FOOTSCRAY Edgewater young-gun Guy Walker has been selected in the Victorian under-19 cricket side.
Walker will pull on the Big V for the national championships, which will be played in Hobart at the start of December.
The teenager has enjoyed a solid start to the Premier Cricket season for Footscray with a top score of 35 coming against Casey-South Melbourne in round four.
He has also taken two wickets while bowling at a good economy rate.
Walker will be joined by some of the best young cricketers from around Australia for the championships.
Victorian academy coach Jarrad Loughman is excited about the prospects of his side.
“We have a good mix of top and bottom age,” Loughman said.
“The bottom agers have the experience from last year of winning the championships in Hobart, where we are going to be playing, so I think that’s a big thing.”
The team consists of six top-age players and seven bottom age, of which all but one were part of last season’s title-winning Victorian under-17 squad.
Loughman lauded the depth in the state, saying selection was very difficult this season.
“We had a lot of talent this season,” he said.
“There are a lot of good players who were unlucky to miss selection.”
Nine of the squad have played for Victorian under-age squads before.
In other state cricket news, the under-18 female academy squad has been reduced to 14 players in preparation for the national championships in January.
Footscray Edgewater assistant coach Duncan Harrison will be the team’s head coach.
