Ollie Peake: the boy who used to sleep in his cricket gear emerges as Ashes hope for Australia

Melinda Farrell in Windhoek Sat, 31 January 2026 at 7:00 pm UTC·5 min read After five-year-old Ollie Peake had gone to bed in his family home in Geelong, his mother, Sarah, entered his bedroom to check on him. He was fast asleep in his cricket gear. She removed his helmet and gloves before tucking him in for the night. The next morning she asked her son why he was sleeping in his kit.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement “He looked at me with his beautiful, cheeky grin, and goes, ‘you didn’t know Mum, but under the covers, I had my pads on too!’ He slept in his pads,” Sarah Peake laughs at the memory. Now 19 and captain of Australia at his second ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup,...