By the time the 2014/15 season arrived, Adam Crosthwaite had already established himself as one of the premier players in Sydney Grade Cricket.

The 1988 tour was the first in 120 years after the first Aboriginal cricket team toured England in 1868.

I started my junior cricket at Springwood Cricket Club in U10s, where I played for 5 years before moving to Glenbrook Blaxland Cricket Club for my final year of juniors. I played Penrith Mollie Dive (U13), Margaret Peden (U15) and Brewer Shield (U18), and I currently play second grade for Penrith.

When Gordon returned to the Metropolitan Cup competition in 2005-06, few could have predicted what was coming. With Dave Gray — aged 53 and a decade into retirement — taking the captaincy, the Club won the premiership for the very first time. It was the beginning of something special.