Talent has a way of emerging out of every disaster. No matter how dysfunctional a body gets, the talent is still there. It just needs to brought to the surface.
At the elite levels of Western Australian cricket, Justin Langer and his band of merry men are starting the resurrection from the top down.
WACA CEO Christina Matthews is attacking the matter, ensuring the correct processes and structures are gradually being put in place.
The West Australian newspaper reports of completely bizarre behaviour and hubris in the District Cricket Competition (first grade only as I understand it). The competition has apparently broken away from the WACA.
I’m not a rocket scientist but I’m wondering who the administrators of the district competition are and what they have to say about the disassociation with the WACA.
It would seem to me that that rift needs to be fixed in a way which lays the differences to rest.
Kids who want to play junior cricket don’t care about politics or hubris and egos. They just care about a chance to get out there and play.
The facilities around Perth for kids in terms of the grounds and the infrastructure surely are among the best in the world.
My son has played on parks in under 10s which would put some Indian Test match grounds to shame.
I’m originally from Brisbane and I’ve been to every mainland capital city and the fields here are equal if not better than any I have seen.
The kids coming through junior cricket in Western Australia are fabulous young talents.
I saw an eight-year-old boy on Saturday who hit five sixes – all went further than 50 metres on the full.
He also hit four fours. He made 40 in 20 minutes. He then went on to take four wickets and three catches.
He is just one of many talented kids who will feed into Justin Langer’s programmes and those of Junior and Senior Cricket in Western Australia in future.
These kids deserve a structure that works and plays into their best interests.
They and their parents need to see that there is no rift in cricket ranks and feel that their kids are playing a sport which really cares about its kids.
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