VSDCA clubs name 2025 JG Craig Shield squads

Hundreds of talented cricketers from across the state will take part in the VSDCA’s JG Craig Shield in January. Here are the selected teams.

Spotswood's squad for the 2025 JG Craig Shield

The 2025 JG Craig Shield isn’t too far away.

Thirty-two Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association clubs will compete in the annual under-15 series which is set to kick off on January 12.

Teams have been placed into four different groups based on their geographic location.

Here are the selected squads for each club.

EAST

Balwyn

Charlie Williamson (Canterbury), Jackson McLeod (Boroondara), James Walsh (Kerrimur United), Liam O’Connor (Canterbury), Lucas Stackwood-Smith (Bulleen), Luke Perry (Delacombe Park), Mitch Caspersz (Warranwood), Mitchell Crooks (Koonung Heights), Nash Flynn (Balwyn), Nicholas Paccagnan (Bulleen), Nickolas Tuli (North Balwyn), Nitigya Shoor (Warrandyte), Ryan Ashby (Balwyn), Thinuk Maduwa Guruge (Croydon), Thiseth Kularathne (Mt Waverley).

Box Hill

James Fortington, Theodore Nikolich, Auley Brown (vice-captain), Hunter Veal, Rohan Das, Cooper Flinn, Kanishk Gattu, Amay Tailor, Joshua Mithen, Nilavan Thavarajah, Declan Brasher, Thomas Johnson (captain), Xavier Niemann

Bayswater

Aidan Rexhepi, Archie Sacristani, Arjun Parikh, Billy Laird, Cooper Box, Ethan Loy Abrahams, Felix Edgar, Josh Wilkins, Mikail Farooqi, Nathan Hutton, Oliver Simkin, Sanuka Nanayakkara, Thomas Mills Downie, Will Beard, Zane Wunhym.

Croydon

Will Adzijovski, David Arul, William Beard, Thomas Croaker, Blake Doherty, Finn Huber, Thomas Lavelle, Lachlan Neal, Oscar Newey, Lachie Pitt, Harper Sinclair, Alexander Tran, Lincoln Walker, Blake Kear, Ollie McKay.

Donvale

Benjamin Flannery, Hemish Gupta, Christian Laurie, Noah Lavale, Thomas Moulton, Christopher Muller, Shaunak Parab, Pratham Patel, Shaurya Patel, Sahil Patwardhan, Aravind Ramanathan, Ranveer Sharma, Coby Verheyen.

Endeavour Hills

Mark Adcock, Ashane Fernando, Shevan Fernando, Ansh Gautam, Aryan Ghanekar, Armaan Singh Gill, Ryan Gusain, Arya Kanth, Ruhaan Malhotra, Thevin Sembukuttiarachchi, Disandu Siriwardhana, Vidhujan Sivasuthan, Ranu Somaratne, Hamish Wijepura.

Mt Waverley

Ishaan Aggarwal, Nethma Doluweera, Kai Edwards, Rylan Edwards, Romesh Gunatilake, Viraj Dev Kumaran, Archie Lay, Shaan Loganathan, Sobash Mallawa Arachchige, Harkeerat Singh Oberoi, Hirun Samarasinghe, Jagveer Suran, Vishal Vinod, Ethan Young.

Noble Park

Tyson Abu-Jaber (Berwick Springs), Krish Agrawal (Mt Waverley), Dilith Aluthwatta (Officer), Lucas Brown (Devon Meadows), Henry Caldecott (Mt Martha), Matthew Dashwood (Mornington), Eli Murphy (Carrum), Anay Pandit (Mt Waverley), Will Russo (Mt Martha), Tanish Singh (Lynbrook), Taranjot Singh Soi (North Balwyn), Paddy Varney (Carrum), Jake Webster (Pakenham), Ned Davison (Baden Pwell).

NORTH

Brunswick

Aarav Saxena (Point Cook), Ali Saleemi (West Coburg), Avyukt Chintala (Avyukt Aryahi Tarneit), Ben Aldridge (Youlden-Parkville), Hamish Kelly (Strathfieldsaye), Jonty Cavalier (Maiden Gully), Jude Parsons (Youlden-Parkville), Lachlan McKay (Kangaroo Flat), Luke Irvin (Golden Point), Mitchell Taylor (Essendon), Rhys Rodgers (Keilor), Shivang Kotnala (Narre Warren), Xavier Stone (Eaglehawk).

Coburg

Lucas Bartoli, Prabhoor Boparai, Luke Cameron, Gabriel Destito, Christian La Porta, Dihein Lokarachchi, Aiden Lowe, Damon Lynch, Harper Mackay, Mitchell McKellar, Darcy Parker, Angad Singh, Oliver Ryan, Zach Wynd.

Elsternwick

Ethan Bernes, Owen Bernes, Koby De Bruyn, Jack Duggan, Max Glasic, Sahib Singh Panjetta, Riyan Prajapati, Leith Salwathura, Jack Simpson, Krish Talwar, Lucas Tonkin.

Ivanhoe

Liam Adair (Banyule), Yash Balyan (Epping/Ivanhoe), Ed Brennan (Ivanhoe), Sarang Chavali (Mitcham), Arush Chopra (Epping/Ivanhoe), Jahan Druve (Banyule), Aarav Iyer (Camberwell Magpies), Flynne Poulios (Ivanhoe), Ryan Setia (Merrifield Panthers), Khush Shah (Avyukt Aryahi Tarneit), Clarence Spurr (North Alphington), Rayanjot Singh (Epping/Ivanhoe), Suvin Siriwardana (Darebin Chargers/Ivanhoe).

Kew

Yuvin de Silva, Jacob Wellington, Smith Murray, William Markwell, James Finnen, Eddie Reeh, Joshua Davidson, Boyd Hoath, Abhay Uppal, Austin Pilley, Anhad Marhala, Neil Nanda, Lachlan Morrow.

Plenty Valley

Tushaar Agnihotri (South Caulfield), Emerson Bennett (Montmorency), Aaronjit Singh (Multani Epping), Campbell Parker (Diamond Creek), Karanbir Singh (Epping), Charlie Macumber (Bendigo United), Aarav Sharma (Epping), Will McGowan (Taylors Lakes), Darcy Pinner (Banyule), Bailey Rowe (Greensborough), James Crook (Hurstbridge), Liam Smith (North Eltham Wanderers), Karman Veer Singh Aulakh (Donnybrook), Armaan Singh (Darebin Chargers).

Preston

Gus Byrne, Abhiraaj Dhawan, Oscar Doyle, Arya Gupta, Joseph Hoppenbrouwer, Upraj Singh Kaura, Akshiv Mittal, Jayden Rice, Mehtab Singh Sekhon, Amitoj Singh Sekhon, Xavier Shackleford, Jot Sindhu, Henry Stone, Edison Waghorn.

Strathmore

Dunitha Kalupahana, Senitha Kalupahana, Ashton Watson, Kushan Madugalle, Aiden Sebastian, James Gray, Viman Fernando, Minuka Thantheriwatta, Samuel Gregory, Arnav Thakur, Ranveer Singh, Dilain Erathna, Diesel Fletcher, William Mitchell.

St Bernard’s

Medhansh Bhosle (Youlden Parkville), Ojas Boparai (St Bernard’s), Leith Campsie (Gisborne), Finn Collins (St Bernard’s), Thenul Gamage (Williamstown Colts), Jude Gilmore (Maribyrnong Park-St Mary’s), Samuel Limoli (Maribyrnong Park-St Mary’s), Orlando Mastromauro (St Bernard’s), Connor Portelli (West Coburg/St Bernard’s), Oscar Radywonik (Barkly St Uniting/St Bernard’s), Prabdeep Singh (Hume/St Bernard’s), Griffen Tate (Doutta Stars), Harvey Wood (West Coburg-St Andrews/St Bernard’s).

Strathmore's squad for the 2025 JG Craig Shield.

SOUTH

Brighton

Ayan Arya, James Damiano, Lachie Harrop, Archer Ballantine, Angus Occhiuto, Oscar McKeown, Sachin Prasanna, Ajay Mehta, Menaka Arachchige, Kaevish Bhasin, Seb Dalrymple, Harry Middleton, Satyam Yadav.

Caulfield

Archer Heath, Aryan Ghanekar, Ayaan Thareja, Elden Hodge, Gus Warburton, Harley Lancaster, Jashn Shah, Jaskaran Ghotra, Jonah Solomon, Joshua O’Shannessy, Kadyn D’Aulerio, Khushpreet Singh, Rio Keane, Usman Hassan.

Malvern

William Wallis (Malvern), Will Brasch (Burwood), Riley Grainger (Burwood), Blake Bull (Malvern), Pat Macafee (Malvern), Fred Dendle (East Malvern Tooronga), Bradley Moore (Glen Iris), Jack Henderson (Beaumaris), Johnny Weldin (Beaumaris), Jonty Ryan (Beaumaris), Lucas Van Gurp (STC South Camberwell), Nick Kirsner (Malvern),

Nate Johnson (Warrnambool).

Moorabbin

Angus Schlittler (Mentone), Ayan Matthew Biswas (Lynbrook), Cooper O’Meara (Le Page Park), Ethan Clark (East Sandringham), Harry Power (Hampton), Keshav Kaushik (Clayton Districts), Lenny Wilkins (Moorabbin), Omid Rahman Ahmadzai (North Dandenong), Oscar Fox (Aspendale), Saviru Serasingha Jayakody (Moorabbin), Tyson Beames (Le Page Park), Xavier Parris (Le Page Park).

Oakleigh

Aarav Bhasin, Kanan Budhiraja, Thomas Corrie, Cameron DeCouto, Harrison Dent, Hugo Fitton, Ranen Gandhi, Kaiden Kilpatrick, Cody Mackay, Harry Mottau, Zachary O’Connor, Chanul Ratnayake, Ethan Sacks, Harkirat Singh Sandhu.

Ormond

Siddh Bhatnagar, James Bokor, Jack Darley, Matthew Esposito, Tom Haydon, Luke Hibberd, Billy Jones, Peter O’Malley, Shlok Shanbhag, Priyam Sharma, Hugo Thompson, Aarav Verma, Benjamin Williams.

Port Melbourne

Fletcher Henry (Merrivale), Hunter Wright (Geelong City), Ritwik Rathour (Williamstown Colts), Jude Lane (North Geelong), Vachary Fraser (Little River), Drie Randhawa (Narre Warren), Beau Gannon (West Warrnambool), Kai Hauenstein (South Barwon), Jack Ibrahim (Williamstown Colts), Neel Kotwal (Williamstown Colts), Wilbur Emerson (Highton), Hassan Buttar (Williamstown Colts), Leon Jacobs (South Barwon), Jagger Lynch (Merrivale).

WEST

Altona

Siddharth Gopal (West Point), Akshaj Gupta (Ormond), Mohammad Aayan Khan (Williamstown Colts), Prateek Kollu (Yarraville Club), Ali Maknojia (Truganina/Altona), Asad Mohammed (Altona), Ash Packer (Yarraville Club), Yash Patel (West Point), Anhad Saini (United Tarneit/Altona), Aarush Sehajpal (Werribee), Chaitanya Sharma (Westmeadows), Sahibveer Singh (United Tarneit/Altona), Naman Tiwari (Point Cook Centrals), Harshad Diddi (Truganina).

Hoppers Crossing

Dev Adeshara, Krishna Bhardwaj, Akhil Chowdary Dasari, Pranesh Dhanasekar, Mehdi Faiyaz, Azib Javed, Ishan Joshi, Nitinnarayan Krishnan, Aarav Pandey, Adi Patel, Abdullah Riyaz, Zohair Vakil, Siddharth Vallinayagam.

Melton

Arjun Itankar (Williams Landing), Aadi Itankar (Williams Landing), Ayush Khuttan (aintree), Jackson Matthews (Melton), Whitiora Kilmartin (Melton), Kallen Rhybicki (Melton), Harry Blanks (Melton), Mitch Shankland (Melton), Mahib Sahibszada Mir Khan (Melton), Sam Alford (Romsey), Aayush Ahlawat (Wendouree), Muhammad Abdul Wasay (Williams Landing), Archer Ward (Darley), Rohan Reddy Dereddy (West Point).

Spotswood

Zac Webb (Seddon), Robbie Virk (Williamstown Colts), Varish Chopra (Williamstown Colts), Lucas Evanston (Footscray Angliss), Tylan Clowes (Point Cook), Thomas Grant (Beaufort), Henry Owen (Williamstown Imperials), Jack Miller (Footscray Angliss), Aariz Alam Khan (Williams Landing), Cooper Dmytrenko (Williamstown Imperials), Rhys McGraw (Spotswood), Riaan Arora (Spotswood), Ajitesh Khaira (Spotswood), Gavi Mahal (Spotswood).

Taylors Lakes

Blake Jones (Broadford), Callum Cheong (Taylors Lakes), Jack Forrest (Doutta Stars), James Wood (Taylors Lakes), Jasnoor Chatha (Taylors Lakes), Jay Leong (Gisborne), Jerone Viknarajah (Taylors Lakes), Kavin Makkar (Werribee Junior), Parmjot Ghuman (Taylors Lakes), Seamus Sullivan (Gisborne), Shivesh Kalra (Point Cook), Shravan Shamuga (West Point), Tanish Taneja (Melton Centrals), Tanveer Gill (St Albans), Scott Steinhoff (Taylors Lakes, emergency).

Werribee

Aahil Dar, Angus Woods, Aran Sharma, Garv Marwaha, Gurwinder Singh, Hamza Yamani, Jack Nelson, Jaideep Singh, Jay Patel, Kush Ahlawat, Rishi Shah, Shaurya Juneja, Svanik Sriram, Vivaan Ogale.

Williamstown

Will Boyd (Queenscliff), Elijah Grero (Bacchus Marsh), Lucas Rabiej (Williamstown), Saumya Singh (Mackie), Aarav Amin (Bellbridge), Bhagya Patel (Bellbridge), Oliver Tickell (Mt Clear), Henry Pasque (Williamstown), Robert Bellenden (Sunbury), Romaan Khan (Williamstown Colts), Parmverr Singh Batth (Williamstown Colts), Uzair Shaik (Williamstown Colts), Arnav Gandhi (Seabrook), Garv Marwaha (Seabrook).

Yarraville

Elliot Brown (Yarraville), Jack Court (Yarraville), Harry Denning (Yarraville), Vihaan Garkoti (Yarraville), William Killeen (Williamstown CYMS), Tom Laverty (Yarraville), Mick McMahon (Yarraville), Kuber Malik (Burnside Springs), Kade Sheather (Yarraville), Max Spence (Geelong West), Nikhil Suresh (Yarraville), Sam Thaus (Yarraville).