\u2018Well-oiled\u2019 casino visits and \u2018terse words\u2019: fresh claims in \u2018loose, careless\u2019 Ashes tour<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nPeake PUNISHES last ball after lifeline | 01:05<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a few who have also been around for a couple of years like Campbell Kellaway. I am really excited by him, and Ollie is obviously one of those. I would expect he would be very successful in the under-19 carnival, and that is a very important pathway because you can get some sort of read on what the future looks like.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut then coming back and reproducing it in domestic cricket, I think that is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n
Picking future stars is a little more exact than landing the lotto but tales of caution abound of gold-rated youngsters whose talent dissipated one entering more disciplined senior ranks. <\/p>\n
But it is exciting to watch promising talents develop into international players and Peake is among those who are considered capable of featuring in Australia\u2019s next home Ashes series.<\/p>\n
Kellaway notches 82 in PM XI contest | 00:54<\/p>\n
Provided their form and fitness holds in a landscape certain to be influenced by growing franchise demands, a handful of incumbents are in the age profile where 2029 is in reach.<\/p>\n
The include captain Pat Cummins, vice-captain Travis Head, all-rounder Cameron Green, wicketkeeper Josh Inglis, quicks Jhye Richardson and Brendan Doggett and Nathan Lyon\u2019s understudy Todd Murphy. But gaps will open by 2029 for those who thrive domestically.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am loath to fast-track from under-19s straight into international cricket,\u201d Gilchrist said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI like the concept of learning their craft and learning how to build performance after performance in domestic cricket. But I do feel like the likes of Cooper Connolly, and just casting my eyes across a number of state teams, there is a really talented group. I think our depth and talent pool is in a really healthy position.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018IT\u2019S NOT RUSSIAN ROULETTE. IT\u2019S JUST CRICKET\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n
Fox Cricket expert analyst Kerry O\u2019Keeffe, who keeps a close eye on developing young talent around the country, labelled Kellaway and Sam Konstas as leading lights to watch.<\/p>\n
Peake, who featured in the Prime Minister\u2019s XI against England in Canberra, has shown promise for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and also for the Melbourne Renegades in the BBL.<\/p>\n
Oliver Peake of Victoria is an emerging all-format star.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
O\u2019Keeffe likes his weaponry but warns there are technical aspects for the lefty to work on with a view towards earning a baggy green cap by the time the next home Ashes occur.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a great attacker, but I\u2019ve seen him get out a few times defending where there is a gap between bat and pad, or he has nicked off,\u201d he told foxsports.com.au. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy barometer (for selection) is \u2018How will they defend?\u2019 And his reputation is built on how he attacks. So when he\u2019s forced to defend, he has come up a little short. It\u2019s not Russian roulette. It\u2019s just cricket. But we\u2019ve seen with England what happens when you can\u2019t defend.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s my only query. But Oliver has fantastic hands. His short arm jolts are powerful. He is a great talent and he has a high ceiling, but to say he\u2019s a shoe-in to bat in the middle order (is a step too far at this stage).\u201d<\/p>\n
While Peake and Konstas are in the infancy of their careers, O\u2019Keeffe said opportunities will present for batters currently maturing in the Sheffield Shield, which resumes in February.<\/p>\n
Konstas returns to form with 116 knock | 01:12<\/p>\n
One player he had hoped would kick on this summer with a view to forcing his way into Australia\u2019s middle order is South Australian batter Jason Sangha.<\/p>\n
The Sydneysider, who similarly to Peake is a former Australian under-19 representative, flourished on moving to Adelaide and was brilliant in last year\u2019s Sheffield Shield final.<\/p>\n
He followed that with a double century for Australia A against Sri Lanka A in a match current Test opener Jake Weatherald also made a ton.<\/p>\n
Prior to the season South Australian coach and former Aussie bowler Ryan Harris said runs remained the most critical currency for Sangha and Nathan McSweeney, who will be hoping another chance to flourish in Test cricket comes his way after his brief stint against India. <\/p>\n
\u201cJason\u2019s been told he just needs to go and do what he did last year, the same (with) Nathan, just find that form that got him the Test set up,\u201d Harris told ESPN Cricinfo in September.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s one of those things we\u2019ve spoken about, but we don\u2019t talk a lot about because we know that George (Bailey) can ring me and say, \u2018No, we\u2019re not looking at you right now.\u2019 <\/p>\n
\u201cThen (the player) goes out and makes two or three hundreds in the first two or three games, and all of a sudden someone else has failed and he\u2019s in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Campbell Kellaway and Nathan McSweeney in action for Australia A.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Sadly for Sangha, his form has faded since, with the 26-year-old making just 110 runs in six Sheffield Shield knocks this season. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is frustrating that someone with his immense potential, after he finished last year with a match winning century and then a double-hundred for Australia A, is now hardly mentioned as an alternative. How has that happened?\u201d O\u2019Keeffe said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have seen over the years with players like David Hookes and Rick McCosker, they get five Shield hundreds in a row and that demands selection. Sangha had that chance and all he needed was a score to start to get mentioned as a chance for the Australian team. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe is a talented kid. He bats like Hashim Amla. But the people who are discussing him at the moment are the South Australian selectors and whether he can stay in the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aus A captain Sangha hits unbeaten 202! | 00:50<\/p>\n
\u2018IT\u2019S SURE TO GO A COMPLETE FLIP AROUND\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n
In the dying throes of England\u2019s failed Ashes campaign a beacon of hope emerged, with Jacob Bethell batting brilliantly with his maiden first class century coming in a Test match.<\/p>\n
A young lefty with a good technique and temperament? The Aussies will be hoping Kellaway, Peake, Harry Dixon, Connolly and co can flourish in coming years and provide a similar threat.<\/p>\n
Barring misfortune, Bethell is certain to be back at the MCG next year for the 150th Anniversary Test. And by 2029 it is likely he will be a mainstay of the English batting order.<\/p>\n
Which begs the question. Which Aussie quicks will be bowling to Bethell and Bazballing Harry Brook, provided he adheres to the bollocking he is likely to receive at home?<\/p>\n
Fox Cricket expert analyst Brett Lee noted Australia had great success with Scott Boland, Michael Neser, Brendan Doggett and Jhye Richardson, to a lesser extent, in this series.<\/p>\n
The latter two will remain in the age frame for the next home Ashes, so too Cummins, but Lee suspects there will be significant changes by the time 2029 rolls around.<\/p>\n
He is also confident in the depth of the young talent and noted youngsters Mahli Beardman and Callum Vidler, who are both 20, had spent time around the Aussie squad already.<\/p>\n
The \u201cWild Thing\u201d Lance Morris has faded in prominence due to injury but if he can find fitness, it is clear he was in Australia\u2019s thinking given his pace and skills.<\/p>\n
Cummins, who went six years between Test appearances as he strived for fitness in his early 20s, is a prime example of why it is important not to write off bright young hopes.<\/p>\n
Should Australia need a medium-paced bowler to replace Boland or Neser, who have proven effective at home, Victorian Fergus O\u2019Neill has sizzled in the Sheffield Shield for seasons, while Gilchrist likes the promise Oliver Patterson has shown for the Brisbane Heat.<\/p>\n
\nShould Australia need a medium-paced bowler to replace Boland or Neser, who have proven effective at home, Victorian Fergus O\u2019Neill has sizzled in the Sheffield Shield for seasons, while Gilchrist likes the promise Oliver Patterson has shown for the Brisbane Heat.<\/p>\n
Callum Vidler is an exciting pace prospect from Queensland.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve almost got to think it\u2019s sure to go a complete flip around, because you want those guys who are in their early 20s now, in my opinion, to be there,\u201d Lee told foxsports.com.au<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hardest thing for a number of bowlers that have been the second cab off the rank, that have come through the journey with the main four, is that they\u2019re also getting older as well. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s almost like they missed the boat, a bit like what happened with MacGill and Warne. If MacGill was born 10 years later, he would have gone on to take who knows how many more Test wickets. And I think it\u2019s going to happen with a few of the bowlers now who are in their early 30s because they unfortunately have just been born in the wrong era. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo we\u2019ve got to look at the young guys coming through. I think Beardman, who\u2019s 20 years of age, I like his action and he has spent some time in the camp and he would be a guy that I\u2019d be looking at closely. <\/p>\n
\u201cI know he has hardly played any cricket at that top level, but what I\u2019ve seen, and I like his action, he\u2019d be a guy that I\u2019d be saying \u2026 just watch this space, but they need to nurture him and look after him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bartlett remembers Gold Coast beginnings | 01:24<\/p>\n
When talking to The Follow On podcast in December, O\u2019Keeffe said he loved the skills of Xavier Bartlett, 27, when flagging him as a smoky to be selected this summer.<\/p>\n
The Gold Coaster has played five ODIs and 16 T20s for Australia and told Fox Cricket in Brisbane in September he had baggy green aspirations.<\/p>\n
Lee is encouraged by that and said cricketers currently plying their trade for Australia in white ball cricket should be focusing on ensuring their red ball skills are in order as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you have a look at the 10 or 15 bowlers that are on display now for the Big Bash, people always go, \u2018Well, who\u2019s next in line with cricket for the future?\u2019\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey just assume that if you have white ball in your hand, you can\u2019t bowl with a red ball. But I don\u2019t believe that\u2019s true. I sort of throw a name around like Nathan Ellis, who I think has got some great white ball skills. But why can\u2019t he play red ball cricket? <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s probably a mindset for a lot of the bowlers that are playing white ball and the shorter form of the game, T20 cricket, but my advice to any youngster out there would be that if you work on your skills with a red ball, there\u2019s going to be opportunities present themselves over the next 12 to 18 months, because as much we want these awesome forces to continue, like anything, there comes a time when that next generation will come through.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mahli Beardman in action for the PM’s XI.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
PREDICTED AUSTRALIA 2029 ASHES SQUAD<\/b><\/p>\n
FOX CRICKET LOOKS INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL…<\/b><\/p>\n
Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Jhye Richardson, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Todd Murphy, Sam Konstas, Campbell Kellaway, Ollie Peake, Oliver Patterson, Mahli Beardman, Xavier Bartlett, Callum Vidler, Cooper Connolly, Harry Dixon, Matt Renshaw<\/p>\n
IN (from 2025):<\/b> Sam Konstas, Campbell Kellaway, Ollie Peake, Oliver Patterson, Mahli Beardman, Xavier Bartlett, Callum Vidler, Cooper Connolly, Harry Dixon, Matt Renshaw<\/p>\n
OUT (from 2025):<\/b> Steve Smith, Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster<\/p>\n
REMAINING:<\/b> Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Jhye Richardson, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Todd Murphy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Identified as a likely prospect for a nation with a Test team in the infancy of an evolution,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[38809,2740,208594,208599,208582,521,186,22631,124132,208589,208580,172976,180662,208591,208601,208597,183964,111209,208602,22422,197477,208606,17892,208595,3851,208605,208613,159193,1406,208603,208600,208609,208596,208593,130058,393,208579,299,181051,208607,208576,208598,208612,61943,208590,208587,208604,208585,208581,730,63527,172980,191737,88620,208610,208584,208608,204915,165711,47005,70215,17670,22617,29003,195688,13691,159507,208592,208577,208588,181208,130523,88618,99825,2196,88632,88628,79,88633,208583,21877,208578,191746,11438,16,15,208614,208611,203340,208586,18662],"class_list":{"0":"post-690513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-adam-gilchrist","9":"tag-africa","10":"tag-age-frame","11":"tag-andrew-symonds","12":"tag-arm-jolts","13":"tag-asia","14":"tag-australia","15":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","16":"tag-australian-capital-territory","17":"tag-australian-selectors","18":"tag-australian-side","19":"tag-australian-team","20":"tag-baggy-green","21":"tag-baggy-green-aspirations","22":"tag-ball-cricket","23":"tag-ball-skills","24":"tag-brendan-doggett","25":"tag-brett-lee","26":"tag-bright-young-hopes","27":"tag-brisbane","28":"tag-brisbane-heat","29":"tag-callum-vidler","30":"tag-cameron-green","31":"tag-campbell-kellaway","32":"tag-canberra","33":"tag-class-century","34":"tag-complete-flip","35":"tag-courtney-walsh","36":"tag-cricket","37":"tag-cricket-culture","38":"tag-cricket-depth","39":"tag-cricket-pathways","40":"tag-david-hookes","41":"tag-demands-selection","42":"tag-domestic-cricket","43":"tag-england","44":"tag-english-batting-order","45":"tag-europe","46":"tag-expert-analyst","47":"tag-final-ball","48":"tag-fitness-holds","49":"tag-franchise-demands","50":"tag-gen-batters","51":"tag-gold-coast","52":"tag-greats-love","53":"tag-gun-speedster","54":"tag-hashim-amla","55":"tag-healthy-position","56":"tag-include-captain","57":"tag-india","58":"tag-jacob-bethell","59":"tag-jake-weatherald","60":"tag-jhye-richardson","61":"tag-josh-inglis","62":"tag-lance-morris","63":"tag-massive-shake-up","64":"tag-melbourne-renegade-oliver-peake","65":"tag-melbourne-renegades","66":"tag-michael-neser","67":"tag-mitchell-starc","68":"tag-nathan-lyon","69":"tag-northern-europe","70":"tag-oceania","71":"tag-pat-cummins","72":"tag-perth-scorchers","73":"tag-queensland","74":"tag-red-ball","75":"tag-red-ball-cricket","76":"tag-red-ball-skills","77":"tag-rick-mccosker","78":"tag-russian-roulette","79":"tag-ryan-harris","80":"tag-sam-konstas","81":"tag-scott-boland","82":"tag-south-africa","83":"tag-southern-africa","84":"tag-southern-asia","85":"tag-sports","86":"tag-steven-smith","87":"tag-substantial-stanza","88":"tag-talent-pool","89":"tag-talented-group","90":"tag-todd-murphy","91":"tag-travis-head","92":"tag-uk","93":"tag-united-kingdom","94":"tag-white-ball","95":"tag-white-ball-skills","96":"tag-xavier-bartlett","97":"tag-young-cricketers","98":"tag-young-talent"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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