‘Local’ boy makes good

MARCUS North is the boy from Pakenham who could.
North is touring South Africa with the Australian cricket team after receiving his long-awaited call-up last month.
The 29-year-old finally broke into the national team after years floating around the edges, on the back of some impressive batting for Western Australia in the domestic competition.
A left-handed bat, North is also a handy right-arm off-spinner and will no doubt roll his arm over if he breaks into the first XI on the tour.
It is a little-known fact about the West Australian cricketer that he hails from Pakenham.
He moved away as a youngster but still has plenty of family around the local area, and at least one Lang Lang family will be glued to the TV in the early hours of the morning to watch their relative make his mark.