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The New South Wales men’s blind cricket team has been part of Australian blind cricket history since the earliest years of the sport. Blind cricket was invented in Melbourne in 1922, before quickly spreading interstate, including to New South Wales.

In 1928, NSW played Victoria in the first interstate blind cricket match ever held, with the historic fixture taking place in Sydney. Later that same year, NSW travelled to Melbourne for the return match, establishing one of the longest-standing rivalries in Australian disability sport.

During the following decades, blind cricket continued to grow through interstate competition and organised representative matches. NSW became one of the foundation states involved in the development of national blind cricket competitions and representative pathways. Discussions to formally establish a national governing body for blind cricket took place in 1951, leading into the first national championships during the 1952–53 period.

The sport itself evolved considerably over time. Early blind cricket balls were handmade using materials such as cane, wire, bottle tops and lead to create sound for players, before modern audible plastic balls became standard in later decades. NSW players and administrators contributed to the ongoing development and organisation of the sport throughout this period.

For many decades, the NSW men’s team has continued competing in interstate carnivals, national championships, and representative blind cricket competitions across Australia. NSW players have regularly contributed to Australian representative teams and helped strengthen blind cricket pathways nationally.

Today, the NSW Blind and Low Vision Men’s Team competes at the National Cricket Inclusion Championships (NCIC), Australia’s premier disability cricket tournament. The NCIC provides an elite competition pathway for blind and low-vision cricketers and continues the long history of representative blind cricket in New South Wales.