Scotland U19 team has won the U19 Europe qualifiers in Netherlands and maintained an unbeaten run in the tournament to qualify for 2020 U19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa. Scotland U19 saw off the challenge from Ireland U19, Netherlands U19, Denmark U19, Jersey U19 and France U19 to book their spot in the U19 World Cup, in which they will appear after a 4 year gap, with 2016 edition in Bangladesh being their last apperance to date.
Scotland had a firm footing in the qualifying spot after their win over Ireland U19 in the penultimate round of the single round-robin group phase format. Ireland U19 finished runners-up in the tournament, while Jersey U19 defeated the host’s Netherlands in the final group game to finish 3rd in the overall points table. Denmark finished 5th in the standings, having won only one game against France U19, while the french finished a disappointing campaign in the event, remaining without a win.
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The match between Ireland and Scotland was always going to be the decider of sorts, after both countries were unbeaten in their first 3 games in the group. However, a 47-runs margin win was a rather comfortable win for the scots over their neighbouring rivals. Ireland, thus miss out, but could still be in contention if Zimbabwe are not allowed to take part in the U19 World Cup, following the suspension of their cricket board and if not re-instated before the World Cup.
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Tomas Mackinstosh (Scotland) was the highest run-scorer in the tournament with 331 runs in 5 games, followed by Vickramjit Singh (Netherlands) with 304 runs, Jasper Davidson (Scotland) with 217 runs, Musa Shaheen (Denmark) with 206 runs and Angus Guy (Scotland) with 195 runs, rounding up the top 5.
Julius Sumerauer (Jersey) was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 14 wickets to his name, followed by Charlie Peet (Scotland) and Mitchell Thompson (Ireland) with 13 wickets each, Jamie Cairns (Scotland) with 12 wickets and Pierre Jacod (Netherlands) with 11 wickets, rounding up the top 5.
Keep checking ICC Cricket website for latest developments on 2020 U19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa.
