Indigenous Cricket

National Indigenous Cricket Championships kick off in Alice Springs


The Victorian men’s side will be hunting back-to-back titles in 2018, after claiming their first NICC title in 2017 having defeated South Australia. The full squad includes:

Victorian Men’s NICC Cup Team:

Name Club Tribe or Mob
Alex Kerr St James Malvern Wurundjeri
Mackenzie Casson Riddells Creek Cricket Club Kamilaroi
Nathan Gardiner Lower Plenty Cricket Club Wurundjeri
Clayton McCartney North Dandenong Cricket Club Yorta Yorta
Patrick Jackson The Pines Cricket Club Yorta Yorta
Ashley Sweet Melton Cricket Club Bundjalung
Nicholas Boland Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club Gulidjan
Ben Abbatangelo Northcote Cricket Club Gunai Kurnai
Wade King Benalla Bushrangers Cricket Club Ngaianpa
Jhiah Baxter Thomson Cricket Club Nygena
Tom Collett Red Hill Cricket Club Unknown
Brad Dolan St James Malvern Gunditjmara
Connor Jackson The Pines Cricket Club/ St Kilda Cricket Club Yorta Yorta
Damon Egan St Kilda Cricket Club Gunditmara

The Victorian women’s side will be playing under a new head coach, VicSpirit and Melbourne Stars captain Kristen Beams and are set to play the 2017 champions, New South Wales in their opening round. The full squad includes:

Victorian Women’s NICC Cup Team

Name Club Tribe or Mob
Tyneal Colban-Kirk Keon Park Stars Cricket Club Gunditjmara
Simone Burridge Plenty Valley Cricket Club Kamilaroi
Jacinta Goodger-Chandler Plenty Valley Cricket Club Gunai Kurnai
Fiona Hale Mt Martha Cricket Club Yorta Yorta
Merinda Hale Mt Martha Cricket Club Yorta Yorta
Emma Manix-Geeves Newtown Cricket Club Unknown
Emma Toseland Gelnroy Cricket Club Taungurung/Wurundjeri
Taylor Wigg Burnie Hurricanes Cricket Club Pakana
Cara Watkins Burnie Hurricanes Cricket Club
Brooke Nam Keon Park Stars Cricket Club Wailwan
Molly Wayd Lucknow Cricket Club Gunai Kurnai

The tournament will take place across a number of sites including Traegar Park, Albrecht Oval and Jim McConville Oval.

Be sure to keep up to date with the latest news from the tournament, and watch both the semi-finals and final on the NICC website.

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