NSW’s talented ATSI players return to National Indigenous Cricket Championships
Cricket NSW | February 22, 2023
The National Indigenous Cricket Championships (NICC) begins today with some of NSW’s most talented Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players from across the state heading to Alice Springs, following a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
NSW will have the opportunity to defend their 2020 men’s and women’s titles with matches to be played across three venues – Traeger Park, Albrecht Oval and Jim McConville Oval.
The NSW men’s and women’s teams have a proud history in the NICC, with the women’s team winning all 13 National Championships held so far and the men winning eight of the 20 championships held, including the past three.
This is the first season that these teams have been supported by the CNSW Foundation to be able to compete. In addition to the players, Cricket NSW will also be represented by three umpires at these Championships. Andrew Coates, Patrick Jackson and Andrew Yarad will represent both CNSW and the NSWCUSA as officials across the tournament.
Seven men’s and five women’s teams from all over Australia will compete for national titles in the week-long tournament in the Red Centre from February 22 – 28 2023 in the T20 format.
Now in its sixth year, the championships form part of Australian cricket’s elite development pathway, with the aim of having more Indigenous cricketers represent Australia at the highest level.
Players will also be competing for selection in the men’s and women’s national teams to travel to Vanuatu to play four T20s against the Vanuatu national teams, from May 3rd – 10th 2023. The tour is supported through the Australian Government’s PacificAus Sports partnership with Cricket Australia.
The NICC is supported by CommBank, a proud partner of Cricket Australia’s ‘A Sport for All’ Program, which champions inclusion and diversity in cricket and the MCC Foundation, as the NICC’s official Inclusion Partner.
As part of a three-year partnership with the MCC Foundation, the best players from the NICC will have the chance to take part in a training camp at the Melbourne Cricket Ground later this year, allowing them to showcase their talents on cricket’s premier stage.
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