These are just some of the best young club cricketers who will be part of the Gold Coast’s cricketing future.

From youngsters averaging better than Bradman to all-rounders to bowlers too good to bowl to their peers, here is what we found.

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AYAAN KHAN

Club: Coomera Hope Island

Ayaan Khan is used to punching above his weight. As an eight-year-old this Coomera Hope Island bowling all-rounder played three age groups up, in the under-11s.

Last season, aged 11, he played in the club’s under-14s side and led the team with most wickets.

For the second half of that season he played in the U13s where he opened the batting, scoring 130 runs and finishing as fourth-highest run scorer despite playing in half the innings of his peers.

Representative selectors chose him for the Queensland Under-12s in 2019 and Khan figures to appear again in 2020.

HAYDEN TREVETHAN

Club: Helensvale Pacific Pines

Hayden Trevethan’s leadership skills are as impressive at Helensvale Pac Pines as his form with the bat and ball.

Trevethan captained the Hawks’s mixed-age team in winter cricket this season as a 12-year-old.

He’ll feature for the club in the Under-14s division this year, playing one age group up.

ISHAAN SANDHU

Club: Mudgeeraba Nerang

Here’s a statline you’ll want to read twice.

Mudgeeraba Nerang all-rounder Ishaan Sandhu batted in 10 innings for the club’s under-12s team in 2019, some while aged just 10-years-old.

He was dismissed three times, scoring 424 runs at a batting average of 141 - the best of any batsman on the Coast.

This year he’ll play two age groups up in the Bushmen’s Under-13s division one team.

Club junior co-ordination Guy Diven said Sandhu was the most outstanding talent he had seen in 12 years coaching junior cricket.

HARRISON WESTERN

Club: Loganholme

Logahnholme all-rounder Harrison Western, 12, is expected to make the Queensland U13s side as a leg-spinning all-rounder.

After joining the club almost three years ago Western’s development has continued to the point where he is regarded as one of the State’s fine young cricketers.

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COOPER TURNER

Club: Alberton Ormeau

Cooper Turner missed out on representative cricket in 2019 after moving to the Coast from New South Wales but rep cricket is certainly on the cards for 2020.

Turner has all the shots, batting at No.3 and opening the bowling for Alberton with his left-arm inswing.

His form in the nets this pre-season has been ominous, with junior co-ordinator Neil McDonald particularly impressed with his ability to hit with aggression to any part of the ground.

MAX POWELL

Club: South Tweed

Coaches at South Tweed reckon Max Powell has got a bit of a future in cricket.

The 12-year-old opens the batting for the club’s U13s team and finished third on the Coast run-scoring leaderboard in 2019.

He’s talented and technical but Powell’s work ethic to seek out additional net sessions and to practice his fielding has caught the attention of representative selectors, who picked him for the Gold Coast U13s.

SAM SMITHERS

Club: Runaway Bay

Sam Smithers is the quickest female bowler for her age in Queensland and she’s ready to bring the heat to the boys in 2020.

After impressing judges playing up an age group with the Southern Blaze at the State Under-13s carnival last year, Smithers will leave her all-girls team behind to join Runaway Bay’s all-boys, again playing up an age group.

She’ll be used to that challenge because just last year she represented the Gold Coast Dolphins’ Senior Women’s second grade team.

Coaches know the fiery Smithers will give as good as she gets.

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LEO DAVIES

Club: Burleigh.

Right arm seam bowler Leo Davies finished equal top of the bowling aggregate for the Under-13 Division One competition in 2019 and was selected in the Gold Coast development team for the age bracket.

He took 16 wickets at 8.38 and chipped in with the bat scoring 175 runs at an average of 25.

LOUIS GUNTER

Club: Bonogin Bulls

14-year-old Louis Gunter is the reigning Bulls junior player of the year for his outstanding batting, bowling and fielding.

Gunter has a knack for taking wickets with his pace bowling and is a powerful batsman who excels in taking bowlers to the boundary.

To boot, coaches praise Gunter’s maturity and leadership for a small club team.

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RILEY TATTLE

Club: Southport Labrador

Riley Tattle will captain Southport Labrador’s Under-17s in 2020 as a 15-year-old, such is the regard for the cricketer who appears capable of doing it all.

Tattle opens the batting for Southport and for the Gold Coast Dolphins’ Lord Taverner’s under-16s and somehow finds the time to be a part-time wicketkeeper for club as well.

Tattle is described a brilliant bat who can balance aggression with patience and technique to suit the need of the innings.

He’s a member of the club’s senior squad and plays First XI cricket for A.B. Paterson.

LEWIS KORN

Club: Palm Beach Currumbin

Lewis Korn is preparing for his first senior season of cricket for Palm Beach Currumbin while still a 14-year-old.

Korn is a dominant right-handed opening bat who hits the ball with power that belies his age.

He represented the Gold Coast at the State Under-15 championship side last year and has improved even further with a season of winter cricket under his belt.

He’ll start the 2019/20 season in third grade and aim to work his way up throughout the season as he turns 15.

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JORDYN HINDS

Club: Broadbeach Robina

There are few local clubs with first teams as hard to crack as Broadbeach Robina but 16-year-old Jordyn Hinds could do just that this summer.

Hinds bats top order and bowls first-change for the Cats but after picking up a few yards of pace this off-season he appears set to take the field in second grade.

If an injury hampers any of the defending champion first graders Hinds will be among the first to be called up - some honour for a 16-year-old.

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LUCAS POEPPMANN

Club: Queens

Ever heard of a bowler too good to even be allowed to bowl to his peers?

Lucas Poeppmann, 17, has experienced exactly that at Queens.

As a club Queens only has the depth to field division two and division three teams in the under-17 age group.

Poeppmann, a gun fast bowler, is only permitted to play with Queens’ top junior side on the proviso that he plays as a batsman only to keep things fair for the other second division cricketers.

Poeppmann’s only chance to bowl this season will come in first grade and the Gold Coast under-21s representative side.

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