The best under-12 talent from across the country, including the son of AFL royalty Chris Judd, is set to converge on Darwin this week for the School Sport Cricket Championships.
The NT Cricket under-12 squad ready to take on the School Sport Australia Cricket Championships in Darwin from June 4-9
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 who not only get to host the tournament, but will have a girls team for the very first time.
Featuring for Victoria is Oscar Judd, the son of two-time Brownlow medallist Chris Judd.
Meanwhile, 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.”
Tye Beer (boys Captain) ahead of the under-12 cricket championships in Darwin. Picture: NT Cricket
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 exceptionally 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 New South Wales, ACT, Western Australia and a secodn Queensland team in the opposite pool.
EVERY PLAYER COMPETING
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
Ekam Dhillon
Eimi Smith
Abbey Warton
Elisha Halvorsen
Abbie Halvorsen
Olivia Schulz
Reserves:
Emily Tomlin
Violet Burrows
Hannah Fior
Charlotte Hill
Rhegan Rose
ACT Boys
Archie Boorer
Archie Brown
Edward Barnes
Luc Tipping
Lucas Lapthorne
Preston Tarry
Lachlan Miller
Luca Ciocca-Marchant
Nicholas Blencowe
Preston Singer
Rhys Gray
Yaksh Patel
Reuben Black
ACT Girls
Anaya Siddhartha
Anika Jaidi
Ava Wrathall
Iolanthe Thompson
Devri Muthukuda
Sarvagnya Chanduri
Deekshita Reddy
Swairee Reichana Rajapaksha
Amelie Smith
Veronica Graak
Aishani Sangam
TahliaSmith
NSW Boys
Ethan Natkunmanickam
Vivaan Kanhe
Arjun Singh
Hugh Hanrahan
William Malone
Joel Pagano
Kai Laws
Charles Clifford
Saharsh Subramanian
Tyson Jansz
Asher Beheram
James Sykes
NSW Girls
Elyssa Bolger
Gayathri Naik
Kaya Kumar
Era Bhoir
Ella Cattley
Charlotte Shoemark
Poppi Stephen
Lily Railz
Eloise Lawry
Ruby Carlyon
Ava Dragovic
Matilda Hayward
Queensland Boys Maroon
Cooper Armstrong
Joshua Brooke
Mason Cumming
Arjun Dhanda
Caden Ford
Calem McCathie
Jack McGown
Daniel MacDonald
Michael McLeod
Jed Robinson
Marcus Strelow
Ekalavya Yadav
Queensland Girls Maroon
Lucy Logan
Charlotte Rafton
Ayla Johnson
Jayani Maharaj
Macie Whiting
Georgia Black
Sahajdeep Dhaliwal
Margot Wallwork
Lily McLaughlin
Tanisha Gudigar
Amelia Kuhn
Uditi Ratnala
Queensland Boys White
Anuk Kottegoda
Jay Unagar
Caleb McDougall
Javieer Ballaggan
Louis Stickney
Adam Johansen
Callem Pentecost
Jackson Stewart
Robert Murree
Sonny Harvey
Isaac Brown
Quinn Davidson
Queensland Girls White
Aarya Repal
Targa Jenkins
Ella Stewart
Stella Dwyer
Evie Phillips
Sara Lalwani
Clare Daley
Jiaya Meudell
Reniesha-Ruby Rony
Ruwenthika Nithyananthan
Pahanmee Meegasdeniya
Audrey Walker
South Australia Boys
Joshua Antell
Charlie Foster
Adam Hutchins
Matthew Harris
Renesh Khatri
Tom Laube
Sidney McDonald
Noah Pittman
Felix Nelson
Dhairy Patel
Max Tresidder
Thomas Tully
SA Girls
Ivy Hobbs
Riya Gupta
Mollie McArdle
Bridget Slattery
Ellie Dabinett
Sophie Prior
Saoirse Flynn
Lucy Hazelgrove
Naavya Raghula
Alexandra Heneker
Gemma Melville
Abby Bain
Sanvi Shah
Victoria Boys
Yash Balyan
Declan Brasher
Kaevish Bhasin
Ned Bolton
Flynn Bush
Samuel Gregory
Oscar Judd
Samuel Judd
Aadarsh Itankar
Harry Middleton
Joshua Mithen
Aarav Saxena
Prabhnoor Singh Boparai
Victoria Girls
Amelia (Minnie) Chamberlain
Anushka Mehta
April Chaudhary
Arshia Arora
Charli O’Loughlin
Falak Syeda
Jessica Hodgkinson
Macey White
Poppy Agg
Sahasra Pulibandla
Tulip Sharma
Varsha Avulanna
Aryahi Chintala
WA Boys
Sachin Bhaskaran
Thomas Biju
Tanveer Chauvan
Shayan Dash
Luke Grantham
Charlie Harvey
Thomas Hinchcliffe
Jack Hodge
Chayse Moir
Ahmad Nadeem
Jay Pfoeffer
Tripatdeep Singh
James Tyson
WA Girls
Rachel Kelly
Abigail Tutt
Kitty Wilkinson
Harper Seaton
Trisha Jain
Asha Pipe
Kaija Nielsen
Jaanhvi Iyer
Penny Cheetham
Harper Rudd
Isla Tedeschi
Amani Sharma
Kina Patel