Under-12s take crease
Darwin hosts national tournament for girls and boys
The top under-12 school teams from across the country have converged on Darwin to compete in what promises to be a thrilling School Sport Australia Cricket Championships.
The championships, which run from June 4-9, give the best young talent from across the country a taste at representing their schools and states in a thrilling competition.
And 2023 marks a special year for the NT, which not only hosts the tournament, but will have a girls team for the very first time.
Featuring for Victoria is Oscar Judd, the son of twotime Brownlow medallist Chris Judd.
Tye Beer will captain a boys team made up of talent selected from the School of Sport Education NT Cricket Championships held in April.
“We’re feeling pretty good, we’ve got a good team and hopefully we do well,” Beer said.
“It’s been hard training, the coaches have had us working hard ahead of facing South Australia on Sunday.
“Hopefully it’s a good pitch
and we can go out there and score runs, and as captain I’ve got a bit of a responsibility to make those runs.”
NT boys coach Chris McCormick was particularly pleased to be taking part with
expectations high for his young squad. “I am really excited to see what this great group of kids can do in their first crack in Territory colours,” McCormick said.
“They have prepared excep
tionally well in a short period of time and they are ready to hit the ground running against South Australia at Gardens Oval on Sunday.
“It’s a well-balanced side with a deep batting line-up and variety with the ball. I’d love to see a big crowd of Territorians there to watch the boys play their fearless brand of cricket.”
The NT is in the same pool as teams from South Australia, Victoria and Queensland with NSW, ACT, Western Australia and a second Queensland team in the opposite pool.
NT UNDER 12 BOYS TEAM
Tye Beer, Ben King, Ty Jennings, Rithun Ramanan, Toby Anderson, Angad Panwar, Harvey McCormick, Tathira Gautham Wijegunarathna, Branden Gawthrope, Lucas Nixon, Joel Kitching, Nate Watson, William Handford. Reserves: Marcus Nichols, Stephen McCormack, Logan Abbott, Addison Omeike, Henry Raveney, Adam Duncum.
NT UNDER 12 GIRLS TEAM
Sophie Cameron, Addison Gallagher, Prajna Kumar, Joshitha Kumar, Nishie Panchal, Joanna Picket, Jordi O’Toole, Ekham Dhillon, Eimi Smith, Abbey Warton, Elisha Halvorsen, Abbie Halvorsen, Olivia Schulz. Reserves: Emily Tomlin, Violet Burrows, Hannah Fior, Charlotte Hill, Rhegan Rose.