Australia on Thursday (December 11) introduced their 15-man squad for the upcoming 2026 ICC Beneath-19 World Cup. The much-awaited event is scheduled to be held in Namibia and Zimbabwe from January fifteenth to February sixth.
The spotlight of the Australian squad was the addition of two gamers of Indian descent, Aryan Sharma and John James. The group additionally has two gamers of Sri Lankan descent (Naden Cooray and Nitesh Samuel) and one from China (Alex Lee Younger).
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Oliver Peake will lead Australia as they purpose to defend their title. In the meantime, Tim Nielsen will lead the teaching workers, with assistant coaches Luke Butterworth and Travis Dean amongst others.
“We’re delighted to announce a powerful and balanced squad for the ICC U19 World Cup. We now have centered on choosing gamers with complementary ability units to maximise our possibilities of success within the event. The gamers named impressed with their performances within the U19 sequence towards India in September and on the latest Nationwide U19 Championship in Perth.” stated Nielsen.
“That is an thrilling group, with some gamers already experiencing a senior coaching atmosphere and others progressing quickly on our path. The World Cup is a good alternative for these younger cricketers to showcase their expertise and check themselves towards the very best gamers on the earth.” he added.
Australia in ICC U-19 World Cup 2026:
For the subsequent World Cup, Australia have been positioned in Group C alongside Eire, Japan and Sri Lanka. Earlier than the primary occasion begins, Australia may also play quite a few warm-up matches scheduled from January ninth to 14th.
They start their tour towards Eire on January 16 earlier than dealing with Japan and Sri Lanka. The highest three groups in every group advance to the subsequent spherical.
Introducing the group for the 2026 ICC Beneath-19 Cricket World Cup to be held in January 🇳🇦 🇿🇼 pic.twitter.com/73JaQpbYDZ
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) December 10, 2025
Talking of the World Cup, 16 groups will take part. Groups are divided into 4 teams of 4 groups every. As soon as the 12 groups advance to the subsequent spherical, they are going to be additional divided into two teams of six groups every. After that, two semi-final matches and the ultimate will probably be performed.
Australian nationwide group for ICC U-19 World Cup 2026:
Oliver Peake, Casey Barton, Naden Cooray, Jayden Draper, Ben Gordon, Stephen Hogan, Thomas Hogan, John James, Charles Lachmund, Will Malajchuk, Nitesh Samuel, Hayden Schiller, Aryan Sharma, William Taylor, Alex Lee Younger
