A Bowral resident who played representative cricket alongside Richie Benaud is anything but a fan of the Big Bash.
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About as appealing to 89-year-old Colin Silman as a hot cross bun without fruit.
Colin is not a fully committed traditionalist. He does watch the limited 50 overs game.
"Big Bash offers me no satisfaction at all," says Colin.
Back in the mid-fifties Colin was in the Richie Benaud led City side against Country played in Newcastle.
"I was a leg spinner so I had to live in the shadow of Richie," he reflects.
Not even the recent world shattering record of 17 by Melbourne Stars' Marcus Stoinis could stir Colin.
"There is just so much hit and miss, nothing defining," he laments.
"It is a game dominated by fast bowlers and I don't like fast bowlers. They become to much of the same."
Colin recalls his days playing first grade with Balmain.
"Those were the days when you paid to play. We had to pay the ground hiring fees, he said.
"There was no nasty talk. None of the modern day sledging.
"We had two wonderful administrators in Fred Bennett and Chis Winning. They always stressed that we were playing the "gentlemen's game."
"Chris was the principal of Drummoyne Boys' High and had a knack of getting the best out of young players."
Colin delights in recalling the type of sportsmanship that prevailed during his day.
"I was playing against Brian Booth, the highly rated Test batsman.
"I got a good shot away on the leg-side that looked like going for four however, the ball pulled up short.
"Brian Booth came up to me and apologized. "He said: "I'm sorry you missed the boundary. The grass should have been mowed a lot better. "
Brian Booth was a guest of the Bradman Foundation last year along with Warren Saunders and Alan Davidson.
Joining Balmain in 1943 Colin enjoyed many successful stints with his leg-spinners.
"I got a few "five wicket hauls and smacked a few fifties with the bat but didn't have the concentration to claim a ton," he confesses.
There is a black mark alongside Colin's era.
"I remember Sid Barnes, as good a batsman ever born, betting on himself," Colin said.
"He used top back himself to score 50 or a 100 and there were plenty in the stands willing to bet him."
Colin has a backstop. His wife Pat is his rock.
"Without her I wouldn't be alive today," is a genuine testimony.