When Sally Keeler decided to dust off the bat that was an 18th present from her parents after 18 years in the cupboard she never imagined that she would have the chance to play at the SCG.
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For the mother of two her return to the pitch this season was really about playing with daughter Mackenzie with the 13-year old stepping up to play a bit of second grade with Kookaburras.
She thought that would be something pretty special to do.
"Hubby's (husband Steve) playing as well so it's the three of us so that's nice," she said.
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Then, she saw something about nominating for the Northern Inland Bolters side.
"I thought why not have a go and it would be nice to play with just girls," she said.
Aside from the few times she went away with the North West (schools) girls side, she "always had to play with guys".
So, after making the squad she padded up for the Bolters in their Regional Bash clash with the Central Coast Rush, which by winning earned them a trip to the SCG in the new year.
"It was funny after we played and we were in our huddle talking after the game they were like 'who's played at the SCG?' and not one person could put up their hand," Keeler said.
She enjoyed the experience.
"I think I was the grandma of the team by about 10 years but the girls were really welcoming and Charlotte (youngest daughter) was cheering for me from the sideline," she said.
"I went out to bat and I blocked the first ball and then she yells out "go mum" and everyone on the other team is like 'who's a mum?' and I said 'that's me', and they're like that's cute."
Keeler will don rep colours again this week, this time the magenta strip of the Sydney Sixers in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander T20 Cup.
Coinciding with NAIDOC week celebrations, the tournament will see the Sixers and Thunder do battle in three matches over Thursday and Friday.
Keeler will be joined in the women's side by Zoe Fleming while Blake Small, Braithen Winsor, Ash White and Jaycob Price will play for the men's side.
Speaking before she went down, Keeler said it should be a great experience.
"The kids are coming down to watch," she said.
"It's probably a once in a lifetime opportunity for me and the reason that I applied for it was that I'm trying to show the kids that put your name out there, be confident, do what you can and see what happens," Keeler said.
"Fifteen or sixteen" when she first starting playing for Kookaburras (she played third grade) she said it has been nice being back.
"I played with a few of these guys I'm playing back with now so that's pretty cool," she said.
The weekend's are usually pretty much consumed by cricket.
"Kenz plays Friday nights and then we're here Saturday and then Sunday she plays rep," Keeler said.
She is also the rep coordinator for the junior association.