Eleven-year-old Tom Murphy is to follow in his brother's footsteps as he receives his first Welsh cap this year. He is the opening bowler for the Wales Under 11s cricket team, under the Welsh manager Peter Davies and coach Graham Burgess.
Tom, who plays for Kilgetty Cricket Club and Pembrokeshire County, has been attending trials since last October and these have continued all through the winter months. The trials have been at the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff, Newport Gwent and Monmouth.
After each trial, the number of boys selected for the following trials are reduced, until a remaining 22 are left to attend the final outside trial at Monmouth. It is then decided by the Welsh management which boys will be this year's squad which consists of 16.
Tom is extremely delighted to be representing his country. His season consists of three tours, one of which he has completed already when the team toured North Wales. He still has the Midlands and Devon tours to follow, as well as many one-day games which will take him all over the country with his squad.
Much to Tom's delight, two of his Pembrokeshire county team-mates also got selected and they are Kieran Griffiths from Haverfordwest and Phillip Llewellyn.
Tom's highest score for Wales so far with the bat is 33 and his best bowling figures are 2 for 15 off eight overs.
Tom knows exactly what it is like to play all over the country as he has followed his brother for the last six years. He thoroughly enjoys playing cricket and hopes that the season continues to be a great success for him and his team-mates.
Jack, meanwhile, has just received his sixth Welsh cap, representing Wales for the past six years. He is also the opening bowler for the South and West of England, with whom he recently toured the West Indies. Conditions were extremely hot, playing on extremely hard and dry grounds.
Jack enjoyed the challenge and on many occasions played against teams much older, many of 19 years, and bowling to their opening batsman who also plays for the West Indies A team.
Jack has made many new friends from many counties and will remember the tour and people he met with great admiration.
Jack's season started really well this year for club and country. His home club is Cresselly, where he began the season opening the bowling for the first team. However, he has sustained a back injury which has prevented him from playing any cricket for the past month. He is slowly returning as a batsman, but is still unable to bowl at this present time.
Jack has been very frustrated and is extremely anxious to be fit again so that he can return as a bowler for his club and country. However, at six-foot three inches and just turning 15 this week, some may say it is only to be expected as he has grown at a tremendous rate.
Jack trained in Taunton with the South and West a few weeks ago and batted for the Glamorgan Academy in a two-day match in Cardiff against Warwickshire Academy, scoring 40 not out.
Jack has difficult times ahead of him in which his injury must take priority. He has a final trial coming up, from which a team will be selected to play in the Bunbury Festival this year being held in Cheshire. Here the four best regions of Britain come together for a week and play against each other. An England squad is then chosen from these players.
Jack is working hard with the Wales physiotherapist hoping to be able to return to full fitness as soon as he can.
Both Tom and Jack would like to thank their clubs, coaches and families for being supportive and helping them to achieve their goals.