ERIN Osborne's cricket season has been handed a welcome extension with the talented allrounder selected in the NSW CHS side to tour the United Kingdom later in the year.
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Osborne and Oxley High team-mate Hollie Webster were invited to join the four-week development tour, which will pit the girls against some of the best cricketers the UK has to offer.
Unfortunately, Webster is unable to tour.
It leaves Osborne as the lone local tourist.
"It's great, very exciting," Osborne said.
"We go to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and play women's, county and rep teams."
The tour is run every second year – alternating between the UK and South Africa – and it will be Osborne's first trip out of the country.
She will also be privy to some inside knowledge on the tour with older brother Sean a previous tourist with the boys' team.
The side was selected following the State Championships in Narrabri earlier this month, where Osborne was named in the State CHS 1st side.
Tumut's James Hayes will coach the side.
Osborne will fly out on June 29 and while cricket is the priority, there will be plenty of opportunity for sightseeing.
"I can't wait to see Lord's," Osborne said.
Between now and then, though, there will be trips to Sydney for training and plenty of fundraising to help cover the $6500 cost of the tour.
NSW CHS Team: Ainsley Jones, Rebecca Maher, Elisha O'Mara (Riverina), Rochell Peen, Anne Marie Phillips, Renee Ruyter (North Coast), Erin Osborne, Hollie Webster (North West), Jessica Cox, Sam Hinton (Western), Jessica Bill (South Coast), Michelle Hyde (Sydney North), Chloe Richards (Sydney South West), Morgan Wilczynski (Hunter).
