Tamworth's Richard Rowlings and Phil Constable have been selected in powerful NSW over-50 teams who will compete at the national championships in Perth.
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The nationals start on Sunday, and include Tamworth umpire Rodger Doughty.
Rowlings is in division one team Waratahs, and Constable is in division two team Kangaroos.
World Cup selection is up for grabs at the end of the championships. The World Cup will be held in South Africa in March.
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This championships follow the over-60s nationals, held in Adelaide last week, and precede the over-70s nationals at Albury next week.
The over-70 selections from Tamworth are Peter Boyd, Bob Haling and Ron Radford (division one), as well as Ron Farrell and Col Barton (division two). Doug Crowell and Arthur Yates will play in division three.
"The results from Adelaide were not what the NSW selectors were expecting, but that's cricket," said Greg Kellett, Tamworth Veterans Cricket president.
At the over-60 nationals, the NSW side featuring Tamworth captain Chriss Crowell made the final and were expected to win, but lost to South Australia. Chriss scored 46 runs at an average of 15.33 for the tournament.
Tamworth's Ben van Aanholt played for Waratahs in division two. They narrowly missed the final, but won three out of four games. van Aanholt didn't get a lot of batting, but performed well with the ball - taking 5-64 over the four days at an average of of 12.80 and with a best of 2-9.
Tamworth's Bede Maher and Kellett competed for Wombats in division two, winning two of their four matches. Maher didn't have one of his best championships, only scoring 24 runs. Kellett scored 21 runs, and took 10 wickets at an average of 6.5 and with a best of 5-14.
Another Tamworth player, Steve Beaton, played for Boomers in division three. He claimed five wickets over the four days, at an average of 19 and with a best of 3-23.
Tamworth's Scott Hobden and Terry Murphy played for Grey Kangaroos in division four, where they won two games and lost two. Hobden took five wickets, Murphy took one. They didn't score many runs.
An Australian squad was named at the conclusion of the championships. They will play the England over-60 team. No Tamworth player made the side.
However, Tamworth Veterans Cricket will host the England team in their clash against Northern NSW at No 1 Oval on November 30.
The team will be lead by Crowell and includes Maher, van Aanholt and Kellett.
This will be the first International team to play in Tamworth since 1996.
"Everyone is welcome to come along and have a look at the old cricketers running-walking around, have a steak sandwich and enjoy the spectacle," Kellett said.
