by Australian Cricket Society | Feb 8, 2022 | News
On January 30th 2022, the Sri Lankan All-Stars played the Australian Cricket Society’s Wandering XI at the magnificent John Coburn Oval in sunny Frankston. The All-Stars batted first and put together a well-compiled 180 off their 40 overs with Ravi...
by Australian Cricket Society | Jan 2, 2022 | News
WAYNE ROSS profiles another Frankston legend, SCOTT BOLAND, the new hero of the MCG Scott Boland was added to the Australian Ashes Squad a week before the third Ashes Test between Australia and England as insurance for Josh Hazelwood who was endeavoring to...
by Australian Cricket Society | Dec 30, 2021 | News
KEN PIESSE’S INTRODUCTION: Time to introduce our specialist guest everyone. Let’s go back 40 years to the winter of 1981. It was an ever-so-cold mid-July Saturday night in Melbourne and all-Australia, in living rooms around the country, was rejoicing. England was on...
by Australian Cricket Society | Nov 29, 2021 | Journalism Scholarship, News
Part One Greg Chappell has had a long and storied career in cricket. He played 87 Tests for Australia and 74 one day internationals. However, his latest book ‘Not Out’ shares his experience from coaching South Australia and India.Chappell’s cricket career first kicked...
by Australian Cricket Society | Nov 18, 2021 | Journalism Scholarship, News
BY DONAL WILSON One of our playing elite, Phil O’Meara, hails from Trayning, a small town outside of Perth, and comes to ACS cricket via a distinguished club and state career which saw him play at Sheffield Shield level with Western Australia. At school, Phil played...
by Australian Cricket Society | Nov 8, 2021 | News
THE PRIDE OF PRINCE ALFRED COLLEGE, GREG CHAPPELL is an undisputed legend of Australian Cricket, whose latest book ‘Not Out’ is proving to be a Christmas best seller.ACS members and friends can purchase a signed copy of Greg’s book...