A quartet of maroon-grown teens will take a sizable step next month when they represent the Australian Under-19 squad against their touring Indian counterparts in Brisbane.
Queenslanders included in Australia U19 men’s squad for India series
Sandgate-Redcliffe batter Steven Hogan, Valley batter Jayden Draper and pace bowlers Charlie Lachmund (Ipswich) and Ben Gordon (Sunshine Coast) were included today in a squad to play India in Brisbane and Mackay.
The tour will see Hogan pick up the threads of his previous U19 series against India, which saw him score a century in India last season.
India clean swept Australia in both the one-day and four-day series at home in September-October last year.
Draper, named in the Team of the Tournament following the National Under-19 championships last season, comes into the squad for the first time alongside pace bowlers Lachmund and Gordon.
The young right-arm quicks both made first grade debuts for their clubs in the KFC Queensland Premier Cricket last summer, with each representing Queensland at youth level.
They were also Queensland Under-17 representatives in 2023-24 and Toowoomba Grammar product Lachmund was in the U-19 maroon team last summer while Gordon was sidelined due to injury.
Draper’s selection continues a family history in elite sport, with his father Scott enjoying professional sporting careers in tennis and golf.
The 17-member Indian side includes 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who had lit up IPL 2025 with his power-packed batting earlier in the year.
Australia v India U19 Series 2025 – Men
- September 21: 1st youth ODI, Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane, 2:30pm AEST (D/N)
- September 24: 2nd youth ODI, Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane, 2:30pm AEST (D/N)
- September 26: 3rd youth ODI, Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane, 2:30pm AEST (D/N)
- September 30-October 3: 1st youth Test, Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane, 10am AEST
- October 7-10: 2nd youth Test, Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay, 11am AEDT
Australia Men’s U19 Squad:
- Simon Budge (WA/Melville CC)
- Alex Turner (VIC/Prahran CC)
- Steve Hogan (QLD/Sandgate-Redcliffe District CC)
- Will Malajczuk (WA/Subiaco Floreat CC)
- Yash Deshmukh (NSW/Fairfield Liverpool CC)
- Tom Hogan (ACT/Ginninderra CC)
- Aryan Sharma (VIC/Carlton CC)
- John James (NSW/Northern Districts CC)
- Hayden Schiller (SA/Northern Districts CC)
- Charles Lachmund (QLD/Western Districts CC)
- Ben Gordon (QLD/Sunshine Coast Scorchers)
- Will Byrom (NSW/Northern Districts CC)
- Kasey Barton (NSW/Sutherland CC)
- Alex Lee Young (NSW/Mosman CC)
- Jayden Draper (QLD/Valley District Cricket Club).