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FFALC0022_CNSW FFALC0022_CNSW_297x210.indd 1 30/06/10 5:29 PM 2009/10 YEARBOOK anD annUaL RePoRt Mission stateMent “NSW – LEADING aUSTRaLIA’s FaVoURITe sPoRt” CONTENTS Members of the Association 2 Cricket NSW Administration 3 Chairman’s Report 4 Chief Executive’s Report 6 Blacktown Olympic Park 8 2009/10 Steve Waugh Medal 9 2009/10 Australian Representatives – Men’s 10 2009/10 Australian Representatives – Women’s 13 2009/10 Internationals matches played in NSW 14 Retirees 15 RTA SpeedBlitz Blues – Coach’s Report 16 2009/10 Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield 18 NSW First Class Records 30 2009/10 Ford Ranger Cup 36 NSW One Day Records 42 2009 Airtel Champions League Twenty20 44 2009/10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash 48 NSW Twenty20 Records 51 NSW Men’s Second XI/Futures League 52 NSW Breakers – Coach’s Report 54 2009/10 Steve Waugh Medallist, Steven Smith, 2009/10 Women’s National Cricket League – 50 overs 55 and 2009/10 Belinda Clark Medallist, Alex 2009/10 Women’s National Cricket League – Twenty20 61 Blackwell. NSW Women’s Records 66 NSW Women’s Second XI/Cricket Australia Cup 68 Statistical Highlights 69 Cricket Operations 71 Sydney Cricket Association 72 Sydney Grade Cricket – Men’s Competition 74 Sydney Grade Cricket – Women’s Competition 78 Sydney Shires Competition 80 Commercial Partners 82 Commercial Operations and Communications 84 NSW Women’s Cricket Committee 87 High Performance 88 NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association 94 Community Cricket 96 NSW Country Cricket Association 98 Indigenous Cricket / Imparja Cup 102 NSW Districts Cricket Association 103 The Bradman Foundation 104 NSW Schools Cricket Association 105 Association Notes 108 Financial Report 112 2009/10 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 AK Davidson AM MBE NSW CRICKET BOARD DIRECTORS Retire 2010 Mr DH Cole, Dr GK Harinath OAM (Chairman), Ms RA Hore (Appointed), Mr MJ Silver Retire 2011 Messrs GK Monaghan, MF Rosen, Dr DF Dilley, Messrs MA Taylor AO (Appointed), VJ Smith (Appointed - resigned 16/03/10) DELEGATES Sydney Cricket Association Incorporated Messrs P Brown, DH Cole, A Connolly, RF Cook (Chairman), I Finlay, BF Freedman OAM, G Flowers, G Gavin, SM Hamman, J Hanshaw, Dr GK Harinath OAM, Messrs THJ Iceton OAM, JM Jobson, M Langford, PM Lovitt, GK Monaghan, DB O’Neil, M O’Sullivan, MF Rosen, M Sanders and P Wright NSW Country Cricket Association Incorporated Messrs DC Cox, PG Creighton, IR Hogg (Chairman), P Kerin OAM, P Marjoribanks, JG Moriarty, RJ Myatt and MJ Silver NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association Incorporated Dr DF Dilley NSW Districts Cricket Association Incorporated Mr JC Evans NSW Schools’ Cricket Association Incorporated Mr GK Kightley NSW Women’s Cricket Committee Ms K 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 AM (2007); FJ Clark OAM (1995); C Clowes (2007); M Cornish (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); DB Hair (2009); RG Harris (2000); W RN Harvey MBE (1963); BC Hazell OAM (1977); RG Holland (2009); RA Hore (2005); RE Horsell (2002); AJ Hughes OAM (1984); THJ Iceton OAM; (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); GD McGrath AM (2008); JT McMahon OAM (2005); P Meyers (2005); A Mitchell OAM (2003); AR Morris MBE (1967); JT O’Dwyer OAM (2006); MB Pawley (2008); PI Philpott OAM (2004); M Picton (2003); SJ Rixon (1996); WJ Saunders OAM (1977); BA Sellers AM (2009); MJ Silver (2009); RB Simpson AO (1970); 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); NS SR Waugh AO (2003); W Weir AM (2003); MR Whitney (2002); TH Wholohan OAM (1995); RCA Wotton AM (1990); R Wright (2001). Cricket Cricket 2 2009/10 Cricket NSW staff. CRicket nsW aDMinistRation Chief Executive Corporate Communications Coordinator David Gilbert Sudesh Arudpragasam Finance Manager Events and Supporter Club Coordinator Ray Power Lauren Boyle RTA SpeedBlitz Blues Head Coach Website Administrator (Scholarship) Matthew Mott Ben Cuevas NSW Breakers Head Coach Cricket Operations – Grade and Shires Richard Bates Roy Formica Commercial Operations and Communication Manager Cricket Operations – Men’s Representative Cricket Christina Matthews Sam Faulks (resigned 08/01/10) Kath Koschel (appointed 29/03/10) Cricket Operations Manager Ian Field Cricket Operations – Women’s Cricket Paul Taylor (resigned 08/12/09) High Performance Manager Alan Campbell (to 18/04/10) Coaching Administrators Michael Maclennan Community Cricket Manager Trent Woodhill (resigned 22/12/09) David Lawson Women’s High Performance Coach Executive Officer, NSW Country Cricket Association Lisa Sthalekar John Sullivan Coach Educator Executive Officer, NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association David Patterson Darrell Hair Administration Assistant, High Performance Administration Manager Bronwyn Munday Craig Beed Video and Technology Facilitator State Talent Manager Troy Baker John Dyson (Appointed 16/11/09) Indoor Cricket Centre Manager Assistant Finance Manager Jim Robson Mark Naprta Executive Officer, NSW Districts Cricket Association Finance Assistant Eric Myatt Alister Galletly Girls Participation Manager Administration Assistant Theresa Purtell (resigned 05/04/10) Melissa MacKenna Community Cricket Coordinator Receptionist Donna Little Louise Barclay In2CRICKET Manager Men’s Assistant/Second XI Coach James Henry (appointed 05/04/10) David Freedman Girls Participation Officer Player Career and Welfare Manager Aimee Harris Cheryl Williams Metropolitan Cricket Managers Physiotherapist Russel Grimson(to 30/06/10), Steve Mulally, Craig McLean, Kurt Gagan Patrick Farhart (resigned 15/08/09) Murray Ryan (appointed 17/08/09) Metropolitan Cricket Officers Michael Procajlo, Kane Radford, Nathan Sullivan and James Henry Strength and Conditioning Coach (promoted 05/04/10) Tom Reddin (resigned 05/04/10) Paul Chapman (appointed 30/06/10) Country Cricket Coordinator Bruce Whitehouse State Squad Administrator Donna Anderson Regional Cricket Officers Robbie Mackinlay, Neil McDonald, Brett Rankin (resigned 04/09/09), State Squad Computer Analyst Max Shepherd, Graeme Smith, Jeff Cook (to 18/01/10), Andrew Ware (resigned 31/05/10) David Szumowski (appointed 12/10/09) and Matthew Walter Facilities Manager - Blacktown Olympic Park (appointed 12/04/10) Janine Stainer (appointed 05/04/10) Umpires’ Education and Development Manager Communications Manager Darren Goodger David Townsend Administrator, NSW Cricket Umpires’ And Scorers’ Association Event Manager Royce McCormack (resigned 14/07/09) Janine Stainer (resigned 05/04/10) Troy Penman (appointed 14/09/09) Theresa Purtell (appointed 05/04/10) Honorary Librarians Commercial Operations Executive Bob Brenner and Dr Colin Clowes Brett Richardson 2009/10 ANNUAL REPORT 3 Chairman's RePoRt It should be noted that Usman Khawaja and Stephen O’Keefe were also called in to the Australian squad which travelled to England to play Pakistan in two Tests during July 2010. In women’s cricket, the NSW Breakers continued to rise to the challenges posed by their rivals. 2009/10 saw the Breakers win a fifth consecutive National League 50 over title under the captaincy of Lisa Sthalekar, and finish runners up in the first year of the inaugural Twenty20 competition. Alex Blackwell was one of the stars of the summer, finishing the 50 over competition as the second leading run scorer while amassing the third most runs in Twenty20 cricket, just behind team mate Leah Poulton. Alex went on to be named by Cricket Australia as the Women’s Twenty20 Player of the Year and she took out the Belinda Clark Medal for the first time as the Breakers’ Player of the Year. NSW Cricket Chairman, Dr Harry Harinath OAM. The Breakers are blessed with an abundance of emerging young talent. A new generation of stars are beginning to make their mark on the domestic scene with the likes of Sarah Coyte, Angela Reakes and Claire Koski following the same path travelled by Ellyse Perry, Alyssa Healy and Erin 2009/10 was a historic summer. Osborne. With players of this calibre to form the core of the side, I am For so many years NSW laid claim to being the number one confident of even more success for the Breakers in the coming summers. provincial team in the world, based on our First Class record and Like the men, NSW women are very well represented in wealth of international representatives. International cricket. Alex Blackwell capped off a memorable few In October 2009 we travelled to India and tested our mettle at the months by leading Australia to victory at the 2010 ICC World Airtel Champions League Twenty20 tournament and came out on top Twenty20 tournament.