Australia name Emerging Players squad

Cricket Australia has named an Australian Institute of Sport squad for the Emerging Players Tournament starting Monday 16 July in Queensland.

The hosts take on New Zealand A, and teams from South Africa and India in the two-week tournament on the Sunshine Coast.

India won the inaugural Emerging Players Tournament trophy in 2005 while South Africa claimed the honours last year in a thrilling last ball victory at Allan Border Field.

BLACKCAPS Jacob Oram, Shane Bond, Mark Gillespie, Ross Taylor, Peter Fulton and Michael Papps are among the players who have graduated to international honours from the competition.

Papps was scheduled to appear in this tournament, but dropped out after contracting reactive arthritis following a bout of food poisoning.

Australian Institute of Sport squad: Mark Cosgrove (SA), Michael Hill (VIC), Phillip Hughes (NSW), Craig Philipson (QLD), Matthew Wade (TAS), Ben Cutting (QLD), Brendan Drew (TAS), Aaron Finch (VIC), Shawn Gillies (WA), Aaron Heal (WA), Luke Pomersbach (WA), Luke Ronchi (WA), Grant Sullivan (QLD), David Warner (NSW), Ed Cowan (NSW), Moises Henriques (NSW), Cullen Bailey (SA).