Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB) have been awarded the hosting rights for the 2024 edition of ICC U19 Men’s World Cup Europe Division 1 qualifier tournament, and it will take place from August 06th – 12, 2023. The six (6) nation event will see U19 teams from Netherlands, Scotland, Jersey, Italy, Guernsey and Norway compete for the lone qualification spot into the main event of the World Cup in Sri Lanka.
U19 teams of Italy, Guernsey and Norway qualified from the Division 2 qualifier tournament held in Guernsey in August 2022. Scotland U19 team were the previous participant in the U19 World Cup held in 2022 from the European region, having replaced New Zealand in the competition, after they withdrew from the event. In the lead-up to the tournament, all the teams have started playing International games to prepare for it, with Netherlands U19 playing at home in July 2023 in the Euro U19 Quadrangular series featuring Denmark U19 as well, while Scotland U19 and Jersey U19 teams played bi-lateral One-day series against Ireland U19 in July (vs Scotland U19) and August (vs Jersey U19) respectively.
ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier 2023 Schedule
06th August 2023: Jersey U19 vs Norway U19 (Scorecard) ; Italy U19 vs Netherlands U19 (Scorecard) ; Scotland U19 vs Guernsey U19 (Scorecard)
07th August 2023: Norway U19 vs Italy U19 (Scorecard) ; Jersey U19 vs Scotland U19 (Scorecard) ; Netherlands U19 vs Guernsey U19 (Scorecard)
09th August 2023: Scotland U19 vs Netherlands U19 (Scorecard) ; Norway U19 vs Guernsey U19 (Scorecard) ; Italy U19 vs Jersey U19 (Scorecard)
10th August 2023: Guernsey U19 vs Italy U19 (Scorecard) ; Netherlands U19 vs Jersey U19 (Scorecard) ; Norway U19 vs Scotland U19 (Scorecard)
12th August 2023: Jersey U19 vs Guernsey U19 (Scorecard) ; Scotland U19 vs Italy U19 (Scorecard) ; Netherlands U19 vs Norway U19 (Scorecard)
Europe U19 Qualifier Squads
Scotland Men U19: Owen Goold (Captain), Jamie Dunk, Alec Price, Bahadar Esakhiel, Uzair Ahmad, Harry Armstrong, Adi Hegde, Logan Briggs, Nikhil Koreeswaran, James Hobman, Qasim Khan, Ibrahim Faisal, Lukas Fischer Keogh and Mackenzie Jones
Netherlands Men U19: Udit Nashier (Captain), Aaditt Jain, Aryan Ashraf, Cedric de Lange, Gert Swanepoel, Jacobus Nel, Martijn Scholte, Michael Molenaar, Nirav Kulkarni, Roman Harhangi, Samir Butt, Teun Kloppenburg, Teun Leijer and Tom de Leede
Norway Men U19: Chaudhary Usman Akram (Captain), Ans Ahmed, Jabbar Ali, Ishaan Chaudhary, Afzal Ellahi, Nishant Jadhav, Zabihullah Malik, Abdul Nasir, Baryalai Patekhel, Sahir Saeed, Mohammad Moosa Shahid, Sahil Singh, Mohammed Omear Warriach and Aminullah Tanha
Guernsey Men U19: Ollie Clapham (Captain), Anthony Merrien, Charlie Birch, Charlie Forshaw, Fintan Ridgwick, Dan Brown, Harry Johnson, Will Stewart, Blake Carre, Max Johnson, Dan Thomas, Harry Duke, Joe Marshall and Marcus Thomas
Jersey Men U19: Will Perchard (Captain), Corey Heath, Stan Norman, Charlie Best, Damon Huckerby, Theo Pullman, Charlie Brennan, Jack Kemp, George Richardson, Toby Britton, Louis Kelly, Jack Stevens, Beau Gurner and Charley Webster
