Australian cricketing icon Jason ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie will feature at two local events this week.

The former Australian men’s cricket player will be a speaker at events at the Brolga Hotel Motel in Coleambally and Finley Rec Reserve for ‘A night with Jason Gillespie’, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, respectively.

A former fast bowler and international coach, Gillespie has coached Yorkshire, Sussex, South Australia, the Adelaide Strikers, and most recently Pakistan.

In his playing career, he took 259 wickets in 71 tests and 142 wickets in 97 one day internationals for Australia between 1996 and 2006.

He also made his top score and only test century of 201 not out as a night watchman against Bangladesh in his final test match in 2006.

Gillespie provides cricket commentary alongside his coaching duties across the globe.

The Finley and Coleambally Cricket Clubs have partnered with Mouse Promotions to bring Gillespie to the region, for the all ages events.

He will be sharing some stories of his days as a cricketer and coach, answering questions from the crowd, and will meet with fans after formalities are finished.

The Coly event at the Brolga will be from 7.15pm on Wednesday, February 4, finishing about 9pm.

Tickets are $40 for over 18s, while under-18s are free. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1529361.

The following night, Thursday, February 5, is the ‘A Night with Jason Gillespie’ event at the Finley Recreation Reserve.

The dinner event is set to begin about 7pm, after cricket training.

The nets will be open from 5pm, and regional cricketers are invited to join the Cats for training before the dinner.

Dinner entry for adults is $45, and $15 for under-16s.

For table bookings of 10, please contact Matt on 0429 300 412, Warwick on 0427 809 697 or Jono on 0439 640 415 to book.

All others are asked to direct debit payments to Finley Cricket Club - BSB: 082591 and Acc: 1372 48410.

Provide number of tickets and contact number as your payment reference.

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