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Sydney Thunder quartet Cameron Bancroft, Nathan McAndrew, Ollie Davies and Gurinder Sandhu have all been named by the National Selection Panel (NSP) in Australia A men’s squads to face New Zealand A in Queensland in late August and September.
The series includes two four-day fixtures, and three one-day matches at Allan Border Field in Brisbane and the newly redeveloped Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay.
Bancroft and McAndrew are part of the four-day squad, while Davies and Sandhu will take part in the one-day series.
The four-day squad features nine players who toured New Zealand with the Australia A squad in April this year, including Mitchell Swepson who took nine wickets across the two matches.
Various players selected on the recent Australian tour of England or those who have had a significant amount of cricket over the Australian winter were not considered for selection.
Six players with ODI experience have been selected in the one-day squad, including recent ODI representatives Marnus Labuschagne, Ben McDermott and Matthew Kuhnemann.
The series will be played prior to the commencement of the Marsh Sheffield Shield and Marsh One-Day Cup, providing players with an opportunity to push for national selection in the 2023-24 summer of cricket, which will include series against Pakistan and West Indies.
Four-day Squad:
Wes Agar (SA – Northern Districts Cricket Club)
Cameron Bancroft (WA – Willetton Premier Cricket Club)
Jordan Buckingham (SA – West Torrens Cricket Club)
Ben Dwarshuis (NSW – Sutherland District Cricket Club)
Caleb Jewell (TAS – North Hobart Cricket Club)
Campbell Kellaway (VIC – Melbourne Cricket Club)
Matthew Kelly (WA – Claremont Nedlands Cricket Club)
Matthew Kuhnemann (QLD – Gold Coast District Cricket Club)
Nathan McAndrew (SA – Woodville District Cricket Club)
Nathan McSweeney (SA – Glenelg Cricket Club)
Joel Paris (WA – Claremont-Nedlands Cricket Club)
Jimmy Peirson (QLD – Redlands CC)
Mitch Perry (VIC – Richmond Cricket Club)
Josh Philippe (WA – Scarborough Cricket Club)
Mark Steketee (QLD – Valley District Cricket Club)
Mitchell Swepson (QLD – Sandgate-Redcliffe Cricket Club)
Tim Ward (TAS – University of Tasmania Cricket Club)
One-day Squad:
Wes Agar (SA – Northern Districts Cricket Club)
Ollie Davies (NSW – Manly Warringah District Cricket Club)
Ben Dwarshuis (NSW – Sutherland District Cricket Club)
Liam Hatcher (NSW – Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club)
Matthew Kuhnemann (QLD – Gold Coast District Cricket Club)
Marnus Labuschagne (QLD – Redlands Cricket Club)
Ben McDermott (QLD – Gold Coast District Cricket Club)
Todd Murphy (VIC – St Kilda Cricket Club)
Josh Philippe (WA – Scarborough Cricket Club)
Matthew Renshaw (QLD – Toombul District Cricket Club)
Gurinder Sandhu (QLD – South Brisbane Cricket Club)
Matt Short (VIC – Northcote Cricket Club)
Mark Steketee (QLD – Valley District Cricket Club)
Will Sutherland (VIC – Prahran Cricket Club)
Ashton Turner (WA – Fremantle District Cricket Club)
AUSTRALIA A V NEW ZEALAND A FIXTURES
Monday 28 – Thursday 31 August, 2023, Allan Border Field
Monday 4 – Thursday 7 September, 2023 (D/N), Great Barrier Reef Arena
Sunday, 10 September 2023, Great Barrier Reef Arena
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 (D/N), Allan Border Field
Friday, 15 September 2023, Allan Border Field
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The Sydney Thunder is an Australian professional cricket team competing in the Big Bash League (BBL). Based at Sydney Showground Stadium, the Thunder, along with the Sydney Sixers, succeeded the New South Wales Blues from the defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.
