Wagga cricketer Rachel Trenaman will embark on her first tour of England later this month after winning selection in the Australian A squad.
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Trenaman has long been regarded as one of the country's most promising juniors but will now tour with an Australian senior squad for the first time.
The 18-year-old all-rounder was named in Cricket Australia's Australian A squad on Tuesday that will play seven matches in England throughout a month-long tour that will coincide with the Women's Ashes.
"It's such a great opportunity," Trenaman said.
"I found out on Friday after a big week of training with the NPS (National Performance Squad). I haven't played for Australia A before so it's pretty exciting."
Trenaman will head to Brisbane next week for a pre-series camp, that includes two warm up matches against the NPS squad on June 17 and 19.
She will then depart for England on June 21. It will be her second visit to the UK but her first time as a cricketer.
"It will be pretty interesting," she said.
"It will be a challenge as well, in the conditions over there but it's exciting."
After captaining the Australian under 19 team recently, Trenaman's latest selection is another feather in her cap and shows how highly she is regarded by the national selectors.
"I guess so, but I'm always trying to improve," she said.
"To play in a side like this is pretty amazing and you know you must be doing something right if you're getting selected but I've just got to make sure that I keep playing well, or playing better."
Trenaman, a year 12 student at Kooringal High School, will pack her books with her as she keeps up with a hectic schedule.
The Australian A squad will play a mix of 50 over, Twenty20, and three-day matches against England and the England Women's Academy.
Australian selector Shawn Flegler said the Australian A tour is a fantastic opportunity for the game's rising stars.
"This tour is a terrific opportunity for these players to test themselves in notoriously tricky English conditions," Flegler said.
"We have a really strong pathway in place for our female cricketers and this group represents the next generation of Australian players so to be able to invest and give them this experience is incredibly valuable."
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