The Rising Stars of Australian Cricket

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It’s currently an exciting time for Australian cricket. The Ashes have been regained comprehensively, with the Australians outplaying England in all facets of the game in the series so far. After the Ashes series is complete, the Aussies will then take part in five ODIs against England and four T20Is against England and New Zealand. Following this, a tour of South Africa begins, which will be a fierce battle for glory. Furthermore, the domestic scene is doing extremely well at the moment, with the BBL, One Day Cup, and Sheffield Shield providing some terrific entertainment, quality cricket, and superb individual performances.

With these exciting times ahead, we at WFC thought we’d look at the rising stars of Australian cricket; individual players who are exciting prospects and full of potential, who will one day be regulars in Australian colours. So, we have compiled a Test, ODI and T20I team made up of future stars of Australian cricket. All the players we have selected are young and yet to be afforded a regular place in Australian cricket setups.


Test Team:

1. Marcus Harris

 Age: 25 | Role: Left-hand bat | Team: Victoria | First-class batting average: 32.80


2. Jake Weatherald

 Age: 23 | Role: Left-hand bat | Team: South Australia | First-class batting average: 36.78



3. Marnus Labuschagne

 Age: 22 | Role: Right-hand bat, Right-arm leg spin  |Team: Queensland | First-class batting average: 32.87 | First-class bowling average: 50.08 | First-class bowling strike rate: 67.3 | Economy: 4.46


4. Kurtis Patterson (vc)

Age: 24 | Role: Left-hand bat | Team: New South Wales | First-class batting average: 40.52



5. Hilton Cartwright (c)

 Age: 25 | Role: Right-hand bat, Right-arm medium-fast | Team: Western Australia | First-class batting average: 43.38 | First-class bowling average: 48.47 | First-class bowling strike rate: 74.4 | Economy: 3.90


6. Jake Lehmann

Age: 25 | Role: Left-hand bat | Team: South Australia | First-class batting average: 42.15


7. Sam Whiteman 

 Age: 25 | Role: Wicketkeeper, Left-hand bat | Team: Western Australia | First-class batting average: 34.64 | First-class catches/stumpings: 163/6



8. Thomas Rogers

Age: 23 | Role: Right-arm fast-medium | Team: Tasmania | First-class bowling average: 16:06 | First-class bowling strike rate: 34.7 | Economy: 2.77


9. Mitchell Swepson

Age: 24 | Role: Right-arm leg spin | Team: Queensland | First-class bowling average: 33.89 | First-class bowling strike rate: 49.7 | Economy: 4.08


10. Simon Mackin

Age: 25 | Role: Right-arm fast-medium | Team: Western Australia | First-class bowling average: 28.62 | First-class strike rate: 56.2 | Economy: 3.05


11. Gabe Bell

Age: 22 | Role: Right-arm medium-fast | Team: Tasmania | First-class bowling average: 22.00 | First-class bowling strike rate: 42.7 | Economy: 3.08


ODI Team:

1. Nic Maddinson (vc)

Age: 26 | Role: Left-hand bat | Team: New South Wales | List A batting average: 38.09 | List A strike rate: 88.36


2. Jake Weatherald

Age: 23 | Role: Left-hand bat | Team: South Australia | List A batting average: 44.35 | List A strike rate: 101.47


3. Sam Heazlett

Age: 22 | Role: Left-hand bat | Team: Queensland | List A batting average: 52.57 | List A strike rate: 94.84



4. Ryan Gibson

Age: 24 | Role: Right-hand bat | Team: New South Wales | List A batting average: 35.09 | List A strike rate: 86.93



5. Ashton Turner (c)

Age: 24 | Role: Right-hand bat, Right-arm off spin |Team: Western Australia | List A batting average: 32.29 | List A strike rate: 93.68 | List A bowling average: 57.16 | List A bowling strike rate: 59.0 | Economy: 5.81


6. Clint Hinchliffe

Age: 21 | Role: Left-hand bat, Left-arm off spin | Team: Western Australia | List A batting average: 25.33 | List A strike rate: 65.51 | List A bowling average: 35.33 | List A bowling strike rate: 33.0 | Economy: 6.42


7.  Harry Nielsen

Age: 22 | Role: Wicketkeeper, Left-hand bat | Team: South Australia | List A batting average: 49.00 | List A strike rate: 95.45 | List A catches/stumpings: 8/1


8. Cameron Valente

Age: 23 | Role: Right-arm medium-fast, Right-hand bat | Team: South Australia | List A batting average: 35.09 | List A batting strike rate: 80.75 | List A bowling average: 26.56 | List A bowling strike rate: 29.9 | Economy: 5.32


9. Joel Paris

Age: 25 | Role: Left-arm fast-medium | Team: Western Australia | List A bowling average: 20.80 | List A bowling strike rate: 27.2 | Economy: 4.58


10. Jhye Richardson

Age: 21 | Role: Right-arm fast | Team: Western Australia | List A bowling average: 30.00 | List A bowling strike rate: 34.6 | Economy: 5.20


11. Billy Stanlake

 Age: 23 | Role: Right-arm fast | Team: Queensland | List A bowling average: 30.75 | List A bowling strike rate: 36.0 | Economy: 5.12



T20I Team:

1. Marcus Harris

 Age: 25 | Role: Left-hand bat | Team: Melbourne Renegades | T20 batting average: 23.69 | T20 batting strike rate: 125.57


2. D’Arcy Short

Age: 27 | Role: Left-hand bat, Left-arm leg spin | Team: Hobart Hurricanes | T20 batting average: 33.84 | T20 batting strike rate: 160.58 | T20 bowling average: 30.5 | T20 bowling strike rate: 18.5 | Economy: 11.14


3. Hilton Cartwright (c)

Age: 25 | Team: Perth Scorchers | T20 batting average: 22.90 | T20 batting strike rate: 106.77 | T20 bowling average: 45.50 | T20 bowling strike rate: 24.50 | Economy: 9.89


4. Ben McDermott

Age: 23 | Role: Right-hand bat | Team: Hobart Hurricanes | T20 batting average: 33.22 | T20 batting strike rate: 153.33


5. Alex Ross

Age: 25 | Role: Right-hand bat | Team: Brisbane Heat | T20 batting average: 27.04 | T20 batting strike rate: 124.89


6. Ashton Turner (vc)

Age: 24 | Role: Right-hand bat, Right-arm off spin | Team: Perth Scorchers | T20 batting average: 19.67 | T20 batting strike rate: 138.63 | T20 bowling average: 16.00 | T20 bowling strike rate: 13.7 | Economy: 6.97


7. Alex Carey

Age: 26 | Role: Wicketkeeper, Left-hand bat | Team: Adelaide Strikers | T20 batting average: 38.00 | T20 batting strike rate: 127.73


8. Arjun Nair

Age: 19 | Role: Right-arm off spin, Right-hand bat | Team: Sydney Thunder | T20 batting average: 16.66 | T20 batting strike rate: 108.69 | T20 bowling average: 21.55 | T20 batting strike rate: 16.6 | Economy: 7.76


9. Ben Dwarshius

Age: 23 | Role: Left-arm fast-medium, Left-hand bat | Team: Sydney Sixers | T20 batting average: 17.85 | T20 batting strike rate: 121.35 | T20 bowling average: 23.15 | T20 batting strike rate: 16.5 | Economy: 8.41


10. Jhye Richardson

Age: 21 | Role: Right-arm fast | Team: Perth Scorchers | T20 bowling average: 25.17 | T20 bowling strike rate: 17.2 | Economy: 8.73


11. Billy Stanlake

 Age: 23 | Role: Right-arm fast | Team: Adelaide Strikers | T20 bowling average: 24.56 | T20 bowling strike rate: 19.2 | Economy: 7.65




By @WFC_Seb @WFC_17

WFC is an Australian based fantasy sports & tipping page, run by @WFC_Seb & @WFC_LS_Potzi (twitter). As long time fantasy managers in a range of competitions, we hope that sharing our knowledge & experience can help you through those tough dilemmas we all face.

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