The Baggy Blues visited Parkes on Wednesday, October 9 and Thursday, October 10 where they hosted a public dinner, a junior coaching clinic and and a T20 match.

The junior coaching clinic on Thursday saw around 40 junior cricketers improve their skills with the help of the Baggy Blues.

The junior coaching clinic was followed by the T20 match.

The Baggy Blues partnered with Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) in coming out to the region..

Among the members of the Baggy Blues who came to Parkes were Steve Riggs, Phil Emery, Dan Smith, Charlotte Snneveld, Michelle Goszko, Rick McCosker and Wayne Holdsworth.

Steve Ritter said junior coaching clinics and trips such as this are so important and adds a lot of value to the game.

Mr Ritter said being from the country himself, he also knows the value of players who come from the country, and from the point of view from the state side, they have had up to 57 percent of the team made up of country players at one stage or another.

All of these trips are aimed at encouraging people to play and enjoy the game.

Mr Ritter said these junior clinics are aimed at helping players to improve their skills across the whole game.

"We try and cover all skills, everyone needs definite skill sets to be good at the game," he said.

With a lot of different varieties of cricket available, Mr Ritter said, from T29 and one day cricket to Test match cricket.

"At the end of the day if you've got the basics right, you've got a better chance at being successful at all three," he said.

This was their 22 trip to a country centre and the first time they have visited Parkes.

The Baggy Blues were also joined by members of All Abilities Sports Coaching who played an exhibition match before the Baggy Blues' T20 match to showcase their specialised training and game sense sessions for people living with a disability .

All Abilities Sports Coaching also undertook a training session with participants from Currajong Disability Services in the morning.

All Abilities' Toby Kable said the game model they have developed is a great game model for a community with low numbers and a wide spread of ability levels..

They usually play a stripped back version the game which has an individual batsman with a set batting target which is reflective of the players' ability levels.

Mr Kable said they have been aligned with the Baggy Blues through a connection with Baggy Blues member Rick McCosker, and they come out to country regions with the Baggy Blues.

While visiting the regions, Mr Kable said they connect with local service providers or schools and run a game prior to the main game to show people it is possible, what it could look like and show the spread of ability leels that could be in that space.

In the morning, All Abilities Sports Coaching undertook a training session with participants from Currajong Disability Services, which was described as a wonderful morning of cricket by Mr Kable.

Currajong Disability Services' Doug Pout said they had around 12 participants who took part in the training, with at least six wanting to start playing cricket.

"We are looking at seeing what we can do to promote the game and start off with playing with our participants here and seeing what we can do with trying to encourage others to come along," he said.

Mr Pout said for any person, disability or no disability, it is important to get into sport or increase their activity, it is good for your health and mental health.

He said to have a game that is inclusive of everyone and all of their abilities is fantastic.