Maddie Penna is a talented young all rounder making the most of her opportunities with the Abode Hotels ACT Meteors in the WNCL and in the WBBL with the Melbourne Stars and Adelaide Strikers.
In this excerpt of the Cricket Library Podcast, we hear her reflections on scoring her maiden WNCL hundred.
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Resident cricket librarian Matt Fiction explores the data once again, this time pitting Matthew Elliott up against Marcus North in a race that is set to have the hairs standing up on the back of your neck.
Gregory Stephen Chappell is one of the greats of Australian cricket with his playing record speaking for itself. He has also made a significant impact off the field since calling stumps on his playing career.
In this excerpt from the Cricket Library Podcast, we hear from Greg about being inspired by the achievements and success of his older brother Ian.
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Record breaking Queensland wicket keeper Chris Hartley shares about his first pair of wicket keeping gloves in his chat with Matt Ellis on the Cricket Library Podcast.
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In this excerpt from the Cricket Library Podcast, former Australian leg spinner Peter McIntyre discusses learning to bowl the flipper and testing out whilst bowling in tandem with Warnie in Zimbabwe.
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In today’s data race it is a battle between Marcus North and Matthew Elliott to see who comes out on top with the most test match runs.
Peter McIntyre progressed through the ranks at Essendon playing club cricket to make his debut for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield at the MCG in March 1989. A couple of years later he would spend some time at the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy eventually moving to play First Class Cricket for South Australia.
Peter was selected to play for Australia A in the controversial 1994/5 Series which featured Australia, England and Zimbabwe. It was this summer that he was selected to become Baggy Green 364 when he was selected for the Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval.
Peter later had the opportunity to tour the sub-continent playing a Test against India dismissing Sachin Tendulkar.
One of the great summers for Peter was the 1995/6 summer winning the Sheffield Shield where his work with the bat proved to be invaluable.
His First Class career came to a close in 2002 having played 97 matches with 322 wickets to his name.
Today he celebrates his 56th birthday. We trust you will enjoy this episode of the Cricket Library Podcast with Peter McIntyre.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, our resident cricket librarian Matt Fiction would often be making waves on the social scene waxing lyrical and sharing stories about his life and times in the library.
He would also take time out from functions to duck away and fit in some reading time as was captured on the highly popular TikTok social media platform.
Johan Botha is a cricketing journeyman who came through the ranks in South Africa representing his country in 5 Tests, 78 ODIs and 40 T20 Internationals. The short format specialist, has plied his craft in franchise cricket around the world with stints in the IPL, BBL and CPL.
In this excerpt, we hear from Johan on the generosity of leg spinner Imran Tahir.
In today’s line chart run-scoring race, we see two prevalent figures in MR Whitney and RJ Harris going head to head in what promises to be a race for the ages.
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