Umpire cam catches brilliant celebration
Bowled, edged, caught – then comes the celebration. Watch the brilliant wicket captured via an umpire camera, plus more in this week’s Thrash Talk local cricket wrap.
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Tom pulls on whites for Blacks for first time in 2178 days
It has been a fair while between drinks for Adelaide University cricketer Tom Robertson. Since he last played for the Blacks’ A grade he has not only started a medicine degree, he has finished it too.
SA’s footy talent hotspots revealed
WHAT are SA’s footy breeding grounds? In the lead up to an AFL draft featuring the richest pool of SA products arguably ever seen, we look at which SANFL clubs have produced the most talent in the past 10 years.
Run out spoils chance of perfect game
A LOCAL cricketer has taken a club-record 9/28 but came ever so close to a perfect 10-wicket haul. Plus stumps fly via an umpire’s hat-cam, an unstoppable Glenelg batsman and more in this week’s Thrash Talk.
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Ellyse Perry inspires next generation
PORT Adelaide Women’s Cricket Club has produced its share of stars, but even they were awestruck when Ellyse Perry held a coaching clinic earlier this week.
Athletics set for participation record
A RECORD number of runners are expected to take to the track this summer on the back of a junior athletics boom.
Teen blasts double ton
CENTRAL United batsman Stewart Brading entered the new season determined to better his highest score of 60 – it took him half a session.
Bowls fill-in becomes Premier coach
DANGLING earrings and grey stockings got Faye Luke into trouble when she first stepped onto the bowling greens – now she is the only female coach in the new Australian Premier League.
Cumberland women aiming high
RECORD junior numbers and an injection of former professional players as coaches has Cumberland United Women’s Football Club dreaming big for 2014.
Teenager Smith set for Shield debut
YOUNG gun Kelvin Smith will make his first-class debut for SA against Queensland at Glenelg Oval tomorrow.
7yo makes senior lawn bowls debut
COOPER Hocking has proven lawn bowls is not just a game for old people, becoming SA’s youngest ever senior pennant player at the age of seven.
From Zimbabwe to Ireland via SA
NATHAN Waller is a Zimbabwean who wants to play for Ireland and has come to Adelaide Cricket Club to improve his game.
Stayers line up for distance title
DISTANCE runners will take centre stage on Sunday when the feature David Abbott Memorial 3200m headlines the Flinders Athletic Carnival.
SA surfer chases World Tour dream
DION Atkinson left Adelaide for Portugal last week knowing he has never been better prepared to become the first SA-based surfer to make the World Tour.
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