Adam, Abby and Nicole Honeysett will represent New South Wales at the week-long carnival, which begins in Alice Springs on Monday.

The Imparja Cup is a Cricket Australia sanctioned event, which attracts hundreds of cricketers with Indigenous backgrounds to the Northern Territory each year.

It started back in 1994 as a way of promoting cricket to Indigenous Australians.

Only two teams took part in that year but 16 years on, the Imparja Cup has grown to a 28-team spectacle.

Teams from every state and territory, as well as Aboriginal communities from across Australia, compete in four divisions and play 40-over, Twenty20 and Super 8 cricket matches.

Gulgong and Mudgee cricketer Adam Honeysett said he was honoured to be selected in the NSW team.

“I’m keen as. I’m jumping out of my skin ... I’m looking forward to representing my town, my community and my people,” he said.

The dual town representative is part of the Wiradjuri tribe, the largest Aboriginal group in New South Wales.

“On my mum’s side, her grandfather,” Adam said.

Adam will join his sisters Abby and Nicole at the tournament. It will be Adam’s and Abby’s debut but Nicole’s fourth.

Nicole, who lives in Sydney, is the vice-captain of the NSW women’s team and has twice been named women’s player of the tournament.

It was Nicole who Adam must thank for his selection in the team.

“Nicole organised a trial for me at the SCG [Sydney Cricket Ground] where I trained in the indoor nets,” Adam said.

“When the Sydney test match was on, we played a trialled 20-20 match against University of New South Wales. I did okay, I scored 45 runs and took 1-15 off three overs.”

The Imparja Cup will include former Australian test cricketer Jason Gillespie, who will play for South Australia, and players who have toured England in an Indigenous Australian cricket squad.