MALE CHAMPIONSHIP ADELAIDE SOUTH AUSTRALIA 30 NOVEMBER – 10 DECEMBER, 2015 FROM BACKYARD 2015 CONTENTS TO BAGGY GREEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Championships Preview 3 The Cricket Australia Underage PREVIEW Michael Bevan 4 Male Championships have been the biggest contributor The competition will be at its peak in 2015 2014/15 Champs Review 5 to the national teams set up with the addition of the Cricket Australia XI History 6 since its inception. Vital parts comprising of the best talent from the recent Squads 12 of the Australian Cricket Under 17 National Championships. New South CA Discount Offer 32 pathway, these competitions Wales will be looking to complete a three-peat are designed to showcase after a faultless carnival last year, pushing on to 33 MyCricket Australia’s future talents on the elite stage. try and make it ten championships since the turn Umpires 34 of the century. The ten squads will be tested on These championships are a proven breeding the often even wickets of Adelaide, culminating Match Information 35 ground for Australia’s next crop and have in a final on the first-class wicket of Gliderol Fixtures 36 produced current international players such as Oval and an eye to the Under 19 World Cup in David Warner, Josh Hazlewood and Australia Bangladesh in January. captain Steve Smith. With the new addition of the Cricket Australia XI encompassing the best under-17 talent, the opportunities are more plentiful than ever before. I encourage all players to embody the cricketing spirit and for KOOKABURRA all involved to get along and support Australia’s future stars. WELCOME Greg Chappell MESSAGE NATIONAL TALENT MANAGER Welcome to Cricket Australia’s Underage National Championships for 2015/16. First of all, welcome and congratulations to the players who have gone through their State/Territory selection process which is an achievement in itself. These National Championships are about opportunities not only for the players but also the coaches and their support staff, the umpires, the local organising staff, groundsmen, and many other volunteers. All of you have achieved a great deal to come this far and we wish you every success in the tournament. This is just one opportunity Australian Cricket has to offer you to take this experience and build on it. Enjoy the competition and good luck! MICHAEL BEVAN’S TEAM OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014-15 FINAL STANDINGS 1. Jake Carder 7. Luke Bartier NSW Metropolitan 29 Points MASTERCLASS 2. Henry Hunt 8. Jhye Richardson Western Australia 26 Points 3. Jaron Morgan 9. Guy Walker ACT/NSW Country 22 Points 4. Caleb Jewell 10. Jack Prestwidge Queensland 18 Points 5. Daniel Fallins 11. Riley Ayre Victoria 17 Points 6. Tom Healy 12. Sam Grimwade South Australia 6 Points Northern Territory 6 Points Tasmania 4 Points CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS Spirit of Cricket Award Tasmania Player of the Championships Luke Bartier Leading Wicket Taker Riley Ayre 20 wickets Leading Run Scorer Jake Carder 366 runs Leading Dismissals By a Fielder Damon Kerr 18 dismissals Michael Bevan’s final One-Day International in all-comers and scoring his first centuries for 2004 saw the career of the greatest limited- the ACT. overs batsman in history come to an end. “It was a little bit different me being from Canberra, The Under 19 National Championships in 1986/87 I place a lot more emphasis on the under 19 carnival saw it begin. because it was a chance to be recognised.” But the elegant left-hander who concluded with an average of 53.58 in ODIs wasn’t always the reliable Bevan, who scored six centuries in his ODI middle-order batsman he became known as, plying career batting predominantly at number six, also his trade as a bowler before anything else. boasts a career where he was never dismissed in the 90s in limited-overs cricket. “I began as an opening bowler, batting for me didn’t come until a little bit later,” Bevan said. Having been in the Under 19 system for three years, Bevan came up against players who would Bevan even claimed the ACT’s only ever hat-trick eventually come to be his teammates in the taken at the Under 19 National Championships, national squad. capturing 6-18 in the process. “I played against Michael Slater and Brendan “That day it was swinging around a lot, it was the Julian, by the time you got to the National first game of the tournament and I remember Champs, there were a few players involved with bowling particularly well that day but I don’t think the Australian setup.” I took another wicket for the rest of the carnival.” Bevan’s advice to the next crop of cricketing But as Bevan’s bowling stocks began to talent is simple and the mantra he adopted during skyrocket, a severe back injury limited the his decade-long career. former pace-bowler to the life of a Chinaman. “I think history shows us that even if you make the “I injured my back at about 18, I had only really Australian Under 19s, it doesn’t guarantee you a batted at number eight or nine, it was for me near spot with the national or first class squads, so it’s impossible to bowl so when I placed the emphasis an opportunity to play against the best and show on my batting it seemed to come good for me.” your potential, it’s all about how determined you The next year saw the Canberra local score a are and how confident you are and your attitude.” still-unbettered 449 runs in the carnival, leading HISTORY OF THE CRICKET AUSTRALIA STATE TALENT UNDER-19 CHAMPIONSHIPS MANAGERS The Under 19 series of matches was started felt that under the jurisdiction of ASCC the The State Talent Managers are responsible NATIONAL TALENT MANAGER by the Australian Schools’ Cricket Council Championship was too limited, as it was only for the identification of talented cricketers Greg Chappell CA (ASCC) in 1969-70. The ASCC had run the open to schoolboys and not to players of the across Australia. The National Talent Manager Australian under 16 schools’ competition until same age who had already left school or were oversees and directs the functions of this most TALENT MANAGERS STATE then, but following a series of overseas tours by undertaking tertiary studies. important national network. Cricket Australia David Freedman NSW Australian U/19 school teams, they decided that contributes a large proportion of funding to Trevor Hohns QLD a change to a higher age group was required. New Zealand competed as an equal entity from ensure that each of these key members are Shaun Williams SA 1970-71 until 1983-84. working in alignment with national selection ASCC commenced international cricket at criteria whilst playing key roles with the Michael Farrell TAS U/19 level by touring India in 1966-67. Tours Over the 44 years that the carnival has been identification and management of talented Andrew Lynch VIC staged, it has been remarkably successful with to New Zealand (1967-68) and South Africa players within their individual states. In the David Fitzgerald WA (1967-68) followed. ASCC however, experienced 598 participants reaching First-Class ranks and two Territory regions, the Head Coach of each difficulties selecting representative Under 19 198 of them going on to play at international level. program contributes to this network. teams. Their solution was to run an Australian Schools’ U/19 Carnival and to select a touring New South Wales has won the Kookaburra The role of each State Talent Manager is very team from the competing teams. Shield 18 times, Victoria 15, Western Australia broad beginning with identifying talented 5, Queensland 5, South Australia 5 and New players from the School Sport Australia U15 Having done that, overseas tours continued with Zealand twice. Tasmania, Northern Territory Championship right through to contributing trips to: Fiji and West Indies (1969-70), Sri Lanka and the Australian Capital Territory are yet to to the National Selection Panel (NSP), for the (1971-72) and Pakistan (1980-81). win. The Kookaburra Shield has been shared Australian Test, ODI and T20 teams. four times. Cricket Australia assumed the running of the carnival in 1981-82 in an attempt to make the Championship truly representative of Australian under 19 players. Cricket Australia PLAYER OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES VENUE WINNER CRICKETER OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP 1969-70 Melbourne Victoria not selected 1970-71 Sydney Victoria not selected 1971-72 Adelaide Victoria R Wallace (Queensland) 1972-73 Canberra New Zealand GC Hughes (NSW) 1973-74 Melbourne South Australia DW Hookes* (South Australia) 1974-75 Brisbane Victoria D Brown (Queensland) 1975-76 Perth New South Wales DM Wellham* (NSW) 1976-77 Hobart New Zealand JJ Crowe* (New Zealand) 1977-78 Christchurch New South Wales PS Clifford (NSW) 1978-79 Sydney Western Australia RJ Thomas (New Zealand) 1979-80 Adelaide Western Australia-Victoria MD Crowe* (New Zealand) 1980-81 Brisbane Victoria D Knox (NSW) 1981-82 Canberra Victoria MRJ Veletta* (WA) 1982-83 Perth Victoria IA Healy+* (Queensland) 1983-84 Melbourne South Australia SR Waugh* (NSW) 1984-85 Hobart Victoria JK Pyke (ACT) 1985-86 Sydney Queensland-New South Wales JC Scuderi (Queensland) 1986-87 Adelaide New South Wales GR Parker+ (Victoria) 1987-88 Brisbane Western Australia RC Kelly (WA) 1988-89 Canberra New South Wales MG Bevan* (ACT) 1989-90 Melbourne New South Wales JER Gallian* (NSW) UNDER-19 CHAMPIONSHIP TEST PLAYERS (151) 1990-91 Sydney South Australia AC Gilchrist* (NSW) 1991-92 Perth Western Australia AD McQuire (NSW) AC Agar, TM Alderman, MW Goodwin, MJ Marsh, GA Manou, DR MJ Slater, SPD Smith, 1992-93 Brisbane Victoria JP Bray (NSW) MJ Bennett, MG Bevan, Greatbatch,