South Launceston's Alec Smith, Josh Freestone and Charlie Eastoe and Mowbray's Alex Jordan and Fletcher Seymour have been selected for the state team.

The national under-17 championships run from January 13 to 23 and will involve the Tasmanian side playing two one-day games and three two-dayers against interstate opposition.

North Hobart cricketer Caleb Jewell will captain the state side, with Smith acting as his vice-captain.

It will be the second state representation this year for Smith who was also picked in the state under-19 team which played in the national championships in Hobart last month. The Tasmanian team is being coached by Cricket Tasmania youth pathways high performance manager Lachlan Stevens and Darren McNees.

``It is always hard to know what the other state teams are going to be like but it will be a great learning curve for all our state team members,'' Cricket Tasmania Northern regional manager Clinton Reid said.

``You approach every game as if you expect to win and that's the attitude we like our players to play with.''

The state under-17 team members are _ Caleb Jewell (c), North Hobart Cricket Club; Alex Smith (vc), South Launceston Cricket Club; Kris Denby, Burnie Hurricanes Cricket Club; Liam Devlin, Clarence Cricket Club; Charlie Eastoe, South Launceston Cricket Club; Josh Freestone, South Launceston Cricket Club; Alex Jordan, Mowbray Cricket Club; Corey Murfett, Ulverstone Cricket Club; Peter O'Keefe, North Hobart Cricket Club; Isaac Salter, Clarence Cricket Club; Fletcher Seymour, Clarence Cricket Club; Luke Webb, Glenorchy Cricket Club; Daniel Willoughby, New Town Cricket Club.