In July 2023, WA Country Cricket announced the newly appointed Coach of the WA Country XI Mens team, former WA State Player, Shawn Gillies. In this episode, we hear of Shawn's story of arriving as a youngster in WA all the way from Jamaica and how the influence of watching the mighty West Indies teams of the 80's and 90's, gave him direction and a passion to try and play Cricket at the highest possible level, himself. Shawn describes the many challenges of trying to get a regular position in the WA team, during a period where allrounders were in abundance in this State, along with recalling a number of amazing opportunities to play against some of the Worlds best Cricketers of the early parts of this century. Dealing with racism, playing for Australia in Hong Kong, Cricket in Sweden and what he enjoys and values now about playing WA Country Cricket, all are given a run in this episode. But it is his new found challenge and some of the approaches he plans to undertake in Coaching the WA Country XI, that very much come through in this interview. Its great listening ... put this episode on and simply enjoy the story of WA Country XI Coach - Shawn Gillies.

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