Cricket NSW

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas! Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season. 🩵🤍🏏

☀️ 🏏 This summer, Cricket NSW is hosting nine Sixers and Thunder junior cricket carnivals in five locations, three in metro and two in regional areas. Coffs Harbour will see the first Sixers regional carnival, while Cowra is all set to host the first Thunder holiday carnival outside of Sydney. Over recent years, the Cowra Council and Cowra Junior Cricket Association (CJCA) have been quietly improving cricket infrastructure in the town including training nets and centre pitches. 📲 Full story at www.cricketnsw.com.au

Naveen (Nav) Sivanathan embodies the spirit of cricket ✨ Nav is not only a beloved Cricket Blast and junior cricket coach to 250 young players, but also the junior vice president of his club, Kissing Point CC. 🎖️ Earlier this year, he was selected this year’s Cricket NSW Young Leader of the Year. Read more about Nav's story via https://lnkd.in/g9JwTBPX

In a wonderful show of collaboration, the NSW & QLD Community Cricket staff brought a smile to the faces of 20 children from Lismore, Ballina and Casino who were part of the on-ground entertainment on Day 2 of the India-Australia Test at the Gabba. 🏏👏 The children are from families that were greatly affected by the 2022 floods in the area. With lengthy travel from Northern NSW to Sydney, cricket staff on both sides of the border decided to make the unique experience happen. 🤩 The bonus: they were witness to the centuries scored by Travis Head and Steve Smith on that day!

The Cricket NSW Foundation – the charitable arm of Cricket NSW -- has partnered with Coaching Unlimited to offer a unique First Nations Community Cricket Coaching Workshop at Cricket Central on February 9, 2025. Through the free cricket coaching workshop, the Foundation is hoping to offer First Nations participants an opportunity to improve their coaching skills, improve players’ knowledge, and deepen cricket’s connection to the community in the process. 📲 More information at www.cricketnsw.com.au

This International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPwD), we celebrate our NSW Blind and Low Vision team who were Sport NSW’s Team of the Year with a Disability! 🏆 The team brought home their fifth consecutive national title at 2024 National Cricket Inclusion Championships (NCIC) in January this year. 🇦🇺 Six players from the team have gone on to represent Australia at the Blind Ashes series earlier this month, where Australia claimed the series 14-3(on points) and Steffan Nero was named Player of the Series. 📲 Visit www.play.cricket.com.au and sign up for our all-abilities cricket programs!

💸 BLACK FRIDAY DEAL Snag a bargain and Purchase a Picket this Black Friday! ALL pickets have been slashed in price and are available for a tax-deductible donation of just $100 - including BBL, NSW & Australian players, normally priced at $1000 and above! This offer will end on Tuesday, 4th December. Secure your picket NOW via https://lnkd.in/gPSvTpxB

Cricket legend Alex Blackwell was among five NSW sports greats inducted into the Hall of Champions at Sport NSW’s Champions of Sport Awards. 🏆 👏 NSW Cricket walked away with multiple awards during the ceremony, including; ✨ Team of the Year with a Disability - NSW Blind Cricket Team ✨ Administrator of the Year - Jason Stubbs | Blind Sports and Recreation Full story ➡ https://lnkd.in/gM25zbQ9

To wrap up Women and Girls Week, we’re celebrating the next generation of female cricket stars! Twins Myra and Rhea Sabherwal, now ten years old, recently joined their first all-girls junior cricket team—just as the WBBL marks its 10th season! 🏏✨ With supportive family roots in cricket, these two are part of a movement that began a decade ago, empowering young girls to dream big in sports. Who knows? Ten seasons from now, we might just see them in the WBBL! ✨💪 📲 Read their story: https://lnkd.in/g2MrZunS