The McDermott men like achieving things young. Craig McDermott made his Test debut aged 19 on the way to 291 wickets and his son Alister had a Queensland rookie contract before leaving high school in Southport. Alister, who was in year 12 when the deal was signed, carries the red hair and bowling action of his father and Queensland are hoping for similar results in the future. In 2007-08 McDermott collected 14 wickets at the national under-17 championships and played his maiden first-grade game for Gold Coast. A state Twenty20 debut came in 2008-09 and he picked up a wicket in his four games while maintaining a useful economy rate of 6.7 an over. His first-class debut arrived against West Indies at the start of 2009-10 - he took three wickets - and he claimed 10 victims in seven domestic one-dayers. He was also involved in Australia's Under-19 World Cup victory in New Zealand.
Cricinfo staff September 2010