Australian Open Indoor Cricket Championships

Along with the Open Women, Victoria will compete in a further five divisions with the Open Men, Under-23 Men and Under-20 Men, as well as the Under-20 Women and Lords Taverners.

Having finished third last year, the Victorian Open Men’s side will be hoping to make further inroads and has been bolstered by the inclusion of former Commonwealth Bank Bushranger Clive Rose, who has been granted permission to compete at the carnival by Cricket Tasmania.

“I haven’t played for the past couple of years, so I’m looking forward to it,” Rose said.

“I find outdoor and indoor cricket quite similar, so it’s pretty easy for me to switch between the two.”

Hoping to claim back-to-back titles, the Open Women’s team has prepared well and will head in to the tournament with a strong side.

“We’ve all been training well and are excited to go up to Brisbane to defend the title,” Victorian Open Women’s captain Nicole Martin said. 

Premier Cricketers Jarrod Munday and Lachlan King will step up from the under-17s boys’ team to compete in the Under-20 Men’s division, while the Under-20 Women’s squad features VicSpirit Pathway players Nicola Hancock (Western Spirit), Hannah Bailes and Holly Johnson (South East Bayside Breakers),  Maddy Mackin and Jami Turnbull (Gippsland Pride), Addy Campion (Northern Falcons) and Olivia Aing (Outer East Eagles).

The 2013 Australian Open Indoor Cricket Championships will be held in Brisbane from July 20 to 27 at the Strathpine Indoor Sports Centre.

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The 2013 Victorian Open Indoor Cricket Championship teams are:

Open Men’s

Brad Jones – Melton
Lance McDougall – Werribee
Josh Gregory – Knox
Matt Fitt – Bendigo
Tim Drisscol – Boronia
Kris Krolikowski – Boxhill
David Dervan – Oakleigh
Jack Craig – Point Cook
Nishan Perera – Springvale
Rodney Bird – Oakleigh
Clive Rose – Tasmania
Ross Gregory (Coach)
John Chilton (Manager)

Open Women’s

Nicole Martin – Melton
Janelle Hayhurst – Boronia
Briony Polkinghorne – Ballarat
Danielle Montague – Glen Waverley
Laura Shaw – Ballarat
Kerry Johnson – Sunbury
Jessica Surace – Sunbury
Tamzyn Wright – Boronia
Helen Taylor – Oakleigh
Liz Pierce – Melton
Maxine Phillips – Glenroy
Brodie Whitmore – Hastings
Wayne Turner (Coach)
Tom Holt (Manager)

Under-23 Men’s

Adam Walls – Northcote
Chris Pahi – Croydon
Corey Altis – Northcote
Geoff Latham – Melton
Jack Murphy – Oakleigh
Jeremy Blackman – Croydon
Lachlan Jolley – Croydon
Michael Yates – Melton
Rian Boddy – Northcote
Steve Mitchell – Northcote
Peter Leerson (Coach)
Daryl Rose (Manager)

Under-20 Men’s

Jarrod Munday – East Bentleigh
Brayden Koch – Werribee
Steven Szabo – Melton
Alex Minihan – Melton
Dean Pirro – Melton
Nathan D’Antonio – Melton
Lachlan King – Wyndham Vale
Humza Ali – Tarneit
Jonah Koch – Werribee
Chris Jolley – Croydon
Tony Pahi (Coach)
Mal Gent (Manager)

Under-20 Women’s

Addy Campion – Northcote
Krissy Dundas – Montrose
Nicola Hancock – Newport
Olivia Aing – Croydon Nth
Jessie-Lee Wright – Mooroolbark
Holly Johnson – Wheelers Hill
Jaimi Turnbull – Traralgon
Maddie Mackin – Traralgon
Sharnni DiMauro – Thomastown
Hannah Bailes – Cheltenham
Paul Gilchrist (Coach)
Tracey Dickson (Manager)

Lord’s Taverners

Jarrod Connelly – Melton
Craig Whitehand – Geelong
Chris Anderson – Geelong
Shaun Wilkie – Geelong
Nathan Mahar – Ballarat
Theo Arnold – Ballarat
Shane Collins – Ballarat
Matthew Sutton – Preston
Warren Buckley – Werribee
Dwayne Templeton – Werribee
Shaun Rayment – Footscray
Joe Brizzi – Footscray
Rick Tresize (Coach)
Darren Riches (Manager)