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This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours. Today’s episode features a man who played for New Zealand at the U19 Cricket World Cup in 2012 and has scored over 3000 runs for Auckland and taken over 200 catches behind the Stumps. He is an accomplished ball room dancer and chess player, and when he’s not doing all this Ben Horne is a consultant for a recruitment company.

This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours. Today’s Episode features a father of three who was born in Taumarunui and dedicated the bulk of his life serving the community of Papatoetoe where he moved to as a child. He was deputy and acting Mayor of Manukau City, Chairman of the Papatoetoe Community Board and councillor of the ward, and President of Auckland Cricket not to mention representing the Blackcaps from 1976-86. In his career he bowled in excess of 24,000 balls for a return of 438 wickets and most recently Gary Troup is giving back to the game as a Match Referee. 

This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours. Today’s Episode features a man who was born in Mumbai India and migrated to NZ as an 8-year-old. He debuted for the Blackcaps at the age of 30 taking a five wicket haul in his first test match, and bowled in excess of 20,000 balls for 350 wickets.  Most recently Ajaz Patel became just the third man in the history of cricket behind Jim Laker and Anil Kumble to take all 10 wickets in an innings of a test match. 

This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours. Today's Episode features Mayu Pasupati,  a father of 2 who represented both Wellington and Auckland in Domestic Cricket. Pasupati took one of the most spectacular catches for Wellington in the 2002 State Shield Final to help them to victory after a long drought that lasted over a decade for the Capital. Since his playing days he has been appointed as the Vice President of the Structural Heart and Aortic division for Japan and General Asia Pacific for global medical device company Medtronic.   

This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours. Today’s Episode features Michael Rippon a man who grew up in Cape town South Africa, and has played Cricket in South Africa, Canada, England and NZ joining the Otago Volts in 2017 and making an immediate impact on the domestic scene.  In this editon Michael talks about represennting the Netherlands in the upcoming series against the Blackcaps, his ambiton to play for New Zealand, how he ended up playing  backyard cricket with Jacques Kallis and  his interests outside of the white picket fence. 

This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours. In this Episode we feature Rebecca Rolls who grew up in Napier, and represented NZ in both Football and Cricket. Rebecca chats to us about  winning the Women’s Crikcet World cup with the White Ferns in 2000, and how she has forged a career as an investigator for the Police, SFO, Ministry of health and Department of Corrections, she also  discusses her new role as the Diversity and inclusion manager for Sport NZ.

This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours. In this Episode Ross talks to us about his incredible 16 year career and the milestones he's achieved. He shares his decision to  his retire,  family and sitting on the board of the NZCPA not to mention his chance encounter with Akon and Roger Federer and how he fell in love with the game.

This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours  We have a special episode for you today which was originally recorded for our Spring edition of our Players magazine Outright- you can find a copy on our website https://www.nzcpa.co.nz/publications. In this podcast we spoke with former Auckland Aces bowler Jamie Brown who was struck down with Guillian Barre Syndrome, a rare disorder in which your body's immune system attacks your nerves. He was just days into a new job in the off-season with kiwi company Halter who design solar powered smart collars for animals and was weighing up  a cricket contract just before the start of the summer.    

This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours. In this Episode Amy chats to us about travelling the world in a covid bubble with her Partner and toddler Grace, growing up in Culverden North Canterbury on a farm, and her love of animals-even working as an animal technician. She talks of her time in The White Ferns not to mention the 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup happening on our doorstep.

This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours. In this edition Nathan talks about being a father of 3 as well purchasing Total Property Worx  a commercial construction firm just days before Auckland went into level 4 restrictions. He describes the transition he underwent to prepare for life after cricket as well as key memorable moments in his career not to mention being  a very talented footballer for Caversham AFC.

This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours. In this edition Will talks about being a father of 3 as well as being affectionately known as dad by his teammates. He describes his lesson in persistence leaving a chartered accountantancy career to play cricket full time at the age of 30, and how four years after taking that leap of faith he debuted for the Blackcaps against Pakistan in 2018.  

This is Through the Pickets, a podcast proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Cricket Players Association where we showcase our members interests, achievements and experiences either side of the white picket fence, with more of a lens on their off-field endeavours. In this edition Jacob talks life after cricket, his incredible journey to finish his business degree, fantasy baseball, representative football and holding down three jobs including Sport Advancement Manager at Massey University, White Ferns Bowling Coach, and helping out with the family business BioFarm.