Dalby’s Julian Nielsen will captain the Australia Post QueenslandUnder-19 cricket team for the national championships in Canberra fromDecember 11-22.
Queensland Cricket20-Nov-2002Dalby’s Julian Nielsen will captain the Australia Post QueenslandUnder-19 cricket team for the national championships in Canberra fromDecember 11-22.Nielsen, a right-hand opening bat who plays first grade with Wests inthe Brisbane XXXX Grade competition, will continue a proud record inyouth cricket having captained the Australia Post Queensland Under-17team two seasons ago.He leads a team that contains two leg-spinners in Beenleigh/Logan’s LukeDavis and Redlands’ Ryan Le Loux and two players from regional centresin Gladstone right-arm pace bowler Matthew Turich and Toowoombaallrounder Peter Reimers.It will be the third championship in a row in the Under-19 team forDavis, a regular first grade player with Beenleigh for the past twoseasons.Turich, Gold Coast batsman Andrew Hicks, University left-hander NathanReardon and Valley pace bowler David Marriott have all graduated fromlast season’s Queensland Under-17 team.Turich and Hicks were selected in the Australian U-17 team followinglast year’s tournament.He and Reimers are members of the Queensland Academy of Sport Regionalcricket program, which has also provided Norths pace bowler GrantSullivan, a member of the program last year when he lived in Mackay.Reimers is a former Queensland U-17 player who was a member of theQueensland Country team that won last year’s national championships inWarrnambool. He has also represented the QAS in the national institutechallenge in Darwin in August.The Australia Post Queensland Under-19 cricket team for the nationalchampionships in Canberra, Dec 11-22: Julian Nielsen (Wests, c), AndrewHicks (Gold Coast), Steven Ledger (Sunshine Coast), Peter Reimers(Toowoomba), Chris Howe (Sunshine Coast), Nathan Reardon (University ofQueensland), Ryan LeLoux (Redlands), Luke Davis (Beenleigh/Logan),Murray Bragg (Norths), David Marriott (Valley), John Loader(Sandgate-Redcliffe), Grant Sullivan (Norths), Matthew Turich(Gladstone). Coaches: Mark McLatchey, Justin Sternes.
