Will Young played a major role in Central Districts winning the 2017/18 Plunket Shield. He was the second highest run-getter for his side and fourth overall, with 686 runs in 10 games. In fact, he has been the most consistent batsman for the Stags over a period of time. A right-hand batsman, Young bats in the middle order generally at number four. He has a proper blend of defence and attack, which can be seen in his numbers in all three forms of the game. Young made his debut in 2012 as a 20-year-old and couple of seasons later he had his breakthrough season, 909 runs at 53. Since then there has never been a season where Young has not gone past 500 runs in a season. His least productive year since 2014 was in 2016/17 where he still managed to score 591 runs. Getting the captaincy of Central Districts brought the best out of him as he recorded his career-best score of 162 in the title winning 2017/18 season. The List A and T20 stats are quite impressive, five hundreds in 50-over cricket and a strike rate above 130 in T20s with a highest of 96. With such performances, call-up to the national side should not be far away.