2017/ 18 HOBART & LAUNCESTON U19 MITCH MARSH PATHWAY 04-06 WA U15 School Team 06/07 Fremantle 1st Grade Debut NATIONALCHAMPS.COM.AU 06-09 WA U17 Team WA U19 Team 09-13 National Performance Squad 2009 WA Debut 2010 Australia U19 World Cup Winning Captain 2011 ODI Debut for Australia T20 Debut for Australia 2014 Test Debut for Australia Premier Club: Fremantle Junior Club: Willetton SUMMER OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET MAGELLAN ASHES TEST SERIES AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND Thurs 23 - Mon 27 Nov Sat 2 - Wed 6 Dec Thurs 14 – Mon 18 Dec Tues 26 - Sat 30 Dec Thurs 4 - Mon 8 Jan 2018 The Gabba Adelaide Oval The WACA MCG SCG GILLETTE ODI SERIES AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND Sun 14 Jan 2018 Fri 19 Jan 2018 Sun 21 Jan 2018 Fri 26 Jan 2018 Sun 28 Jan 2018 MCG The Gabba SCG Adelaide Oval Perth Stadium GILLETTE T20 INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA V NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND Sat 3 Feb 2018 Wed 7 Feb 2018 Sat 10 Feb 2018 SCG Blundstone Arena, Hobart MCG PRIME MINISTER’S XI V ENGLAND T20 | Fri 2 Feb 2018 | Manuka Oval MEN’S INTERNATIONAL MATCHES TICKET PRICES PRIME MINISTER’S XI TICKET PRICES ADULTS* $30 | KIDS *$10 | FAMILY *65 ADULTS* $25 | KIDS *$10 | FAMILY *55 *at match price. 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These championships have been the largest contributor of talent to Thurs 23 - Mon 27 Nov Sat 2 - Wed 6 Dec Thurs 14 – Mon 18 Dec Tues 26 - Sat 30 Dec Thurs 4 - Mon 8 Jan 2018 the men’s national team since their establishment, and have helped The Gabba Adelaide Oval The WACA MCG SCG the likes of Australian captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner rise from young guns to world beaters. Two players - Victoria’s Will Pucovski and Western Australia’s GILLETTE ODI SERIES Cameron Green - went on to play JLT Sheffield Shield cricket last summer after starring at the most recent edition of the championships, AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND which shows that the next level is not all that far away. To all of our players, this is an exciting phase of your sporting journey Sun 14 Jan 2018 Fri 19 Jan 2018 Sun 21 Jan 2018 Fri 26 Jan 2018 Sun 28 Jan 2018 and I encourage you to embrace this experience. 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Per transaction agency service/delivery fee from $7.05 (men’s matches)/ $5.50 (PM’s XI) applies to other purchases Cricket TAS Message 5 Queensland 16-17 Umpire Feature 29 Matthew Wade South Australia 18-19 Fixture & Venues 30-31 HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS Feature 6-7 Tasmania 20-21 Bowler Welfare 34 ACT/NSW Country 8-9 Victoria Country 22-23 MyCricket App 35 CA XI 10-11 Victoria Metro 24-25 GROUP BOOKINGS GROUP BOOKINGS (10+) INDIVIDUAL TICKETS (UP TO 9) NSW Metro 12-13 Western Australia 26-27 Book now at cricket.com.au/tickets Visit: cricket.com.au/groups CRICKET AUSTRALIA OFFICIAL HOSPITALITY CRICKET AUSTRALIA TRAVEL OFFICE (MEN’S INTERNATIONAL ONLY) (MEN’S INTERNATIONAL ONLY) FOLLOW US ON /CricketAustralia @CAPathway @cricketaustralia Visit: cricketaustralia.com.au/hospitality Visit: www.cricket.com.au/travel 2016/17 CHAMPS WA 4 Cricket Tasmania is thrilled to be hosting the U19 National Championships this season. Having Australia’s best young talent participating in the state over the fortnight of the Championships will be one of the highlights of the 2017/18 season for Tasmanian Cricket. This will be the twelfth Championships we have hosted in the past eleven seasons, a terrific vote of confidence in the experience of our host clubs and ground authorities to stage major national tournaments. Venues throughout Greater Hobart and Launceston will host Championship matches, which is an exciting expansion to include grounds and clubs in Northern Tasmania in the event. I would like to thank the volunteers from our host clubs for their contribution to hosting the event, and all ground authorities for their ongoing outstanding support preparing quality pitches and grounds. The Championship is a key component of the talent pathway and I wish all participants well, and look forward to seeing which players from this event become future stars of Australian Cricket. NICK CUMMINS CHIEF EXECUTIVE CRICKET TASMANIA UNDER 19 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017/18 | CRICKET AUSTRALIA MATTHEW WADE Over the past 10 years, Matthew Wade’s cricketing journey has taken him from Tasmania to Victoria, and right around the world. The 29-year-old has returned to Tasmania this summer as one of Australia’s leading wicketkeeper-batsmen, having represented his country more than 140 times across all three formats of the game. What’s it like being a professional think. I think I played four years of Under 17s and cricketer and representing Australia? four years of Under 19s as well, and represented It’s a dream come true to be able to be a Australia in an Under 19 World Cup. I was lucky professional cricketer and concentrating on enough to play with some good players there getting the best out of yourself. It’s been a who I still play with now. We’ve come up good ride so far and something that every together through the programs - guys like kid aspires to do. I’m thankful that I’ve had David Warner, Steve Smith, Moises Henriques the opportunity. was our captain, Jackson Bird, Jon Holland and Tom Cooper. There were heaps of guys in When did you start playing cricket and that program who I’ve played with or against what was your journey? for the majority of my career. It was pretty I was maybe eight or nine when I started, cool to grow up with those guys and play at playing in the backyard with my family and the top level with them as well. friends over the summer breaks. Then I got involved in club cricket in Hobart and moved When did you decide that you wanted to be up to Premier clubs - I went to Clarence when an Australian cricketer, and that you were I was 12 and started playing representative capable of playing for your country? level for them, and worked my way to senior I wanted to be a successful first-class cricketer, cricket there. I played for Tasmania for one I think that’s probably where it started. I wanted game, then moved to Victoria for 11 years to make it at that level and make runs at that and now I’m back in Tassie again. level. I reckon it was probably a couple of years into my first-class career that I thought I was It was 11 seasons ago that you were Player of good enough to play at the next level, and I the Championships at the Under 19s - what thought if I could perform well enough that it are your memories of that carnival and your was realistic for me. It probably wasn’t until I was Pathways career? 21 or 22 that I thought I could get there - it was It was my last year - I was captain of the Tassie trying to tick all the boxes along the way, and side at that stage, and we did reasonably well I succeed at the level you were playing at first. 6 What are your memories of receiving your Baggy Green? I was lucky enough to play the West Indies in Barbados which is a terrific place to play. Ricky Ponting presented my Baggy Green which was even better. I grew up in Tassie watching ‘Punter’ and he’d been the favourite son of Tasmanian cricket for a very long time, so it was a pretty special moment to get my Baggy Green presented by arguably one of the best players that’s ever played the game for Australia. What are the highlights of your cricketing career - do you have a favourite moment? I’ve been lucky enough to play a few grand finals and win a few premierships.