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Doran, who has never tasted Shield cricket, is currently captaining Australia’s U19 squad in England.
The wicket-keeper batsman has scored 596 runs at an average of 99.33 against England's U19 side since April this year and has heralded calls from MacGill to be thrust into the Australian side immediately.
“I think there’s no harm in the slightest in picking one of the Australian Under 19 players. Jake Doran for me (should be) playing the next Test match,” MacGill said on the Fox Cricket Podcast.
“I know it’s a massive call but we always used to take a young bloke on an Ashes tour, and occasionally they played.
“Damien Martyn, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Phillip Hughes and Jake Doran are the five guys I can think that I have heard more noises about and more certainty about from (an early age). They were tipped at 16 to play significant numbers of Test matches for Australia and make a lot of runs.
“Jake’s the only one who hasn’t played for Australia yet. These guys were prolific run-scorers and they were always tipped to be.”
However with MacGIll’s assumption that Doran will automatically do well in the Ashes arena, how have U19 young guns fared in the past? Have a look at our Gallery to see the last Australian U19 side to conquer the world, and where they are now.