Amy Edgar (Western), Tahlia Footman (Riverina), Sophie Heath (Illawarra), Jessica Howard (Illawarra), Dion Marsh (Central Northern), Grace McDonald (North Coastal), Naomi McDonald (North Coastal), Alisha Phoonie (North Coastal), Leah Robins (Western), Kelly Rowlings (Southern ACT), Alana Ryan (Western), Chloe Saunders (North Coastal), Kristen Smith (Central Northern), Tahlia Wilson (Southern ACT), Lauren Woods (Southern ACT) and Naomi Woods (Southern ACT).
Country based coaches were also appointed to oversee teams at the Under 18 State Challenge, being:
Michael Wood (North Coastal), Leah Poulton (Cricket NSW & Newcastle), Luke Knight (Central Northern) and Phil Jenkins (Riverina)
At the completion of the Under 18 State Challenge, the ACT/NSW Country side was selected to play in the National Championships. The side was:
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Katelyn Beaumont (North Coastal), Georgia Bye (Riverina), Ellie Delgarno-Fixter (Riverina), Sophie Heath (Illawarra), Jessica Howard (Illawarra), Matilda Lugg (North Coastal), Grace McDonald (North Coastal), Naomi McDonald (North Coastal), Amy Riddell (North Coastal), Kelly Rowlings (Southern ACT), Alana Ryan (Western), Kristen Smith (Central Northern), Rachel Trenaman (Riverina) and Tahlia Wilson (Southern ACT).
The side performed creditably during the Championships, finishing in third position.
Under 15 ChampionshipsThis season the number of country teams competing in the Under 15 championships increased to seven with both Illawarra and Southern ACT fielding standalone sides. As such, a development squad was selected from Under 14 City players to expand the championships to eight teams, eliminating the bye and ensuring more cricket for all.
Central Northern and City qualified for the final after remaining undefeated in their respective pools. City cruised to a comfortable eight wicket victory, with Sarah Turner taking out the Player of the Final following an unbeaten innings of 32.
Emma Hughes (Western) was the leading run scorer with 111 runs, while Lara Graham (Central Northern) was the leading bowler with nine wickets.
Country Cricket NSW wishes to acknowledge the support of competition sponsors McDonald’s, Raymond Terrace Cricket Club, Port Pythons Cricket Club and Port Stephens Shire Council in hosting the McDonald’s Women’s Under 15 Country Championships.
City 2-65 (S Turner 32no I Afaras 26no) defeated Central Northern Zone 7-64 (D Glennie 14)
Under 15 State ChallengeAt the completion of the Championships, the following players were selected to play in the Under 15 State Challenge, which was held at Raby Oval on 15 and 16 October 2015:
Olivia Baker (Riverina), Julia Bassett (Southern ACT), Cameron Butler (Southern ACT), Dharmini Chauhan (Illawarra), Iona Cullenward (Riverina), Paris Crelly (Riverina), Jessica Davidson (Central Northern), Hannah Faux (North Coastal), Zoe Fleming (Central Northern), Caitlin Galeano (Southern ACT), Jasmine Goode (Central Northern), Dahlia Glennie (Central Northern), Claudia Hamilton (Western), Sophie Hamilton (Western), Anita Handono (North Coastal), Ellie Hicks (Riverina), Chantell Hore (Southern ACT), Emma Hughes (Western), Janet King (Southern ACT), Taylah Knight (Central Northern), Bianca Leigh-
Douglas (Western), Jessica Marsh (Southern ACT), Mollie Mullen (North Coastal), Darcy O’Loughlin (North Coastal), Grace Parsons (North Coastal), Emma Speering (Southern ACT), Lily Tassel (Riverina), Abbey Taylor (New Coasters), Rachel Trenaman (Riveina), Abbie Uhr (Western) and Sarah Young (Illawarra).
Country based coaches were also appointed to oversee teams at the Under 15 State Challenge, being:
Steve Jenkins (Riverina), Troy McKiernan (North Coastal), Neil McDonald (Newcastle), Paul Brockley (Southern ACT) and Steve Davies (Illawarra).
At the completion of the Under 15 State Challenge, the ACT/NSW Country side was selected to play in the National Championships. The side was:
Dharmini Chauhan (Illawarra), Paris Crelly (Riverina), Jessica Davidson (Central Northern), Dahlia Glennie (Central Northern), Jasmine Goode (Central Northern), Anita Handano (North Coastal), Emma Hughes (Western), Taylah Knight (Central Northern), Jessica Marsh (Illawarra), Mollie Mullen (North Coastal), Lily Tassell (Riverina), Rachel Trenaman (Riverina) and Sarah Young (Illawarra).
Team officials were Steve Davies (Illawarra - Coach), Luke Knight (Central Northern - Assistant Coach) and Anna Baker (ACT - Manager).
ACT/NSW Country stormed home in the Under 15 National Championships and claimed their inaugural title after defeating Queensland in the final, played in Hobart. Rachel Trenaman led the Championships with the bat, scoring 364 runs and subsequently being selected in the Team of the Championships. Other ACT/NSW Country players in the team were Emma Hughes (Western) and Taylah Knight (Central Northern).
Zone ChampionshipsCentral Northern took out the Hogg Silver Shield for the Zone Championships, finishing the season on 29 points.
The final table read Central Northern 29, Newcastle 25, Western 24, Southern ACT 24, Central Coast 19, Riverina 13, Illawarra 9, North Coastal 9
NSWCCA Annual AwardsNSW Country Cricketer of the Year – Jason Sangha (Newcastle)
NSW Country Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Lauren Cheatle (Southern ACT)
Kookaburra Under 21 Player of the Year –Jason Sangha (Newcastle)
NSW Country Coach of the Year – Rod Bryant (Central Northern)
NSW Country Player of CBA Australian Country Championships – Scott Burkinshaw (Central Coast)
NSW Country Umpire of the Year – Graeme Glazebrook (Western)
NSW Country Groundsman of the Year – Russell Fensom (Coffs Coast Sport & Leisure Park)
NSW Country Cricket Media Award – Tim Robinson (WIN TV Wollongong)
CongratulationsThe Association extends its congratulations to:
• Lauren Cheatle (Southern ACT) on her debut for Australia on 29 January 2016.
• Michael Arblaster (Southern ACT) and Scott Burkinshaw (Central Coast) on their selection in the 2015/16 Australian Country Merit Team
• Jay Lenton (Central Coast) on his debut with the New South Wales Blues on 27 November 2015
• Daniel Leerdam (Southern ACT - Captain), Charlie Dummer (Southern ACT), Tom Englebrecht (Southern ACT), Matthew Gilkes (Southern ACT), Jack Harper (Riverina), Griffin Lea (Newcastle), Peter McCredie (Newcastle), Jordie Misic (Southern ACT), Patrick Montgomery (Central Northern), Ryan Meppem (Central Northern), Tom Scoble (Central Northern), Sam Skelly (Southern ACT) and Andrew Somerville (Newcastle). for their selection in the ACT/NSW Country Male Under 17 Team
• Jonte Pattison (Central Coast – Captain), Matthew Gilkes (Southern ACT), Henry Hunt (Southern ACT), Blake Macdonald (Southern ACT), Pat Magann (Central Northern), Lewin Maladay (North Coastal), Jono Maloney (Central Northern), Jacob McNaught (Western), Jayden Park (Newcastle), James Psarakis (Central Northern), Joe Slater (Southern ACT), Ben Taylor (Southern ACT) and Mac Wright (Southern ACT). for their selection in the ACT/NSW Country Male Under 19 Team
• Katelyn Beaumont (North Coastal), Georgia Bye (Riverina), Ellie Delgarno-Fixter (Riverina), Sophie Heath (Illawarra), Jessica Howard (Illawarra), Matilda Lugg (North Coastal), Grace McDonald (North Coastal), Naomi McDonald (North Coastal), Amy Riddell (North Coastal), Kelly Rowlings (Southern ACT), Alana Ryan (Western), Kristen Smith (Central Northern), Rachel Trenaman (Riverina) and Tahlia Wilson (Southern ACT) for their selection in the ACT/NSW Country Female Under 18 Team
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• Dharmini Chauhan (Illawarra), Paris Crelly (Riverina), Jessica Davidson (Central Northern), Dahlia Glennie (Central Northern), Jasmine Goode (Central Northern), Anita Handano (North Coastal), Emma Hughes (Western), Taylah Knight (Central Northern), Jessica Marsh (Illawarra), Mollie Mullen (North Coastal), Lily Tassell (Riverina), Rachel Trenaman (Riverina) and Sarah Young (Illawarra) for their selection in the ACT/NSW Country Female Under 15 Team.
• Lain Beckett (Southern), Djali Bloomfield (Southern ACT), Marty Jeffrey (Western), Ben Patterson (Western) and Brett Russell (North Coastal) for their selection in the NSW Male Imparja Cup Team
• Jemma Astley (Central Coast), Sara Darney (Western), Samantha Gordon (Western) and Nicole Squires (Central Coast) for their selection in the NSW Female Imparja Cup Team
Appreciations• To the Umpires who officiated at all levels
of Country Cricket throughout the season and to the many honorary administrators and volunteers, the Association records its appreciation for their outstanding contribution and dedicated support. The contribution of local government bodies throughout all of our country regions is also acknowledged.
In addition thanks are expressed to:
• The New South Wales Cricket Board, in particular Chairman, John Warn, and Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Jones, for their continued support of NSW Country Cricket and Ian Hogg for his contribution as the Chairman and NSW Country Delegate of the Country Cricket Reference Group
• NSWCCA Selection Panel Members Tim Grosser (Central Northern - Chairman), Greg Arms (Newcastle), Graeme Creighton (Southern ACT), Neil Doherty (Western), and Greg Smith (Central Coast) for their valued contribution throughout the season
• Jeff Cook (Central Northern - Coach), Eric Koetz (Riverina - Manager), Llew Scott (Illawarra - Physiotherapist) and David Redden (Newcastle - Scorer) for their contribution to the New South Wales Country Team at the Commonwealth Bank Australian Country Cricket Championships held in Mt Gambier
• Darren Goodger and the NSW Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association for their support of Country Cricket
• Match Referees and Umpires Observers Ian Thomas (Western) and Keith Griffiths (North Coastal)
• Zone Administrators Bob Myatt (North Coastal), Hayley Bullock (Central Northern), Graeme Creighton (Southern), Royce McCormack (Newcastle), Lindy Peters (Central Coast), Colin Wood (Western), David Nichols (Riverina) and Glenn Bridge (Illawarra) for their valued contribution throughout the season
• To all New South Wales Blues Squad members and Regional Development Managers who participated in the Country Blitz Promotion
• The Association wishes to acknowledge all sections of the media for their continued coverage of Country
• To all Zone Academy Coaches and Regional Coaches for their contribution to the coaching and development of players within their respective regions
• To all Women’s Cricket Representatives for their work with the various Women’s programs in their respective Zones and Associations
NSW Country Cricket Association Board Back Row L to R: Tim Clayton (Riverina), Dennis Cox (Western), David Frazer (Central Coast), Paul Marjoribanks (Dep Chair – Newcastle). Front Row L to R: Terry Psarakis (Central Nthn), Bruce Whitehouse (CNSW), Ian Hogg (Chair – Illawarra), Bob Myatt (Nth Coast)
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President’s MessageDuring the season a number of incidents reminded me of the role the dedicated volunteers play in our Association. The passing of Tony Gifford OAM, in February, marked the end of an era for us as he was the last surviving member of the founders of our Association. In addition Michael Falk retired from our committee after 20 years of service as the CHS representative and, in recent times, our Assistant Secretary. He has made significant contributions to both the NSW Schoolboys’ team as coach, and the NSW Under 15 team as a manager. During that time he has mentored many of the current and past Australian Test players including Phillip Hughes, Steve Smith and David Warner. We will miss his dedication and commitment to Schools’ cricket.
I must also mention the tireless work of our committee who have again been of immense support this season. Most travel significant distances to attend meetings and are totally committed to ensuring that all students get the opportunity to play cricket at all levels. I must, however, single out our Secretary, Tim Murray, who is always putting his hand up to help. If there is a job to do he is there getting it done, whether it be as a tournament referee, accompanying the State side to Queensland or “simply” doing the biggest role of any volunteer group, being its Secretary. We all owe him our appreciation and thanks.
Finally we thank our major sponsors: Hickman & Ritchard Financial Planning, The Carbine Club of NSW, Cricket NSW and the Schools and Councils that provide us with quality playing conditions for our various fixtures. Without this assistance, both financially and in kind, we simply could not function.
A Tribute to Mr A.A.K (Tony) Gifford OAM – 1921 to 2016Cricket lost one of its real champions when Tony Gifford passed away leaving behind a wonderful legacy of commitment and dedication to education and the love of our great game.
Tony played cricket as a young man before and during the Second World War, representing Kent Second XI in 1939, playing one first class match in India in 1941/42 and playing for the British Army while he was stationed in India, as a slow left arm bowler.
When Tony’s playing career was cut short by a severe motor vehicle accident during active service he migrated to Australia and took up teaching. His love of cricket and undoubted passion for helping young people would eventually see him receive an OAM for services to Youth Cricket.
Tony was a significant figure in Schools’ Cricket both at State and National level for more than 40 years. He was an outstanding administrator who was responsible for the formation of the Australian Schools’ Cricket Council, which eventually led to providing the structure of Youth Cricket in Australia, initially through the Kookaburra Shield competition, which has now developed into the Australian Under 17 and Under 19 Championships.
He was Secretary, and a founding member (1996), of the Australian Schools Cricket Council until its cessation in 2005, Chairman of the NSW Champion Schools’ Cricket Team competition and member of the NSW Schools Cricket Association for 40 years until his retirement in 2006.
It would be fair to say that without Tony Gifford’s vision; organisational skills and determination to serve the youth of Australia the results of our Youth Program and subsequent success of the Australian Cricket Team is less likely to have occurred. The majority of the Australian Cricket Team of the past 30 years will in some way have been influenced, directly or indirectly by this man’s contribution.
He will be remembered for many years to come by the countless cricketers he served. His legacy will live as long as the game is played in Australian schools.
Graeme Kightley
AAK (Tony) Gifford OAM
2015/16 Office BearersPatron:: David Gilbert
President: Graeme Kightley
Secretary: Tim Murray
Assistant Secretary: Michael Falk
Treasurer/Public Officer: Chris Browne
Auditor: Brad Gordon
Delegate to the NSWCA: Graeme Kightley
Executive Committee: Brian Sawyer, Tim Spain, Gavan Twining, Ivan Spyrdz, Nathan Wadds.
Affiliate Representatives
Combined High Schools: Michael Falk
Combined Catholic Colleges: Dean Merola
Greater Public Schools : Ross Turner
Associated Schools of NSW: Martin Haywood
Combined Country Schools: Andrew Waters
The Gifford Lukins Trophy and Carbine Club CupQueensland hosted the annual Interstate matches between NSW and Queensland at Maroochydore in September 2015. Unfortunately our dates clashed with the National U/17 carnival and Country U/19 trials resulting in 9 players withdrawing from our original team. This showed in our results, where we were beaten in the one day game and drew the three day fixture.
NSW Schoolboys team (who participated in these matches)
Dylan Bent Rouse Hill HS
Luke Courtney Westfield Sports HS
Brandon Crosbie Westfield Sports HS
Josh Doyle MacKillop Catholic College (Warnervale)
Peter Francis Inaburra School
Jordan Gauci Newington
Will Graham Knox Grammar
Oliver Holder Shore
Charles Litchfield Kinross Wolaroi
Jarred Lysaught Westfield Sports HS
Thomas Mullen St Patrick’s College, Strathfield
Liam Windel Barker College
Coach: Brian Sawyer Manager: Tim Murray
Results
Gifford-Lukins Trophy (50 overs): NSW 137 defeated by Queensland 6-242
Carbine Cup (Three Day): Queensland 406 drew with NSW 236. Queensland retained Carbine Cup
NSW Schoolboy Championships This year’s championship was dedicated to Mr. A.A.K.”Tony” Gifford and commenced with a period of silence at all three grounds to honour his service to youth cricket. In a perfect week of fine weather two teams dominated, with Combined Catholic Colleges winning for the third consecutive year after overcoming a strong challenge from Great Public Schools.
Final Points Table
CCC 30 points, GPS 24, CHS1 12, CHS 11 12, CCSC 6, CAS 6.
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Awards
Winner of the Tim Caldwell Shield and Champions Combined Catholic Colleges
Player of the Championship Param Uppal – CHS 1 – (137 runs, 10 wickets)
Best Batsman Baxter Holt – GPS (157 runs @ 39.25)
Best Bowler Sam Skelly – CHS 1 (12 wickets @ 9.3)
Best Wicketkeeper/Fielder Matthew Gilkes – CHS 1 (8 catches 3 stumpings)
Spirit of Cricket Award
CHS I Creedence King – Westfield Sports HSCHS II Jordan Vilensky – Narara Valley HSGPS Will Mallett – Sydney Grammar SchoolCAS Matthew Beatty – Knox Grammar SchoolCC&CS Max Manson – Kinross WolaroiCCC Tim Ferrero – Marist College, North Shore
2016 NSW Schoolboys Team
Thomas Sowden – St Gregory’s College Campbelltown - Captain
Nathan Doyle – MacKillop Catholic College, Warnervale
Elijah Eales – St Ignatius College
Jack Edwards – St Augustine’s College, Brookvale
George Furrer – Barker College
Ryan Hackney – St Columba High, Springwood
Baxter Holt – The King’s School
Ryan O’Bierne – The Scots College
Ryan Peacock – Denison College
Jason Sangha – Hunter Sports HS
Sam Skelly – Crookwell HS
Param Uppal – Baulkham Hills HS
NSW Schoolgirl ChampionshipsAlthough this year’s Championships were interrupted by bad weather the organisers were able to adjust the scheduling of fixtures to ensure that the girls played as much cricket as possible. Special thanks was extended to the ground staff at the Raby Sports Complex; the Campbelltown-Camden Ghosts DCC; to Jason Elsmore and Nathan Wadds for their organisation and leadership.
Final Standings:
CHS 1 (NSW Schoolgirl Champions), defeating CHS 2 in the Final. CIS defeated CCC in the playoff for third and fourth.
Individual Award Winners:
Batting Award Mikayla Hinkley 127 runs @ 31.75
Bowling Award Jessica Davidson 8 wkts @ 8
Fielding Award Hannah Trethewy
Player of the Championships Rachel Trenaman
NSW Schoolgirl Championships Honour TeamName School
Rachel Trenaman Kooringal HSMikayla Hinkley Penrith Anglican CollegeTilly Lugg Coffs Harbour HSClaudia Johnston Kirrawee HSSaskia Horley Roseville CollegeCarly Leeson Maclean HSHannah Trethewy Elderslie HSDahlia Glennie Narrabri HSBelinda Vakarewa Eagle Vale HSNell Gibson Hunter Sports HSJessica Davidson Calrossy Anglican SchoolMadeline Penna Freeman College
2016 School Group WinnersAlan Davidson Shield – The Hills Sports HS
Marie Cornish Shield – Hunter Sports HS
Douglas Shield – Kinross Wolaroi
Wiburd Shield – All Saints College, Bathurst
Downey Trophy – St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown
Berg Shield – St Dominic’s College, Penrith
CAS – Knox Grammar School
GPS – Riverview College
The NSW Champion Schools Cup The eight finalists to determine the Champion School Team of NSW were:
Waverley College; Westfield Sports HS; Trinity College Lismore; The Scots College; Kinross Wolaroi, Orange; Picnic Point HS; Hunter Sports HS and St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown,
The Semi-Finals and Final of this competition were played in Wollongong in November.
Semi-Finals
Kinross Wolaroi 8 - 89 def St Gregory’s College 10 - 88
Westfield SHS defeated Trinity College by 57 runs
Final (Dalton Park)
Westfield SHS 6 - 256 (Jack Bray 119, Daniel Hayes 60) Kinross Wolaroi 10 - 174.
NSW Champion School team: Westfield Sports HS
U/15 Schoolboys National ChampionshipsWith the introduction of the new format NSW fielded two teams in the National Championships, the NSW Green team winning the Championships and the NSW Magenta finishing 5th, with both teams defeating the two Victorian sides in their playoff games.
The NSW Green team:
Jack Cooper (St John’s College, Woodlawn)Ollie Davies (St Paul’s Catholic College, Manly) Lawson Eva (St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown)Sam Fanning (St Ignatius College, Riverview )William Fort (Maitland Grossman HS )Max Harper (Temora HS )Lachlan Hearne (St Pius X College, Chatswood )Tyson Lee (Barker College )Harry Manenti (St Patrick’s College, Strathfield )Liam Marshall (St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown)Bradley Simpson (St John Bosco College )Dhruva Thorat (Normanhurst Boys HS )Jacob Workman (Hills Sports HS )
Coach: James Allsopp
Manager: Michael Wood
NSW Magenta team
Nivek Tanner (Randwick Boys HS)
Harrison King (Hills Sports HS)
Atharva Patil (Oakhill College)
Liam Scott (Trinity Grammar) - Captain
Timothy Reynolds (Hills Sports HS)
Henry Railz (St John’s College, Dubbo)
Matthew Iemma (Christian Brothers, Lewisham)
Joshua Moors (Kirrawee HS)
Joshua Staines (Wagga Wagga HS)
Nicolas Hall (Hennessy Catholic College)
Ajaypal Singhe (Patrician Brothers, Blacktown)
Michael Kennedy (St Mary’s Cathedral College)
Yushan Gunewardhane (Baulkham Hills HS)
Coach: Gavan Twining (Cricket NSW)
Manager: James Scholtens (St Augustine’s College, Brookvale)
Tour Manager: Steve Taylor (Hunter Christian School)
Congratulations to Ollie Davies, Liam Marshall, Tyson Lee, Lawson Eva and Liam Scott for their selection in the Australian U/16 team.
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Elected Board Directors: Geoff Garland (Chair), Graham Chudleigh, Dr David Dilley (resigned 17 May 2016), Mark Hughes (elected 7 October 2015), Claire Polosak, Muhammad Qureshi (resigned 16 September 2015)
Appointed Board Director: Gaurav Desai (2 September 2015)
Honorary Treasurer: Laurie Borg
Liaison Officer: Neil Findlay
Patrons: Brian Booth MBE, Alan Davidson AM MBE, Richard French OAM
Coaching Panel: Darren Goodger (Chair), Graham Chudleigh, Geoff Garland, Graham Reed
Administration Officer: Jay Lenton
Administration Manager: Troy Penman
Executive Officer NSWCUSA / Cricket NSW State Director of Umpiring: Darren Goodger
Dr Dilley’s resignation was for personal reasons and Mr Qureshi’s resignation was due to his relocation to live in Tasmania. We thank them for their service to the NSWCUSA Board. Both contributed strongly to NSWCUSA education and development programs.
Annual General MeetingThe 102nd Annual General Meeting of the Association was held at Bowlers’ Club of NSW on 1 July 2015 with 95 members in attendance. Principal Membership was awarded to four Full Members for their outstanding contribution to the Association – Christine Bennison, Don Coleman (Griffith District Cricket Umpires’ Association), Norm Ryder (Far North Coast Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association), Roger Ridgway (Georges River St George District Cricket Umpires’ League).
Annual Dinner and Awards PresentationThe Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation, held at Bankstown Sports Club on 16 April 2016, was attended by 176 members and guests with wonderful entertainment provided by comedian/ventriloquist Darren Carr while Jay Lenton performed superbly as MC. The Association was pleased to welcome Cricket NSW General Manager Cricket Performance David Moore, the Chair of the Sydney Cricket Association Andrew Falk, the Chair of the Country Cricket NSW Umpire Sub-committee Bob Myatt, and Patrons Brian Booth MBE and
Alan Davidson AM MBE as special guests. The award winners for 2015/16 were:
Alan Marshall Medal (Rookie Umpire of the Year): Sharad Patel
Malcolm Gorham Scorers’ Award: Chris McLeod (Randwick Petersham)
Sydney Cricket Association Panel 4 Umpire of the Year: Tony Carr
Sydney Cricket Association Panel 3 Umpire of the Year: David Abbey
Sydney Cricket Association Panel 2 Umpire of the Year: Bill Massingham
Sydney Cricket Association Panel 1 Umpire of the Year: Darren Goodger
Kevin Pye Medal (Country Umpire of the Year): Graeme Glazebrook (Western)
Ted Wykes Medal: Geoff Hasler (Hornsby Ku-ring-gai and Hills District Cricket Umpires’ Association)
George Borwick Memorial Award: Anthony Hobson
The Association wishes to acknowledge and thank the Bradman Foundation for sponsoring the Country Umpire of the Year Award and the Scorers’ Award.
The Annual Dinner was superbly organised by NSWCUSA Administrators Troy Penman and Jay Lenton.
Hall of FameAssociation Life Member Graham Reed was inducted as the 13th member of the NSWCUSA Hall of Fame recognising his distinguished career as a first-class umpire and his excellent commitment and service to the Association as an Umpire Coach and Observer.
Representative ScorersThe following scorers were appointed to the First-Class scorer panel for season 2015/16:
Christine Bennison, Toni Lorraine, Darren Mattison, Chris McLeod, Robyn Sanday, Kay Wilcoxon, Ian Wright.
The congratulations of the Association are offered to Darren Mattison who made his Test debut (Australia v West Indies, SCG) and to Chris McLeod who made his First-Class debut (New South Wales v Tasmania, Bankstown Oval).
Representative UmpiresNSWCUSA was represented on the following umpire panels:
• ICC Elite Umpire Panel Rod Tucker
• ICC International Umpire Panel Paul Wilson
Bill Hendricks (left) presents the George Borwick Memorial Award to Anthony Hobson
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• Cricket Australia National Umpire Panel Gerard Abood, Greg Davidson, Paul Wilson
• Cricket Australia Emerging Umpire Panel Simon Lightbody, Claire Polosak, Anthony Wilds
• Cricket NSW State Umpire Panel Anthony Hobson, Keiran Knight, David Taylor, Ben Treloar
The congratulations of the Association are offered to:
• Rod Tucker on his appointment to umpire the ICC World T20 Final at Eden Gardens between West Indies and England.
• Claire Polosak on her appointment to umpire three matches at the ICC Women’s World T20 in India.
• Paul Wilson on his appointment to umpire the Sheffield Shield Final at Glenelg between South Australia and Victoria.
• Anthony Wilds on his appointment to umpire the Women’s National Cricket League Final at Hurstville between New South Wales and South Australia.
NSWCUSA was represented at the following Cricket Australia National Championships:
• Under 18 Female (Canberra) – Claire Polosak
• Under 15 Male (Darwin) – Glen Stubbings
• Under 15 Male (Brisbane/Sunshine Coast) – Berend du Plessis and Troy Penman
• Under 17 Male (Brisbane) – Keiran Knight and Marc Nickl
• Under 19 Male (Adelaide) – Anthony Hobson, David Taylor and Ben Treloar
Country Cricket NSWThe primary duty of the Zone Umpire Representative is to liaise with NSWCUSA in relation to the planning and implementation of training and development programs to be conducted within the Zone by the Association. The following were appointed as Zone Umpire Representative:
Central Coast – Don Maisey
Central North – Gary Crombie
Illawarra – Neil Findlay
Newcastle – Kim Norris
North Coast – Ken Robinson
Riverina – Pat Kerin OAM
Southern – Bruce Whiteman
Western – Greg Jones
All worked tirelessly to support cricket in their Zone. Their appointment proved to be an asset in the communication process between NSWCUSA and Country Cricket NSW.
The Country Umpire Sub-committee comprised
Darren Goodger (State Director of Umpiring), Keith Griffiths (Country Umpire Advisor) and Bob Myatt (Country Cricket NSW Committee of Management). The umpire panels for Country Cricket NSW were selected by the Sub-committee which was chaired by Mr Myatt.
The umpires selected on the Representative Umpire Panel were:
Paul Dilley (North Coast)
Neil Findlay (Illawarra)
Graeme Glazebrook (Western)
Greg Jones (Western)
Kim Norris (Newcastle)
Phil Rainger (Central North)
David Went (North Coast)
Bruce Whiteman (Southern)
Congratulations are offered to Phil Rainger who was selected as the NSW Umpire to officiate at the Australian Country Cricket Championships in Mount Gambier.
The umpires selected on the Supplementary Umpire Panel were:
Wayne Allan (Riverina)
Bruce Baxter (North Coast)
David Cullen (Illawarra)
Tony Hackett (Riverina)
Ross McKim (Newcastle)
Co-Patron Brian Booth MBE (left) presents Graham Reed with his Hall of Fame plaque
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The Country Cricket NSW Finals were umpired by:
Country Championship – Graeme Glazebrook and Bruce Whiteman
Plan B Regional T20 Bash – Paul Dilley and Phil Rainger
Country Cup – Bruce Baxter and Graham Moon
Country Plate – Jeff Hackett and Graham Moon
Bradman Cup – Ross McKim and Kim Norris
Kookaburra Cup – Vince Calabro and Stephen Poidevin
The Plan B Regional T20 Bash was a wonderful innovation providing six country umpires with the opportunity of standing in the finals series played at the SCG. Cricket Performance and Game Development staff are to be commended for the introduction and success of this competition.
Keith Griffiths continued in the role of Country Umpire Advisor with Ian Thomas providing assistance at various carnivals throughout the season.
MembershipThe Association has 1,218 members which includes 40 affiliated umpire associations.
Sydney Cricket Association
Two umpires were appointed to every match in the Premier Grade competition throughout the season, a 100% coverage. With regard to the Shires competition, 99.7% of matches saw two umpires appointed. To have such an extensive coverage is pleasing and a credit to those umpires who made themselves available so willingly and who fulfilled their appointments in a professional manner. Troy
Penman and Stephen Blomfield (Sydney Shires Cricket Umpires’ Association) are commended for their outstanding commitment in managing the umpire appointment process on a round by round basis to make this happen.
The umpires appointed to the various Premier Grade Finals were:
First Grade: Bankstown v Sydney at Bankstown Oval – Gerard Abood and Greg Davidson
First Grade Limited Overs: Bankstown v St George at Bankstown Oval – Greg Davidson and Anthony Wilds
T20 Cup: Randwick Petersham v Sydney University at Coogee Oval – Simon Lightbody and Troy Penman
Second Grade: Sydney v UNSW at Drummoyne Oval – Ben Treloar and Anthony Wilds
Third Grade: Sydney University v Eastern Suburbs at University 1 – Darren Goodger and Anthony Hobson
Fourth Grade: Penrith v Sydney University at Howell Oval – Simon Lightbody and Marc Nickl
Fifth Grade: Campbelltown-Camden v Eastern Suburbs at Raby 1 – Troy Penman and Glen Stubbings
Poidevin Gray Shield: Sutherland v St George at Glenn McGrath Oval – Darren Goodger and Glen Stubbings
AW Green Shield: Mosman v Hawkesbury at Allan Border Oval – Ryan Nelson and Claire Polosak
The Association extends its thanks and appreciation to the SCA Umpire Observer Panel comprising Errol Cranney, Bob Davis, Mark Grant, Bill Hendricks and Graham Reed.
Two significant umpiring milestones were achieved during the season – Greg Lill
umpired his 400th first grade match in round 13 at Pratten Park between Western Suburbs and Randwick Petersham, while Graham Chudleigh officiated in his 450th SCA match before announcing his retirement at season’s end after 29 years of dedicated service to umpiring in SCA competitions.
Training and DevelopmentThe Association maintained its commitment to umpire training and development across New South Wales with training courses on the Laws of Cricket offered for prospective umpires at Albury, Armidale, Camden, Cowra, Grafton, Hornsby, Karuah, Moore Park (Cricket NSW), Narromine, Newcastle, Orange, Parramatta, Scone, West Ryde.
A total of 141 people successfully completed the NSWCUSA assessment on the Laws of Cricket to become accredited umpires. The commitment and dedication of the NSWCUSA training team to educating and preparing umpires for cricket competitions throughout New South Wales is appreciated as is the hard work at the local level by volunteer officials in recruiting new umpires.
Vote of ThanksThe Board and Management Team offers a vote of thanks in appreciation to Cricket NSW for its support of match officials and NSWCUSA during the past season. The Association sits in the Cricket Performance Department. To David Moore, Andrew Jones, John Warn and the NSW Cricket Board, NSWCUSA expresses its gratitude.
Darren Goodger Executive Officer - NSWCUSA
2015/16 Award Winners David Abbey (Panel 3), Darren Goodger (Panel 1), Sharad Patel (Alan Marshall Medal), Geoff Hasler (E.F Wykes Association Medal), Bill Massingham (Panel 2), Graeme Glazebrook (Kevin Pye Medal-Country Umpire of the Year), Tony Carr (Panel 4) and Anthony Hobson (George Borwick Memorial Award).
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Association Notes
Staff 2016Cricket NSW wishes to express its sincere thanks to all staff for their effort and commitment over the past year.
We also acknowledge those people who left the Association during the year including Hugh Sanders, Kate Costin, Ashley Bryant, James West, Kathryn Carver, Eric Myatt, Christina Voyage, Laura Barker, Cara Pocock, Tom Halliday, Satyen Ashar, Jono Lees, Mark Barreca, Max Bryden, Paul Chapman and Melissa Quinn.
The Association also wishes to pay special tribute to the following people for their lengthy service and significant contribution to Cricket NSW.
Brett Richardson
Brett started with Cricket NSW on 7 May 2001 and worked in a variety of roles over his 15 year career with Cricket. He started as a Marketing Assistant, followed by Sponsorship roles, then a Commercial Operations Executive role, finally as General Manager of the Commercial and Events Department. During his time, Brett significantly grew Cricket NSW’s sponsor portfolio and has overseen a huge program of high quality events. Brett resigned from Cricket NSW in April 2016 following his decision to make a sea change and move to the South Coast.
Michael Procajlo
Michael joined Cricket NSW on 29 January 2008 as the Sydney North Cricket Officer in the Game Development Department. After serving in the role for a few years, he was appointed to the role of Sydney East Cricket Manager. Michael’s final role was as the Participation Manager primarily responsible for growing participation numbers for the MILO T20 Blast program. Michael resigned in October 2015, following his decision to take a role with the Australian Sports Commission.
Paul Chapman
Paul started with Cricket NSW on 30 June 2010 in the role of Strength and Conditioning Coach. During his 6 year tenure he made a significant impact in the Cricket Performance department, stepping up to become the Manager, Sports Science Sports Medicine in his final year at Cricket NSW. Paul Chapman is widely recognised as one of the world’s best cricket Strength and Conditioning coaches and has been instrumental in shaping the current structure of the Sports Science and Sports Medicine function at Cricket NSW. Paul resigned to take the Physical Performance Coach role at Queensland Cricket.
Eric Myatt
Eric gave 10 years of dedicated service as NSW DCA Executive Officer. He displayed a great commitment to the development of cricket within the DCA, as well as his tireless efforts to maintain the integrity of the highly-regarded DCA Inter-District Competition.
Eric is, and will always remain, a trusted friend of Cricket NSW and will continue to make a contribution to NSW Cricket, as he has since 1968.
Sudesh Arudpragasam
Sudesh started working for Cricket NSW on 3 October 2006 and during almost a decade of loyal service he worked in a number of Communications roles. A staunch supporter of the Breakers, Sudesh helped drive the message of commitment Cricket NSW showed towards the women’s game. He was responsible for corporate communications and compiled numerous Annual Reports.
Donna Anderson
Donna had an extraordinary career at Cricket NSW. She started as a temp in 1975, when Alan Barnes juggled twin roles as Secretary of the NSW Cricket Association and Secretary of the Australian Cricket Board, then based in Sydney.
This began a 40-year association handling logistics for the NSW and Australian teams
and many other things besides. These were the days where the ACB and CNSW had six people between them and Australian players got one baggy green cap, one jumper, one vest and one pair of training shorts. Players had to provide the rest of their kit, including whites/creams.
Donna was right in the middle of the Australia Cricket Board’s, and NSW Cricket Association’s, stoush with Kerry Packer over World Series Cricket. At one stage she was tasked by Barnes with finding the original agreement between CNSW and the SCG Trust in relation to exclusive use of the SCG , an agreement which dated to the early 1900s.
In her time here, CNSW has gone from one semi-professional team, the Blues, to 6 professional teams in the Blues, Breakers, Sixers and Thunder men’s and women’s, plus Futures League, pathway squads etc.
Donna has managed their contracts, uniforms, travel and accommodation, visas, clearances
and a thousand other little things that go unnoticed but allow the show of professional cricket to go on.
She has also been the go-to woman in a crisis – such as a player being seriously injured overseas– or a happier kind of travel emergency, such as the Blues, Sixers and Thunder making their finals in Canberra and Melbourne.
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L to R: Cricket NSW CEO Andrew Jones, 2015/16 Life Members Simon Katich, Brian Hughes and Carolyn Sheehan with Cricket NSW Chairman John Warn
Donna has demonstrated a willingness to work at all hours to get the job done time and again. It is this work ethic that has truly set her apart.
It has been driven by a deep passion for Cricket NSW, its staff and especially its players. Donna knows pretty much every player, male and female, who has worn the Baggy Blue in the past 40 years and has assisted many of them from when they were teenagers to their retirement from NSW.
Life members
Brian Hughes (No. 121)
Brian Hughes was involved with NSW cricket for over 40 years, culminating in six years as CEO of the Association.
He joined Waverley Cricket Club in 1957/58 and played there until 1968/69, finishing as First Grade captain. He then moved to Petersham where he played First Grade in 1969/70 and 1970/71.
Brian became Honorary Secretary of Petersham in 1970/71, was their Delegate to CNSW until 1978/79, and served on the Grade Committee from 1972/73 to 1978/79.
He joined CNSW in 1980/81 as Assistant Secretary Promotions/Accounts and became Secretary Country/Promotions in 1982/83. He served on the Publicity & Promotions Sub-Committee from 1985/86 until 1994/95 and was Secretary/Treasurer of Country Cricket from 1986/87 to 1994/95.
Brian was appointed CNSW General Manager in 1990/91 and succeeded Bob Radford as CEO in March 1995. He retired in November 2001.
Simon Katich (No. 122)
Simon Katich played 58 Sheffield Shield matches for NSW from 2002 to 2012 and 56 Test Matches for Australia from 2001 to 2010.
One of the finest batsmen to play for the Blues, the unorthodox left-hander scored 5309 runs at 61.73 for the state and 4188 Test runs for Australia at 45.03 including 10 centuries.
He was also a wonderful role model, a consummate professional and a fine leader who captained NSW over a nine-year period when not on international duties.
He guided NSW to Sheffield Shield victories in 2004/05 and 2007/08; One-Day Domestic titles in 2002/03 and 2005/06; and Big Bash and Champions League T20 titles in 2009.
Katich led the Blues 38 times in Sheffield Shield matches, with only Dirk Wellham, who had 40 matches in charge, captaining NSW more often.
And Katich’s 19 victories leaves him the second most successful Blues captain behind Monty Noble’s 23 wins a century earlier.
Carolyn Sheehan (No. 123)
Carolyn Sheehan from Mudgee has been a regional coach of girls’ teams for 34 years and a NSW youth coach for 18 years.
A driving force for girls’ cricket in Western NSW, she has also filled in on many occasions as CNSW U/15 team manager and assistant coach and currently is involved with the NSW Academy.
Carolyn has worked with every NSW women’s State coach for the past 30 years, developing an excellent relationship with Breakers coach Joanne Broadbent due to their passion for country girls’ cricket and NSW.
The cousin of former Australian all-rounder Lisa Keightley, Carolyn began with NSW as a 16-year-old junior, travelling with Lisa to Sydney for training sessions and tournaments.
While Lisa went on to play for Australia and coach at international level, Carolyn has dedicated her time and coaching ability to developing girls from across NSW.
All the current Country-based players have been either coached or encouraged by Carolyn throughout their formative years.
ObituariesRon Kissell 30/06/2015 NSW Cricketer
Arthur Morris 22/08/2015 NSW and Australian Cricketer
Bruce Ritchie 15/01/2016 NSW Colts, Central Cumberland 1st Grade Cricketer
Merv Seres 21/12/2015 SCG Room Attendant
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Carl Sharpe OAM 1/03/2016 Country Cricket Umpire and Administrator
Dudley Tinyow 21/01/2016 First Grade Cricket Umpire and SCG room Attendant
Geoff Coleman 14/05/2016 Sutherland Cricket Club player/president
Bob Aitken 16/05/2016 First Grade Cricketer
Russ Ellem 2/06/2016 North Coast (Grafton) Cricketer
Sub-committeesAs at 30 June 2016
Audit & Risk
J Tait (Chair), Hon P Forsythe, Hon KP Green, J Knox and Dr DF Dilley (resigned 16 May 2016)
Remuneration & Nomination
JA Warn, Hon P Forsythe, JW Knox, L Gorman and Ms M Stamoulis
Cricket
MF Rosen (Chair), Mr JA Warn, Mr GK Monaghan, Hon KP Greene, L Gorman, Ms Belinda Clark and Ms Jessica Henry
Grants
JA Warn (Chair), GK Monaghan, Hon KP Greene, IR Hogg and Dr DF Dilley (resigned 16 May 2016)
Constitution Review
M Bonnell (Chair), IR Hogg, THJ Iceton OAM, NWL Bergin OAM, Mr M Dalton and Mr B Whitehouse
Women’s Cricket
Dr DF Dilley, R Hore, D Mifsud, A Blackwell, J Stainer, G Newbound, S Reibelt
Life Member Nominations
Hon KP Greene, J Tait, M Whitney, R Hore, Alan Davidson AM MBE, and Dr DF Dilley (resigned 16 May 2016)
Thank You• To the NSW Premier The Hon. Mike Baird,
MP and the NSW Government for their ongoing support of cricket in NSW
• To His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), Governor of New South Wales, patron of Cricket NSW
• To the NSW Minister for Sport The Hon. Stuart Ayres, MP and the NSW Office of Sport for their generous support and assistance
• The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian, MP and The Hon. Pru Goward, MP patrons of the Sixers and Thunder WBBL teams respectively
• To the members of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Cricket Group, particularly Co-Chairs Chris Patterson, MP and Jo Haylen, MP
• The Directors of the NSW Cricket Board and the Management Committees of the Sydney, NSW Country, NSW Districts and NSW Schools’ Cricket Associations, the NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association and the NSW Women’s Cricket Committee, as well as the various Sub-Committees which met regularly throughout the season for the betterment of cricket in NSW
• The Men’s State Selection Panel, David Freedman (Chairman), Greg Mail and Steve B Smith
• The Grade Advisor Panel, Corey Richards, Bill Anderson, Evan Atkins and Jeff Cook
• The Women’s State Selection Panel, Kerry Marshall and Janine Stainer
• Dr John Orchard (Medical Director), Dr Scott Burne (Sydney Thunder), Dr Leanne Hutchison, Dr David Samra
• Honorary Librarians, Mr Bob Brenner, Dr Colin Clowes and the team of librarians and researchers involved in the Cliff Winning Library
• All Local Government authorities, schools and universities throughout NSW for the provision of facilities and for their support of the game in general
• Honorary people at all levels who give so freely of their time and expertise for the benefit of the game
• All sections of the media for their support over the past year
Association Notes
Warren Smith OAM pictured with granddaughter Perri Nash, Mr Daryl Maguire State Member for Wagga Wagga, Councillor Rod Kendall, McDonald’s Wagga Wagga Operation Managers, Cheryl Fardell and Blake Aichinger, Cricket NSW CEO Andrew Jones and Cricket NSW Murrumbidgee Development Manager, Luke Olsen at the opening of the Warren Smith nets at Bolton Park. Warren Smith was recognised for his services to cricket through various coaching roles at state, regional and local levels and in 2014 became the second person to receive a Cricket NSW Lifetime Achievement award.
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The Cliff Winning LibraryThe library has continued to provide many opportunities to promote the knowledge of the history and achievements of all cricketers and cricket in NSW with particular emphasis on First Class and Grade/Premier competitions. We have continued to add to our vast resources through a range of generous donations, particularly from the Neville Emery book collection, purchases of books and periodicals and the curation of contemporary scorecards and annual report documents.
Our major purpose is to support research for authors, academics, administrators and those needing information for family histories. We welcome all enquiries and encourage cricket lovers to visit us on Tuesdays, 10am-3pm or contact us on 02 8302 6000 or at [email protected]
There have been many research visits from important authors including Ken Piesse, Max Bonnell and Gideon Haigh who have recently published new books. Congratulations also to our constant research visitor Alf James whose beautiful new volume “Charles Bannerman Australia’s Premier Batsman” has documented the career of our first century maker in Test cricket. We also acknowledge Ron Cardwell’s continued donation of publications from his The Cricket Publishing Company. We thank Cameron Jones for his donation of historical photographs. Included among other notable interstate visitors and contributors have been Adelaide author Geoff Sando and his wife Carolyne Spooner, Charles Davis and Ric Sissons. Lyall Gardner, Graham King, Andrew Bayles, David Nollan, Jim Cattlin, Richard Cashman and Steve McClue have all been visiting researchers with important tasks. We also acknowledge Sudesh Arudpragasam for
his support, and Donna Anderson after her long, distinguished service.
We welcomed Richard Cook to our team and value his contribution of research in the Grade/Premier field. Our expert statisticians Dr Colin Clowes and Colin Jefferies continue their relentless approach to making the statistics for the Grade/Premier competition more complete. Their stats can be looked up on the competition’s website, www.sydney.grade.nsw.cricket.com.au under “Records and Results”.
Bob Brenner and Dr Colin ClowesHonorary Librarians
Attendance – meetings of the NSW Cricket AssociationMessrs JA Warn (Chairperson - Manly Warringah - 4) BF Freedman (Bankstown - 4)S Foster (Blacktown - 2)A Connolly (Campbelltown-Camden - 3)J Maxwell (Eastern Suburbs - 2)RF Cook (Fairfield-Liverpool - 4)MF Rosen (Gordon - 4)R Timbs (Hawkesbury - 3)M Wilson (Hawkesbury – Proxy for R Timbs - 1)I Finlay (Mosman - 3)D Graham (North Sydney - 4)M Langford (Northern District - 1)GK Monaghan (Parramatta - 3)P Goldsmith (Penrith - 1)PJ Wright (Randwick Petersham - 2)A Wright (Randwick Petersham - Proxy for PJ Wright - 2)The Hon KP Greene (St George - 2)P Jackson (St George - Proxy for K Greene - 1)
THJ Iceton (Sutherland - 4)J Penrose (Sydney - 3)G Mail (Sydney University - 3)D Bhandari (University of NSW - 3)D Thompson (Western Suburbs - 4)G Cavanagh (Central Coast - 1)D Fraser (Central Coast - Proxy for G Cavanagh - 3)T Psarakis (Central Northern - 4)IR Hogg (Illawarra - 4)P Marjoribanks (Newcastle - 4)RJ Myatt (North Coastal - 4)TJ Clayton (Riverina - 4)G Creighton (Southern - 3)DC Cox (Western - 4)I McNamee (ACTCA - 2)C French (ACTCA - Proxy for I McNamee - 1)J Miller (ACTCA - Proxy for I McNamee - 1)Dr DF Dilley (NSWCUSA - 2)G Garland (NSWCUSA - 1)J Evans (NSWDCA - 3)GK Kightley (NSWSCA - 4)Ms RA Hore (NSW Women’s Cricket Committee - 3)A Boorer (Sydney Shires - 1)The Hon P Forsythe (Appointed Board Director - 2)LN Gorman (Appointed Board Director - 2)JW Knox (Appointed Board Director - 4)
Attendance – NSW Cricket Board The NSW Cricket Board met 9 times between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016.
JA Warn (Chair) (9), GK Monaghan (9), P Forsythe (9), DF Dilley (7), MF Rosen (9), KP Greene (9), IR Hogg (8), JW Knox (9), L Gorman (9)
Grants To Clubs and Affiliates 2015/16Seasonal Grants Amount DescriptionGrade Clubs $ 358,000 20 x $17,900Shires Clubs $ 151,200 14 x $10,800Country Authorities $ 294,640 8 x $36,830NSW Districts Cricket Association $ 95,000 NSW Schools Cricket Association $ 11,000 Sydney Shires Cricket Umpires $ 3,500 TOTAL $ 913,340
Coaching Grants Amount DescriptionGrade Clubs $ 328,000 20 x $16,400Country $ 155,000 TOTAL $ 483,000
CA Grants Amount DescriptionGrade Clubs $ 289,640 20 x $14,482Grade Clubs - Women's $ 69,885 9 Clubs x various amountsTOTAL $ 359,525
Total Grants $ 1,755,865
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Financials
Year ended 30 June 2016NSW Cricket Association & Controlled Entities
ABN 27 000 011 987
REVENUE & EXPENDITURE STATEMENT
2016 2015 $ $
Revenue 39,704,410 36,716,769 Expenditure 37,181,625 34,050,306 Surplus (Deficit) before Non-Cash items 2,522,785 2,666,463 Increased (Decreased) Value ofInvestments (288,633) 297,626 Depreciation (443,307) (387,116)Overall Surplus (Deficit) 1,790,845 2,576,973
BALANCE SHEET
2016 2015 $ $
Current AssetsCash and cash equivalents 4,875,554 5,231,373 Receivables 1,153,422 932,830 Other financial assets 15,158,473 12,721,916 Other assets 258,818 882,899 Total Current Assets 21,446,267 19,769,018
Non-Current AssetsReceivables 8,639 16,467 Property, plant and equipment 2,832,608 2,758,354 Total Non-Current Assets 2,841,247 2,774,821
Total Assets 24,287,514 22,543,839
Current LiabilitiesPayables 2,344,881 4,163,487 Provisions 2,256,894 1,654,711 Other liabilities 1,262,094 488,264 Total Current Liabilities 5,863,869 6,306,462
Non-Current LiabilitiesOther liabilities 1,083,197 687,774 Total Non-Current Liabilities 1,083,197 687,774
Total Liabilities 6,947,066 6,994,236
Net Assets 17,340,448 15,549,603
EquityRetained earnings 17,340,448 15,549,603
Total Equity 17,340,448 15,549,603
Victorious Sydney Thunder captains Alex Blackwell and Mike Hussey
We thank Cricket NSW for sharing our vision, to help develop and improve road safety across NSW.
Our partnership with Cricket NSW continues to extend the Plan B drink driving message and engages the community to make positive transport choices to get home safely after a night out.
With the introduction of the Plan B regional Bash, we are now reaching more Cricket fans and delivering the Plan B message in country areas.
Transport for NSW look forward to continuing our strong partnership and wish the team the best of luck for the season ahead.
“Some plan b’s aresmarter than others, don’t drink and drive.”
Supporting the nightwatchmen of NSW
NIGHTWATCHMAN NATHAN LYON
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