The Tasmanian Female U16 National Championship squad left for Ballarat yesterday ahead of their first match against the Northern Territory today in their national titles.
This year’s squad consists of several players who played in last season’s national championship, and many selected have had experience playing in the Cricket Tasmania Premier League Women’s 1st Grade Competition.
After strong performances in last year’s championship, the squad will look to improve results again this year.
Tasmania’s team will be led by young-gun, 13-year-old Mia Barwick, who was called into the Hobart Hurricanes squad for the T20 Spring Challenge as an injury replacement back in October 2024.
Head Coach of the team is Harry Allanby, and he will be assisted by former Tasmanian Tigers bowler, Sam Rainbird.
Rainbird will look to bring all his experience from his professional cricket career to help support the Tasmanian squad.
Head Coach, Allanby, is looking forward to seeing the squad take on some of the strongest young female cricket talent in Australia.
“The Under 16 National Championships provides the girls with a great opportunity to showcase their skills whilst representing their state.
“The girls have put in a huge amount of work since our program started in June and we have seen so much improvement, we are excited to see them put their practices into a match environment.
“Mia Barwick (captain), Chloe Casey, Maggie Rogers and Hannah Scott will lean on their learnings from the recent U19 championships where they had some good performances,” said Allanby.
Tasmania’s Female U16 National Championship squad consists of:
Mia Barwick (C) - North Hobart
Chloe Casey - Greater Northern Raiders/Devonport
Charlotte Clayton - Greater Northern Raiders/Westbury
Makenzie Giffard - New Town/St Aidans
Angel Green - Glenorchy/New Norfolk
Stevie Johns - Clarence
Payton Fulton - Greater Northern Raiders/Latrobe
Julia Phillips - Clarence
Izzy Purves - Clarence
Maggie Rogers - North Hobart
Hannah Scott - North Hobart
Mackenzie Stewart - North Hobart/Wellington
Payton Stewart - Greater Northern Raiders/Latrobe
Alexis Weeding - Clarence
Head Coach: Harry Allanby
Assistant Coach: Sam Rainbird
Team Manager: Amanda Meers
All games will be streamed live on Cricket Australia’s YouTube Channel, and live scores can be found here, via the Play Cricket App.