Under 19 Cricket World Cup

The ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament contested by national under-19 teams. The event was initially staged as a one-off event in Australia in 1988, and has been held every two years since 1998.

History

1988

The inaugural event was titled the McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, and was held in 1988 as part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations. It took place in South Australia and Victoria. Teams from the seven Test-playing nations, as well as an ICC Associates XI, competed in a round-robin format. Australia defeated Pakistan in the final. [cite web
url=http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1987-88/OTHERS+ICC/U19-WC1988/
title=Under-19 World Cup in Australia, Feb-Mar 1988
publisher=Cricinfo
accessdate=2007-04-05

]

The tournament was notable for the number of future international players who competed. Future England captains Nasser Hussain and Mike Atherton played, as did Indian spinner Venkatapathy Raju, New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns, Pakistanis Mushtaq Ahmed and Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya, and West Indians Brian Lara, Ridley Jacobs, and Jimmy Adams. [cite web
url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/events/u19worldcup/australia_1988.html
title=Australia 1998
publisher=ICC
accessdate=2007-04-05]

Australia's Brett Williams was the leading run-scorer, with 471 runs at an average of 52.33. Wayne Holdsworth from Australia and Mushtaq Ahmed were the leading wicket-takers, with 19 wickets at averages of 12.52 and 16.21 respectively. [cite web
url=http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Seasons/AUS/1987-88_AUS_McDonalds_Bicentennial_Youth_World_Cup_1987-88.html
title=McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup 1987/88
publisher=CricketArchive
accessdate=2007-04-05]

1998

In 1998, the event was relaunched in South Africa as a biennial tournament. It included teams from the nine Test-playing nations, as well as Bangladesh, Kenya, Scotland, Ireland, Denmark, Namibia and Papua New Guinea. The teams advanced from pool stages to Super League pools, with winners advancing to the final. England defeated New Zealand in the final. Non-qualifiers from the pool stages competed in a Plate League, won by Bangladesh over the West Indies. [cite web
url=http://nz.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OTHERS+ICC/U19-WC1998/ARTICLES/
title=Under-19 World Cup News and Articles
publisher=Cricinfo
accessdate=2007-04-05]

West Indian Chris Gayle was the tournament's leading run-scorer, with 364 runs at an average of 72.80. West Indian Ramnaresh Sarwan and Zimbabwean Mluleki Nkala were the leading wicket-takers, with 16 wickets at 10.81 and 13.06 respectively. [cite web
url=http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Seasons/RSA/1997-98_RSA_MTN_Under-19s_World_Cup_1997-98.html
title=MTN Under-19s World Cup 1997/98
publisher=CricketArchive
accessdate=2007-04-05]

2000

The 2000 tournament was held in Sri Lanka, and replicated the format from 1998. Participating nations included the nine Test-playing nations, as well as Bangladesh, Kenya, Ireland, Namibia, Holland, Nepal and the Americas. India defeated Sri Lanka in the final, and South Africa defeated Bangladesh in the Plate final. [cite web
url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/OTHERS+ICC/U19-WC2000/
title=Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka
publisher=Cricinfo
accessdate=2007-04-05]

South African Graeme Smith was the tournament's leading run-scorer, with 348 runs at an average of 87.00. Pakistan's Zahid Saeed was the leading wicket-taker, with 15 wickets at 7.60. India's Yuvraj Singh was named Man of the Series. [cite web
url=http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Seasons/SL/1999-00_SL_ICC_Under-19_World_Cup_1999-00.html
title=ICC Under-19 World Cup 1999/00
publisher=CricketArchive
accessdate=2007-04-05]

2002

The 2002 tournament was held in New Zealand. Participating nations included the ten Test-playing nations, plus Canada, Kenya, Namibia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Scotland. Australia defeated South Africa in the final, and Zimbabwe won the Plate over Nepal. [cite web
url=http://www.uk.cricket.org/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2001-02/OTHERS+ICC/U19-WC2002/
title=ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2002
publisher=Cricinfo
accessdate=2007-04-05]

Australian Cameron White was the tournament's leading run-scorer, with 423 runs at an average of 70.50. Australian Xavier Doherty was the leading wicket-taker, with 16 wickets at 9.50. Zimbabwe's Tatenda Taibu was named Man of the Tournament. [cite web
url=http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Seasons/NZ/2001-02_NZ_ICC_Under-19_World_Cup_2001-02.html
title=ICC Under-19 World Cup 2001/02
publisher=CricketArchive
accessdate=2007-04-05]

2004

The 2004 tournament was held in Bangladesh. The ten Test-playing nations took part, as well as Canada, Namibia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, and Uganda. Pakistan defeated the West Indies in the final, and Bangladesh defeated Australia in the Plate final. [cite web
url=http://nz.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003-04/OTHERS/U19-WC2004/
title=U19 World Cup 2004
publisher=Cricinfo
accessdate=2007-04-05]

India's Shikhar Dhawan was named Man of the Tournament, and was the tournament's leading run-scorer, with 505 runs at an average of 84.16. Bangladeshi Enamul Haque was the leading wicket-taker, with 22 wickets at 10.18. [cite web
url=http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Seasons/BDESH/2003-04_BDESH_ICC_Under-19_World_Cup_2003-04.html
title=ICC Under-19 World Cup 2003/04
publisher=CricketArchive
accessdate=2007-04-05] It was won by Pakistan by 25 runs against West Indies.

2006

The 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup was held in Sri Lanka in February. It was won by Pakistan for the successive tournament, with Cheteshwar Pujara of India being named as the man of the tournament. Pujara finished as the leading run-scorer with 349 runs, at an average of 116.33. He finished ahead of Bangladesh duo Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehrab Hossain. Nepal won the plate finals in a breath-taking manner beating New Zealand with a wicket to spare.

Moises Henriques of Australia finished as the leading wicket-taker, with 16 wickets at an average of 10.62.

2008

The 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup was held in Malaysia from February 17 to March 2, 2008. A total of 16 teams participated in this tournament. India won the world cup by 12 runs. [cite web
url=http://cricket.indiatimes.com/India_clinch_U-19_World_Cup/articleshow/2830660.cms
title=Indiatimes Cricket
publisher=Indiatimes Cricket
accessdate=2008-03-02]

Notes

by defeating South Africa.

References

* cite web
last=Williamson
first=Martin
url=http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/u19-worldcup/content/story/232496.html
title=The Under-19 World Cup
publisher=Cricinfo
accessdate=2007-04-05

External links

* [http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/u-19/homepage.html|ICC U/19 CWC] (official site)

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