By Nick Creely
The Southern Pionners have announced its under-16 and under-14 male squads ahead of the Youth Premier League season in 2019/20, with 48 youngsters across the region picked across the two initial squads.
The Youth Premier League – which was launched last season – is a revamped state underage pathway program aimed to improved the experience for players and align the pathway with the Victorian Premier Cricket competition. The program is split into a Stars and Renegades league, with the Pioneers set to now go through a rigorous trial progress with the final 13-man squad to be announced in the coming months.
Here is the 24-man squad for the under-16s:
Berwick – Brodie Herkess, Isaiah Jassal, Ben McDonald, Lachlan Paul, Ethan Stones
Berwick Springs – Bailey Paroissien, Josh Sawrey
Buckley Ridges – Aaron Abeyesekera, Ifthikar Ahmad, Trishane De Silva, Hivin Singappulige
Cranbourne – Vithum Sathyajith
Dandenong West – Max Marinic
Lynbrook – Raheel Bostan, Odil Perera, Akshjit Sammi
Narre North – Inuka Wickramasinghe
Narre South – Harkirat Bajwa, Rohan Chandel, Disen Perera, Omair Rana, Kushan Samarakoon, Zac Tumino
Noble Park – Neil D’Souza
Here is the 24-man squad for the under-14s:
Berwick – Aiden French, Jude Owen, Abhijit Reddy, Crandel Siegelwin
Berwick Springs – Tarith Colombage
Buckley Ridges – Alex Chandler, Kamran Malik, Nigel Munasinghe
Cranbourne – Harshit Chadha, Tajbir Powar
Doveton North – Joyen Fernandopulle, Aakif Ramees
Hallam Kalora Park – Jacob Noble
Lynbrook – Vyomesh Chinnappa Raja, Tanush Nandini, Ronit Rehal, Sai Sehgal, Shaun Thomas
Narre South – Ethan de Vries, Ethan Kolaritsch, Adam Snelling
Noble Park – Prabhav Mishra, Archie Stefan
