A HEFTY contingent of Northern Tasmania junior cricketers will compete in Hobart for the under-13 and under-16 intrastate cups next week.
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Jarrod Daikin will captain a 12-boy under-16s Northern Force squad against Southern Storm, North-West Lightning and a Tasmanian under-15 side during the four-day 50-over tournament starting on Monday.
Five Northerns Cobe Evans, Nick Latham, Kobe Moore, Ben Hyatt and Johnathon Marsden have been selected in the state team to take on the regional outfits.
Northern Force will be co-coached by Andy Gower and Darren Simmonds.
Simmonds said his charges were heading down the Midland Highway with an ambition to return victorious.
“A majority of this side have played in these tournaments for the past three or four years,” he said.
“We bat very deep and we’ve probably got at least seven good bowling options so our side is suited to the one-day format.
“For us to do really well our batsmen will need to show a little more patience down there with some strike rotation for us to bat out our overs.
“If we can do that and post good scores I’m sure we can defend them.”
An under-13s Northern team will also get a taste of representitive cricket when they take on a North-West squad and two Southern sides.
The Force’s team includes Isaac Hyatt, Jack Manix-Geeves and Arie Schoenmaker, who returned last week from the under-12 national championships.
North coach Nick Hayes said the competition would be focused on the chosen few improving.
“It’s not about winning, it’s about how they play the game, how they improve their knowledge about the game from playing against good opposition,” Hayes said.
“We have trained every Tuesday night since we cut the squad from about 60 to 12 in November.”
Both tournaments finish next Thursday.
NORTHERN TALENT
UNDER-16 BOYS
- Jared Dakin, Lachlan Newland, James Curran, Will Beattie, Sam Elliston-Buckley, Bayley Neil, Corey Viney, Patrick Morehouse, Harry Rand, Blake Cassidy, Brendan Sheehan, Sam Canny.
UNDER-13 BOYS
- Aiden O'Connor, Isaac Hyatt, Jesse Price, Jack Manix-Geeves, Arie Schoenmaker, Angus Foster, Oli Gibson, Pawlos Barratt, Spencer Hayes, Cooper Anthes, Oscar Mansell, Kaidyn Turner.
STATE UNDER-15s
- Cobe Evans, Nick Latham, Kobe Moore, Ben Hyatt, Johnathon Marsden.