Tim Paine leads as Australia back youth
Tim Paine will lead a youthful Prime Minister's XI team against England today that serves to offer an early insight into the future of Australian cricket.
The state of the game Down Under has become a hot topic this summer following their calamitous 3-1 Ashes defeat.
Australia has endured a nightmare 12 months which has seen the team fail to win a series since their tour of New Zealand last March.
In contrast to those fortunes has been the rise of the 26-year-old Paine who, after impressing on his first Test tours against Pakistan and India last year, has been touted by former Australian stars as a potential skipper of his country.
The Tasmanian was last week promoted to vice-captain of Australia's Twenty20 team and will lead out the Prime Minister's XI in a match that will also feature the upcoming batting talents of Usman Khawaja, Callum Ferguson and Nic Maddinson as well as young quicks James Pattinson and Trent Copeland.
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