“It’s playing the game while they learn.”

The exercise is about getting more girls playing the game but the specific aim is to make the North West schools and Central North representative sides stronger in the future.

“When we go away for PSSA with the North West side most of the girls have never played cricket,” Coleman said.

“If we can get one of these groups in Armidale, Glen Innes and Inverell and in this area we can get Gunnedah, Narrabri, Moree, Coonabarabran and maybe Quirindi can go with Manilla and Maitland can do the same.

“Then we’ll have a team who knows what they’re doing.

“They won’t take all week to learn the game and they’ll probably all know each other.

“Hopefully we can be more competitive and they’ll enjoy it a lot more,” Coleman said.

Following the super 8s competition, which is likely to start in October, a Central North squad will be selected to go to the State under 13s carnival in January.

While the girls were learning on Sunday, the Emerging Blues boys were going through their paces on the next field.

An elite program for the best under 16 boys in the region, the Emerging Blues is the kind of program the girls can only dream about.

“One day I hope we can do something like that,” Coleman said.

“It’s only a matter of time.”

Next year’s winter program will be officially recognised as a CricHit centre, supported by Cricket NSW, and ensure equipment and funding to help the growing number of girls taking up the sport locally.