Some well-known names including Scott Boland, Ollie Davies, Matt Renshaw and teenage sensation Sam Konstas will line up for the Australian Prime Minister’s XI side this weekend.

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However a host of names less familar to many fans will also get their chance in the showcase clash against India in a day/night clash in Canberra starting on Saturday.

The fixture gives players who have been making a name for themselves in grade and domestic cricket a chance to rub shoulders with experienced players at Test level.

Here are seven players to watch in the two-day clash.

CHARLIE ANDERSON

Charlie Anderson is a player to watch in years to come, and the seamer is destined to become a regular fixture for NSW. The 19-year-old has played one game for NSW, taking three wickets in a One Day clash with Victoria after being a late call-up with Josh Hazlewood succumbing to illness. The players he dismissed that day? Glenn Maxwell, Matt Short and Tom Rogers. Anderson has previously played for the Australia Under 19s team in the most recent World Cup in South Africa, being in the playing XI that beat India in the final by 79 runs. The teenage gun was then handed a rookie contract for the 2024/25 season, joining Sam Konstas and Ryan Hicks as newbies in the NSW contract list. Anderson now gets a chance to showcase his skills against a red-hot Indian batting order, having spent several seasons for Northern Districts in the NSW Premier Cricket competition terrorising top order batsmen. The seamer is a tall but athletic player, who has the ability to move the ball both ways and could be a chance of taking the new ball at Manuka Oval.

MAHLI BEARDMAN

Another player who was part of the World Cup-winning Australia Under 19s squad, Mahli Beardman is a handy seamer who took a three-wicket haul in the final against India. He dismissed three of India’s top four, coming on and changing the game with 3/15 from his seven overs. The 19-year-old was named man of the match in that clash, tallying 10 wickets at an average of 10.5 across the tournament. In September, Beardman also earnt a shock call-up to the Australian ODI squad to face England in a five-match series. It came after he was signed by the Perth Scorchers for the upcoming BBL series. Beardman only has a singular List A appearance to his name, taking 1/42 on debut in a One Dayer against NSW, dismissing Moises Henriques, however he now gets a chance to show his skills against India. Beardman also has pace to burn and has been clocked at speeds north of 140 kmph.

JACK CLAYTON

Jack Clayton is a Queensland top order batsmen who has played 28 First Class games to date, scoring 1491 runs at an average of 33.88. The 25-year-old made his debut against Victoria in 2022, and since has been a consistent figure in the Bulls side. So far during the most recent Sheffield Shield campaign, Clayton has peeled off scores of 85 and 91 in his first two games, before tallying four 20s and a 43 in his most recent innings against Victoria. Clayton is a patient player, who has been playing his trade at No.4 for the sunshine state, and will likely slot into a similar position in the Prime Minister’s XI. Clayton was Queensland’s top run scorer in the 23/24 Sheffield Shield season, scoring 555 runs including two centuries. He also tallied a ton on his debut in the 2021/22 season, notching up 109 which remains his highest ever score in the competition. He also featured twice for the Heat during the Covid-affected BBL11 campaign.

HANNO JACOBS

Hanno Jacobs has been a regular for the ACT Comets in the second XI competition, having played four seasons after moving to the nation’s capital for study. The 23-year-old was born in South Australia, but has also this season featured for the NSW 2nd XI, delivering a huge performance against Victoria which included 54 not out and a five-wicket haul in the first innings to help his state to victory. Jacobs is a handy seamer, and can equally contribute with the bat, telling Cricket ACT: “I was honestly a bit surprised. I’m super excited. I got a call Tuesday morning and yeah, since then it’s been nerve-racking. But just another game of cricket.” Jacobs is also Western Suburbs’ spearhead quick in the NSW Premier Cricket competition, but has been sidelined due to representative commitments, with his best figures coming against Mosman, taking 2/64 off his 17 overs to with 3/39 in a T20 against Fairfield-Liverpool.

JEM RYAN

Jem Ryan is the brother of Richmond Tigers draftee Samson Ryan, with Jem having a brief trial with the AFL club before focusing on cricket according to Code Sports. In 2022, Ryan played for the Queensland Under 19s and was selected in the Australian merit squad, but has since failed to feature for his state outside of trial matches. The 20-year-old however now has a chance to feature against India, having churned out wickets so far this season in Queensland Premier Cricket as a bowling all-rounder. He’s taken 14 wickets at an average of 21.21, with best figures of 3-32 in a fixture against Toombul, while playing for Ipswich. Ryan’s former Towoomba Grammar School coach Steven Fryer said: “Jem’s a great bowler – good line, length and bounce – and he usually beat the bat at least one or two times an over. The good thing at least is against that next level of batsmen they will get an edge to a few those and he’ll get some wickets.”

JAYDEN GOODWIN

Jayden Goodwin is coming into this clash in red-hot form after peeling off a century for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield. Against Tasmania in early November, the 22-year-old came desperately close to triple figures, being dismissed for 94. However, he managed to reach the mark in WA’s most recent clash against South Australia, belting 139 off a staggering 272 balls at No.3 in a first innings masterclass against the pink ball. Goodwin has played 14 First Class games to date, tallying 820 runs at an average of 34.16 and he will likely find a spot close to the top of the order in this Prime Minister’s XI. He is a tough left-handed batsmen, and is the son of Zimbabwe international Murray Goodwin, having been handed a rookie contract at only 17-years of age before taking two years away from the game on a religious mission. However, he returned in the 2021/22 season and hasn’t looked back, churning out runs for club team Subiaco-Floreat. In his two WA Premier Cricket appearances in 2024, he scored 80* and 8, while he also belted 53 and 71 in the T20 competition.

AIDAN O’CONNOR

Aidan O’Connor was only 17 when he was handed a rookie contract with Tasmania ahead of the 2023/24 season. The gun all-rounder was also a member of the World Cup winning Australia Under 19s squad, playing as an under-age member of the squad before earning a call-up to the Prime Minister’s XI. In his most recent game for Tasmania 2nd XI, O’Connor took 1-17 off 13 overs, 1-2 off four, and hit 35 runs in a solid performance which definitely contributed to his selection. What’s more is O’Connor is the only representative from Tasmania, having recently also played in a pair of youth Test matches against the team he will face on Saturday. Against India in Chennai, the seamer took 4/27 in the second innings of the first clash, and also hit 61.