2022 Indoor Cricket National Championships at Casey Stadium from June 25 to July 9

Big Bash and first-class stars will be among hundreds of players taking part in the Indoor Cricket National Championships. See all the Victorian teams.

Clint Hinchliffe, left, of the Melbourne Stars, will represent WA at the Indoor Cricket National Championships at Casey Stadium. Picture: Robert Cianflone

“Play.’’

It’s a word Australia’s best indoor cricketers will be happy to hear this Sunday when they return to the national stage for the first time since 2019 in the Indoor Cricket National Championships at Casey Stadium, Cranbourne East.

Over 800 players and officials will take part in the championships from June 25 to July 9, with national titles up for grabs across five open age divisions and five junior divisions.

Big Bash contracted players Sarah Coyte (NSW captain/coach/Melbourne Renegades), Meagan Dixon (Queensland captain/Adelaide Strikers), Clint Hinchliffe (WA/Melbourne Stars) and Tegan McPharlin (SA/Adelaide Strikers) will all be in action at the championships.

Victoria’s men’s side includes first-class all-rounder Clive Rose, his cousin, Richmond paceman Brendan Rose, and emerging Richmond batsman Jonathan D’Rozario.

Victorian player Clive Rose.

The open age divisions will commence on Sunday, June 26, with finals to be played on Saturday, July 2.

The junior divisions hit off on Saturday, July 2, with finals on Saturday, July 9.

There is also the Taverners Shield — a division for players with an intellectual disability.

Indoor cricket continues to play a key role in the cricket pathway, with players such as Amanda Jade Wellington, Josh Philippe, Hannah Darlington, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jhye Richardson and more having played at the Indoor Cricket National Championships in recent years.

Fraser-McGurk is playing indoor cricket at Croydon in the winter as he does every year.

Jake Fraser-McGurk. Picture: Chris Hyde

2022 promises to be a blockbuster year for indoor cricket, with Australia set to host the 2022 WICF Indoor Cricket World Cup — scheduled to be held in Melbourne from October 8-15.

Four Australian squads will be selected for the World Cup following the championships. Australia has never lost a men’s or women’s world cup since its inception in 1995.

Indoor cricket games are played with eight players on each side, lasting approximately 90 minutes. Every player bats four overs, bowls two overs, and fields in a game.

All finals will be live streamed on the Cricket Australia YouTube channel and Facebook page. Follow the Cricket Australia Indoor Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for all the news, scores and highlights.

Adelaide Campion.

Aimee Mellford will play and coach at the nationals.

VIC SQUADS:

Victoria Men: Jarrod Armitage, Jonathan D’Rozario, Brad Jones, Lachlan King, Kamal Kuruppu, Lance MacDougall, Kieran Perkins, Justin Perkins, Brendan Rose, Clive Rose, Andy Solomons, Daniel Van Hees, Ross Gregory (Coach)

Victoria Women: Adelaide Campion, Erin Carroll, Alyssa Humphries, Katia Jomini, Haylee Landi, Nicole Martin, Aimee Mellford, Danielle Montague, Laura Shaw, Izzy Weber, Madeline Wright, Wayne Turner (Coach)

Victoria U22 Men: Nick Ritchie, Jono Mummery, Zach Grech, Harry Trenwith, Tahj Johnston, Bailey Bowyer, Mitch Hayse, Josh Smith, Luke Ajani, Scott Antidormi, Josh Walker, Wayne Dow (Coach)

Dinal Gamage and Zac Grech.

Victoria U17 Boys: Alex Russell, Cooper Sticht, Ethan Davies, Lucas Mullanger, Nic Tindall, Pratham Raje, Thivi Salwathura, Caleb Candappa, Dinal Gamage, Josh Smith, Zach Grech, Geoff Latham (Coach)

Victoria U17 girls: Ashling O’Farrell, Stella De Roos, Lola Allain, Samantha Arscott, Thyivyaa Mahendran, Mannat Chadha, Anusha Joshi, Hailey Buckley, Lauran Barclay, Ishani Narendran, Tony Pahi (Coach)

Victoria U15 Boys: Cooper Dornan, Cooper Gray, Griffin Box, Gurbir Singh, Hamish Braden, Hamish Stephenson, James Sajeba, Kovida De Silva, Ryan Hughes, Zac Watson, Jason Leonard-Scott (Coach)

Victoria U13 Boys: Ahmed Raza, Archer Hankin, Vidhujan Sivasuthan, Zac Van Der Nest, Japjot Singh, Joel Ajani, Harish Salwathura, Cooper Box, Siddhant Goel, Sukhraj Grewal, Aimee Mellford (Coach)