Star Wagga cricketer Rachel Trenaman hopes to help NSW Breakers into another Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) final this weekend.
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Trenaman, 17, has been named in the 14-player Breakers squad for their last round of matches in Adelaide on Friday and Saturday.
NSW, who sit third on the table, take on South Australia on Friday and then ACT on Saturday. They need to win both to keep their title defence alive.
The Breakers have played in all 22 previous WNCL finals, winning 19.
Trenaman is looking forward to a couple of high pressure fixtures.
“Yeah it’s fantastic, that’s what you play cricket for, for those tight matches and to really showcase your skills under difficult situations,” Trenaman said.
“I guess our first couple of games we didn’t do as well as we would have hoped. I think we’re feeling pretty good. We’ve come off a couple of really outstanding individual performances and NSW-based team performances in the Big Bash so I think we’re in good stead for this weekend.
“Hopefully we can pull it off on the weekend.”
Treaman has enjoyed another outstanding season. She made her WBBL debut for Sydney Thunder and has played in all four of NSW’s WNCL matches.
She has thoroughly enjoyed the learning opportunities that has come with it.
“Yeah it’s been incredible. To play under players like Rach Hayes and Alex Blackwell with the Thunder and lots of senior players here at the Breakers, getting time on the park is really invaluable,” she said.
“I just try to pick their brain as much as possible. You’ve got to learn by yourself sometimes but their input in really valuable.”
Trenaman was recently selected captain of the Australian under 19 women’s cricket team, who will tour New Zealand in February.
She captained the team last year and regularly seeks advice from senior NSW players on how best to lead from the front.
“I lean on lots of the senior players. I guess I haven’t really captained teams of that calibre before so before going away last year, I spoke to Al (Blackwell) and Rach (Haynes),” she said.
“So I guess just learning off lots of players here on how to manage other players and also skill wise, conditions, internationally are very different to what they are in Australia.”
Trenaman made her mark with the ball for the Thunder this season, picking up a wicket on debut.
She revealed she still favours batting slightly.
“I probably do prefer my batting a little bit but I’ve really grown on bowling leg spin and I practice them both pretty equally,” she said.
“I’m really trying to develop my leg spin to be a bit of a game changer and lots of wicket-taking opportunities but i spend extra time on my batting where I can.”
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