THEY'VE had an undefeated start to their representative season as Bathurst District Junior Cricket Association under 14s and now they shape as key figures for Central West.
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Seven members of the Bathurst under 14s outfit which went three-from-three in the Max Shepherd Shield and is undefeated in the 2020-21 Central West Cricket Council competition are now seeking success in the New South Wales Youth Championship.
Connor Brown, Hugh Taylor, Rupert Begg, Ruben Newton, Charlie Rendell, Mark Sheather and Murray Staines helped the Central West under 14s begin their bid with a bonus-point win on Sunday.
They crushed Country rivals Western Plains by 126 runs.
It was Brown and Taylor who laid the foundation for the success early on as they put on 83 runs opening the batting for Central West.
Brown made 24 of those while Taylor went on to anchor the innings in his three-hour stand at the crease, scoring 65 runs.
Rendell contributed a handy 15 off 20 late in the innings as Central West reached 8-184 off their 50 overs.
Western Plains' chase got off to a horror start as they found themselves at 3-8, Begg the early destroyer as he snared two wickets while Brown was involved in producing a run-out.
From there Western Plains wickets continued to fall, Central West needing only 29.4 overs to have them all out for just 58.
Begg finished with figures of 2-4 off four overs, Taylor took 1-4 off two while Staines, Rendell and Sheather were all economical.
The under 14s were not the only Bathurst juniors to impress in the opening round of Youth Championships either as both the under 13s and under 15s posted wins in their games against Western Plains as well.
Cooper Stephen was the star for the under 13s as his four-wicket haul paved the way for a six-wicket victory.
One of five Bathurst players in the under 13s outfit - Gilby Glawson, Liam King, Jayden Brasier, and Blayde Burke the others - Stephen was superb when introduced into the attack.
He triggered a top order collapse, Western Plains losing three wickets in the space of 10 runs to find themselves at 4-49.
From then on Western Plains struggled to form partnerships and were all out for 110, Stephen having taken 4-18 off seven overs.
Stephen (12) and Glawson (13) both contributed to the chase, Central West hitting the winning runs on the first ball of the 29th over.
In the under 15s match an impressive 101 from Orange opener Charlie Tink paved the way for Central West's 42-run win, but Bathurst District's representatives played a role as well.
After Central West made 7-219, Eli Morris was the main destroyer with the ball as he took 3-21 off his five overs.
Quick Liam Cain took 1-39 off nine and helped pull off a run-out and Jayden Spackman took 1-23 off four. Seth Norris and Mitch Wallace were also part of the victorious side.
