Out On The Paddock

It is likely that there is no hotter name in WA Country Cricket right now, than Dampier's Josh Vernon. Having already pulled on the Baggy yellow and black of WA and then onto the ultimate Baggy of them all - a chance to represent Australia at under age level Cricket against the arch enemy, England ... you could be excused for thinking, that the sky is the limit for Josh Vernon, however this interv...

"Obsessed with Country Cricket for as long as I can remember" ... these are the words of "the boy from Darkan" who now gives his time and passion to all things Great Southern Cricket and WA Regional Cricket - Wayne Harrington. Harro's is a classic story of so many of us, who are simply Cricket tragics, but never quite reached the lofty heights of perhaps some of the "lucky" others, but have played...

Episode 18 of Out on the Paddock features one of the biggest contributors that has shaped WA Country Cricket in our time - Steve Philippe. Steve recently announced that his time as WA Country Cricket Manager at WA Cricket (the WACA) was at an end after more than two decades ... and what better way to acknowledge his incredible. contribution to our sport in Regional WA, than to hear from the man hi...

In March 2023, the third annual Women's Country Week Carnival was hosted in the Bunbury / Busselton region of WA. Teams and players from the Pilbara through to the Midwest, Wheatbelt, Goldfields, Great Southern, South West and Peel, converged together for 3 days of exciting Cricket and wonderful networking. On the evening of day 1 of the Carnival, an event was held pitched simply as "Be Inspired",...

The name of "House" is literally a "household" name in WA Country Cricket circles, mostly in the Busselton Margaret River region. For some of WA Country Cricket however, this name may not be quite as familiar and yet, so much of what is now taken for granted in regional WA Cricket, including many of the junior programs and other regional programs that happen each Cricket season right around WA Cou...

In January 2023, the Toyota Australian Country Cricket Championships for both Men and Women were held in Canberra in the ACT. This episode of Out on the Paddock captures the sounds and the action of that Carnival as well as live interviews with several of the players - Calum How from Newman, Holly Pearce of Mt Barker and Tim Hutchison from Bunbury, who were there representing the WA Country XI Men...

17 year old emerging WA Country Cricket star, Cooper Clarke-Dehring, is our guest on this episode of Out on the Paddock. Our youngest guest yet (by far), Cooper gives us some great insights into why he values WA Country Cricket so much as well as his hopes and aspirations as a Cricketer. Growing up watching his Dad play for the WA Country XI, along with his own emergence as a player, Cooper also t...

An "accidental" Cricketer from Busselton, who found her love for Cricket initially "out in the paddocks" around Corrigin in the Wheatbelt, is our guest on episode 13 of Out on the Paddock. Avril Fahey is the current "interim" Chair of WA Cricket and is a former women's Test player as well as one of the most decorated players to ever pull on the yellow and gold of WA. It is her time growing up and...

Episode 12 Part B of Out on the Paddock examines the important news announcements and dates for the WA Country Cricket Season ahead in 2022/23. We encourage anybody associated with WA Country Cricket to tune in as Rob & Steve unpack and discuss competitions and programs for the upcoming season including the Belt Up Country Cup, Country Weeks - both Senior Mens and Womens as well as Junior Coun...

Our guest in Part A of Episode 12 of Out on the Paddock, is former champion Australian and LPGA Tournament Professional Golfer ... now turned Cricketer ... Shani Waugh. In this episode we walk the fairways of Shani's amazing Golf career, but also learn about her passion for what she calls "the best game in the World" - Cricket. Shani is now firmly committed to making Womens Cricket in Regional WA,...

On this episode of our award winning Podcast, we hear the Country Cricket journey of Leschenault CC, BDCA and WA Country XI player - Tom Buchanan. Tom is one of WA Country Crickets real gentlemen that both on the field and off, shows incredible style and plays the game as it should be. His graceful batting and lethal fielding have seen him gain huge kudos and acclaim from peers for many years now...

The 1990's decade in WA Country Cricket was one of the strongest in recent memory. The Peel Cricket Association was a dominant force during that time and when it came to Peel Cricket, there was no bigger name or family, than the Wyllie family. In this episode, we capture that decade plus much more as we hear the journey of John Wyllie, who embodied the very essence of the Mandurah Cricket Club for...

On our "now" award winning Podcast, Out on the Paddock Episode 9 wraps up the "trilogy" that began back in Episodes 6 & 7. This episode delves into the "other" side of the result from WA Country Crickets own version of the "miracle match at the WACA" ... a Country Cup Final played back in 2005. We hear the memories of Mid West legend Shayne Bidwell as he recounts how Geraldton lost the "unloos...

Episode 8 Part B of Out on the Paddock delves into the journey through WA Country Cricket and beyond, featuring one of the best players ever to grace the fields of Regional Cricket in WA - Sam Whiteman. In this episode, we hear about Sam's foundation of where he finds himself now, having grown up in Bunbury and the influences playing Cricket in the Bunbury & Districts Cricket Association and a...

In this episode of Out on the Paddock - Episode 8 Part A, we continue on from Episode 7 and hear from Regional representatives from various parts of WA Country Cricket. This episode, as it did in our previous episode, captures the Grand Final results of Associations in WA regional Cricket, this time focusing on the South West, Mid West & Peel regions, as the season 2021/22 wraps up. We again c...

In this episode of Out on the Paddock ... we continue on from Episode 6 part B, the story of a Country Cup Match played in 2005, that is known by many simply as a "miracle match". This episode allows all to hear the story via the main character who ensured that the fixture played on that day, would go down in WA Country folklore ... Richard Savage. This episode also explores the full "Sav" progres...

Join us on this episode of Out on the Paddock - Episode 7 Part A, as we hear from Regional representatives from various parts of WA Country Cricket. This episode captures the Grand Final results of Associations in WA regional Cricket as the season 2021/22 wraps up. We also hear some great stories of individual performances as well as the plans for next season in many of these regions. If you simpl...

The name Glen Dehring is one that is synonymous with WA Country Cricket and in this episode, we get to hear from the man himself, his incredible Country Cricket story and journey of the past 4 decades. In a career that arguably stands alone amongst so many of his peers, Dehro's tentative early steps in establishing his Cricket career in Bunbury, through to dominating the local scene, Senior Countr...

In this (Part A) of Episode 6 of Out on the Paddock, Rob & Steve discuss the recent Senior Country Week Championship results held in Perth in January, the completion of the Belt Up Country Cup in late February as well as the Natt Cup match featuring the WA Country Colts and the WA Country Masters. This episode also looks at results of recent WA Veterans City versus Country matches, the state o...

This episode of Out on the Paddock, is absolute Gold. In this episode, we capture the sounds of Junior Country Week Cricket, held in the second week of January 2022. You will hear the sounds, interviews and reflections from players, Coaches and parents as well as a former player from yesteryear, as it happened during the week. If you have ever attended Junior Country Week Cricket in Perth previous...

This episode of Out on the Paddock takes a look back at the 2022 Southern Smash and the incredible success of this tournament and the growth it continues to maintain. We also preview, in our Country Cricket News section, the upcoming Country Week programs throughout January for both, Men and Women and also Junior Country Week. Finally, we hear the story of a lifetime WA Country Cricketer, former W...

Episode 3 of Out on the Paddock, features the latest in WA Country News from around the State, with a specific focus in this episode on the various representative opportunities for WA Country Cricket for Women with the coach of the WA Womens Country XI Coach, Angele Grey joining us, whilst Chris Secker also joins the Podcast, to outline all the happenings in the North West of WA for Cricket, inclu...

In Episode 2 of Out on the Paddock, we look at the upcoming summer of WA Country Cricket with a special focus on the exciting new Women's Country Week. We are joined by Janelle Phillips, a key member of the organising committee who brought to fruition, the first ever edition of Women's Country Week held in Geraldton in January 2021 and is part of the planning for the 2022 carnival. Janelle joins R...

A huge welcome to the first ever episode of Out on the Paddock … a new Podcast initiative brought to you by the WA Country Cricket Board and with the support of WA Cricket. Hosted by Rob Marshall, the current Chair of the WA Country Cricket Board, each episode of Out on the Paddock will give you “the listener” a great opportunity to be connected into all the happenings, past, current and future of...