Australia Squad For U19 World Cup

Melbourne: The Cricket Australia Youth Selection Panel (YSP) today announced the final 15-player squad for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012

The tournament will be held in Queensland in August. The panel also announced an 18-player squad for the pre-tournament camp and series against Pakistan later this month.

The 2012 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup squad will be out to retain the crown won by the Mitchell Marsh led team in New Zealand two years ago, aiming to make it Australia’s fourth title as the pinnacle event for youth cricket.

It will be the second time Australia has hosted the tournament, since the inaugural event in 1988, with the 2012 competition to be held in Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Townsville with Australia’s campaign officially getting underway against rival England on 11 August.

The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup final will be played on 26 August at Tony Ireland Stadium.

Prior to the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, Australia will play Pakistan in a head-to-head series on the Gold Coast.

The Australia U19 World Cup squad:

Ashton Agar (VIC)
Cameron Bancroft (WA)
William Bosisto (WA)
Meyrick Buchanan (VIC)
Harry Conway (NSW)
Sam Hain (QLD)
Travis Head (SA)
Joel Paris (WA)
Kurtis Patterson (NSW)
James Peirson (QLD)
Gurinder Sandhu (NSW)
Mark Steketee (QLD)
Nicholas Stevens (QLD)
Ashton Turner (WA)
Jack Wildermuth (QLD)

Additional players for Pakistan series

Sebastian Gotch (VIC)
Joshua McClelland (QLD)
Alex Gregory (SA)

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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