{"id":505006,"date":"2026-02-26T09:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/505006\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:16:11","slug":"leeming-student-selected-to-represent-wa-in-national-school-cricket-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/505006\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeming student selected to represent WA in national school cricket championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourlocalexaminer.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CAN-Leeming-cricketer_CP.jpg\" data-caption=\"Brianna is looking forward to playing against others her age from different states.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"682\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CAN-Leeming-cricketer_CP-640x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"CAN- Leeming cricketer_CP\"\/><\/a>Brianna is looking forward to playing against others her age from different states.<\/p>\n<p>A Leeming Senior High School student will represent Western Australia on the national stage after being selected in the School Sport WA Under-15 Girls Cricket Team.<\/p>\n<p>Brianna Miriyagalla, who lives in Harrisdale and is a Year 10 student at Leeming Senior High School, has been chosen to compete at the School Sport Australia Cricket Championships in Bunbury from February 21 to 27.<\/p>\n<p>Brianna noted the selection marks an important milestone in her cricket journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means a lot to me as I have never had this opportunity before, and it has always been something I wanted to do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-year-old has been playing cricket for almost six years and plays as an off-spin bowler and top order batter. Being selected for the WA team already stands as her proudest moment in the sport so far.<\/p>\n<p>Brianna credits her family, especially her father, for supporting her throughout her cricket journey.<\/p>\n<p>She said she is looking forward to the overall experience of the championships and the chance to compete against players her age from across Australia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/looking.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Her dad, Andrew Miriyagalla, said the family felt proud when they learned of her selection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were really happy and proud about Brianna. It is like an appreciation for hard work and dedication,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>They described her cricket journey as challenging at times but rewarding, adding that seeing her represent Western Australia and her local community made the achievement even more special.<\/p>\n<p>Brianna will join teammates from across the state as Western Australia competes against other states at the national school championships in Bunbury.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brianna is looking forward to playing against others her age from different states. A Leeming Senior High School&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-505006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}