In 1868 for the first time in history an Australian cricket team toured England. They were quite literally Australia's first XI. They played over 40 matches for little to no money and won more than they lost. But what makes this story intriguing is the fact that the team was made up entirely of indigenous men.
Over one hundred years later a match was played in honour of Australia's first XI. A motley crew from Urban Seed made the five hour journey west of Melbourne to this tiny farming community to play an indigenous team at the historic Harrow cricket ground. A vigorous training session preceded the highly anticipated 20/20 game. There was a brief ceremony to pay respect to the traditional owners of the land before the Credo Cricket team won the toss and sent the locals in to bat. The decision looked to be a good one with Jamie Stinson striking in the very first over and then again in his next over to have the home side 2 for not many early in the game.
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