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Matthew Baden
Matthew Baden

Matthew Baden

Nickname: Bado

Kookaburras debut: June 2018

Player number: #45

When did you start living in NYC?: June 2017

Australian Club (State: Competition: Club): NSW, Sydney Grade/Premier Competition, St George

Highest level played: 4th Grade

Occupation: Tech Recruitment

Batting style: Left Handed

Bowling style: Right Arm Leg Spin

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: getting that feeling you are back home for a few hours. NYC is a great place to live but spending a day with the lads eliminates any homesickness instantly.

Childhood cricket hero: Greg Blewett

Something your team mates don’t know about you: Huge Fantasy Sports Nuff.

Angus Palmer

Angus Palmer

Nickname: Gus

Kookaburras debut: May 2019

Player number: #49

When did you start living in NYC?: Jan 2019

Australian Club (State: Competition: Club): NSW, Sydney Grade/Premier Cricket Competition, Eastern Suburbs

Highest level played: 1st Grade

Occupation: Project Director; Architecture & Urban Design

Batting style: Right Hand

Bowling style: Right Arm Medium

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: The friendships developed and getting a taste of home.

Something your team mates don’t know about you: I’m actually a New Zealander

If you could be one person for a day who would it be and why

Kookaburra team mates included): Shane Warne and/or David Ciampa, simply to get inside their minds and understand how they see the world.

Simon Hill

Simon Hill

Nickname: Hilly

Kookaburras debut: May 2010

Player number: #21

When did you start living in NYC?: 2004

Australian Club (State & Competition Included): Adelaide CC,

Highest level played: A Grade District South Australia, SACA U17’s

Occupation: Managing Director, Hoist Strategic

Batting style: Consistently inconsistent

Bowling style: Right arm medium

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: Fellowship

Childhood cricket hero: David Hookes

Something your team mates don’t know about you: South Australian beach cricketer of the year 1998/99

Aaron Weinman

Aaron Weinman

Nickname: Chaddy/Az

Kookaburras debut: May 2019

Player number: #50

When did you start living in NYC?: Summer 2015

Australian Club (State: Competition: Club) Victoria, Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association (VSDCA), Oakleigh Cricket Club

Highest level played: VSDCA 1st XI

Occupation: Journalist

Batting style: Right-hand middle order

Bowling style: Right-arm mediums

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: My teammates, their banter and that feeling of home away from home!

Childhood cricket hero: Brian Lara

Something your team mates don’t know about you: I almost toppled a government

What are you scared of? Clowns. Ever since I saw one at a kid’s Birthday party. And Ronald McDonald.

Phillip Gamble

Phillip Gamble

Nickname: Pip

Kookaburras debut: May 2017

Player number: #33

When did you start living in NYC?: Memorial Day Weekend, 2017

Australian Club (State: Competition: Club): Victoria, SECA (South East Cricket Association) Melbourne Wanderers

Highest level played: 2nd XI / Hungarian National Team

Occupation: Construction Project Manager

Batting style: Left Hand “accumulator”

Bowling style: Right Arm Medium

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: The spirit

Jake List

Jake List

Nickname: Listy

Kookaburras debut: May 2019

When did you start living in NYC?: September 2018

Australian Club (State & Competition Included): Mosman CC NSW, Sydney Grade/Premier Competition

Highest level played: 3rd Grade

Occupation:Bookmaker

Batting style:Right Handed

Bowling style:Variety Show

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: Great mates, great merchandise.

Childhood cricket hero: Tony Greig

Favourite expression: Run straight tackle low

Something your team mates don’t know about you: I wrote an article and sent it to Cricinfo in 2005. It wasn’t published.

Edward Rogers

Edward Rogers

Nickname: Woody

Kookaburras debut: June 2019

When did you start living in NYC?: May 2019

Australian Club (State & Competition Included): Juniors – Western Suburbs District CC, Seniors – University of Queensland - QLD

Highest level played: Lord's Taverners

Occupation:Real Estate Finance

Batting style: Right handed

Bowling style: Right arm John Howard

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: Playing with a great group of blokes with plenty of good-natured banter.

Something your team mates don’t know about you: I actually used to be able to bowl consistently.

If you could be one person for a day who would it be and why

Kookaburra team mates included): Matt Baden – I'd like to be the depository of all wisdom for a day.

Pat Sinclair

Pat Sinclair

Nickname: Schooner

Kookaburras debut: 2014

Player number: #22

When did you start living in NYC?: Nov 2013

Australian Club (State: Competition: Club): NSW, Sydney Shires, Lane Cove Cricket Club

Highest level played: 3rd Grade Shires

Occupation: CUNY Masters Graduate Student

Batting style: Right Hand Lower Order

Bowling style: Left Arm Medium

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: Playing cricket with good blokes and great mates, who approach the game with the same mindset and attitude.

Something your team mates don’t know about you: Some would say my musical tastes are on the rare side.

Steve Tukavkin

Steve Tukavkin

Nickname: Tuk

Kookaburras debut: April 2021

Player number: #71

Australian Club (State & Competition Included): Canterbury College, Brisbane, Queensland

Highest level played: 1st XI

Occupation: VP Technology & Digital

Batting style: Right handed

Bowling style: Right arm leg spin

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: Having fun with the lads, hitting a few boundaries and enjoying some banter over a few beers.

Something your team mates don’t know about you: I have an ongoing case of the dreaded travel bug, hitting up 39 countries before welcoming my own tiny Tuk to the world in 2019. Looking forward to adding some more adventures shortly.

Nick Saady

Nick Saady

Nickname: Saads, Dev

Kookaburras debut: September 2019

Player number: #60

How long have you been in NYC?: Arrived August 2019 to study a Masters at NYU

Australian Club (State & Competition Included): NSW, Sydney Premier League, Randwick-Petersham CC

Highest level played: 2nd Grade

Occupation: Lawyer

Batting style: Left handed

Bowling style: Right arm medium

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: The people.

Something your team mates don’t know about you: I absolutely hate batting.

Shehan Goonesekera

Shehan Goonesekera

Nickname: Goonie

Kookaburras debut: May 2021

Player number: #72

When did you start living in NYC?: January 2020

Australian Club (State & Competition Included): NSW, Sydney Shires, Baulkham Hill CC

Highest level played: 2nd Grade Shires

Occupation: Analyst

Batting style: Right handed

Bowling style: N/A, Wicket keeper

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: The people and having a beer after a game.

Something your team mates don’t know about you: I was at one point a face of Tourism Australia.

Mick Henderson

Mick Henderson

Nickname: Hendo

Kookaburras debut: August 2019

Player number: #57

Australian Club (State & Competition Included): Western Australia, Wanneroo

Highest level played: Toowoomba District Representative, Queensland

Occupation: High School Teacher

Batting style: Right handed

Bowling style: Right arm medium/wicket keeper

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: Taste of home with a great Aussie community.

Something your team mates don’t know about you: I was a police officer for seven years.

Tim Holdsworth

Tim Holdsworth

Nickname: Barracks

Kookaburras debut: August 2020

Player number: #63

Australian Club (State & Competition Included): NSW, Illawarra Catholic Club

Highest level played: A’s

Occupation: COO Hospitality

Batting style: Right handed

Bowling style: Right arm slow

What do you enjoy most about playing for the Kookaburras?: Being able to get away from riff raff with no cell reception and sit back with a cold beer after the game with team mates.

Something your team mates don’t know about you: I ran the very last owned Video EZY/Network Video shop in Australia.

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