2002-03 Annual R eport 2002-03 Annual R eport - Australian Sports ...

State/Territory Associations
Top. Manuka Oval hosted
Australia A in its return series
against South Africa A.
Bottom. The Prime Minister of
Australia, The Hon. John Howard
MP, with opposing captains Mark
Waugh (left) and Nasser Hussain
prior to Canberra’s annual Prime
Minister’s XI fixture.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
CRICKET ASSOCIATION
The Australian Capital Territory Cricket Association (ACTCA) again hosted the traditional Prime Minister’s
XI’s match at Manuka Oval, welcoming touring side England to Canberra in January.
The Prime Minister’s XI match has become a regular highlight of the Australian cricket calendar and an
event which promotes the game in the nation’s capital.
The Territory’s David Dawson was a key member of the Prime Minister’s XI, scoring an unbeaten 19.
Canberra’s Manuka Oval also played host to the international fixture between Australia A and South Africa
A in April. The World Cup trophy was transported to the match, ensuring the local community shared in
the spoils of Australia’s international triumph.
In the Cricket Australia Cup, the Territory boasted two players in the top five of the run-scoring charts.
Twenty-one-year-old Dawson led the competition’s run chart with 552 at an average of 50.18. The
Territory’s Cade Brown was the fifth highest, scoring 384 runs at 32.00.
Despite finishing down the competition ladder, the Canberra Comets’ emphatic victory against New South
Wales was a highlight of the ACT’s Cricket Australia Cup campaign.
During the year, ACT player Stewart Heaney was made a member of the Commonwealth Bank Cricket
Academy. He follows in the footsteps of 2001-02 academy scholars Jack Smith and Dawson.
The ACTCA hosted both the men’s and women’s national under-19 championships in 2002-03.
Kris Britt, the ACT’s under-19 captain, topped the competition’s run-scoring charts in the battle for the
Betty Wilson Shield. Britt scored 384 runs at an average of 76.80, including an unbeaten 145 runs from
116 balls against South Australia. She was also the tournament’s second highest wicket-taker – her legspinners
netted 15 wickets at 14.73.
One of the ACT’s finest products, Britt went on to make her international debut for Australia during its
one-day international series against New Zealand.
At the Commonwealth Bank Under-17 and Under-19 Championships, the ACT finished in seventh position,
while the Territory finished fifth in the Australian Under-17 and Under-19 Championships – Female.
In game development, the ACT continues to play a vital role in the region. Super 8s competitions and
Have-A-Go programs were run throughout schools in the territory, while the ACT registered the second
highest number of registrations for the CricHit program for young girls.
During the year, the ACTCA formed a partnership with the Boomanulla community to develop cricket
programs for Indigenous players.
ACT ATAGLANCE
Cricket Australia Cup: seventh
Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series: seventh
Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship Series: seventh
Betty Wilson Shield for under-19 women: fifth
Betty Butcher Shield for under-17 women: fifth
Men’s Grade cricket champion: Weston Creek
Women’s Grade cricket champion: Eastlake
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