Australia, on Thursday (December 11), introduced their 15-member squad for the forthcoming ICC Below-19 World Cup 2026. The much-awaited event is scheduled to be performed in Namibia and Zimbabwe from 15 January to six February.
The spotlight of the Australia squad is the inclusion of two gamers of Indian heritage – Aryan Sharma and John James. The squad additionally consists of two Sri Lankan descent (Naden Cooray and Nitesh Samuel), and one in every of Chinese language origin (Alex Lee Younger).
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Oliver Peake will lead Australia within the event as they give the impression of being to defend their title. However, Tim Nielsen will probably be main the teaching employees with the likes of Luke Butterworth and Travis Dean being the assistant coaches.
“We’re delighted to announce a robust and well-balanced squad for the ICC Below-19 World Cup. Our focus has been on choosing gamers with complementary talent units to maximise our probabilities of success within the event. The gamers named have impressed with their performances throughout the U19 sequence towards India in September and on the current Nationwide U19 Championship in Perth,” stated Nielsen.
“It’s an thrilling group, with some gamers already experiencing senior coaching environments, whereas others are progressing quickly by way of our pathway. The World Cup is a improbable alternative for these younger cricketers to showcase their expertise and take a look at themselves towards the perfect on the earth,” he added.
Australia in ICC Below-19 World Cup 2026:
For the upcoming version of the World Cup, Australia have been positioned in Group C alongside Eire, Japan and Sri Lanka. Earlier than the primary occasion will get underway, Australia may even play some warm-up matches, scheduled from January 9 to 14.
They are going to be beginning their marketing campaign towards Eire on January 16 earlier than dealing with Japan and Sri Lanka. The highest three groups from every group will advance to the subsequent spherical.
Introducing our squad for the 2026 ICC Below 19s Cricket World Cup in January 🇳🇦 🇿🇼 pic.twitter.com/73JaQpbYDZ
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) December 10, 2025
Speaking in regards to the World Cup, 16 groups will probably be taking part within the event. The groups have been divided into 4 teams of 4 groups every. With 12 groups advancing to the subsequent spherical, they are going to be additional divided into two teams of six every. Will probably be adopted by two semifinals and the ultimate.
Australia squad for ICC Below-19 World Cup 2026:
Oliver Peake, Kasey Barton, Naden Cooray, Jayden Draper, Ben Gordon, Steven Hogan, Thomas Hogan, John James, Charles Lachmund, Will Malajczuk, Nitesh Samuel, Hayden Schiller, Aryan Sharma, William Taylor, Alex Lee Younger
