When a group of former Australian cricketers arrived in Inverell on the weekend, they probably weren't expecting to beaten by the locals.
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But that's what happened, thanks to the weather!
The Australian Cricket Association Masters Legends Tour arrived on Saturday, but the rain meant changed had to be made to the planned schedule.
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When the group arrived on Saturday from their match in Armidale, they headed straight to Inverell High School where they had a coaching session with the Woolworths Blasters.
They put in a couple of hours with them.
The group then did some community work with the team at Brighter Access which was agin indoors and well received.
After some reorganisation Sunday had all events moved to the Inverell Indoor Cricket Centre, thanks to Greg Sparke who opened up his venue.
The morning consisted of two coaching sessions with players 9 to 13 years old and then 14 to 17 year olds. The local juniors were exposed to many years of first class and test cricket experience and were put through their paces.
Parents and players were excited to get one on one coaching from this talented group of players.
The tour group then went to lunch and returned to take on the local team in an indoor cricket match.
While it was not what they expected, the Masters gave it their best shot but the youth and indoor experience of the locals was too much and Inverell ran out winners.
As part of the tour some lucky local juniors were offered a scholarship to help them with their cricket development as well as a mentor for 12 months.
The winners were Ryan Campbell who will be mentored by former test spinner Jason Krezja and Georgie Leonard who will be mentored by Michelle Gozko, who was a test player between 2001 and 2006.
The tour ended with a Sportsman's Night at the Inverell RSM Club where about 80 guests joined the Masters for a light snack and interview session. The MC was Gerry Taviera who asked the two panels of players about the cricketing careers.
John Shaw auctioned off a signed cricket bat, which was bought by Mark Brabant and the whole group then went to the stage and questions were asked by the audience.
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