Lara Graham admits for a time she did think that what was shaping up as a feast of cricket was going to peter out to nothing.
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In an ideal world, after padding up for the Central North under-19s in Tamworth on Wednesday and Thursday, Graham would have been making her way to Bowral to play for the NSW women's Indigenous side against NSW Country on Saturday before suiting up for the Northern Inland Bolters at the SCG on Sunday.
But in response to government recommendations to limit non-essential travel between Greater Sydney and regional NSW, the Indigenous side and Bolters' games were both postponed.
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For a moment she was worried the country championships might go the same way (Central Coast were forced to withdraw), but fortunately that wasn't the case.
And so on Wednesday the allrounder will don the red and blue for what will be her last carnival with Central North - probably.
She thought last years championships were going to be her last but they upped the age group to under-19s for this season so she "got another opportunity", which "was good" - the chance to finish up on home turf a bonus.
Graham will captain the side, which is a "huge honour".
"I don't expect it but it's really nice to be able to captain a nice group of girls and enjoy playing cricket with them," she said.
It will be a bit of a mix with several of the under-16s side backing up for the under-19s.
"It will be interesting to see how we go but I have full faith that the young girls will play a good part in the 19s," Graham said.
She said it is encouraging all the young talent coming through.
"I think it's great to see," she said, adding that it's nice to be able to encourage them on their pathway.
Graham's own pathway has reached a bit of a crossroads after graduating last year.
At this stage "not completely sure" what she does want to do, she is having a gap year.
On the cricketting front, now that she is done and dusted with her HSC she is looking to play a bit more in Sydney. Something she has done for a few seasons now, she played a couple of games with Universities before Christmas.
"It's good competition down there," she said.
"I play with a lot of WBBL (Women's Big Bash League) girls and NSW players so it's really good to get that experience and I have certainly learnt a lot off them already."
"Just to be around those sort of players makes you a better player."