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Australia Unde 19s--->First class cricketers?
- Thread starter Clarence
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cricket player
International Debutant
Why Clarence?
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Well, from the 1999 U-19 World Cup squad...
MJ Clarke, NM Hauritz, EJM Cowan, CD Hartley, MG Johnson, SE Marsh, AB McDonald, PC Rofe, AW O'Brien and SR Watson have all played first class cricket.
MJ Baker, GC Batticciotto, LG Buchanan and TH Welsford haven't, as far as I know. Welsford's played one List-A game though, so might play more for Victoria in the future.
MJ Clarke, NM Hauritz, EJM Cowan, CD Hartley, MG Johnson, SE Marsh, AB McDonald, PC Rofe, AW O'Brien and SR Watson have all played first class cricket.
MJ Baker, GC Batticciotto, LG Buchanan and TH Welsford haven't, as far as I know. Welsford's played one List-A game though, so might play more for Victoria in the future.
age_master
Hall of Fame Member
FaaipDeOiad said:
Buchanan and Welsford are very close to playing if they haven't played already.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I would like to know how many players of the current under 19 squad of Australia (who are touring INdia, BTW) have played FC cricket?
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, none. Australian cricketers almost never play FC cricket before they turn 19 anyway.honestbharani said:
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
If that's John Buchanan's son he is very close to the Qld side.age_master said:
Chubb
International Regular
A guy called Battichiotto played a few games for Essex IIs last year and is a overseas pro in the Shepard Neame Essex League. I know this because I was at Chelmsford during one of the IIs games he played in. It's almost certainly the same guy, don't see surnames like that very often.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
And yet we are having a close series with them and our team has almost 3 or 4 FC cricketers. That is why Australia is stronger than India, I guess.FaaipDeOiad said:
Salamuddin
International Debutant
India u-19 won 4-1. A few of the India u-19 have first class experience but its not that much...just 1 or 2 first class or list A games, which is pretty negligible in the grand scheme of things.honestbharani said:
Certainly None of them are first team regulars in their senior first class teams.
The fact that in India more domestic cricket is played than in Australia means that promising u-19 players are more likely to get a taste at first class level while they are still in their age group teams. Australia only have six domestic teams and their season is relatively short so their is immense competition for places.
I certainly believe at u-19 level, Indian players are more than a match for their Aussie counterparts -- however where Australia really stands out is their domestic comp - it is highly, highly competitive. The Pura Cup is the foundation for Australia's success at international level.