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NSW Metro win Under 18 National Championships

New South Wales Metro capped off a superb tournament with victory in the Final of the Cricket Australia Under 18 National Championships in Hobart yesterday.

Entering the match against the Cricket Australia XI undefeated, NSW Metro posted a competitive 185 after winning the toss and electing to bat.

 

Ashley Day (50) led the way with her second half-century of the Championships, while Saskia Horley contributed a patient 26 off 53 balls.

 

The CA XI made a solid start in reply, before Clara lemma (4-25), Yardly Polsen (3-27) and Synetta Manns (2-9) combined to claim 5-22 and swing the momentum in favour of NSW Metro.

 

Olivia Porter toiled hard with the bat, but it wasn’t enough as NSW Metro finished off the tail to claim the title.

 

In the play-off for third place, a combined ACT/NSW Country side proved too strong for Victoria thanks to an unbeaten 59 from Tahlia Wilson.

 

A two-wicket win secured fifth place for Queensland against Western Australia, while South Australia overcame Tasmania to finish in seventh spot.

 

At the conclusion of the Championships, eight players were selected by the Women’s Youth Selection Panel to take part in the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League Pathway Placement program.

 

The two week placement will give players the opportunity to experience what it is like to be part of a Rebel WBBL club, as well as learning from some of the world’s finest Twenty20 cricketers.

 

Rebel Women’s Big Bash League Under 18 Rookies:

 

Player

WBBL Club

Renee Irvine

Brisbane Heat

Zoe Griffiths

Melbourne Stars

Nic Faltum

Melbourne Renegades

Ellie Falconer

Adelaide Strikers

Rebecca West

Perth Scorchers

Courtney Webb

Hobart Hurricanes

Tahlia Wilson

Sydney Sixers

Hannah Darlington

Sydney Thunder

 

The Selection Panel also named a Under 18 Talent Squad that will spend time honing their skills at the Bupa National Cricket Centre in Brisbane ahead of the 2017-18 season.

 

Cricket Australia Under 18 Female Talent Squad:

 

Player

State

Stella Campbell

CAXI/NSW Metro

Ellie Dalgarno-Fixter

ACT/NSW Country

Shae Daly

SA

Maddy Darke

CA XI/NSW Metro

Hannah Darlington

CA XI/NSW Metro

Ashley Day

NSW Metro

Josephine Dooley

QLD

Ellen Falconer

SA

Nicole Faltum

VIC

Saskia Horley

NSW Metro

Emma Hughes

ACT/NSW Country

Clara Iemma

NSW Metro

Renee Irvine

CA XI/QLD

Carly Leeson

NSW Metro

Emma Mannix-Geeves

TAS

Annabel Sutherland

CA XI/VIC

Rachel Trenaman

ACT/NSW Country

Hannah Trethewey

NSW Metro

Georgia Wareham

VIC

Courtney Webb

TAS

Rebecca West

WA

Tara Wheeler

QLD

Tahlia Wilson

ACT/NSW Country

Rosie Wynd

CA XI/VIC

 

For more information, please visit www.nationalchamps.com.au

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