WINNING the the last of their regular season fixtures, the NSW Breakers are looking to notch up their 21st WNCL title when they face Queensland on Sunday.

Two young players that will have their say on that matter, will be Breakers batter Elsa Hunter and bowler Frankie Nicklin.

Opening up the batting for NSW, Hunter has an important role in the final.

Rookie Me Central spoke to her exclusively ahead of the final.

“We were all really, really nervous, we had a little barbecue at Frankie’s house and we had the [South Australia versus Western Australia] game on the big screen and we were all sitting there so nervously,” Hunter said when recalling the moment they made the final.

“When WA had the breakthrough, we were all cheering and as you probably saw ‘Coytey’ jumped in the pool and we were really nervous but we were really excited [that] we’ve got the opportunity.”

This season has been a big one for Hunter, with her being afforded the opportunity to debut in her first year int he program. She spoke beaming with pride about how well her season has gone, culminating in the finals appearance for her team.

“I think just getting the opportunity to debut and I’ve played all the games and I’m just really happy to be part of the group,” she said.

“When I first got contracted, I didn’t think I was in the running to actually get into the team, into the XI, so getting the opportunity this year to actually be in the XI and having a few scores, even though a few scores didn’t go my way, but just having that opportunity was really, really exciting for me and I’ve really appreciated everything.”

When asked about her achievements, such as making both WBBL and WNCL squads, as well as representative teams for Australia’s underage program, Hunter was stunned. Reflecting on it, she was hit with the magnitude of it all.

“It feels so surreal actually, I feel like being young, it probably doesn’t hit me as much about how much I’ve achieved at this age, until someone actually tells me,” Hunter admitted.

“Usually when opportunities are given I just say ‘yeah thank you’, but then when I sit and think about it, like it’s actually pretty surreal already having experienced all this, like WBBL, WNCL and international cricket, at this age, which is really cool and I’m trying to express my gratitude to everyone.”

Another player that has started to announce herself to the women’s game is 20-year-old spinner Nicklin.

She is also gearing up for her maiden final, stating that she’s just trying to ‘take it all in’.

“I’m feeling really good, I’m trying to just take it all in because being 20 years old and being at all involved with a WNCL final is something really special that I may only experience once,” Nicklin said.

“I’m just trying to prepare, just do what I need to do and take in as much as I can really.”

When prompted to think about how their last games against their finals opposition went, despite being about six months ago, Nicklin states that the Breakers are focused on themselves.

“I feel like those games were a while ago, quite a few months ago, and you don’t really think ‘oh we beat them then so obviously we will do it again now’, it’s just like it’s another game of cricket and you just rock up on the day and do exactly what you need to do and what happens happens,” she said.

“I feel like at the moment we’ve got good momentum and the team’s feeling good so whether we’re playing Queensland, whether we’re playing South Australia, it’s not really going to change what we’re going to do.”