THE team to represent the Greater Illawarra Zone at next month's Country Championships has been named, with Graeme Batty set to lead a talented squad.
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The Balgownie captain will be joined by club teammates Adam Berwick and Jamie Fleming, with University pair Mitchell Hearn and Rhys Voysey (a Batemans Bay product) also in the squad.
Northern Districts' English recruit Eliot Hooper will look to add some strike power to the Greater Illawarra side, while Dapto teenager Jayden Zahra-Smith is set for his opens Country Championships debut.
Shellharbour opener Ned Taylor will add starch to the top of the batting order, with Lake Illawarra all-rounder Kerrod White and Kookas wicket-keeper Zac Jurd also in the squad. Alex Brown and Jack McDonald make up the South Coast contingent in the squad.
Shoalhaven's Justin Weller (North Nowra-Cambewarra) rounds out the side.
The team will be coached by Grant Tilling and Dave Richards.
After finishing second in last year's Country Championships, the Greater Illawarra Zone squad will head to Goulburn in early November in a bid to progress to the NSW final.
The campaign will open with a Friday clash with Western, before Greater Illawarra takes on Riverina on the Saturday and a Sunday showdown with ACT Southern Districts.
Greater Illawarra Zone Country Championships squad
Graeme Batty (c) - Illawarra
Kerrod White - South Coast
Justin Weller - Shoalhaven
Ned Taylor - South Coast
Zac Jurd - South Coast
Elliott Hooper - Illawarra
Alex Brown - South Coast
Mitch Hearn - Illawarra
Jayden Zahra-Smith - Illawarra
Jack McDonald - South Coast
Adam Berwick - Illawarra
Jamie Fleming - Illawarra
Rhys Voysey - Illawarra
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Cameron Mee
Sports reporter at the Canberra Times
Sports reporter at the Canberra Times
