Australian Under-17 development squad named

The following Australian Under-17 development squad was named at the conclusion of the Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship Series in Adelaide last week:

Jackson Bird (New South Wales)
Adam Blacka (Australian Capital Territory)
Greg Clarence (New South Wales)
Tom Cooper (New South Wales)
Shaun Dean (Victoria)
Adam Dilley (Northern Territory)
Aaron Finch (Victoria)
Tom Friend (Tasmania)
Steve Gilmour (Victoria)
Ben Gledhill (Queensland)
Chris Hansberry (Western Australia)
Cleve Hughes (South Australia)
Joel Hughes (Queensland)
Nick Lynch (Victoria)
Marc Murphy (Victoria)
Adam Ritchard (Australian Capital Territory)
Graeme Skennar (Queensland)
Mitchell Sykes (New South Wales)
David Patterson (coach, New South Wales)

The Australian under-17 development squad will spend four days during April at Cricket Australia's new Centre of Excellence at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.

Victoria, which drew the two-day competition final with New South Wales, claimed its eighth title at the under-17 level after finishing at the top of the tournament points table.

New South Wales right-hand batsman Tom Cooper was named Player of the Series. Cooper was the competition's leading run-scorer with 426 at an average of 106.50, including an unbeaten 168 against Victoria in the series final.

Cooper was presented with the inaugural Australian Cricketers' Association Youth Development Award for his efforts. The award allows the 17-year-old to travel with the Australian men's team on tour for seven days, attending all team training sessions, meetings, and sitting with the players in the dressing room during matches, at a time still to be determined.

South Australia won the inaugural Spirit of Cricket Award.