TOP players to Watch JLT One-Day Cup 2017 (Australia Domestic Cup )
JLT One-Day Cup 2017
TOP players to Watch : JLT Cup
Here are ten players to keep an eye on when Australia’s premier 50-over competition kicks off on Wednesday.
Cameron Bancroft (WA)
A right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman and former Australia Under-19 representative, Cameron Bancroft first played for Western Australia in one-day cricket in 2011.A first-class debut followed in 2013-14, when he played 11 matches as an opening batsman as the Warriors made it all the way to the Sheffield Shield final.
He began the following season in fine style with a one-day century against the touring United Arab Emirates side.
Bancroft has been touted as a contender for Test selection after hammering over 700 runs in each of the two past Sheffield Shield seasons, including a best of 211 against New South Wales.
Bancroft made his T20I debut in 2016 but didn't face a ball.
Cameron Bancroft carried his bat for an unbeaten 206 as Gloucestershire were bowled out for 385 by Kent on the second day of their County Championship match at Bristol.
Alex Carey (SA)
He won their Best and Fairest Award in his first season, and was destined for higher honours with the newly formed club.
Batting at three, Carey was trapped in front by Trent Copeland for just two, before making an improved 17 in the second innings.
Carey has again earned a place in the Redbacks’ squad after a three-year absence on the back of impressive form in 2015-16.
Carey returned 822 runs at 90.2 for Glenelg in Premier Cricket, highlighted by knocks of 195 against Adelaide and 151 against West Torrens.
He also averaged 44.13 from five Futures League matches.
Ben McDermott (SA)
Ben McDermott did not follow the family trend of bowling fast like his father Craig and brother Alister, but has instead made a name for himself as a batsman and some-time wicketkeeper. After making his BBL debut for the Brisbane Heat in 2013-14, his initial forays into state cricket came for Queensland, but in 2015 he signed a rookie deal with Tasmania. After a few years of hovering on the fringes of domestic cricket, McDermott blasted into the spotlight in the 2016-17 BBL when he smashed 114 off 52 balls to set the Hobart Hurricanes on the path to a remarkable win at Etihad Stadium, chasing down the Melbourne Renegades' score of 222, which had been the highest total in BBL history. His innings was also, at the time, the second-highest individual score in BBL history.
Usman Khawaja (QLD)
Mitch Marsh (WA)
Marsh was then rushed back into Australia’s one-day side for the tour of Zimbabwe, where took three wickets and posted scores of 89 against Zimbabwe and 86 not out from 51 balls against South Africa, which included an astonishing attack against Dale Steyn.
It was enough to earn Marsh a spot in Australia’s Test squad for the series against Pakistan in the UAE.
Since his Test debut, Marsh has become a regular selection for Australia in all three formats when at full fitness. His ability to hold his own with both bat and ball has been shown to give Australia an edge in close games, such as when he scored his maiden international century against India in an ODI in 2016.
Billy Stanlake (QLD)
Since making his Queensland debut in 2015, big Billy Stanlake has been under the watchful eye of Australian selectors. Consistently proving he is a unique talent for both Queenland and the Adelaide Strikers, Stanlake made his ODI debut for Australia against Pakistan in 2017. Big Bill dismissed Shoaib Malik to claim his first international scalp. Since then he has gone onto represent Australia in Twenty20 and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL.
Stanlake comes from a sporting family with his father Warren a former VFL player for Footscray and his brother Jack formerly part of the Gold Coast Suns squad.Peter Nevill (NSW)
Will Pucovski (VIC)
A top-order batsman with time at the crease and huge leadership potential, this confident Victorian is one to watch moving forward. Whilst not at his full power yet, Pucovski showed enough in his three National Championships to earn selection in the PRO Camp. He is a consistent number three and as a bottom-aged player carries a lot of respect for his on field leadership. Has also tasted the Futures League, with a well-made 45 against an established First Class bowling attack.
National Championships history:
Matches: 14 | Runs: 351 | Average: 29.25| HS: 65 | 50s: 4
Nathan Lyon (NSW)
After a long search for a regular No.1 spinner in the post-Shane Warne era, Australia finally found what they were looking for in 2011 when they opted for a groundsman-cum-off-spinner from country NSW, via Canberra and Adelaide.
Lyon became the most successful off-spinner in Australian Test history in 2015 when he removed the West Indies Kraigg Brathwaite on day two of the second Test in Kingston, moving past Hugh Trumble's mark of 141 Test wickets that had stood as the benchmark for more than a century.He has since passed the 200-wicket barrier and, at 28 years of age, has plenty of time to add to that tally.
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