Under-18 Female Talent Squad announced
Wed, 13 January 2010
The Women’s Youth Selection Panel (WYSP) has today announced a squad to attend an Under-18 Female Talent Camp at the Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence in Brisbane next week. The squad was selected following the completion of the National Under-17 Female Championships in Brisbane yesterday, with players at the talent camp from 18-21 January to undergo a range of assessments including batting, bowling and fielding skills tests, fitness testing, physiotherapy screening and psychological profiling. There will also be a series of intra-squad matches played during the four-day camp. The camp will be led by a team of coaches headed by AIS-National Women’s Head Coach Richard McInnes and including Cricket Australia Spin Coach, John Davison. The squad was selected by the WYSP consisting of McInnes (Chair), former Australia player Julie Hayes and former Australia captain Lyn Larsen. In addition to the National Under-17 Female Championships, selectors also took into account performances at the CA Women’s Cup which was held in Sydney in November 2009. Cricket Australia Under 18 Female Talent Squad 2009-10 Name State Playing Style Nicola Carey NSW LHB / LAFM Mathilda Carmichael NSW RHB / RAM Tamara Clapton SA RHB / RAOS Katelyn Fryett TAS RAF Lisa Griffith NSW RAM / RHB Jakara Hill SA RAFM Rebecca Hollindale QLD RHB Jessica Jonassen QLD LAOS / LHB Taylor Kayfoa NSW WK / RHB Emma King WA RHB/ RAOS Meghan Lanning VIC RHB / RAFM Katie Mack NSW RAWS Bethany Mooney QLD LHB / WK Hayley Pattison QLD RAFM / RHB Rhianna Peate SA RAFM Celeste Raack NSW RAWS/ RHB Megan Schutt SA RAM / RHB Kara Sutherland NSW LAFM / LHB Stephanie Townsend VIC RHB / RAFM Hannah Trollip NSW RHB Keegan Tucker NSW LAFM / RHB Kate Waetford NSW RHB / RAM WYSP Chair Richard McInnes said: “The Under-18 Talent squad concept commenced in 2008 and forms an integral part in assessing the talents of players in this age bracket before they move out of the youth system and into the first-class arena.” “Jessica Jonassen and Meg Lanning have been named in the squad but will not attend the camp due to work load management and in Meg’s case, to allow her to prepare with her DEC VicSpirit teammates for the Women’s Twenty20 Final which will be held next weekend. “A number of players in the squad have already experienced either junior international cricket or represented their states at the senior level. The WYSP is confident that more out of this group will be identified to quickly progress to higher honours and eventually the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars squad.”
