The Northern Inland Bolters women's sides date with destiny at the SCG is on hold after the Regional Bash Finals Day scheduled for next Sunday (January 17) was postponed.
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While disappointing for the players, the news didn't really come as a surprise, given the advice from the state government to delay non-essential travel, especially between regional areas and Greater Sydney.
The Bolters were set to face the Coffs Coast Chargers in their semi-final with the ACT Aces and Orana Outlaws to meet in the other semi.
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No reschedule date was announced.
It's not the only upcoming representative games to be impacted by the recent outbreaks with the fixtures involving the NSW men's and women's Country and Indigenous teams in Bowral next weekend also postponed.
Tamworth's Lara Graham and Gunnedah's Zoe Fleming were to figure for the women's Indigenous side while Tom Groth was to pad up for the NSW Country men's side.
The South Tamworth skipper will still have the chance to don the baggy blue with NSW Country playing ACT in a series of T20 and one-day games.
Originally scheduled to be a tri-series, it will now just be Bush Blues and ACT after Queensland were forced to pull out on Friday.
They will play two T20's on Monday, a 50-over game on Tuesday, another two T20's on Thursday before finishing with a one-dayer on Friday.
Graham, who is also involved with the Bolters, will also still get a cricket fix with the women's northern Country Championships getting underway in Tamworth on Monday.
With Central Coast no longer attending the draw has been revamped and will see three Twenty20's played each day with the three participating teams - Central North, Newcastle and North Coastal - facing each other twice over the two days.
The under-16s will be first up on Monday and Tuesday with the under-19s championships following on Wednesday and Thursday. Graham will skipper the Central North under-19s.
Meanwhile following last week's Bradman Cup and Country Colts carnivals, Tamworth's Callum Henry has been named in the Country Sixers and Moree's Ed Montgomery the Country Thunder teams to play at the under-17s State Challenge in Dubbo from January 18-20.
