By Tanya Faulkner
One of Wantirna’s brightest cricket players is making her name on a bigger stage.
Templeton Cricket Club’s Muthu Velmurugan has been selected to represent Victoria in the Under 18 National Indoor Cricket Championships.
The state team was announced earlier this year in April, for the tournament held in Ipswich, Queensland, over the past two weeks.
Templeton Cricket Club President Sean Meehan said he believed she was going well, at the time of comment, making a good name for herself in cricket.
“She is a great young lady and has played a lot of cricket with our club.
“She played a lot for the juniors and the seniors, and is now playing premier cricket in Ringwood,” he said.
Mr Meehan said she is still involved with the club with their junior teams.
“She has helped out with our Junior Blasters program with our little ones as one of the instructors,” he said.
Her father and brother are also heavily involved in the club, with her brother playing for one of their junior teams.
Mr Meehan said Miss Velmurugan is one of several players who have gone on to play state-level cricket out of the Templeton Cricket Club, including Mr Meehan’s son Alexander who last year played for the VIC Metro Under 19 team.
“We have had a lot of junior players who have moved on to state level, including the likes of Jackson Edwards playing for the VIC Under 12 Schoolboys team a couple of years ago, Joshua Hudson played for both the VIC Under 12s, Under 15s and Under 17s a few years ago,” he said.
He said Miss Velmurugan has a good cricket career ahead of her.
