Three of Dubbo's most exciting teenagers will be key at this week's NSW Country Colts Championships but the tournament may just belong to a pair of brothers.
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Cooper and Bailey Brien get the rare opportunity to play alongside each other on the big stage during the four-day tournament, and they also go in as key figures for Western.
The Bathurst duo will look to use home ground advantage at the carnival and continue what has already been a top 2019/20 season.
Bailey was at his best to record his first Bathurst Orange Inter District Cricket century (105) against Rugby Union on Saturday, and pushed his season average past 50 in the process.
He recently earned his first cap for his district side, smashed an unbeaten 88 for Bathurst in the Western Zone Colts Carnival and just a week later hit another unbeaten knock of 72 in Bathurst's big Western Zone Plate semi-final win over Blue Mountains.
Cooper Brien, at the age of just 15, achieved his first BOIDC half century this season and notched up a big hitting 132 against Blue Mountains Grammar in the ISA Cricket competition.
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He began making big impressions last season when he finished with an average of 70 across all under 16s Western Zone competitions despite being a bottom-age player.
His match winning knock for Country in their Western NSW Under 15 Select Twenty20 exhibition against City was another highlight from 2019.
They go into the colts carnival as important figures, alongside Dubbo trio Brock Larance, Tom Coady, and Ben Wheeler.
The younger of the Brien brothers said it's been great to experience a range of representative cricket.
"This is going to be a good experience. Going to New South Wales earlier this year was really great and it's been going well at club and school," he said.
"There's some big names in this team with Ben Mitchell and Brock Larance. It'll be great playing with them.
"Training's been going great, usually working hard at the nets maybe three to four days a week. It's paying off."
Larance, fresh from playing at the national under 19 championships, will captain the side and be vital with both bat and ball.
The squad also features Orange's Lachlan Coyte, Harry McGregor, Hugh Middleton and Blake Weymouth, and a strong Bathurst group of the Briens, Mitchell, Tanvir Singh, Jack Goodsell and Ethan Muller.
Western begins their campaign on Monday against North Coastal at the Sportsground from 10am.
The hosts will follow up with matches against ACT Southern Districts, Greater Illawarra, Central Coast and Central Northern.
The Illawarra and Central Coast games are T20s.