Cricket Victoria Pathway Under 18 Male State Championships
The Cricket Victoria Pathway Under 18 Male State Championships is the third competition in the Cricket Victoria Pathway and was originally a Victorian Country Cricket League Under 18 competition played between the old VCCL Zones. When the Cricket Victoria Pathway was introduced in 1999/2000 the compeititon included the eight metropolitan regions to make it a 16 team state wide competition.
The Cricket Victoria Pathway Under 18 Male State Championships is held in January each year with eight regions (four metro and four country) playing on Premier Grounds in Melbourne with the other eight regions (four metro and four country) playing in a country region. In 2011/12, the entire competition will be held in Melbourne.
Regions are placed in pools of four teams and play every team in their pool once during the preliminary rounds. At the end of the preliminary rounds all teams play a semi final with the top team from each pool playing the major semi finals. All matches are 50 over a side one day matches. The winning team from each major semi final progress to the Final of the Cricket Victoria Pathway Under 18 Male State Championships .
Performances in the Cricket Victoria Pathway Under 18 Male State Championships will be monitored closely by Victorian Under 19 Selectors to choose the Victorian Under 19 training squad for the following season.
In 2010/11 the Gippsland Pride defeated the Central Highlands in the Final of the Cricket Victoria Pathway Under 18 Male State Championships at the MCG.
For more information please contact Cricket Victoria on (03) 9653 1100