Best men’s and women’s Indigenous cricketers from across the country competing at championships

Find out which players from your state have impressed so far at the National Indigenous Cricket Championships this week.

Valley batsman Dylan McLachlan Norths Vs Valley. Saturday September 28, 2024. Picture, John Gass

The nation’s finest Indigenous cricketers, both male and female, have travelled to Mackay’s Great Barrier Reef Arena to battle it out in a series of exciting National Indigenous Cricket Championships across the week.

With some games called off due to rain, while the format has been shortened to 10 overs a side, the stats may not be as eye-popping as one might think, but the performances have been no less impressive.

Find out which players from your state have stepped up in the biggest way so far.

Merinda Hale has been a solid performer for Victoria in the NICC female competition thus far.

VIC

Men:

Brenden Miller - 15 (14)

Women:

Tahlia Meier - 34 (32)

Merinda Hale - 2/30 (2 overs)

Callee Black, Penrith, NSW Women's Premier Cricket, at nationals for NSW, 2022-23. Picture: Cricket Australia

NSW

Men:

Ethan Fitzpatrick - 34 (20), 33 (14)

Brendan Smith - 26 (16)

Women:

Callee Black - 29 (26), 22 (17)

Taleha Urszulak - 2/10 (2 overs)

Cruz Baker watches the ball head towards the boundary.

QLD

Men:

Cruz J Baker - 31 (31)

Dylan McLachlan - 22 (15)

Women:

Christina Coulson - 23 (17)

Dharmini Chauhan - 2/8 (2 overs)

NT

Men:

Ayden Allan - 24 (29), 15 (15)

Bradley Ilott - 2/8 (2 overs)

SA

Men:

Tyler Latham - 31 (23)

Jake Calgie - 19 (22)

Brayden DeVries keeping for Greater Northern Raiders. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

TAS

Men:

Brayden Devries - 33 (19), 32 (27)

Rhys French - 2/11 (2 overs)

WA

Men:

Brock Larance - 53 (30), 46 (27)

Elijah Dare - 2/10 (2 overs)

Women:

Mikayla Hinkley - 24 (24), 19 (10)

Elsie Simpson - 4/5 (2 overs)

Originally published as Best men’s and women’s Indigenous cricketers from across the country competing at championships