by Corona Man » Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:39 am
Lightning McQueen wrote:Corona Man wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:My daughter representing SA next week in the national Under 15 cricket carnival, it's held in Adelaide this year so that's a huge bonus, Thursday's game is at Adelaide Oval number 2 which I can't wait watch.
Great to see some awesome ovals being used to showcase SA, hopefully we do well, can see us finishing mid-table though, pound for pound we are the 3rd best team but anything can happen.
Bats or Bowls.... or both?
Both, I think she's penciled in for 5 or 6 and bowls decent offies where she'll be the 4th or 5th bowler used, they may open her in the T20's though.
She's been opening the batting at A Grade district level so far this season so it will be a huge relief coming in down the order, she played in a City vs Country Under 18 match in December where she batted at 6 and top scored, I'm hoping the pressure she has had on her all season will pay off now.
Wow, good stuff LM. We had a young girl go through our Country Cricket club a few years back who progressed down a fairly similar path. Playing A grade at an early age, state under 15's, and I think state under 18's while still eligible at U 15 level. I have lost a bit of contact now so I don't know how far she has gotten but bowled left arm ortho's. Being a country club, she played her under age stuff locally with us, in the mornings, before heading down the hill in the arvo's to play in the ladies comp. She was even captain of our under 16 boys team for a season or 2.... which made for some interesting interactions between the "young blokes" and her.... the respect our lads showed her was unbelievable. They saw her as a cricketer first (and a damn good one) and a girl second..
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