Hi-Flyers set to soar at Last Man Stands national titles

The team, captained by Shawn Higgins, will head to the Gold Coast later this month to contest the Australian Championships, hosted by the Runaway Bay Cricket Club.

During the September 14-18 tournament, Higgins' side, featuring Scott Fagerlund, James Godwin, Luke Jurancic, Dylan Higgins, Ben Phillpot, John Guscott and Zac Henstock, will play four round games - with the top two in their pool progressing to the quarter-finals and the other two moving into the consolation plate draw.

"This is our first time going to this tournament but we are quietly confident of winning a number of games with the team we have," Higgins said.

"Out team's main strength is our batting line-up, led by Luke Jurancic and Scott Fagerlund.

"Luke's just hit the top 100 in the world with the bat, after scoring two recent LMS tons, including an 136 not out.

"Led by these two and everyone else chipping in, there's no reason why we can't score close to 200 each game."

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As hopeful as Higgins is his Hi-Flyers perform strongly in Queensland, he knows how important it is for a team from the Shoalhaven to compete on the country's biggest stage.

"Shoalhaven is strong in all forms of cricket and to have a local team compete at this level will show how strong we are in the LMS arena," he said.

"With LMS being the new style of cricket in the world, it would be great to see some young teams compete at this event in future years."

The winner of the Australian Championships automatically qualifies for the LMS World Champs at Sydney in December.

This Sunday will also mark finals day for the Shoalhaven LMS competition at Lyrebird Park.

The two Hi-Flyers teams will face off at 9.30am before the Battalion and Turf Kings do battle at 11.40am - with the final at 2pm.