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Peake accredited as alternative for Wasley in Australia’s squad

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KIMBERLEY: Three-time Males’s U19 World Cup champions Australia have misplaced hard-hitting left-handed middle-order batter Corey Wasley to a left index finger fracture for the remainder of the continuing competitors in South Africa. Specialist batter Ollie Peake has been named as his alternative in Australia’s 15-player squad.

Wasley, hailing from Western Australia, suffered a fracture of the left index finger whereas batting in Australia’s opening victory of the event over Namibia in Kimberley. The alternative of a participant requires the approval of the Occasion Technical Committee earlier than the participant may be formally added to the squad.

Peake, hailing from Victoria, is now in rivalry to characteristic in Australia’s subsequent match of the event in opposition to Zimbabwe on Thursday. He had made 236 runs throughout the Australian U19 Championships on the finish of final yr.

The Occasion Technical Committee of the ICC U19 Males’s Cricket World Cup 2024 consists of Wasim Khan (ICC Basic Supervisor – Cricket and Chair of the ETC), Wanele Mngomezulu (Host Match Director), Sarah Edgar (IBC Consultant) and Samuel Badree (Impartial Consultant).

Australia’s U19 squad: Hugh Weibgen (c), Lachlan Aitken, Charlie Anderson, Harkirat Bajwa, Mahli Beardman, Tom Campbell, Harry Dixon, Ryan Hicks, Sam Konstas, Rafael MacMillan, Aidan O’Connor, Ollie Peake, Harjas Singh, Tom Straker and Callum Vidler

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