It’s been a breakout year for young Crookwell cricket star Ollie Anable.
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Following on from a grueling off-season, in which the youngster worked hard to improve his game, Anable took part in the Under 19 State Challenge with the Country Sixers team, was selected to train with the ACT Comets, is playing first grade cricket in Canberra with Tuggeranong, and was most recently selected for the Southern Tablelands team.
The State Challenge took place across October 2 and 3, and the Country Sixers played 50 over matches against the Metro Sixers and the Metro Thunder.
Anable bowled well in both fixtures, but was unlucky, and finished with no wickets for 35 from his seven overs in the tournament.
Ollie’s father, Garry Anable, said that he was “very proud of what he’s done to get a chance to play at the State Challenge.”
Having faced his share of tribulation, the young fast bowler has shone early in the 2018/19 season, and is benefiting from the experience of his older teammates at Tuggeranong and the Comets.
“He’s with a good team there, good mentors,” Anable said.
“They’re teaching him the game of cricket at a pretty high level over in Canberra [at Tuggeranong], so that’s good for him.
“He’s in the squad [for the Comets], but he hasn’t got into the team. He’s getting exposure to that type of high-level training.”
A workload the likes of which Ollie is shouldering this season could easily overwhelm a young player, however Anable said that one of his son’s greatest strengths is his maturity.
“He’s got good … temperament for a fast bowler,” he said.
“He doesn’t seem to get overawed with the situation he’s in, he’s got a fairly calm head.”
He doesn’t seem to get overawed with the situation he’s in, he’s got a fairly calm head.
- Garry Anable
Although he is Crookwell born and raised, living there while balancing training and playing in Canberra became too much of a hassle, so Ollie now splits his time evenly between Canberra and home.
“He travels over to Canberra and trains twice a week,” Anable said.
“He stays over there and he comes home regularly, so it’s a bit of living in two places at the moment.”
Anable’s next assignment will be with the Southern Tablelands Under 19’s side, who he will take to the field for this weekend in the ACT.
With training twice a week and matches for Tuggeranong on Saturdays and the Southern Tablelands on Sundays, Ollie will have his hands full with cricket this summer.