Pakistan U/19s in Australia

[brockley]

Reality check for young Aussies

April 10, 2007 AUSTRALIA'S cricketers of the future face a major challenge when they play world No.1 Pakistan in a five-match, Under 19 series starting in Brisbane on Friday.

Selectors are using the series to develop a squad to challenge for the 2008 U-19 World Cup in Malaysia, and Pakistan has won the past two competitions.

The Australia captaincy will be rotated in order to build a strong leadership base, with New South Wales's Simon Keen getting first go.

"India and Pakistan are the acknowledged world leaders when it comes to youth cricket with huge emphasis and resources placed in this area," said Australian team coach Brian McFayden.

"The Pakistan team have a different style of play to what is familiar in Australian youth cricket and this should give our players valuable experience."

The first two matches are at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane, with the final three at Caloundra.

 

[Kriketer]

Are Anwar Ali and that Jamshed guy still U19? If they are then Aussies U19 is in big trouble.

 

[Perm]

Pretty sure Anwar Ali is playing for the Pakistan Academy at the moment in a Tri-series against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

 

[readie]

Does anyone have a link to the squads?

 

[brockley]

AUSTRALIA: Daniel Burns (NSW), Matthew Day (NSW), James Faulkner (NSW), Phillip Hughes (NSW), Simon Keen (NSW), David Murphy (NSW), Kumar Sarna (Vic), Michael Hill (Vic), Dom O'Brien (Qld), Shaun Austin (Qld), James Smith (SA), Nathan Couter-Nile (WA).
PAKISTAN: Ahmed Shehzad (capt), Imad Wasim (v-capt), Ali Jawad, Gulraiz Sadaf, Junaid Khan, Junaid Malik, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Rameez, Rahat Ullah, Shahzaib Ahmed, Shan Masood, Taimur Ali, Umar Amin, Zeeshan Mushtaq.

 

[vic_orthdox]

I'd expect Imad Wasim to do a fair bit of damage, depending on how receptive the wickets are at AB Field for spin (traditionally, not very). He's a very handy bowler, although very flat.

 

[readie]

AUSTRALIA: Daniel Burns (NSW), Matthew Day (NSW), James Faulkner (NSW), Phillip Hughes (NSW), Simon Keen (NSW), David Murphy (NSW), Kumar Sarna (Vic), Michael Hill (Vic), Dom O'Brien (Qld), Shaun Austin (Qld), James Smith (SA), Nathan Couter-Nile (WA).
PAKISTAN: Ahmed Shehzad (capt), Imad Wasim (v-capt), Ali Jawad, Gulraiz Sadaf, Junaid Khan, Junaid Malik, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Rameez, Rahat Ullah, Shahzaib Ahmed, Shan Masood, Taimur Ali, Umar Amin, Zeeshan Mushtaq.

He's a quality played an U 16's rep game against him a few years back and he was freakishly talented. He had an amazing aura of confidence about his strokeplay.

 

[AussieDominance]

He is not that good tbh struggled in Sydney Grade Cricket this year till he made like an 80in the final.

 

[Salamuddin]

This is a good opportunity for Pakistan to build towards their defence of the WC in 2008.

I would hope we get to play against a strong Indian youth outfit at some point this year - I think that and this series will give us a gauge of where we stand at.

 

[age_master]

He is not that good tbh struggled in Sydney Grade Cricket this year till he made like an 80in the final.

that doesn't mean thats hes not that good, some players take time to adjust to grade cricket. It could also simply have been a form slump. That he made 80 in the final suggests to me that his club rate him pretty highly even if he did have a rough season.

 

[readie]

that doesn't mean thats hes not that good, some players take time to adjust to grade cricket. It could also simply have been a form slump. That he made 80 in the final suggests to me that his club rate him pretty highly even if he did have a rough season.

Yer I haven't seen him for a 2 years or so. I only know how good he was back then

 

[Clarence]

I went and watched a fair bit of this game today, Hughes was impressive making 102 out of Australia's about 240 I think. Pakistan were 2/140 with 21 overs to go when I left.

 

[readie]

anyone know where to find results/progress scores for these games

 

[Perm]

anyone know where to find results/progress scores for these games

Probably available on the Cricket Australia website.

 

[readie]

yer I had a look there but couldn't find it

 

[gettingbetter]

D Burns

I used to play against Daniel Burns in juniors, and I'm suprised at his rise to the top. He didn't do much against anyone really on the synthetic, but at the age of 17, he has already playing first grade at Bankstown and he pushed a under 19 player - Pat Darwen to another club team.

Either way, he's been performing well for NSW, was playing 19s when he was only 17.

If anyone finds the link to the game, please post.

 

[AussieDominance]

I used to play against Daniel Burns in juniors, and I'm suprised at his rise to the top. He didn't do much against anyone really on the synthetic, but at the age of 17, he has already playing first grade at Bankstown and he pushed a under 19 player - Pat Darwen to another club team.

Either way, he's been performing well for NSW, was playing 19s when he was only 17.

If anyone finds the link to the game, please post.

Pat Darwen is like more of a batsmen now anyway which shows how poor his offies were.

 

[gettingbetter]

Fair enough

But the fact of the matter is that Darwen was batting at number 11 for Bankstown which means that he was playing as a bolwer. I know Burns personally and a lot of people who are around the Bankstown set up, many say that because he goes to Wesfields SPorts, his coach their, Ian Gill has given him the inside track at Bankstown.

 

[AussieDominance]

But the fact of the matter is that Darwen was batting at number 11 for Bankstown which means that he was playing as a bolwer. I know Burns personally and a lot of people who are around the Bankstown set up, many say that because he goes to Wesfields SPorts, his coach their, Ian Gill has given him the inside track at Bankstown.

He definetly is talented and I mean a lot more talented than Darwen. So why not give him a long go as a youngster he is just going to learn from it.Similar case with Sam Robson.

 

[Clarence]

Australia winning both of the first two games, the first one by a run.

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/match/288199.html

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/match/288201.html