ENGAGE / INSPIRE / COLLABORATE CONNECT:UOW COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT NOVEMBER 2012 CRICKET FOR A CAUSE SUNDAY, 18 NOVEMBER UNIVERSITY OVAL, UOW STARS ALIGN FOR BIG DAY By JENNA BRADWELL GET READY FOR A WEEKEND Gilchrist will lead a UOW XI and former west of fun and excitement at the University of indian caption Richards will lead a Bradman Captains Adam Wollongong revolving around many of the World XI. The connection with the world’s Gilchrist (above), biggest names in international cricket over the greatest-ever cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman, who will lead past four decades. comes after the recent announcement of a the UOW XI and partnership between UOW and the Bradman legendary West Stars include former Australian wicketkeeper- Foundation to foster educational opportunities Indian Sir Vivian batsman and UOW Ambassador Adam Gilchrist and assist and inspire young people. Richards (right), and legendary West Indians Sir Vivian Richards who will lead the and Brian Lara. Gilchrist and Richards will lead teams bristling Bradman XI in the with big name international cricketers including annual Stumping On Sunday UOW is hosting two fabulous Lara – considered by many to be the best Serious Diseases Twenty20 cricket matches for its fourth annual batsman since Bradman, Michael Bevan, Waqar Twenty20 cricket Stumping Serious Diseases (SSD) event to raise Younis, Damien Martyn, Rod Marsh, Graeme Hick, match at the funds and awareness of the University’s health Scott Styris, Adam Hollioake, Carl Hooper, Tom University of and medical research programs. Moody, James Brayshaw and Daryl Tuffey. Wollongong. This year SSD will support, in particular, local The celebrity match will start the day’s activities children’s health and the appointment of a at 11am with a showdown between rugby Professor of Paediatrics to the University and the league’s past and present stars Wendell Sailor’s Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District. Town XI and Ben Creagh’s Gown XI. The St The day will start with a celebrity charity game George Illawarra Dragons favourites will be joined featuring famous faces from the sport and by Wallabies Quade Cooper and James O’Connor entertainment worlds, followed by an all star as well as Home and Away’s Steve Peacocke and match featuring current professional cricketers a host of other personalities. and legends of the game. See inside for profi les on the players and how to obtain tickets for the big day. ENGAGE / INSPIRE / COLLABORATE CONNECT:UOW COMMUNITY THE CAPTAINS THE PLAYERS UOW XI - Adam Gilchrist Here are profi les of some of the players involved in Sunday’s spanned from 1970-1984. The wicket-keeper was known for his Stumping Series Diseases matches: playing partnership with bowler Dennis Lillee and set a world When Adam Gilchrist retired from record of 355 wicket-keeping dismissals, the same number Lillee international cricket early in 2008 achieved with the ball. The pair were known for their bowler- he was widely regarded as the fi nest ALL STAR CRICKETERS wicket-keeper partnership, which yielded 95 Test wickets, a wicketkeeper-batsman to have ever Brian Lara record for any such combination. Marsh and Lillee made their played the game. Adam, who is now debuts and retired together, with Wisden stating that “few Regarded as one of the greatest an Ambassador for the University of partnerships between bowler and wicket-keeper have had so batsmen of all time, Brian Wollongong, is an aggressive left-handed batsman profound an impact on the game. Lara is a former West Indies and record-breaking wicketkeeper. He holds the world international player who holds record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in Waqar Younis many cricketing records, One Day International cricket (472) and the most by an The former Pakistani right arm fast bowler is widely regarded as including the record for the Australian in Test cricket (416). His strike rate is among one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He played 87 Tests and highest individual score in fi rst- the highest in the history of both ODI and Test cricket 262 One Day International matches for the country between 1989 class cricket. Lara, nicknamed and he is the only player to have hit 100 sixes in Test and 2003. Waqar Younis has the best strike rate for any bowler ‘The Prince’, also holds the cricket. Adam holds the record of scoring at least 50 with over 350 Test wickets. Now living in Australia, Younis has record for the highest individual runs in successive World Cup fi nals (in 1999, 2003 and worked as a television sports commentator for the Nine Network score in a Test innings after in Australian and for Ten Sports in the United Arab Emirates. 2007) and is one of only three players to have won three scoring 400 not out against titles. Adam scored a spectacular century to spearhead England in Antigua in 2004. Australia’s victory in the 2007 World Cup fi nal. He was awarded the Wisden CELEBRITY PLAYERS Leading Cricketer in the World Bradman World XI - Sir Vivian Richards Quade Cooper awards in 1994 and 1995 and is one of only three cricketers to Sir Vivian Richards is cricket royalty. The receive the prestigious BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the With his extraordinary skills, creativity and sensational former West Indian cricketer was voted Year accolade. Lara is the star of successful video game series athleticism, Quade Cooper is one of the best and most one of the fi ve Cricketers of the Century Brian Lara Cricket, was appointed an honorary member of the entertaining players in rugby union. Cooper plays for the in 2000 and was chosen by Wisden Order of Australia in 2009 and was inducted into the ICC’s Hall Wallabies and the Queensland Reds. He moved from New as the greatest One Day International of Fame in 2012. Zealand to Australia at 13 and became one of three young players (ODI) batsman of all time. Richards is to break the record for most Australian schoolboy caps. He made considered the most formidable batsman ever to play Michael Bevan his international debut against Italy in 2010, scoring the winning the game by cricketers, journalists and fans alike and Michael Bevan is a former Australian left-handed batsman try in a 30-20 win. He was awarded the 2010 Super 14 Player of played his entire career from 1974-1991 without a and slow left arm chinaman bowler. He played 232 One Day the Year Award and has signed a three year deal to stay with the helmet. His aggressive playing style and easy-going International matches for the country and was part of the World Reds through to 2015. demeanor made Richards a crowd favourite and an Cup winning teams of 1999 and 2003. Bevan holds the world James O’Connor intimidating prospect for bowlers all over the world. record ODI batting average for retired players of 53.58. He played Richards captained the West Indies in 50 Test matches most of his domestic career for the NSW Blues, moving to the At just 22, James O’Connor is a rugby union superstar. O’Connor from 1984-1991 and is the only West Indies captain Tasmanian Tigers for the 2004-05 season where he continued plays for the Wallabies and the Melbourne Rebels. He became never to lose a Test series. Richards was appointed his success until his retirement in January 2007. the youngest ever Super Rugby debutant at age 17 when he came off the bench for the Western Force against the Queensland an Offi cer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for Damien Martyn services to cricket in 1994 and was made a Knight Reds. In 2008, during his Australian debut, O’Connor scored three Damien Martyn played for the Australian team between 1992-94 of the Order of the National Hero (KNH) by his native tries and helped Australia beat Italy 31-8, he was then named before becoming a regular One Day International player in 1999- country Antigua and Barbuda in 1999. as the Wallabies’ Rookie of the Year at the 2009 John Eales 2000 and a regular Test player in 2001 until his retirement in Medal dinner. O’Connor commenced a two year contract with the Town XI - Wendell Sailor 2006. He was named Man of the Series in the Border Gavaskar Melbourne Rebels in 2012. Trophy in 2004 and helped Australia defeat India on the Wendell ‘Big Dell’ Sailor is a former subcontinent for the fi rst time in more than 30 years. He was Steve Peacocke professional footballer who has also named Australian Test Player of the Year in 2005 at the Best known for his role as Darryl ‘Brax’ Braxton - the eldest and represented Australia in both rugby annual Allan Border Medal presentations. most revered of the Braxton brothers on Home and Away, Steve league and rugby union. Sailor signed Peacocke is one of Australia’s best young TV stars. He won the on with the St George Illawarra Dragons Carl Hooper 2012 Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent for his in 2008, playing rugby league with Carl Hooper is returning to SSD in 2012 after playing in the 2011 role on Home and Away and has also appeared in All Saints, them until his retirement in 2009. He has appeared event. He represented the West Indian cricket team for 21 years Packed to the Rafters, Rake and fi lms Suburban Mayhem and on Dancing with the Stars, The NRL Footy Show and as a player and a captain. Hooper holds the accolade of being the Burning Man. Celebrity Apprentice and is an NRL correspondent for fi rst cricketer in the world to have scored 5000 runs, taken 100 Channel Ten’s Breakfast program.