I am an Australian with a particular interest in international and first-class cricket between the advent of overarm bowling and the Packer revolution.
Sammy Rice is the flawed hero of Nigel Balchin's wartime thriller The Small Back Room.
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Awarded to you for your valuable contributions on creating/improving articles related to Pakistani cricket. Thank you :) Mar4d (talk) 15:09, 18 June 2014 (UTC) |
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Thanks for creating well-sourced cricket biographies and very well-researched work. Thanks again. Störm (talk) 16:12, 12 December 2017 (UTC) |
| The Australia Cricket Barnstar |
For your incredible work in expanding countless simple stubs into decent articles. Thanks! Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 08:40, 16 August 2020 (UTC) |
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For excellent contributions to the cricket project for many years, particularly coverage of Australian, New Zealand, South African and Oxbridge cricketers. StickyWicket (talk) 11:23, 24 January 2021 (UTC) |