RL Haynes Retained As Thunder Captain

Posted on August 5, 2021 by thecricketlibrary

In some fantastic news for fans of the Sydney Thunder, Rachael Haynes has agreed to terms for another season with the reigning WBBL Champions. She was part of the inaugural Thunder WBBL team which won the WBBL|01 title and was the captain in their WBBL|06 victorious campaign.

She is the Thunder WBBL all time leading run scorer and will be looking to lead from the front again in WBBL|07.

Welcome back RL Haynes!

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Rachael Haynes signs on

Thunder Nation celebrate

Good to see her back!

Celebrating the debutants

Posted on July 21, 2021 by thecricketlibrary

A hearty congratulations to JR Philippe, WA Agar and BR McDermott who have made their ODI debuts against the West Indies overnight.

Australia proved far to strong for the hosts with MA Starc and JR Hazlewood producing 61 dot balls between them and ripped through the heart of the West Indies top order.

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Australia lead the series 1-0 after succumbing to a 4-1 series loss in the T20 series.

Resident cricket librarian Matt Fiction has penned a haiku poem in celebration of the three newest members of the Australian ODI team.

Haiku Poem By Matt Fiction

Three players debut

Welcome to the Aussie team

Winners straight away.

JP Inglis Take A Bow

Posted on July 20, 2021 by thecricketlibrary

Josh Inglis has been lighting up the Vitality T20 Blast with exceptional returns in the regular season of the competition.

The wicket keeper batsman from WA has been in career best form, plundering attacks to all parts of the ground.

He is one of many high quality wicket keeper batsmen in the domestic ranks at the moment and certainly reminding us all of his talents this English summer.

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Leading run scorer

JP Inglis strikes them well

Take a bow young man.

Tim Ludeman sighted Josh Inglis as a player to watch when we chatted on the Cricket Library Podcast.

1000 Poles For JM Anderson

Posted on July 5, 2021 by thecricketlibrary

An absolutely incredible achievement from James Anderson has seen him take career best figures and go past 1000 First Class wickets. Indeed a special day for the man himself and cricket as a whole.

Well done Jimmy Anderson!

To celebrate the achievement, our resident cricket librarian Matt Fiction has penned this stirring haiku poem.

Haiku Poem by Matt Fiction

1000 wickets

James Anderson is all class

A league of his own

Congratulations NZ

Posted on June 23, 2021 by thecricketlibrary

NZ have defied the weather and produced a complete performance to defeat India to become the inaugural ICC World Test Champions.

Our resident cricket librarian Matt Fiction has penned this haiku poem in their honour.

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New Zealand win it!

The first team to take the crown

World Test Champions

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Happy birthday SPD Smith

Posted on June 1, 2021 by thecricketlibrary

Steve Smith is a common name but there is only one SPD Smith. Happy birthday young man!

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Steve Smith birthday boy

Which Steve Smith will celebrate?

It is SPD

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Michelle Goszko – Special Guest On The Cricket Library Podcast – The Cricket Library

Michelle Goszko is one of the most passionate cricket people that you will ever meet. In this edition of the Cricket Library Podcast, we will hear from Michelle about the origins of that passion and how it lead her to a distinguished career with the highly successful NSW Breakers and National honours. Michelle sheds light on her historic double hundred on Test debut, the winning culture at the Breakers, winning a World Cup at Eden Gardens and her prowess with the ball. We also get some insights into the highs and lows of being an elite athlete and her transition out of playing cricket into coaching and commentary roles. The cricket family was in shock last year when Michelle suffered a stroke and she shares openly about the impact of this and her road to recovery. Needless to say, we ask Michelle to select three people that she would most like to have a net session with. Please remember to subscribe to the Cricket Library Podcast on your favourite podcast provider and leave a review to help us to continue to start conversations that inspire a love of cricket.