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Tahlia Wilson: From Backyard to Breakers
Welcome to the latest series of the Cricket Library Podcast with your host, Matt Ellis. In this episode, Matt sits down with Tahlia Wilson, the talented cricketer from New South Wales. Tahlia shares her inspiring journey from playing cricket in the backyard to being part of the Breakers Squad, scoring her first WNCL Hundred and… Read more
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Double the celebrations for Bradman on his sixth wedding anniversary
April 30 was a significant date in the life of Donald George Bradman for a number of reasons. Certainly in the realms of his personal life, this day in 1932, marrying Jessie Menzies in Burwood (which interestingly the suburb where I took my wife for our first date but that is a tale for another… Read more
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Inside the mind of Aiden Blizzard: Who would he choose for his dream net session?
When it comes to cricket, every player has their dream net session, where they can face the best bowlers and learn from the best batsmen. Aiden Blizzard, a former T20 power hitter, shared his own dream net session and named four players that he would love to have join him. For Blizzard, this would be… Read more
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Celebrating the Summer Game: Matt Ellis talks about his cricket-inspired Haiku Poetry book on ABC Radio
In this engaging interview on ABC Radio, author Matt Ellis discusses his latest release, “For the Love of Cricket: Haiku Poems inspired by the Summer Game,” with host Geoff Mann. The book combines two of Ellis’ passions – cricket and poetry – to create a collection of haiku poems that capture the essence of the… Read more
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Score More Runs or Your Money Back: The Bold Move That Showed How Much Faith Duncan Fearnley Had In Their Bats
In the summer of 1981/82, Duncan Fearnley, a leading manufacturer of cricket bats, did something revolutionary. They offered a money-back guarantee on their cricket bats. The guarantee stated that if a customer scored fewer runs in the upcoming season with their Duncan Fearnley bat than they did the previous season with their old bat, provided… Read more
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Mastering the art of cricket captaincy: Richie Benaud’s expert advice
My favourite quote on coaching was embedded in my mind as a youngster watching the 9 Wide World of Sports Cricket Coaching Video as a kid. I reckon the VHS player needed a good head cleaning after my brother and I watched this video ad nauseam. Richie Benaud was a far greater captain than I… Read more
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