Cummins joins Aus U19 squad
First Published : 30 Mar 2012, 10:33
Last Modified : 30 Mar 2012, 11:15
Sydney, March 30: Cricket Australia (CA) has today advised that Pat Cummins will join the Australia U19 squad for its International Quad Series starting in Townsville next week.
Cummins’ inclusion is part of a plan to re-introduce the 18-year-old to competitive cricket after a long injury lay-off due to a bone stress injury in his foot.
CA General Manager Team Performance Pat Howard said: “Pat’s inclusion in the Australia U19 squad for the Quad Series in Townsville is part of his management plan to reintroduce him to competitive cricket while being able to closely monitor his workload.
“His progress will be assessed on a day-by-day basis throughout the series to ensure his overall program remains on track.”
CA Physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said: “Pat is at an advanced stage of his rehabilitation and we feel he will benefit from bowling in a competitive environment. He’ll be on a restricted program and is being taken to Townsville so we can continue his progression and introduce some competition time.
“He won’t play in every match or bowl his full allocation of overs, but will undertake a program that will allow us to carefully manage his involvement in the squad’s training and matches.”
The Quad Series, featuring Australia, England, India and New Zealand, will start next Thursday 5 April and continue until Sunday 15 April with matches played at Tony Ireland Stadium and Endeavour Park in Townsville. It will be used as a key warm-up up event ahead of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Queensland in August this year.
All matches are limited-overs using standard ICC One-Day International playing conditions.
The following umpires have been selected to officiate in the Quad Series matches:
- Mike Graham-Smith (TAS)
- Jay Kangur (QLD)
- Simon Lightbody (ACT)
- Richard Patterson (VIC)
Australia U19 Squad
|
Ashton Agar |
VIC |
|
Cameron Bancroft |
WA |
|
William Bosisto |
WA |
|
Meyrick Buchanan |
VIC |
|
Shane Cassel |
NSW |
|
Harry Conway |
NSW |
|
Pat Cummins |
NSW |
|
Alex Gregory |
SA |
|
Sam Hain |
QLD |
|
Travis Head |
SA |
|
Joshua McClelland |
QLD |
|
Kurtis Patterson |
NSW |
|
James Peirson |
QLD |
|
Gurinder Sandhu |
NSW |
|
Mark Steketee |
QLD |
|
Nicholas Stevens |
QLD |
|
Coach: Greg Shipperd |
|
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Manager: Greg Chappell |
|
International Quad Series Match Schedule
|
DATE |
TIME |
ACTIVITY |
VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Thursday 5 April 2012 |
9.30am - 5.15pm |
AUS v ENG |
Tony Ireland Stadium |
|
9.30am - 5.15pm |
IND v NZ |
Endeavour Park |
|
|
Saturday 7 April 2012 |
9.30am - 5.15pm |
AUS v IND |
Tony Ireland Stadium |
|
9.30am - 5.15pm |
ENG v NZ |
Endeavour Park |
|
|
Monday 9 April 2012 |
9.30am - 5.15pm |
AUS v NZ |
Tony Ireland Stadium |
|
9.30am - 5.15pm |
ENG v IND |
Endeavour Park |
|
|
Friday 13 April 2012 |
9.30am - 5.15pm |
SEMI-FINAL 1 |
Tony Ireland Stadium |
|
9.30am - 5.15pm |
SEMI-FINAL 2 |
Endeavour Park |
|
|
Sunday 15 April 2012 |
9.30am - 5.15pm |
FINAL 1 |
Tony Ireland Stadium |
|
9.30am - 5.15pm |
FINAL 2 |
Endeavour Park |
About the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup
Townsville, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast will be the three host regions for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012, with more than 400 cricketers from 14 nations converging on Australia’s sunshine state.
It will be the second time the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup has been held in Australia, after the inaugural event in 1988, and will showcase the world’s best emerging players, broadcasting their talents around the globe to millions of television viewers in India, England, New Zealand and South Africa amongst many others via ESPN STAR SPORTS.
Australia is the reigning ICC U19 World Cup winner, after the Mitchell Marsh-led squad won the trophy at the last event in New Zealand in January 2010.
