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RTA0563 RTA0563_NSWCricket_297x210.indd 1 4/3/08 4:32:12 PM CRICKET NSW 2007/082007/08 YEARBOOK YEARBOOK ANDAND ANNUALANNUAL REPORTREPORT CONTENTS Members of the Association 2 Cricket NSW Administration 3 Chairman’s Report 4 MISSION STATEMENT Chief Executive’s Report 6 Cricket NSW Strategic Plan 9 NSW – Leading Australia’S Tributes 12 FAVourite Sport Player Retirements 13 Australian Representatives – Men’s 14 International Cricket – Men’s 17 Australian Representatives – Women’s 20 International Cricket – Women’s 21 SpeedBlitz Blues Report 22 2007/08 Pura Cup 24 First Class Records 36 2007/08 Ford Ranger Cup 42 One Day Domestic Records 48 2007/08 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash 50 Cricket Australia Cup – Men’s 53 Wolf Blass Breakers Report 55 2007/08 Women’s National Cricket League 56 Cricket Australia Cup – Women’s 61 2007/08 Men’s and Women’s Statistical Highlights 62 Cricket Operations 63 Sydney Cricket Association 64 Sydney Grade Competition – Men’s 67 Sydney Shires Competition 72 Sydney Grade Competition – Women’s 74 2007/08 Imparja Cup 77 Commercial Partners 78 Commercial Operations and Communications 80 NSW Women’s Cricket Committee 83 High Performance 84 2007/08 Cricket NSW Rising Stars NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association 94 Phillip Hughes and Ellyse Perry NSW Districts Cricket Association 97 Community Cricket 98 NSW Country Cricket Association 100 The Bradman Foundation 104 NSW Schools’ Cricket Association 105 Association Notes 108 Financial Report 112 Front Cover: Top: Simon Katich, 2007/08 Steve Waugh Medallist and Pura Cup winning Captain; (bottom): Lisa Sthalekar, 2007/08 Belinda Clark Medallist and WNCL winning Captain. CRICKET NEW SOUTH wales 2007/08 annual report 1 MEMBERS OF THE association PATRONS Joint Patrons Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of NSW Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE Mr Alan Davidson AM MBE NSW CRICKET BOARD DIRECTORS Retire 2008 Mr DH Cole, Dr GK Harinath, Ms RA Hore (Appointed), Mr MJ Silver Retire 2009 Messrs BW Collins, MF Rosen, VJ Smith (Appointed), MA Taylor AO (Appointed) DELEGATES Sydney Cricket Association Incorporated Messrs N Berman, DH Cole, BW Collins, A Connolly, RF Cook (Chairman), I Finlay, BF Freedman, G Flowers (elected 09/05/08), L Gould (resigned 09/05/08), SM Hamman, J Hanshaw, Dr GK Harinath, Messrs RE Horsell, R Hudswell, THJ Iceton, T Jacobs, JM Jobson, G Monaghan, D O’Neil, MF Rosen, M Sanders, and P Wright NSW Country Cricket Association Incorporated Messrs DJ Broad, DC Cox, PG Creighton, IR Hogg, PJ Kerin, JG Moriarty, RJ Myatt and MJ Silver (Chairman) NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association Incorporated Dr D Dilley NSW Districts Cricket Association Incorporated Mr JC Evans NSW Schools’ Cricket Association Incorporated Mr GK Kightley NSW Women’s Cricket Committee Ms KE Loder AM ACT Cricket Association Incorporated Mr B Dockrill LIFE MEMBERS G Atwell (2003); J Benaud (2004); MJ Bennett (2005); NWL Bergin OAM (1986); MG Bevan (2003); BC Booth MBE (1971); D Bourne (2006); R Brenner (2007); R Brewer (2003); C Brierley OAM (2003); DJ Broad OAM (1992); RF Burgess (1975); JA Chapman AM (1990); BJ Clark (2007); FJ Clark OAM (1995); C Clowes (2007); M Cornish OAM (2003); ID Craig OAM (1979); AB Crompton OAM (1983); AK Davidson AM MBE (1963); M Davies (2003); RG Davies (1967); J Dyson (2002); PA Emery (2002); IH Ewin OAM (1997); BF Freedman OAM (2000); RA French OAM (1996); BJ Gainsford OAM (2003); LR Gardner OAM(1988); JW Gleeson (1979); HJ Griffith (2003); RH Guy (1981); RG Harris (2000); RN Harvey MBE (1963); BC Hazell OAM (1977); RA Hore (2005); RE Horsell (2002); AJ Hughes OAM (1984); THJ Iceton (2005); V Jackson (2003); WJ Jocelyn (2003); LM Keightley (2007); NS Laming (1998); L Larsen (2003); GF Lawson OAM (2002); M Lilienthal OAM (1964); NG Marks (2000); GRJ Matthews (2002); RB McCosker OAM (1990); JT McMahon OAM (2005); P Meyers (2005); HA Mitchell OAM (2003); AR Morris MBE (1967); JT O’Dwyer OAM (2006); PI Philpott OAM (2004); M Picton (2003); SJ Rixon (1996); WJ Saunders OAM (1977); RB Simpson AO (1970); SG Sismey OAM (1979); O Smith (2003); HB Taber (1979); JMA Tait (1999); MA Taylor AO (2002); L Thomas MBE (2003); 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); RCA Wotton AM (1990); R Wright (2001); EF Wykes OAM (1982). 2 CRICKET NEW SOUTH wales 2007/08 annual report CCRICKETRICKET NSWNSW AAdministrationdministration Chief Executive Corporate Communications Coordinator David Gilbert Sudesh Arudpragasam Finance Manager Events and Supporter Club Coordinator Ray Power Lauren Boyle State Coach Cricket Operations – Grade and Shires Trevor Bayliss (resigned 27/07/07) Roy Formica Matthew Mott (appointed 01/08/07) Cricket Operations – Men’s Representative Cricket Women’s State Coach David McCredie (resigned 02/10/07) Lisa Keightley (resigned 06/07/07) Cricket Operations – Women’s Cricket Richard Bates (appointed 01/08/07) Paul Taylor Commercial Operations and Communications Manager Coaching Administrators Christina Matthews David Freedman (promoted 01/05/08) Cricket Operations Manager Michael Maclennan (appointed 19/05/08) Ian Field Trent Woodhill High Performance Manager Women’s High Performance Coach Alan Campbell Lisa Sthalekar Community Cricket Manager High Performance Coach Educator David Lawson David Patterson Executive Officer, NSW Country Cricket Association Administration Assistant, High Performance John Sullivan Bronwyn Atkins Executive Officer, NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association Video and Technology Facilitator Peter Hughes Troy Baker Administration Manager Indoor Cricket Centre Manager Craig Beed Jim Robson Assistant Finance Manager Secretary, NSW Districts Cricket Association Mark Naprta Eric Myatt Finance Assistant Community Cricket Coordinator Alister Galletly Rene Farrell (resigned 04/06/08) Donna Little (appointed 05/06/08) Administration Assistant Melissa MacKenna In2CRICKET Coordinator Georgina Wallace (resigned 21/12/07) Receptionist Renee Millen (appointed 02/01/08) Felicity Presnell (resigned 02/05/08) Louise Barclay (appointed 05/05/08) Girls Cricket Development Officer Theresa Purtell Second XI Coach Matthew Mott (promoted 01/08/07) Metropolitan Cricket Officers Graham Thorpe (appointed 20/08/07 & resigned 05/02/08) Matthew Betsey David Freedman (appointed 01/05/08) Russel Grimson Steve Mulally Player Welfare Manager Olivia Thornton Tony Lewis Country Cricket Coordinator Strength and Conditioning Coach Matthew Phelps (resigned 04/04/08) Stuart Karppinen (resigned 12/01/08) Tom Reddin (appointed 17/03/08) Regional Cricket Officers Robbie Mackinlay State Squad Administrator Neil McDonald Donna Anderson Brett Rankin State Squad Computer Analyst Max Shepherd Andrew Ware Graeme Smith Communications Manager Jeff Cook Daniel McDougall (resigned 14/02/08) Umpires’ Education and Development Manager David Townsend (appointed 10/03/08) David Townsend (resigned 10/03/08) Event Manager Darren Goodger (appointed 06/05/08) Janine Stainer Honorary Librarians Sponsorship Coordinator Bob Brenner Brett Richardson Dr Colin Clowes CRICKET NEW SOUTH wales 2007/08 annual report 3 CHAIRMAN'S report Success at the domestic level invariably leads to strong National representation. An amazing 10 SpeedBlitz Blues players have been awarded Cricket Australia contracts for 2007/08. Beau Casson and Doug Bollinger were included on the list for the first time and Simon Katich returned to the squad. Casson and Brad Haddin both made their Test debuts in the West Indies in June 2008 while Katich returned to the Test side during this tour. Our representation in the Australian women’s squad is equally impressive, with seven players. Over the last 12 months, two players, Leonie Coleman and Ellyse Perry, made their Test debuts with Perry becoming the youngest player, male or female, to play Test cricket for Australia. Other National representatives were Daniel Burns, Phillip Hughes, Steven Smith and Josh Hazlewood who were selected in the Australian U/19 team for the 2008 World Cup in Malaysia, and Jeff Cook, Robert Faraday- Bensley and Jamie Rowe who were picked in the Australian Country team. On behalf of the Board, I congratulate all NSW players who were named in Australian teams and squads over the last 12 months. Dr Harry Harinath. While some careers have started to flourish, several long serving NSW 2007/08 was indeed notable for Cricket NSW with the release of a players have decided to retire from representative cricket. Matthew forthright objective: “NSW - Leading Australia’s Favourite Sport”. Nicholson, Julie Hayes, Michelle Goszko and Martha Winch all enjoyed distinguished careers for their State. I thank them for their commitment This is the focus of our new Strategic Plan which was launched in October and wish them well in future. I also wish to congratulate Stuart MacGill on 2007 and operates until September 2010. his fine international career following his retirement from the Test arena To support this objective we have developed a number of strategies during the 2008 West Indies tour. which will be explained in more detail further in this Annual Report.