NSW Premier Cricket, AW Green Shield: Latest under-16 squad information, 2024-25

For many it’s the first big step in a long cricketing journey, while for others it’s another chance to shine in the prestigious Green Shield competition. Latest U16 squads for 2024-25.

Fairfield-Liverpool wicketkeeper Ahan Vinod is one of many players returning for another season of AW Green Shield in 2024-25. Photo by Jeremy Ng / Daily Telegraph NewsLocal

Ahead of another AW Green Shield season, we take a look at how each of Sydney’s 20 grade clubs are shaping up before the opening round in December.

Run by NSW Premier Cricket and featuring the state’s top under-16 cricketers, the competition features seven rounds (50 over format) and a finals series where the winner will be crowned following the grand final.

As per previous seasons, this masthead will preview every team in early December and cover each match throughout the duration of the campaign.

Until then, keep up to date with the latest squads as they come to hand.

LATEST SQUADS

Reigning premiers Manly won’t have it all their own way in the quest for back-to-back titles. With a host of familiar faces and new talent across all 20 teams, the latest edition of Sydney’s premier under-16s competition is bound to be full of surprises.

At Fairfield-Liverpool, Ahan Vinod returns for another season. Last season the gifted keeper showed his class with the bat, knocking up two half centuries and averaging 58 in just four innings.

Plenty of big names have aged out at Hawkesbury, but promising bowler Nygel Shah has an opportunity to fill the void. Took seven wickets last season, and will be better for his time with NSW in the U16 Metro squad.

Speaking of Blues reps, Mosman’s Hugh Taylor and Jagbir Malhi will be out to enhance their reputation. While Noah Quayle will be eager for more performances like the 50 he scored against Sydney last season.

UTS North Sydney are sure to press for a place in the finals. NSW rep Aryian Banker joins fellow academy stars Amodh Sriram and Vivaan Bhosale.

Left-arm quick Amodh Sriram in action for UTS North Sydney in last season’s AW Green Shield. Photographer: Warren Gannon Photography

Sutherland were unlucky to miss out at the back-end last year, but with gun bat Lucas Sheehy returning alongside Tom Faulkner, the NSW reps are proof the Shire boys are capable of taking the next step.

Following a slow start, UNSW closed out last year's’ campaign with several strong showings. Neel Patel’s 101 against Sydney was a highlight, and he’ll be even better come December following his two recent centuries for NSW U15s.

Last season Sydney University were well served by Lachlan Russell. The all-rounder returns as skipper, and is joined by Blues rep and Sutherland recruit, Kobi Robinson.

Arnav Yadav is another Uni batter to keep an eye on. His 175 at 29.2 last season could just be the tip of the iceberg.

Rising paceman Kaito Forrest joins the Penrith squad, and the U15 NSW rep could pose plenty of headaches.

Stian Constable returns to UNSW for another season of AW Green Shield. Picture: Sean Teuma

Blacktown Mounties 

Thenuk Wijesekara, Aarav Thakker, Dhruv Girish Rao Shindhe, Om Mogale, Ansh Lad, Ryan Garg, Ariv Raina, Sehj Singh, Tristan Denmeade, Sairam Patil, Siddarth Sivakumar, Mark Patel, Shayan Raza, Hari Santhana

Campbelltown Camden

Main Squad: Nicholas Augustine, Lachlan Cornwell, Joshua Garner, Koby Hamilton-Jones, Rehan Kumar, Cohen Kvackovski, Harden Morrissey, Noah Nasser, Abhinav Nayani, Karan Ruhil, Yuvraj Singh Khabra, Avanindra Singh Sikarwar, Abdullah Sheraz

Development: Shawpno Biswas, Lucas Brown, Cameron Grace, Ethan Handunneththi, Jack Jones, Ashton McMillan, Toby Morrissey, Dimitri Soumakiyan, Lucas Spragg, Oliver Wright

Fairfield – Liverpool

Ahan Vinod, Aidan Smith, Aidan Stanly, Alex Lauchlan, Avyukth Sudharsan, Chayce Smith, Cooper Clare, Dawaninder Singh, Jack Lambert, Mahir Patel, Osman Tawakal, Paarth Sharma, Ricky Shardul, Simon Charles, Syed Hussein

Hawkesbury

Aarush Shah, Abhiram Chennupati, Angus McIntosh, Arnav Warghade, Avyukt Iyer, Dhairya Modi, Hemish Arora, Henil Soni, Isaac Baker, Lachlan Barry, Mahiejith Aravind, Nygel Shah, Oliver Smith, Sameer Kukade, Vaibhav Narayanan

Mosman

Harry Arnold, Aiden Boulton, Alex Burke, Rohan Chang, Alex Conoplia, Oliver Freeman, Julian Harrison, Aiden Kurtis, Jagbir Malhi, James Mathur, Leo McNeil, Hugh Taylor, Noah Quayle, Oscar Sachs

UTS North Sydney

Amodh Sriram, Aryian Banker, Dhanvin, Bajeev, Dhruv Sakkarwal, George Verth, Jacob Hanlon, Kaviru Karunaratne, Caden de Sayrah-Blood, Rayyan Kazmi, Ryan Sood, Saugat Pandey, Toby Hannan, Vincent Thornley, Vivaan Bhosale, Zayan Choorapulakkal

Penrith (Development squad)

Aarush Thakur, Archer Sproule, Blake Nelson, Cooper Hegarty, Cooper Watson, Daniel Jarvis, Ekam Singh Bhambra, Fletcher Byrne, Frederick Bell, Guneet Kalra, Hendrik Armstrong, Henry Laurie, Jack Newman, Jacob Thompson, Jayden Brasier, Joel Buttigieg, Kaito Forrest, Kaylan Mantara, Luke Gibson, Riley Killeen, Ryan Burfitt, Shubh Darji, Sian Gill

Sutherland

Jordyn Barry, Loxley Callender, Lucas Camin, Adam Dalla-Camina, Harry Danne, Ashton Epplett, Tom Faulkner, Ashton Graham, Josh Grives, Leo Hogg, Ben Hunt, Samuel Jaques, Josh Lindsay, Shreyas Potu, Archie Selmes, Lucas Sheehy, Angus Smith, Jarvis Whyte, Tom Wood

Sydney University

Lachlan Russell (c), Aminda Weerasooriya, Archie O’Hara, Arnav Yadav, Charlie Cowan, Ed Shand, Kobi Robinson, Krishan Puranik, Matt Thompson, Max Hilderbrandt, Monte Cairns, Nicholli Thompson, Oliver Lista, Hugo Wise, Xavier Quoyle

UNSW

Sam Hayes (c), Neel Patel, Stian Constable, Kobe Muir, Fletcher Gersbach, Toby Webster, Talha Khalid, Nirav Sharma, Jaden Tsang, Gus Cassim, Yug Chaudhari, Jack Edwards, Reve Harvey-Palmer, Shlok Doshi, Abhinav Nayani