AFTER twenty years with the Ballarat-Redan Cricket Club, member Shaun Boag is celebrating a team milestone.<\/p>\n
Boag played his 200th game with the club during a match against East Ballarat Cricket Club earlier this month and said it\u2019s a rare record for Ballarat-Redan.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big milestone. We don\u2019t have a large number of players in the club that have got there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next goal is of course 300, which might take me a while. I came to the club as an 18-year-old with a couple mates and now that\u2019s 20 years of my life playing cricket here.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been half my life almost. I jumped on the 2002\/03 season. Both my first game and my 200th were against East Ballarat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before joining Ballarat-Redan, Boag played at Burrumbeet Cricket Club with his dad and grew up bouncing between cricket and football with his brothers in Gippsland.<\/p>\n
He said the social side of the club is what\u2019s kept him there for two decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always been about playing with my mates and having a lot of fun,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been very lucky to do that here.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe social aspect of the game is the real reason I\u2019m still playing now. It gives you that release from the hectic work week to be able to get out and do this.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re all just great people, and from a cricketing point of view, I just love hitting the ball and trying to get those runs as quick as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AFTER twenty years with the Ballarat-Redan Cricket Club, member Shaun Boag is celebrating a team milestone. Boag played his 200th game with the club during a match against East Ballarat Cricket Club earlier this month and said it\u2019s a rare record for Ballarat-Redan. \u201cIt\u2019s a big milestone. We don\u2019t have a large number of players […]<\/p>\n