PORT ADELAIDE captain Tom Jonas, leadership group member Hamish Hartlett and former skipper Travis Boak will headline Port Adelaide’s cricket team doing battle for the Bushfire T20 Showdown.
Jonas will lead the side on February 2 at Adelaide Oval, which will also include highly talented junior cricketers Connor Rozee and Todd Marshall.
They will be joined by the big-hitting Tom Clurey and fast bowlers Kane Farrell and Boyd Woodcock.
Hartlett and Rozee have both represented South Australia in underage carnivals, while Marshall was a member on the New South Wales underage squad who toured England.
Hartlett was also named in the Australian under 15 representative squad.
Port Adelaide’s player have also represented the Grange Dolphins in the Turf Cricket Competition, winning last year’s Division 3 T20 premiership.
The remaining players for each team will comprise of four Adelaide Strikers/Redbacks players, one South Australian female cricketer and a CFS volunteer.
Cricketers will be selected by each captain at a player draft which will occur next Wednesday 29 January at Adelaide Oval.
100 per cent of net proceeds from ticketing, catering, sponsorship and all other donations for this match will go to the state’s bushfire appeal, which will raise vital funds for people directly affected by bushfires in recent months.
All tickets are being sold as general admission tickets and are priced at $20 for adults, $5 for kids and $40 for families. The State Government has also announced that it will be providing free public transport to all those attending the match.
Tickets to the Bushfire T20 Showdown are on sale now through Ticketek.
Donations to SA Bushfire Appeal can be made here.
PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
Tom Jonas (Captain) - Batsman Kensington junior premiership player
Travis Boak - Batsman - Grange Dolphins T20 premiership player
Tom Clurey - Batsman - Vic Country underage & Grange Dolphins T20 premiership player
Kane Farrell - Bowler - Grange Dolphins T20 premiership player
Hamish Hartlett - Wicketkeeper/Batsman - Australia & South Australia underage wicketkeeper/batsman
Todd Marshall - All-rounder - New South Wales underage player
Connor Rozee - All-rounder - South Australia underage & East Torrens junior premiership player
Boyd Woodcock - Bowler - South Australia Country underage player
ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
Tom Lynch (Captain) - All-rounder - Represented Victoria at junior level as a line and length bowler
Brad Crouch - Batsman - Runner-up best and fairest as a junior with the Ballarat Cricket Association’s fourth-grade side boasting impressive numbers with both bat and ball
Matt Crouch - Wicketkeeper/batsman - A Grade player for North Ballarat, represented Victoria in the Under 17 National Championships
Darcy Fogarty - All-rounder - Lucindale junior player
Paul Seedsman - All-rounder - Smacked a half-century off 29 balls - including four sixes - in a local Twenty20 competition. Followed it up with the ball, taking 4/18 from four overs and leading his side to a 33-run win
Rory Sloane - All-rounder - A team leader and enthusiastic fielder for the side
Brodie Smith - Batsman - Grange C3 player leading his team to victory over Concordia OC with a dashing century
Taylor Walker - All-rounder - In his five games for Prince Alfred OC, he has taken 12 wickets at an average of 7.5, with best figures of 4/17
