Coach Peter Endacott says the team is blending well in the final days before travelling south and he expects they'll provide a challenge for Riverina in round one.

"Right now, it's just that final bit of fine-tuning for our group and give the boys a chance to get the cobwebs out from the Christmas and New Year period," Endacott said.

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"We're just having a bit of a hit here and fine-tuning where they'll be batting and sorting out there bowling just that little bit where needed, but right now they're going really well."

The line-up, featuring a who's who of Western junior cricketing talent, will be led by Dubbo's Tom Coady and vice-captained by Bathurst's Blake Kreuzberger.

Left-handed spinner George Cumming and Cowra gun Mikey McNamara have also been named to the side and while Endacott notes that the line-up is missing pace, he says the well-rounded roster has him feeling optimistic about their chances.

"I'm very confident right now, I think we've got a very strong, very competent team and I think we'll do quite well this year," Endacott said.

"Our bowling's well balanced, although we don't have any tearaway fast bowlers, we've got good quality bowlers and a great lot of spin options, so it's a really well balanced team."

While Western fell short last year, a number of the players in the current Bradman lineup have previously lifted the trophy in the Kookaburra lineup, and are one of the more experienced lineups selected in recent years.

"I think we have a very strong batting lineup, we're very, very strong there, I've got four players from last year that I took to last year's carnival backing up again this year, so their experience is invaluable for the new players to draw on, I've also got two under 15s that have come through, they're going to go quite well."

While extreme weather biting into the regular cricket seasons played across the Western Zone in the lead up to the competition, Endacott is confident that fewer club cricket games haven't disrupted his young guns' training.

"I don't think the weather's had that much of an impact on our preparation, no, I don't think much has really upset our preparation this time around."

With bushfires threatening much of southern NSW, there was some cause for concern that Western's opening round clash with Riverina would have to be cancelled, but Endacott has received some assurance from Cricket NSW that the games will proceed as planned.

"Obviously there are fires, but the games are good right now and we won't be impacted at this point, which is great."

Western play Riverina in Albury on January 7.