Or so has been the traditional path.

Kish Nadesan has reversed that situation at the age of 27 and while that's not old, it's past the age you would normally be re-launching a first-grade career.

Nadesan's is one of the more remarkable stories of the 2009/2010 season.

From Girraween High School to Wenty Leagues junior, then a Parramatta Green Shield-winning team member, it was off to join mates at Western Suburbs, where he was a first-grade opening bowler.

Then time to build a business and step down to shires cricket.

``I couldn't show the commitment and it wasn't right to keep playing,'' he said.

``I'm a physiotherapist and had left the public hospital system and opened a private clinic.''

These days he operates a string of clinics across Sydney.

Blacktown cricket club secretary Dennis Douglas jokes Nadesan is the only cricketer who drives to training in a Porsche.

While driving his business forward, Nadesan also played shires cricket, following a few Wests mates to Pennant Hills.

Last season he topped all the statistics, taking 73 wickets.

``My role is more managerial now,'' he said of his physio empire.

``I went to Europe in the off-season and thought `I'll give it one more shot and see if I've still got it in me','' he said of lobbing at the Warriors.

Blacktown gave him a shot but he didn't fire too many bullets at the start.

Although he took just three wickets in his first five first-grade games, captain Paul Maraziotis showed faith.

Now Nadesan has 34 wickets at 16.56 and has rocketed up the stats with a bullet.

He sits 11th in the first-grade averages and has been firing out top-order batsmen every match with his pace and swing.

``My aim is to get in the top five,'' he said.

``You get a lot more movement and the wickets are a lot more bowler-friendly in shires.

``In first-grade there are better batsmen and the wickets are flatter.

``You've really got to put in, work a lot harder and be patient.

``I've found a bit of rhythm.''

He's also found a home.

``I'm enjoying it,'' he said.

``Blacktown is a great club with plenty of talent and potential and it's in a growth stage.

``In three to five years it should come to fruition.''

Nadesan might not play for Australia, or his birthplace Sri Lanka, but the way he's firing, the Warriors will happily claim him as their own.