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Proud To Be An Afghan Playing Cricket!

Just back from Afghanistan, my friend Simon Moyle from Urban Seed sent me this great Al Jazeera report on Afghan cricket – which features Raees Ahmadzai whom he met with in Kabul.

Yuvraj Gets Theological!

“No point saying it will be a normal match,” Yuvraj said. “You all expect us to win, the whole country expects us to win. We are doing the best we can and leaving the rest to God.” Pakistan vs. India for a spot in the World Cup Final…and everyone starts getting a little religious!

Cricket Is Not War: Simon Moyle meets Raees Ahmadzai in Afghanistan

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Alex Keath meets Credo Lions at Reclink Super 8’s

Bushranger Alex Keath congratulates Credo Lion, Wayne Harris on his player of the match award Thumbs up for Alex Keath, the emerging Bushranger who not only got selected to play against England twice this season (for Victoria and the PM’s XI) but was the special guest presenter at the Reclink Super 8’s Grand Final DayContinue reading “Alex Keath meets Credo Lions at Reclink Super 8’s”

England vs Ireland Highlights World Cup 2011

Love it when an underdog gets up! Go the Oirish…via a great KJ OBrien knock of 113 off 63 balls! Fastest World Cup century ever. Wonder what the ICC will do now as they try to keep the minnows out of future World Cup’s! This sort of thing is what keeps it interesting! England vsContinue reading “England vs Ireland Highlights World Cup 2011”

Compton Cricket Club Trip to Harrow 2011 Images

Click here for Slideshow of photos by Kimberley Low from http://www.cricketouttacompton.com.au of the Compton Cricket Club travelling to the town of Harrow in Western Victoria to the spiritual heartland of Australian Cricket to play the Johnny Mullagh XI descendants of Australia’s First Touring sports team.

Ema Kuribayashi

Ema Kuribayashi is visiting Australia from the Japan Cricket Association doing her level 2 coaching accreditation. She is the captain of the Japan Women’s National Team. Ema opened the batting for the Cricket Victoria staff team in the Master Blasters Corporate Twenty20 last Friday night. A nuggetty, small left hander in the mould of Justin Langer,Continue reading “Ema Kuribayashi”

Victoria’s ‘Noogal Tooengorrt Tani’ Team @ Imparja Cup 2011

Annie Hateley from Cricket Victoria put this great video and report together about the Noogal team at the this months Imparja Cup, the National Indigenous Cricket Carnival. It was amazing to be in Alice Springs, a town of many of the most extreme contrasts of Australian life. The red centre was wet and green andContinue reading “Victoria’s ‘Noogal Tooengorrt Tani’ Team @ Imparja Cup 2011”

Compton Cricket Club Australian Tour 2011 Media

Awesome effort on media by Compton Cricket Club support staff Katy Haber in the US and Hugh Snelgrove and photographer Kimberley Low in Oz. I’ve run a lot of community cricket events in my time and with all the efforts that go into getting 22 people on a field across geography and social divides… theContinue reading “Compton Cricket Club Australian Tour 2011 Media”

Compton Cricket Club Australian Tour Victoria Highlights & Thanks

Highlights: Cap presentation by Urban Seed EO Chris Lacey at Laneway Cricket Match in the heart of Melbourne. Photo shoots and autographs with locals via the Marie Claire article found in the magazine rack at the local ‘servo’ in Skipton! Moments of silence : before the game at Harrow remembering members who had died fromContinue reading “Compton Cricket Club Australian Tour Victoria Highlights & Thanks”