With Stephen on board as the physiotherapist, the tourists leave tomorrow. All-rounders Daniel Christian and Ash Gardiner will lead the men's and women's squads.

The men's team includes KFC BBL star D'Arcy Short, Victorian fast bowler Scott Boland and Queensland and Qld quick Brendan Doggett, who was a key player in the Bulls recent JLT Sheffield Shield triumph.

Stephen is no stranger to cricket and sport generally. When junior cricket was resurrected in the Douglas Shire, he was convinced to play and went on to play club cricket from Tully to Atherton. 

He represented our Zone on numerous occasions for both Cricket Far North & Peninsula Sport. At 15, he was playing senior cricket for Port Douglas and still recalls one memorable occasion when he opened the bowling against Barron River, finishing with the remarkable figures of 12-9-6-4. .

Stephen has been engaged by Cricket Australia as an External Consultant in various capacities over the years such as Talent Camp Screening, Strength and Conditioning Coach and Physio.

He has spent a lot of time at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane, but has also seen a lot of the Country and overseas cricket courtesy of Cricket Australia: physio to the National Performance Squad at an International Quadrangular "A" series in Townsville & Mackay; an U16 CA tour in Dubai; a National Performance Squad in Brisbane; JLT One-day Cup Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane, among others.

Stephen is also the Director of Athletic Performance for the Aspley Hornets Football Club which competes in the NEAFL competition - an elite second-tier Australian Rules competition for reserve sides from the AFL. 

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