Michael’s batting an innings into his 70s

SA's cricket captain Michael Willlson displays one of his wonderful hooks at the cricket balll.

SA’s cricket captain Michael Willlson displays one of his wonderful hooks at the cricket balll.

On a much more joyful note, here is a photograph of quite a famous South Aussie Master of cricket – Michael Willson, who sent this snap of himself hooking the ball at the Australian Over 70s National Interstate Cricket Championships held in Melbourne recently. Michael is the SA Captain and also the Australian Vice Captain.  However SA missed out on the finals by one run.  Such nail-biting (although there doesn’t seem to be a crowd) is why cricket continues to enthral us and why we need our heroes, young and old.   Michael has been playing competitive cricket for more than 50 years of his life beginning as a young lad on his family’s farm on Kangaroo Island. Now he travels to England to represent his country in Masters cricket matches.

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