Sport
14 December, 2020
Atherton cricketers on the rise
TWO cricketers from the Atherton Cricket Club have been on the warpath with multiple selections in several high class representative teams and playing in high end competitions.
TWO cricketers from the Atherton Cricket Club have been onthe warpath with multiple selections in several high classrepresentative teams and playing in high end competitions.
Amy Hunter and Abby Toshack are Atherton junior cricketers that have recentlybeen away for representativeduties with more still ahead before the end of the year.
Amy plays in the junior Tier 3 side and the senior third grade sides for Atherton while Abby has graduated from junior cricket and plays in the senior third grade side.
Amy recently returned from playing in the U15’s SunshineCoast School Girls State Championships from which she waspicked in the Queensland U15’sSchool Girls side and this coming weekend she is away competing in the U15’s QueenslandCricket State Championships.
Amy’s father Lee Hunter says that he never gets tired of seeing his daughter out on the field playing cricket.
“Amy has been playing cricket since she was around nine or ten,” he said.
“I always watch her play whenever I can.
“I enjoy watching not only her play but female cricket in general the skill level that is shown is just amazing.”
In recent years Abby has been chosen for the QueenslandCountry Women in the National Country Championship playing with and against adult women cricketers.
Unfortunately due to COVID the championships had beencancelled for this year but Abby also regularly travels down toBrisbane to play for the Sunshine Coast Scorchers in thePremier Women’s Division in Brisbane.
Gary Toshack Abby’s father and teammate in Athertonsays he looks forward to every weekend where he can play alongside his daughter.
“She loves playing bat and ball sports and I’m a cricket tragic so she just went that way,” he said.
“It’s wonderful to play withher and it’s unique to have a father daughter combination andwe always try to outdo each other.
“Watching Abby deal withbeing a female in a male dominated sport and being one of thefirst girls to play in the rep sides, she has handled it with absolute dignity.”
