The Northern Inland under-13s produced some good cricket at last week's NSW Youth Championships in Maitland.
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The side coached by Eddie McGuirk and Kaleb McIlveen took three wins from their five matches.
On the opening day, Northern Inland faced Lake Macquarie for the first of their Twenty20 matches.
It wasn't the best of starts, Northern Inland reached 4-67 from their 20 overs before Lake Macquarie chased it down in less than 13 overs with only one wicket falling.
Northern Inland's second match saw them face country big guns Hunter Valley.
After winning the toss and batting, Northern Inland scored 6-87 with Clay Hoffman, 24, and Clancy McDermott, 16, providing the bulk of the runs.
Northern Inland then restricted Hunter to 8-72 with Seb Brotherson the pick of the bowlers with his 4-14.
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Day two again saw mixed results.
Northern Inland played Central Coast first-up.
Batting first, they scored 8-83 from their 20 overs, McDermott top-scoring with 17.
In reply, Central Coast passed the total in the 13th over with Joel Blackburn taking 1-14.
In game two for the day against Newcastle, Northern Inland scored 6-109, Hoffman finishing with 34 not out and McDermott 19 not out to be the top run-scorers.
It was a very tight finish to the match.
Newcastle needed five runs off the final over to secure victory.
But they fell short with McDermott taking the wicket on the last ball for Northern Inland to win by three runs.
The final game was against the undefeated Far North Coast who batted first and made 101.
Blackburn finished with 1-11 and Brotherson 2-6 with the ball.
Northern Inland managed to chase the total down with seven overs to spare.
