The first Bay of Plenty Cricket Association Lakeland age group team, to play in the annual Northern Districts age-group tournaments, has been named.
The regional age group teams include the most promising youngsters from the Eastern Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Taupō.
Lakeland sides will also participate in the ND Junior and Senior Secondary tournaments, during November and December.
The ND Primary Championship opens with two Sunday rounds of play, before the annual tournament playoffs in Hamilton from November 26-28.
Round one, on Sunday, November 11, matches the Lakeland primary side against Poverty Bay at Whakatāne.