Cricket NSW yesterday announced a brand new Twenty20 competition based in country NSW, the Plan B Regional Bash, set to take off in October.

Dubbo will be represented by the Outlaws, compromising of players from this area, through to Parkes, Cowra and out to Cobar while the other Western Zone side is the Central West Wranglers, made up of the old Mitchell Council area based around Orange, Bathurst, Mudgee and the Blue Mountains.

All up 16 teams, split up into the two Thunder and Sixers conferences, will play in the knockout competition which runs over seven weeks with a finals gala day at the Sydney Cricket Ground on December 6.

The Outlaws and Wranglers, who meet each other first up at Orange on October 25, are joined in the Thunder Conference by the ACT Aces, South Coast Crew, Border Bullets, Murray Valley Vipers, Murrumbidgee Rangers and Wagga Wagga Sloggers.

"It's exciting and a nice replacement having some quality cricket after no more SCG Cup so it should act as an incentive for guys to still play high level cricket and there's the carrot dangling there to play at the SCG," Dubbo representative captain Tim Cox said.

"I think it should create a lot of enthusiasm and blokes should put their hands up to play."

One of the biggest attractions of the new tournament is the fact each side can name one marquee player in their 15 man squads.

A marquee can be a high profile or representative player originally from the region, such as Chris Tremain, Tim Armstrong or Cowra duo Daniel Hughes and Joe Kershaw for the Outlaws, or an overseas player who is now based in that region.

English duo Greg Buckley and Stuart Naden, who play locally for Colts and CYMS respectively, would fit into the latter category.

Each squad must also have four players under the age of 21 with at least two named for each game while up to three Kingsgrove Cup, the Sydney grade cricket Twenty20 competition, can also play.

"Obviously Cricket NSW want to suss out young talent in country areas but from our zone the best cricketers are usually gone by 18 or 19," Cox said.

"But there are still a few here and it is a great chance for them to step up."

Cox admitted it would have been ideal to have three sides from Western competing, with Dubbo and Parkes two of the leading centres in country cricket in recent times, but said combining them into one, similar to The Valleys team from last season, had its advantages.

"If all available members from last season are available we should be fairly adept and young Jacob McNaught is doing well at Cowra and (former NSW Second XI player) Nick Berry is back in the region now so the depth looks good for the Outlaws," he said.

The winner of the Outlaws-Wranglers match on October 25 will face the winner of the ACT-South Coast clash.