Young Talent

[TommyD13]

Just thought I would start a thread so all of the people around here on the cricket board can discuss the future of Australian cricket, and which players might make up our international teams.
Starting off, the U19 World Cup Team was released today: http://www.cricket.com.au/news/unde...n-waugh-will-sutherland-lloyd-pope/2017-12-15

I have added in a poll of 10 players who have so far come through the talent pathway of playing U15 champs, and then the U17 and U19 CA XIs. I believe it is the players though out of these ten who start to score runs at First Grade and Futures League level, and then go on to represent their states at First Class and List A level that will go onto bigger and better things.

Another point is this thread will contain results and scores from the U15, U17, U19 Champs, Futures League, JLT One Day Cup, Sheffield Shield and Australia A.

 

[TommyD13]

Pathway Players
These are the players that have progressed through the CA pathway system by having represented and played well for their states in the U15 champs. They then go on to represent the CA XI in both the U17 and U19 champs as underage players and would usually be the ones who go on to carve the best professional careers. As of now we have 10 players who have come through the system which are listed below:

Jason Sangha
Will Sutherland
Austin Waugh
Zak Evans
Joel Foster
Mackenzie Harvey
Oliver Davies
Damien Burrage
Joshua Hoffmann
Kyle Brazell

 

[TommyD13]

Of course there are players who do not come through the pathway that will still become great players, and in some cases even better than those who do. These players will still be discussed as we will go through results of Futures League and First Grade games and all those sorts of things. It will also be interesting to see which of these pathway players then fail to make it, and see why and how this happened.

 

[TommyD13]

U19 Final between NSW Metro and CA XI on today

 

[TommyD13]

U19 Final can be live streamed on cricket.com.au.
NSW currently 2-87 with Waugh on 2*

 

[TommyD13]

Lots of pathway players playing in this final- Austin Waugh (NSWM), Joel Foster (NSWM), Damien Burrage (CA XI), Oliver Davies (CA XI), Mackezie Harvey (CA XI), Josh Hoffmann (CA XI), Kyle Brazell (CA XI)

 

[TommyD13]

Austin Waugh has just been dismissed for 8 in the final. Disappointing shot, and he will be disappointed he has missed out.

 

[TommyD13]

Jack Edwards is going along nicely for NSWM and is on 69* with the team score being 3-111

 

[TommyD13]

He is an example of a non-pathway player, but his performances will still be recognised within the thread

 

[TommyD13]

Edwards got his ton up now. NSWM 3-187

 

[TommyD13]

NSWM finish 6-296, with Foster finishing 26* and he is proving to be a very handy batsman a bit lower down the order as well as a great bowler. Jack Edwards the main man making 147 which included 16 fours and 3 sixes. Baxter Holt contributed a solid 44.

 

[PhatBoy]

I get a bit of a bee in my bonnet about junior cricketers, probably after writing stories about them year after year. It seems like the main sport, rugby union aside, where it really seems to matter what your name is, what club you play for, what sort of rap you have when you first get started etc.

Couldn’t tell you the amount of times I’ve seen kids get fast-tracked into rep cricket having never earned a shot at it, and they end up just going to waste.

 

[TommyD13]

I get a bit of a bee in my bonnet about junior cricketers, probably after writing stories about them year after year. It seems like the main sport, rugby union aside, where it really seems to matter what your name is, what club you play for, what sort of rap you have when you first get started etc.

Couldn’t tell you the amount of times I’ve seen kids get fast-tracked into rep cricket having never earned a shot at it, and they end up just going to waste.

Exactly right, and that is why it is interesting to keep track of the players who come all the way through. That way if we get one who does waste this opportunity as you mention above, we can look back and go 'what on earth happened to this bloke'. So out of that 10 man crop at the top of the page, I would imagine only 2-3 would end up playing Test Cricket for Australia, 3-4 will go on to be good first class cricketers, and then 1-2 waste the opportunities given, and then there might always be one that just has no luck with injuries and what not

 

[TommyD13]

Brazell opening the batting for CA XI in the final

 

[The_Reaper]

In ever U19 cohort it seems like 4-5 players max even make it as domestic cricketers.

Let them play relevant cricket (eg shield) before rating them. The jump from playing teenagers to men is massive.

 

[KBLT]

Sutherland looks promising, as does Sangha. Austin Waugh will get a lot of attention for his surname. 50/50 for me.

 

[Damon_3388]

A year or two older than a lot of the names mentioned here, but I'd back Arjun Nair to play for Australia at some stage.

 

[PintSzedSlasher]

A year or two older than a lot of the names mentioned here, but I'd back Arjun Nair to play for Australia at some stage.

Looks a good cricketer, as long as his action is ok... certain balls look a bit suspect from what I've seen in the big bash.

 

[Turboman1994]

Expect big things from Green for WA

 

[G Mus]

A year or two older than a lot of the names mentioned here, but I'd back Arjun Nair to play for Australia at some stage.

That big hitters from Brisbane too, Max Bryant