The Australian Cricket Society’s Young Cricketer of the Year for 2016 is 19-year-old paceman Adam McMaster from Dandenong CC. Adam has been making waves in cricket from a very young age. First selected in a representative side at 13, he has gone on to represent his region and state for seven consecutive years. Originally from […]
First-class debuts don’t get much better. Selected to debut against Tasmania on February 3, 19-year-old Sam Harper became Victoria’s youngest Sheffield Shield keeper and claimed the most dismissals (9) by a debutant, one of which was a stunning one-handed catch in front of first slip. “It was definitely the best moment of my life so […]
BY SIMON DRAYCOTT The youngest, at 16, to play in the Women’s Big Bash League in 2015-16, Georgia Wareham is the pride of Mortlake and quite rightly so. Wareham debuted in the red of the Melbourne Renegades at the Gabba in December. “It was pretty amazing walking out there (against the Brisbane Heat),” she said. […]
After retiring from a career as one of the world’s best cricketers, Ricky has now joined the board of the Ponting Foundation. Off the field, since 2002 Ricky and his wife Rianna have raised in excess of $10 million to help young Australians and their families beat cancer. In 2008 Ricky and Rianna established the Ponting Foundation to provide focus to their fundraising efforts.
In 2012 Ricky was appointed as an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO); not only for his extraordinary cricketing achievements, but also for his distinguished service to the community through the establishment of the Ponting Foundation.
We are honoured to have Ricky as our patron with the Australian Cricket Society
