Adelaide Uni to host T20 national championships

The AUCC premiership T20 cricket team

The winning Adelaide University Cricket Club T20 premiership team

Adelaide University Cricket Club (AUCC) will host the National Premier T20 Championships starting Tuesday 3 March.

The T20 cricket champions of each state and territory across the country (with two each from both NSW and Victoria) will compete over two days with matches at the Club鈥檚 home ground at Adelaide University Oval, War Memorial Drive, and at Karen Rolton Oval, at Gladys Elphick Park (Narnungga Park 25).

Matches over Tuesday 3 March and Wednesday 4 March will begin at 10 am and 2.30 pm, with the final played at Karen Rolton Oval at 2.30 pm, Wednesday 4 March.

A number of Australian Test and one-day international players, plus a large number of players regularly seen in the Big Bash League will be participating, including Jake Weatherald (Strikers), Nick Winter (Strikers) and Joe Mennie (Renegades) for AUCC. Usman Khawaja (Valley Districts, QLD), Ashton Turner and Shaun Marsh (both Fremantle Cricket Club, WA) are also named to play.

鈥淭he Adelaide University Cricket Club is not only excited to see our players compete against the best T20 cricketers from around the country, but also proud to host and share our historic grounds and facilities with visiting teams and the broader cricketing community,鈥 says Club President and 成人大片 law graduate Stephen Dickinson.

The AUCC qualified to enter the National Premier T20 Championships as hosts by winning the 2019/2020 South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) West End T20 Cup competition in January. They won all matches in the SA competition, including beating East Torrens in the final.聽

"We aim to offer all of our students a quality experience, and that includes the opportunity to participate in the many wonderful clubs and societies that make up that broader 成人大片 education."Professor Pascale Quester, 成人大片 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

成人大片 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Pascale Quester says: 鈥淭he 成人大片 is tremendously proud of its sporting clubs and their long history of excellence.

鈥淯niversity is not just about academic studies. We aim to offer all of our students a quality experience, and that includes the opportunity to participate in the many wonderful clubs and societies that make up that broader 成人大片 education.鈥

The AUCC was founded in 1907 and admitted to the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) in 1908. Over the years it has won four SACA Premierships in 1925/26, 1992/93, 1994/95 and 1997/98.

鈥淭he Adelaide University Cricket Club (AUCC) has a proud history of excellence in representing the 成人大片, the third-oldest university in Australia, and an institution that competes on the national and international stage,鈥 says Club Chairman and 成人大片 Arts (Honours) graduate Lachlan Coleman.

鈥淭hus, it is only fitting that the AUCC now has an opportunity to challenge for a national T20 competition title, and we will do so knowing that we have the passionate support of the whole 成人大片 community.鈥

The club currently fields 14 competitive teams, including two women鈥檚 teams across SACA Premier Cricket, Adelaide Turf Cricket Association, SA Veterans and SACA Super Cricket.

The Club鈥檚 first grade squad currently includes four South Australian Redbacks players: Joe Mennie, Nick Winter, Jake Weatherald and Will Bosisto.

Currently, at this stage of the 2019-2020 season heading into the final rounds, AUCC teams sit at the top of the ladder in Men鈥檚 1st, 2nd and 4th Premier grades and in finals positions in six other grades. Already this season the club has seen four Premierships in the 1st, 3rd and 4th grade T20 competitions and in the SA Vets Over 60s.

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