Making his one-day debut in 2005 and his final state outing in late 2008, the left-hander represented Tasmania 41 times across all three formats and averaged a respectable 27.85 from 24 one-day matches.

After featuring in Tasmania's 07-08 one-day cup title, Anderson spent another three seasons playing in the Hobart-based Cricket Tasmania Premier League before returning to captain his boyhood club Westbury for the 2011-12 Cricket North season.

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"Probably the highlight was just being able to represent the state I guess when I first got my opportunity there," Anderson said.

"That was what I always wanted to do as a kid and to get that opportunity was really good.

"It didn't probably last as long as I would have liked but there's better players than me going round that never played any games at all."

Since Anderson's return in 2011-12, Westbury has made the Cricket North grand final every season for a return of four flags.

During that time, the 35-year-old has averaged a stellar 51.80 courtesy of 34 half-centuries and 17 tons - one of which came in last season's grand final and another two in Westbury's first two games this season.

Despite regularly producing breathtaking knocks in the ilk of last round's 120 off 96 balls, it is the progression of the side's youth that keeps driving the father-of-two to come back season after season.

"As far as grade cricket goes, I think the first year I came back from Hobart and captained Westbury to a premiership, that was probably my club highlight," he said.

"That was good to be able to come back into my old club and have some success at the top-end straight away that we hadn't had for a long time.

"But now it's just about helping out when I can at the club, helping kids and trying to strengthen the club right through down to the juniors."

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Part of the North's plan to grow its juniors has been the introduction of the Greater Northern Raiders.

Presenting caps to 43 different players last campaign, the Cricket Tasmania Premier League side has settled on a core group of 18 players this season to minimise the disruption to regional clubs.

"It was obviously a new thing last year and it created some issues at club land with not knowing what players were in and out each week, but that's definitely steadied now," Anderson said.

"They've got more of a training group with the Raiders that's consistent and we know which guys are going to be in and out each week and I'm fully supportive of the program.

"We've still got our Raiders guys - [Jono] Chapman Wood and Jake Williams - they still train with us all the time and it's good they can bring stuff back from the next level of cricket back to our trainings and games when they're available to play for Westbury.

"From a club point of view we're fully supportive of the program at the Raiders."

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