FEATURE PLAYER: Michael Siciliano
Monday, 26th November 2007
Fresh from his career best 132, E-Grade Premiership captain and current C-Grade captain Michael Siciliano tells all.
CLUB INFO
Name: Michael Siciliano
Better known as: Godfather
Club debut: 2002/03 Season, played C Grade, made 7, Glamour made 0. Very memorable day.
Club matches: 44 (at the time of writing)
Career runs: 1,271 runs @ 21.91
Highest score: 132 (14 x 4's, 8 x 6's, 78 balls)
Club wickets: 33 wickets @ 17.67
Best bowling: Anytime I am at the bowling crease.
Finals appearances: 5 - losing GF, 1 flag and 1 semi final.
Club honours: 2004/05 E-Grade Batting, 2004/05 E-Grade Premiership Captain, 2005/06 E-Grade Batting, 2005/06 E-Grade Bowling, 2007/08 Club Treasurer
ABOUT YOU
Status: In trouble
Current occupation: Accountant
Interests outside of cricket: Thanking Weed and long walks on the beach.
Most embarrassing moment: Getting out to that 80 year old guy who plays for Flinders Uni.
If you could live anywhere in the world: Hawaii
If you could have any car: Andrew Olsson's car in preparation for when I reach my mid life crisis.
Dream job:Anything but accounting!
FAVOURITES
Sport aside from cricket: Football, soccer, golf
Football team(s): Crows and PAOCFC C Grade
Music: Classical Opera, anything by the Beards
Bands / Artist: The Beards
Movie: Anything with nudity
Actor / Actress: Charlize Theron
TV Show: Seinfeld
Book: You mean TV Guide?
Place (AUS): Magic Far Away Tree, Park 15
Place (O/S): Anywhere hot.
Food: KFC
Beverage: Beer
Alc Beverage: Woops, still Beer
Flavoured Yoghurt from Moo: I refuse to touch the stuff! I work for Dave Sanders for minimum wage therefore I refuse to give this money back to him!
YOU AND CRICKET
Favourite Aus player: Simon Butler (if you can include retired players in this category)
Most admired PAOCCC player (past or present): Aaron Read, Andrew Heitmann, Ben Allen (just kidding)
Most memorable match / performance in your time at PAOCCC: The one run, for all the wrong reasons!
What song would you walk out to bat to in a Twenty20 match: Any WWE theme song, I believe I used the Rock theme last year when I took my 3 wickets in the A Grade. Time you people respected my spinners!
You get called up to the National ODI squad - what number do you want on your shirt: 1,000,000. To reflect the number of injured players the country has at the time which has resulted in me getting a game.
If you could face / bowl to any player in the world, past or present who would it be: Alex Marantos, I think my bouncer might be able to get above his shoulder height.
Most memorable game of cricket you've ever witness (TV or live): A Grade flag in the pouring rain
Biggest regret in your playing career: Forgetting to take my whites out of my cricket bag after the E Grade flag and not realising this until rd 1 the next year.
Goals for this season and beyond: To make 2 more runs on GF day. To have more hair than Simon Butler. To find Hammer. To reduce the average age of the C Grade to under 40.
HYPOTHETICALS
One million dollars to spend and one day left to live, what would you do: Count it.
Who would you take to the Alan Border Medal / Brownlow: Jennifer Hawkins
If you could have dinner with any 3 celebrities, dead or alive, who would they be: Jennifer Hawkins, Charlize Theron and a mate. The mate would be there to vouch who I was having dinner with before being told politely p*ss off.
Name: Michael Siciliano
Better known as: Godfather
Club debut: 2002/03 Season, played C Grade, made 7, Glamour made 0. Very memorable day.
Club matches: 44 (at the time of writing)
Career runs: 1,271 runs @ 21.91
Highest score: 132 (14 x 4's, 8 x 6's, 78 balls)
Club wickets: 33 wickets @ 17.67
Best bowling: Anytime I am at the bowling crease.
Finals appearances: 5 - losing GF, 1 flag and 1 semi final.
Club honours: 2004/05 E-Grade Batting, 2004/05 E-Grade Premiership Captain, 2005/06 E-Grade Batting, 2005/06 E-Grade Bowling, 2007/08 Club Treasurer
ABOUT YOU
Status: In trouble
Current occupation: Accountant
Interests outside of cricket: Thanking Weed and long walks on the beach.
Most embarrassing moment: Getting out to that 80 year old guy who plays for Flinders Uni.
If you could live anywhere in the world: Hawaii
If you could have any car: Andrew Olsson's car in preparation for when I reach my mid life crisis.
Dream job:Anything but accounting!
FAVOURITES
Sport aside from cricket: Football, soccer, golf
Football team(s): Crows and PAOCFC C Grade
Music: Classical Opera, anything by the Beards
Bands / Artist: The Beards
Movie: Anything with nudity
Actor / Actress: Charlize Theron
TV Show: Seinfeld
Book: You mean TV Guide?
Place (AUS): Magic Far Away Tree, Park 15
Place (O/S): Anywhere hot.
Food: KFC
Beverage: Beer
Alc Beverage: Woops, still Beer
Flavoured Yoghurt from Moo: I refuse to touch the stuff! I work for Dave Sanders for minimum wage therefore I refuse to give this money back to him!
YOU AND CRICKET
Favourite Aus player: Simon Butler (if you can include retired players in this category)
Most admired PAOCCC player (past or present): Aaron Read, Andrew Heitmann, Ben Allen (just kidding)
Most memorable match / performance in your time at PAOCCC: The one run, for all the wrong reasons!
What song would you walk out to bat to in a Twenty20 match: Any WWE theme song, I believe I used the Rock theme last year when I took my 3 wickets in the A Grade. Time you people respected my spinners!
You get called up to the National ODI squad - what number do you want on your shirt: 1,000,000. To reflect the number of injured players the country has at the time which has resulted in me getting a game.
If you could face / bowl to any player in the world, past or present who would it be: Alex Marantos, I think my bouncer might be able to get above his shoulder height.
Most memorable game of cricket you've ever witness (TV or live): A Grade flag in the pouring rain
Biggest regret in your playing career: Forgetting to take my whites out of my cricket bag after the E Grade flag and not realising this until rd 1 the next year.
Goals for this season and beyond: To make 2 more runs on GF day. To have more hair than Simon Butler. To find Hammer. To reduce the average age of the C Grade to under 40.
HYPOTHETICALS
One million dollars to spend and one day left to live, what would you do: Count it.
Who would you take to the Alan Border Medal / Brownlow: Jennifer Hawkins
If you could have dinner with any 3 celebrities, dead or alive, who would they be: Jennifer Hawkins, Charlize Theron and a mate. The mate would be there to vouch who I was having dinner with before being told politely p*ss off.