P: Talk us through the two big wickets - the record equaller and record breaker.
S: 630 was to the left hander – pitched on his off and swinging to leg – he chipped it to short mid wicket and 631 was an outswinger to a right hander and I actually went up for the LBW only to realise that it had bowled him as well!!!

P: How did you celebrate breaking the record?
S: A massive smile but in all honesty I was just wrapped that they were 3 down for nothing and we were on the way to a win. Got home and looked after my mum who had taken a nasty fall during the day but did manage to squeeze in a celebratory half and chicken and chips from Red Rooster. I’m getting too old to be out till all hours drinking anyway and finished up the night with a walk and a hot bath.

P: So what next? I know you've been eyeing off this record for a while but now that you've reached your Mt Everest do you have a new goal? What will keep you going?
S: I really want to keep playing for as long as I can and for as long as the body allows me. Mentally I’m fine but seriously physically it can be a struggle. Even after those ten overs on the weekend I am literally walking around today looking like I’ve been rogered by an elephant. I would love 700 wickets and I believe it’s achievable but we will have to wait and see.

P:Have you spoken to Robbo yet? Any particular messages for him?
S: Robbo was actually at Snape and I had a good talk to him as I was fielding at deep third man. He had a bottle of red for me after the game and was genuinely excited for me. It was great to see him because Robbo had a profound influence on my career. We would speak for hours on the phone about cricket and I have always respected and admired his approach to cricket and I learnt a hell of a lot from him about being a cricketer, a captain and a person. Greig is one of Uni’s greats and it’s almost sacrilegious that I have taken his record from him.

P: After 633 wickets, is there one in particular that stands out in your mind?
S: Funny you should say that because there is one. It was the last wicket of my first hat-trick for the Club back in 93-94 against North Sydney at DP South. It genuinely pitched leg and took off. It was the best ball I ever bowled because I tried to bowl it!!!

P: Can you still recall your 1st grade wicket?
S: It was in 4th grade in 1980 and Geoff Garland was the captain and Terry Buddin was fielding at mid off and he said “bowl him an outy and you’ll get him caught behind” So I did and he did and I haven’t stopped bowling outswingers ever since.

P: And now a few questions about your overall career with the Club. Career highlight overall?
S: Winning the 5th grade premiership in 95-96 as captain – now that was a team of not great cricketers but great blokes, all of whom believed in each other and we were literally unbeatable that year. Also the game in which I took my best overall figures at Parramatta Park in 2002 – 7-34 and 7-25 was pretty memorable and now this game not just because I broke the record but how at 46 I took my best one day figures ever – 5-18 off my 10.

P: Who's the best cricketer you've played with at the Club? What made them so good?
S: There are so many and I don’t want to offend anyone. By sheer weight of numbers alone it’s hard to go past Jungle. I thought Disco was a great cricketer – a great all rounder and I enjoyed my time on the paddock with him. And Robbo may not have been the best but I learnt a hell of lot from him. I loved playing with Jebby as well – just his attitude and I never wanted to let him down. And I loved the sight of the Colonel and Mav behind the stumps for me – those two blokes could keep and I would love to know how many leg side stumpings they managed off me. And over the years Pablo – I reckon he is one of the most under-rated cricketers I’ve seen – I would hate bowling to him and to top it off he is a great bloke.

P: Do you have a most memorable moment playing for the Club? Both on and off field if you could indulge me...
S: As mentioned before that premiership is hard to beat but I have loved every time I have put that bumble bee on my head. I love this Club and I love the people associated with it. Blokes like Henry and Livo and Richo – you can’t put a price on people like that no matter how hard you try. I was just so lucky that Clayton Jones brought me to this Club because I could not envisage playing for any other team. I will go to my grave safe in the knowledge that I was blessed to have been associated with UNSWCC. As far as off the field there is no need to embellish . I think winning the Barr Turn in 1982 says it all. I was pretty wild in my early days – actually extremely wild. Nights with Marty Palin and Harold Holt and the escapades at Marty’s Bar and Grill are better left behind closed doors although I will say that my figures on and off field in my early days were quite healthy and at a very competitive strike rate!!! I’m older now and more mature but do look back on those days with fondness and may I say a wry smile as well.

P: What has been the key to your success and longevity in the game?
S: Well it certainly helps to be such a gifted athlete!!! Seriously though the people that I have played with week in, week out, year after year – they are the key to my longevity. Cricket is a team sport and your team mates are an integral part of the game – without them I would have been nothing. I love the banter, the laughter, the company – that’s what keeps me going. As far as success goes I can honestly say the key to that is giving 100% every time you take the field. I am proud that I can look back on every game and look myself in the mirror and say that I never “dogged” it once. I have never given up and I want to take wickets – I hate batsmen with a passion and I have a job to do and that’s get them out and there are 633 of them that agree with me!!!! About 14 years ago I stopped my excessive drinking and these days would drink maybe once or twice a year – my advice to young blokes serious about their cricket is to give the Friday night drink up and make up for lost time after the game on Saturday. It has prolonged by career by years and has helped my bowling statistics dramatically.

P: You would have seen a lot of freaks and psychos in your time at the Club. Anyone stand out as the biggest?
S: Too many to mention but Dools is up there. Luke Latimer was a nut and so was Rob Duetsch.

P: What will you do with your Saturdays if you ever give the game away?
S: At Woronora Cemetery 6 foot under because at this stage it isn’t going to happen.

P: Thanks Starky. Well done again!