Sydney grade cricket is strong. Its 20 clubs produce players for New South Wales, which in turn feeds the Australia team. It is the same across the land. In Victoria, Queensland, WA, metropolitan clubs develop talented teens who move into the state system and upwards and, if they are special, into the holy order of the baggy green. Clubs are the base bricks of the great Australian cricket pyramid.
But with year-round international, first-class and franchise cricket, the top players rarely, if ever, turn out for their clubs. There was a time when Jeff Thomson and Lenny Pascoe played for Bankstown and frightened the pants off many Mosman accountants. But today, for a Test man to play for his club, stars must align.
Written by Matt Cleary at Coogee Oval
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/22/david-warner-steve-smith-ball-tampering-rebuild under the title “David Warner starts slow rebuild with instant coffee and a rapid hundred”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
