Sport

Jobe in national team of carnival

By Yarrawonga Chronicle

Feb 4, 2025

Yarrawonga local Jobe Fraser with his Cricket Australia cap alongside his mother Samantha Fraser.

Yarrawonga’s Jobe Fraser has been named in the Cricket Australia Under 17 Team of the Carnival following the Cricket Australia National Championships in Launceston in January.

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Representing Vic Country, Jobe, who turns 17 years-of-age tomorrow (February 6), made two centuries playing with Vic Country.

The talented left-hand batsman made 100 against Tasmania in Round 2 and followed with another 100 against the Northern Territory.

Jobe was the third leading run scorer for the carnival making 257 at an average of 43.

All-rounder Jobe had a great Cricket Australia National championships, being the third leading run scorer for the carnival making 257 at an average of 43.

He has played with Camberwell Cricket Club in Victoria’s Premier Cricket Competition throughout the season and has also plays with Caulfield Grammar in the APS competition where he scored an unbeaten 130 earlier in the season.

A handy leg spinner too is Jobe, taking 28 wickets across the 2024/25 season to date.

Jobe is grateful for the support of the Yarrawonga Mulwala Cricket Club as he graduated through the junior grades, playing in a B Grade (2020/21) and A Reserve (2021/22) premiership before making his A grade debut at 14 years of age in 2022.

By Yarrawonga Chronicle

Yarrawonga Chronicle