Wagga City captain Josh Thompson will create a new first when he walks onto Harris Park on Saturday as the first Cat to play in 150 matches.
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Making his debut as a 16-year-old in the 2008-09 season, Thompson was so short he was called the Milo cricketer.
However he's quickly flourished into a leading light at the club.
Part of four premierships, including captaining the club to last season's title, Thompson's 3943 runs is the second most for the club.
He has also taken 137 wickets, the third highest for the club, and is nearing 100 catches.
Thompson rates last year's grand final, where he scored 102 in a man of the match performance, and the club's first premiership in 2012-13 as his two highlights.
"I was pretty young back then but to get the first premiership for the club was pretty special but my individual performance in the last grand final was very satisfying, " Thompson said.
While pleased to bring up the milestone, the 27-year-old would much rather focus on the task at hand up against Kooringal Colts.
"It is good and it is pretty exciting but it is also just another game where we have to make sure we get the win," Thompson said.
Wagga City became the only team to down South Wagga last week but Thompson is still looking for a better showing with the ball.
Especially after the Colts brought up their first win of the season.
"It was great to beat the Blues but I still think we started with the ball again," Thompson said.
"We had to work really hard to keep them to the total we did and it was our batting that got us over the line.
"There were still plenty of hiccups in that game and there is lots to work on against Kooringal Colts so we can't take them lightly."
Ben Turner will miss the clash.
Turner has been responsible for a lot of the team's fast starts this season and Thompson is still undecided if he will return to the top of the batting order after making 70 at number four last week.
"As our batting line up does go deep when we are going well the bottom blokes aren't getting a hit so we are trying to give blokes a hit at the top of the order so for finals they aren't thrown in the deep end if something bad is to happen," he said.
Nick Cawley comes in.
Courtney Rees
Courtney is a sports journalist from The Daily Advertiser focusing on Group Nine, Southern Inland, cricket, harness racing and greyhound racing.
Courtney is a sports journalist from The Daily Advertiser focusing on Group Nine, Southern Inland, cricket, harness racing and greyhound racing.
