2026 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia Division 1 Qualifier Schedule

Nepal: Naren Bhatt (Captain), Abhishek Tiwari, Niraj Yadav, Sahil Patel, Cibrin Shrestha, Roshan Biswakarma, Darsh Sonar, Dilsad Ali, Santosh Yadav, Ashok Dhami, Dayanand Mandal, Aprajit Poudel, Yuvraj Khatri and Bipin Sharma

Afghanistan: Mahboob Taskin (Captain), Uzair Khan, Faisal Shinozada, Khalid Ahmadzai, Barkat Ibrahimzai, Nazifullah Amiri, Azizullah Miakhil, Wahidullah Zadran, Hafizullah Zadran, Nasratullah Nooristani, Abdul Aziz Khan, Khatir Khan Stanikzai, Zaitullah Shaheen and Rohullah Arab

United Arab Emirates: Prithvi Madhu (Captain), Akshat Rai, Aliasgar Shums, Ata ur Rahman Mangal, Ayaan Misbah, Karan Dhiman, Madhav Manoj Nair, Muhammad Ahmed, Muhammad Ismail, Rayan Khan, Shalom Dsouza, Uddish Suri, Yayin Kiran and Yug Sharma

Oman: Rahil Habibulla (Captain), Prathiesh Ramesh, Nitish Ndendla, Saumya Sampat, Jeet Shah, Varshieth Dinesh, Siddharth Shankar, Omindu Medagoda, Rishab Gupta, Ojjus Pachisia, Ayush Karthyic, Kavish Shah, Vignesh Karthikeyan and Aryan Joshi

Hong Kong, China: Shiv Mathur (Captain), Abdul Samad Khan, Jude Li Thomas, Harry Thomas Hodgson, Shayan Puri, Arya Panjwani, Daniel Morgan Mapp, Abhimanyu Ganesan, Preet Kishorkumar Mangukiya, Qasim Iqbal, Aftaab Mohammad, Raja Shahbaz Mahmood, Veer Mathur ad Paarth Srivastava

13th – 14th April 2025: Oman vs Afghanistan (Scorecard) ; Nepal vs UAE (Scorecard) ; Oman vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; Afghanistan vs Hong Kong, China (Scorecard)

16th – 17th April 2025: UAE vs Afghanistan (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong, China vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; Oman vs UAE (Scorecard)

18th – 19th April 2025: Hong Kong, China vs Oman (Scorecard) ; Afghanistan vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; UAE vs Hong Kong, China (Scorecard)

ICC U19 Men’s CWC Africa Division 2 Qualifier Schedule

Group A: Botswana, Malawi, Rwanda and Sierra Leone

Group B: Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria and Tanzania (Host’s)

02nd – 03rd August 2024: Tanzania U19 vs Nigeria U19 (Scorecard) ; Ghana U19 vs Mozambique U19 (Scorecard) ; Sierra Leone U19 vs Rwanda U19 (Scorecard) ; Botswana U19 vs Malawi U19 (Scorecard)

04th – 05th August 2024: Nigeria U19 vs Mozambique U19 (Scorecard) ; Ghana U19 vs Tanzania U19 (Scorecard) ; Malawi U19 vs Sierra Leone U19 (Scorecard) ; Rwanda U19 vs Botswana U19 (Scorecard)

06th – 07th August 2024: Tanzania U19 vs Mozambique U19 (Scorecard) ; Nigeria U19 vs Ghana U19 (Scorecard) ; Botswana U19 vs Sierra Leone U19 (Scorecard) ; Rwanda U19 vs Malawi U19 (Scorecard)

09th August 2024: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard)

11th August 2024: FINAL (Scorecard) ; 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard)

ICC U19 Men’s CWC Africa Division 2 Qualifier Squads

Tanzania Men U19: Laksh Bakrania (Captain), Mohammed Simba, Abdulrazak Mohamed, Ally Hafidh, Ashfaq Imtiyaz, Augustine Mwamele, Azjaar Premji, Dylan Manish, Darpan Jobanputra, Halidi Amiri, Hamza Ally, Karim Kiseto, Omary Ramadhani and Sayan Jobanputra

Sierra Leone Men U19: Raymond Coker (Captain), George Sesay, Alusine Turay, Ibrahim Sesay, James Bangura, Mohamed Turay, Aliya Kamara, Amidu Kamara, David Halloway, Micheal Kabia, Samuel Humper, Charles Kamara, Sahr Lebbie and Hassan Kanu

Nigeria Men U19: Kareem Gafar (Captain), Onoshagbe Joseph, Isiyaku Okasha, Omonikhobio Hosanna, Osagie Progress, Rahmon Ali, Ismail Abdulahi, Pius Favour, Abdulahi Abdulganiyu, Egemasi Peculiar, Oladejo Emmanuel, Boniface Kenneth, Azeez Warees and Oresanwo Femi

Ghana Men U19: Aariz Sood, Ashim Popolampo, Bernard Addo, Bernard Kotei Neequaye, Danzibel Livingstone Darko, David Asewo, David Ateak, Derrick Ateak, Elisha Frimpong, Emmanuel Appiah, Jeremiah Mensah, Lee Nyarko, Prince Ago Adotei and Prince Ago Julla

Rwanda Men U19: Confiance Rukundo (Captain), Chris Namuhoranya, Yves Cyusa, Patrick Imanirere, Onesme Kwizera, Emmanuel Manishimwe, T.Joel Fils Mukeba, Elise Gihozo, J.Claude Imanishimwe, Jules Mugisha, Moise Kigabo, Patrick Iradukunda, Theoneste H. and Jasper Nziza K.

Malawi Men U19: Bright Balala (Captain), Adriano Type, Aggrey Knight, Chisomo Tchale, Fortune Diverson, Fredson Mwango, Hamza Vayani, Jalilu Ndipo, Francis Njanji, Phillip Zuze, Precious Sapesa, Suhail Vayani, Trust Makaya and Warren Kaludzo

Botswana Men U19: Jack Richards (Captain), Merrick Reed, Monroux Kasselman, Aryan Pattamana, Amaan Parekh, George Oosthuizen, Frederick Oosthuizen, Aryan Parekh, Vraj Kansara, Abednico Motshegetsi, Bernard Moloi, Ayaan Chandra, Muhammed Chand and Ayush Harith

Mozambique Men U19: Antonio Laice (Captain), Manuel Mbebe Jr, Filipe Nelson, Quelido Uqueio, Chali Magaia, Julio Chicuele, Charles Mbebe, Sidney Marregula, Ibraimo Muaruei Dos Santos, Abilio Navicha Jr, Eugenio Azine, Jose Julio Manjate, Manuel Bembele and Emerson Rita Ndevale

Teams in the Qualifier have been divided into two groups, with one group comprising of teams from Netherlands, Isle of Man, Sweden and France, while the other group comprises of teams from host’s Denmark, Italy, Belgium and Norway. Top two (2) teams in both the groups at the end of the single round-robin group stage will advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams from both the groups will also play play-off matches against each other for the finishing positions at the end of the competition.

2026 U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Europe Division 2 Qualifier Schedule

24th July 2024: Isle of Man U19 vs Netherlands U19 (Scorecard) ; France U19 vs Sweden U19 (Scorecard) ; Italy U19 vs Norway U19 (Scorecard) ; Belgium U19 vs Denmark U19 (Scorecard)

25th July 2024: Norway U19 vs Denmark U19 (Scorecard) ; Belgium U19 vs Italy U19 (Scorecard) ; France U19 vs Isle of Man U19 (Scorecard) ; Sweden U19 vs Netherlands U19 (Scorecard)

27th July 2024: Isle of Man U19 vs Sweden U19 (Scorecard) ; Denmark U19 vs Italy U19 (Scorecard) ; Norway U19 vs Belgium U19 (Scorecard) ; Netherlands U19 vs France U19 (Scorecard)

28th July 2024: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard) ; A3 vs B4 (Scorecard) ; B3 vs A4 (Scorecard)

30th July 2024: FINAL (Scorecard) ; 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard) ; 5th/6th Play-off (Scorecard) ; 7th/8th Play-off (Scorecard)

Warm-up Fixtures Schedule

14th – 16th July 2024: Denmark U19 vs Norway U19 (Scorecard) ; Norway U19 vs Switzerland U19 (Scorecard) ; Switzerland U19 vs Denmark U19 (Scorecard)

17th – 21st July 2024: Norway U19 vs Switzerland U19 (Scorecard) ; Switzerland U19 vs Denmark U19 (Scorecard) ; Denmark U19 vs Switzerland U19 (Scorecard) ; Switzerland U19 vs Italy U19 (Scorecard)

2026 U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Europe Division 2 Qualifier Squads

Denmark U19: Mustakin Aslam, Avneet Singh, Muhammad Zayan Shams, Yousuf Ahmed, Saif Ali Alam, Nicholas Sonne-Rudd, Jabran Khan, Muhammad Iyas Zawar, Isa Ali Malik, Isaac Jacob Javaid, Faaiz Imtiaz, Ammaar Anwar, Faiz Raza Butt and Abdul Rafeh

Netherlands U19: Aaditt Jain, Aarav Swaroop, Alejo Note, Azzam Khan, Cedric de Lange, Elmar Boendermaker, Joris van Oosterom, Mark Wolfe, Milan Moolman, Roman Harhangi, Sam van Giezen, Shirsak Banerjee, Teun Kloppenburg and Tom de Leede

Isle of Man U19: Aaron Chadwick, Kyle Gunnion, Kai Kiernan, George McAleer, Oli Nandha, James Plumbley, Cameron Roome, Jared Shepherd, Ryder Spencer, Hugh Tummon, Jake Turner, Tom Ward, Joel Williams and will Wiseman

Belgium U19: Dominic Weinel, Jay Raval, Qaim Shah, Qasim Sabir, Shrey Van, Zakir Zadran, Muzamil Shinwari, Sani Arain, Nasrat Malikzai, Abubakar Ayubi, Zubair Shafaq, Benjamin Ruperto, Atharva Sahasrabudhe and Aryaan Nawaz

Sweden U19: Yatharth Singh Chauhan, Karthik Tummalapalli, Kavin Meenakshisundaram, Sanuk Senmith Keppetiyawa, Ashutosh Samal, Advait Dhabe, Essa Farooq, Bilal Khattak, Pranav Yadav, Zaid Ahmad, Kamran Tarakhel, Saif Ul Hassan, Hasim Nijamudeen and Ali Haider

Norway U19: Jabber Ali, Surkha Bahadar, Afzal Ahmed Ellahi, Fasihullah Malik, Noor Muhammad, Hammad Mustafa, Abdul Shafeh Nasir, Bilal Popalzai, Sahir Omar Saeed, Bilal Atif Salim, Krishna Shukla, Mohammad Nauman Tahir, Subhan Waseem and Rayyan Balal Zia

France U19: Hussnain Afzal, Toheed Afzal, Tanbir Aziz, Faizan Dar, Tanguy Durant, Mashdid Jubayer, Thimeshe Perera, Suhail M Nazir, Usman Nazir, Sajad Stanikzay, Navine Sureshan, Manish Tambidoure, Safkat Zaman and Mahine Tambidoure

Italy U19: Sandes Jayasekera, Sahas Arachchige, Hashim Saeed Khan, Karthik Raghavan, Gianluca Longo, Luca Michael Di Venuto, Abdul Rehman, Shehan Witharanage, Minon Alagiyawadu, Kanahala Perera, Crishan Fernando, Shayan Fernando, Muhammad Asim Munir and Thom Liyannage

Group A of the tournament will comprise of teams from Bahrain, Thailand, Kuwait and Malaysia, while Group B of the tournament will comprise of teams from Hong Kong-China, Bhutan, Oman and Saudi Arabia, with the teams competing in a single round-robin group stage format against their group opponents, following which the top two (2) teams in the points table will advance to the semifinals.

2026 ICC U19 Men’s CWC Division 2 Asia Qualifier Schedule

25th-26th February 2024: Bahrain U19 vs Thailand U19 (Scorecard) ; Kuwait U19 vs Malaysia U19 (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong-China U19 vs Bhutan U19 (Scorecard) ; Oman U19 vs Saudi Arabia U19 (Scorecard)

27th-28th February 2024: Thailand U19 vs Kuwait U19 (Scorecard) ; Malaysia U19 vs Bahrain U19 (Scorecard) ; Saudi Arabia U19 vs Bhutan U19 (Scorecard) ; Oman U19 vs Hong Kong-China U19 (Scorecard)

29th/01st February/March 2024: Thailand U19 vs Malaysia U19 (Scorecard) ; Kuwait U19 vs Bahrain U19 (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong-China U19 vs Saudi Arabia U19 (Scorecard) ; Bhutan U19 vs Oman U19 (Scorecard)

03rd March 2024: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard)

05th March 2024: FINAL (Scorecard)

2026 ICC U19 Men’s CWC Division 2 Asia Qualifier Squads

Hong Kong, China U19: Aarez Dar, Abhimanyu Ganesan, Arya Panjwani, Danny Mapp, Harry Hodgson, Khrish Butani, Matthew Clayton, Mohammad Sufyan, Paarth Srivastava, Rishan Shah, Shayan Puri, Shiv Mathur, Taran Laungani and Will Walsh

Bahrain U19: Muhammad Adil, Abhinav Vashisht, Mohammad Azhar, Rishabh Gautam, Mounish Swamy, Vishwaesh Gurumurthy, Aryan Ashwin, Abdulla Muhammad, Muhammad Akram, Joswin D’Souza, Tayyeb Zahir, Abdur Rahman Khan, Ayan Khan and Ashwanth Sivakumar

Bhutan U19: Tenzin Rabgay (Captain), Ajith Limbu, Anuj Pradhan, Chedra Jamtsho, Jigme Tenzin, Kinley Phuntsho, Kishan Subba, Ngaden Wangchuk, Rinzin Wangchuk, Ronak Pradhan, Sangay Dorji, Tsheltrim Singye, Tshering Rigden and Ugyen Dorji

Saudi Arabia U19: Rayyan Khan (Captain), Ahmed Faisal, Anas, Arham Atif, Fahad Munir, Hashir Sajjad, Mohammad Rehan Siddiqui, Mohammad Sultan Siddiqui, Mohammad Zuber Sunasara, Mohammed Kashif, Muhammad Hamza Nadeem, Omair Wahab, Shahzad Sami and Taha Amre

Kuwait U19: Jay Mehta (Captain), Abdur Rahman, Abdur Abdullah, Arsh Sahil, Asmeet Jadhav, Het Hinsu, Janath Liyanage, Melrick Serrao, Mohammad Gull, Mohammad Nadeem, Muhammad Farooq, Shaies Taher, Talha Yaqoob and Zurain Ansari

Thailand U19: Ratthasat Wanitchakhan (Captain), Phanuwat Desungnoen, Sutthimon Thongsom, Dechaphon Chaisong, Natpakhan Manowon, Chanakarn Buajun, Paphawit Somsuk, Danuphon Fuangyotpitnit, Aruesanan Wichakam, Rayarac Phoomeena, Chinnathip Bunpha, Chetsarit Patsawaphum, Pattarapol Jirapatananukul and Jetsada Yangsuay

Malaysia U19: Shamsul Bahrin (Captain), Syamhi Rozi, Ammar Aiman, Amsyar Faezal, Amzar Iqbal Alwi, Aqleef Khalid, Areean Aqeel, Hadiff Irwan, Haziq Idris, Mohammad Fairuz Muksin, Mohammad Fathul Zulkifli, Mohammad Harisan, Mohammad Jafri and Muhammad Akram Malek

Oman U19: Giriharan Karuthapandian (Captain), Aneek Chakrovarty, Arya Sampat, Gaurav Dinesh, Jeet Shah, Nitish Nadendla, Prathiesh Ramesh, Puladith Omidu Ralalage, Rahil Habibulla, Saumya Sampat, Syed Mohammed Saleemuddin, Thineth Sumanasekera, Varshieth Saai Dinesh and Wajih Farista

Three (3) games will be played in each of the match-days during the competition, with Malek ground ovals 1 and 2 and Eden gardens oval to host the matches in Ajman at 9am local time start. Some of the teams have already lined-up practice games before the start of the tournament, with Hong Kong U19 heading to Oman for a bi-lateral series, while Malaysia U19 heading to Sri Lanka for a preparation camp involving nine (9) practice games. The host’s U19 team have already played a bi-lateral series with England U19 team back in December 2022, and have played practice games with Singapore U19 team in Ajman in February 2023.

Squads

UAE U19 Men’s: Aayan Khan (Captain), Ammar Badami, Aryan Saxena, Aryansh Sharma, Deepak Gajraj, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D’Souza, Harit Shetty, Harsh Desai, Harshit Seth, Maroof Merchant, Monish Gajesh, Omid Rehman and Tanish Suri

Singapore U19 Men’s: Jeevan Santhanam (Captain), Arjun Nagpal, Aryaveer Chaudhary, Abhuday Chhajer, Kabir Zandani Biren, Pranav Ramanatha Siva, Adwitya Bhargava, Pranav Maheshwari, Venkatesan Thiyanesh, Mahiyu Bhatia, Aaryan Modi, Sidhanth Srikanth, Rahil Khan and Pratham Somani

Malaysia U19 Men’s: Karthik Rajaratnam (Captain), Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Azmi, Muhammad Syahir, Haziq Haiqal Idris, Muhammad Azhar, Mohammad Hairil, Hamzah Panggi, Mohammad Afnan, Muhammad Aalif, Siddharth Neelakantan, Rahul Rajaratnam, Muhammad Zaquan and Mohammad Faiz Fitri

Kuwait U19 Men’s: Jude Saldanha (Captain), Jay Mehta, Saud Mohamed, Janath Jeewanga, Talha Hassan, Ethan Cherian, Muhammad Shaheer, Henry Thomas, Het Kishore, Arsh Sahil, Gautham Poolakkal, Haiber Ali, Yusuf Basha and Muhammad Aqif

Hong Kong U19 Men’s: Ahan Trivedi (Captain), Aarez Dar, Abdul Samad Khan, Jayden Botfield, Mudassar Khan, Paraspreet Singh, Parth Bhagwat, Shiv Mathur, Charlie Walsh, Aliyaan Mohmmad, Ansh Doshi, Aryan Chandrimani, Danny Mapp and Darsh Vora

Nepal U19 Men’s: Dev Khanal (Captain), Aakash Tripathi, Hemant Dhami, Arjun Kumal, Dipak Bohara, Uttam Thapa Magar, Deepak Bohara, Dipesh Kandel, Dipak Dumbre, Durgesh Gupta, Akash Chand, Subash Bhandari, Bishal KC and Milan Bohara

2024 ICC U19 Men’s World Cup Asia Division 1 Qualifier Schedule

02nd March 2023: Nepal U19 vs UAE U19 (Scorecard) ; Kuwait U19 vs Singapore U19 (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong U19 vs Malaysia U19 (Scorecard)

28th February 2023: Malaysia U19 vs Nepal U19 (Scorecard) ; Kuwait U19 vs UAE U19 (Scorecard) ; Singapore U19 vs Hong Kong U19 (Scorecard)

27th February 2023: Nepal U19 vs Hong Kong U19 (Scorecard) ; UAE U19 vs Singapore U19 (Scorecard) ; Malaysia U19 vs Kuwait U19 (Scorecard)

25th February 2023: Kuwait U19 vs Nepal U19 (Scorecard) ; Malaysia U19 vs Singapore U19 (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong U19 vs UAE U19 (Scorecard)

24th February 2023: Nepal U19 vs Singapore U19 (Scorecard) ; UAE U19 vs Malaysia U19 (Scorecard) ; Kuwait U19 vs Hong Kong U19 (Scorecard)

Group A consists of teams from Kenya and Malawi (Ghana and Mozambique did not compete due to travel and VISA issues and their matches were forfeit), while Group B consists of teams from Sierra Leone, Botswana, Rwanda and the host’s Nigeria. All teams will play against the others in their groups in a single round-robin group stage format, following which the top two (2) teams in the points table will advance to the semifinals.

ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa Division 2 Qualifier Schedule

30th September 2022: Kenya U19 vs Malawi U19 (Scorecard) @10am ; Nigeria U19 vs Rwanda U19 (Scorecard) @10am

01st October 2022: Rwanda U19 vs Sierra Leone U19 (Scorecard) @10am

02nd October 2022: Botswana U19 vs Nigeria U19 (Scorecard) @10am

03rd October 2022: Sierra Leone U19 vs Botswana U19 (Scorecard) @10am

04th October 2022: Nigeria U19 vs Sierra Leone U19 (Scorecard) @10am

05th October 2022: Rwanda U19 vs Botswana U19 (Scorecard) @10am

07th October 2022: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) @10am ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard) @10am

08th October 2022: 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard) @10am ; FINAL (Scorecard) @10am

Host’s Oman will be competing along with U19 teams from Bhutan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Qatar for qualification towards Division 1 in the month of September 2022 at Al Amerat Ovals in Muscat. The originally scheduled event in March was postponed owing to quarantine period requirements (both in Oman and return back home) for some of the travelling Countries. Some of the teams have already started their preparations for the event, with Bahrain U19 team touring both UAE and Singapore in the past couple of months. Group A will comprise of teams from Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Bhutan, while Group B will comprise of teams from Hong Kong, Singapore, Qatar and Thailand.

Squads

Bhutan: Tenjin Rabgay, Tshering Rigden, Karma Dorji, Anand Mongar, Tashi Dorji, Tshering Tashi, Khedrup Jangchup, Tashi Chophel, Tshering Tashi, Rigser Namgyel, Jigme Wangchuk, Ugyen Nenda, Sangay Tenzin and Ugyen Dorji

Oman: Arjun Dhiman, Aditya Gurumukhi, Aryan Bisht, Ahmed Al Zadjali, Lakhsmi Narayana, Rahil Habibulla, Glen Menezes, Mohd Arafat Islam, Siddh Mehta, Ashish Kumar, Chaitra Thanki, Tanuj Sivakumar, Prateish Ramesh and Devansh Loya

Bahrain: Aryan Ashwin, Aaryan Kaul, Abhinav Girish, Ananthkrishnan Natesan, Aryan Pande, Muhammad Adil, Muhammad Ali, Nadith Tennakoon, Nihar Shirke, Rishabh Ramesh, Shashank Shukla, Tejas Prabhurajan, Vishwaesh Gurumurthy and Wazir Ahmad

Singapore: Jeevan Santhanam, Vihaan Maheshwari, Aryaveer Chaudhary, Abhuday Chhajer, Kabir Zandani Biren, Aaryan Russell Menon, Adwitya Bhargava, Pranav Maheshwari, Venkatesan Thiyanesh, Vihaan Hampihallikar, Aaryan Modi, Sidhanth Srikanth, Rahil Khan and Pratham Somani

Qatar: Jayden Fernando, Lalit Ganesh Babu, Zayed Hussain, Jack Joseph, Riyan Khan, Anantha Madhavan, Luqman Mehmood, Niranjan Muthusawamy, Hetul Patel, Syed Razik, Taha Shahbaz, Aryan Surani, Vismay Trivedi and Sreenivas Venkatakrishnan

Saudi Arabia: Adnan Adnan, Muhammad Ahmad, Nabeel Akram, Taha Amre, Varun Mudaliar, Fahad Munir, Hanan Nasir, Sashwath Prasad, Mohammad Ramzan, Muhammad Raza, Syed Siddiq, Khaja Sunasara, Mohammad Sunasara and Zuhair Zuhair

Hong Kong: Aarush Garf, Abdul Samad Khan, Ahan rivedi, Aliyaan Mohammad, Ansh Doshi, Anshuk Sharma, Aryan Chandrimani, Daksh Mangukiya, Darsh Vora, Jayden Botfield, Malhar Pendse, Mudassar Khan, Parth Bhagwat and Soban Muhammad

Thailand: Thanadon Buri, Chaloemwong Chatphaisan, Phanuwat Desungnoen, Mohak Dugar, Danuphon Fuangyotpinit, Anucha Kalasi, Sitthikarn Klahan, Burapha Malee, Khanitson Namchaikul, Wiraphan Ngowhuad, Jirasak Pakiaokajee, Nattawut Robkhetram, Siriphum Sonthi and Supakorn Uamcharoen

Warm-up Matches

21st September: SNCA XI vs Thailand U19 (Scorecard)

24th – 26th September 2022: Oman U19 vs Singapore U19 (Scorecard) ; Singapore U19 vs Bhutan U19 (Scorecard) ; Bhutan U19 vs Oman U19 (Scorecard) ; SNCA U19 vs Thailand U19 (Scorecard)

ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia Division 2 Qualifier Schedule

29th September 2022: Oman U19 vs Bhutan U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am ; Bahrain U19 vs Saudi Arabia U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am

30th September 2022: Qatar U19 vs Singapore U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am ; Hong Kong U19 vs Thailand U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am

01st October 2022: Bhutan u19 vs Bahrain U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am ; Saudi Arabia U19 vs Oman U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am

02nd October 2022: Singapore U19 vs Thailand U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am ; Hong Kong U19 vs Qatar U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am

03rd October 2022: Saudi Arabia U19 vs Bhutan U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am ; Oman U19 vs Bahrain U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am

04th October 2022: Thailand U19 vs Qatar U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am ; Singapore U19 vs Hong Kong U19 (Scorecard) @9:30am

06th October 2022: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) @9:30am ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard) @9:30am

07th October 2022: 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard) @9:30am ; FINAL (Scorecard) @9:30am

Prior to the commencement of the T20 competitions, Czech Cricket will also be hosting a T10 event in collaboration with Dream11 and European Cricket Network, which will begin a week earlier from Jun 13th.

Both Division 1 and Division 2 tournaments will feature 8 domestic club sides, the names of which were announced by the cricket board along with the announcements. Prague CC Kings are the defending Champions from the 2019 edition of Division 1 T20 tournament. Prague CC Kings, Brno CC Rangers, Prague CC Rooks, Prague Barbarians Vandals, Vinohrady CC, Prague Spartans Vanguards, Bohemian Cricket Club and Brno CC Raiders are the 8 participating clubs in the Division1 competition.

2019 Czech Cricket Division1 T20 Player Stats – Batting

Prague Barbarians Visigoths 161/8 in 20 overs (Kranthi Mv 36, Sahil Grover 26, Neeraj Tyagi 24 n.o, Yash Salian 19, Sandeep Kumar 4/35, Hygi Namburi 2/14, Andrew Sim 1/14) beat Prague Barbarians Vandals 140 all out in 18.1 overs (Andrew Sim 47, Suresh Kuramboyina 24, Prasannaa Ganesan 21, Divyendra Singh 19, Saurabh Kakaria 4/29, Sahil Grover 3/19, Amrit Singh Rai 1/21) by 21 runs

Prague CC Kings 159 all out in 19.4 overs (Sudesh Wickremasinghe 40, Arun Ashokan 38, Suditha Udugalage 33, Prakash Sadasivan 22, Vojtech Ha-a 2/25, Paul Taylor 2/33, Paul Taylor 2/35, Frederyck Heydenrych 1/19) beat Vinohrady CC 153/7 in 20 overs (Edward Knowles 64 n.o, Vojtech Ha-a 13, Sudesh Wickremasinghe 1/9, Arun Ashokan 1/12, Laxmi Narayanan 1/23, Suditha Udugalage 1/18) by 6 runs

Prague CC Rooks 151/9 in 20 overs (Keyur Mehta 46, Kushal Mendon 33, Shripal Gajjar 21, Tim Walmsley 3/21, Dylan Steyn 3/25, Tripurari Kanhya Lal 1/18) beat Brno CC 118 all out in 18.3 overs (Dylan Steyn 33, Somesekhar Banerjee 25, Pramod Bagauly 4/8, Aakash Parmar 4/15, Kushal Mendon 1/14) by 33 runs

Prague CC Kings 144/9 in 20 overs (Hilal Ahmad 53, Sudesh Wickremasinghe 21, Sudhir Gladson 19 n.o, Arun Ashokan 17, Keyur Mehta 2/19, Kushal Mendon 2/26, Ali Hassan Sittar 1/16) beat Prague CC Rooks 122 all out in 18.5 overs (Aakash Parmar 35, Shripal Gajjar 23, Surya Ren 22, Suditha Udugalage 2/12, Hilal Ahmad 2/14, Sharan Ramakrishnan 2/22, Sudesh Wickremasinghe 1/11) by 22 runs

Vinohrady CC 106 all out in 18.5 overs (Brigham Smith 26, Kyle Gilham 22 n.o, Siddarth Goud 11, Satyajit Sengupta 3/17, Sumit Pokhriyal 2/20, Nikhil Mithole 1/8, Hygi Namburi 1/24) lost to Prague Barbarians Vandals 109/6 in 18.2 overs (Sumit Pokhriyal 58 n.o, Sabawoon Davizi 21, Paul Taylor 2/21, Siddarth Goud 2/24, Arshad Yousafzai 1/12) by 4 wickets

Brno CC 111 all out in 19.4 overs (Tripurari Kanhya Lal 19, Vikram Padigala 19, Somsuvro Basu 16, Narayanan Achuthan 2/9, Kranthi Mv 2/14, Yash Salian 2/15, Sandeep Kumar 2/29, Harsha Chaganty 2/29) lost to Prague Barbarians Visigoths 112/7 in 20 overs (Harsha Chaganty 30 n.o, Murali Sai 20, Yash Salian 20, Naveed Ahmed 2/18, Aamir Husain 2/25, Tripurari Kanhya Lal 1/7) by 3 wickets

Kings and Czech national squad member Sudesh Wickremasinghe was adjudged both player of the season and best batsmen in the T20 tournament, while Keyur Mehta of Prague CC Rooks was adjudged the best bowler for the season. Sudesh and Sabawoon have had a successful International season with Czech Republic in T20I matches in 2019.

Brno CC will be looking forward to challenging the Prague CC Kings for the top place in 2020 after finishing runners-up in the previous editions in 2018 and 2019.

In the end, not only Namibia put it across Oman in style, but also finally won the WCL Division 2 tournament at home to finish the final ever edition of WCL events in emphatic fashion. Namibia, batting first, put up 226/7 in their 50 overs before bowling out Oman for only 81 runs (their 2nd consecutive below 100 score in 2 days and loss by the same margin of runs in both the games!!) in 29 overs to spark off the celebrations as Namibia announced their arrival on the ODI scene once again with a win.

Karl Birkenstock scored the first half-century for Namibia in ODI re-admission since Bryan Murgatroyd’s effort against the Netherlands in 2003 ICC World Cup. There were notable contributions down the order from JJ Smit (29) and Zane Green (38) and small cameos from Jan Frylinck and Christi Viljoen took them to their eventual score. Fayyaz Butt and Aqib Ilyas picked up 2 wickets, while Zeeshan Maqsood and Khawar Ali picked up a wicket apiece.

Among the bowlers, Jan Frylinck picked up a 5-fer as he and JJ Smit combined well together once again as they rattled the Oman batting line-up with early inroads as Oman never recovered during the entire duration of their innings and got bowled out for 81. Suraj Kumar was the highest run-scorer in the carnage around him with 27 runs, while three more players managed to get into the double-figure scores.

JJ Smit was declared the player of the series in WCL Division 2 for his all-round contributions for Namibia throughout the competition.

Stephen Baard (264 runs in 6 matches), JJ Smit (221 runs in 6 matches) and JP Kotze (206 runs in 6 matches) were the top run-scorer’s for Namibia during the tournament, while Jan Frylinck (14 wickets in 6 matches) and JJ Smit (13 wickets in 6 matches) were the top wicket-taker’s for Namibia. For Oman, Fayyaz Butt (16 wickets in 6 matches) and Bilal Khan (9 wickets in 6 matches) were the top wicket-taker’s, while Aqib Ilyas (168 runs in 6 matches), Zeeshan Maqsood (163 runs in 5 matches) and Suraj Kumar (149 runs in 6 matches) were the top run-scorer’s for them in the tournament.

2019 ICC WCL Division 2 Schedule

20th Apr 2019: PNG vs Namibia (Scorecard) ; Canada vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) ; USA vs Oman (Scorecard)

21st Apr 2019: Namibia vs USA (Scorecard) ; Oman vs Canada (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong vs PNG (Scorecard)

23rd Apr 2019: PNG vs USA (Scorecard) ; Canada vs Namibia (Scorecard) ; Oman vs Hong Kong (Scorecard)

24th Apr 2019: Canada vs PNG (Scorecard) ; Namibia vs Oman (Scorecard) ; USA vs Hong Kong (Scorecard)

26th Apr 2019: Hong Kong vs Namibia (Scorecard) ; PNG vs Oman (Scorecard) ; USA vs Canada (Scorecard)

27th Apr 2019: Canada vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) ; Oman vs Namibia (Scorecard) ; USA vs PNG (Scorecard)

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Stranded at 32/5 and staring down the barrel, Papua New Guinea (PNG) scripted the greatest escape in a WCL event, as they not only managed to score beyond 200 at the end of their batting stint, but then wrecked Oman’s entire batting line-up for a mere 76 runs to win the match by a big margin of 145 runs and secured their ODI status after losing it in 2018 ICC World Cup Qualifiers, as in the final match of the day, Canada were once again unlucky to go beyond the line as USA denied them the status by scoring more than what Canada needed to restrict them under to claim the ODI spot.

Canada eventually won the match against USA by 40 runs, who were chasing 256 for victory, but needed to restrict their North American neighbours to under 212 to get ODI status, once again failed to collect the final USA wicket after reducing them to 198/9, as the last wicket pair took USA to their eventual total of 215/9 in their 50 overs.

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Namibia, earlier in the day, made the 2nd highest Associate team total ever as JP Kotze (148) and Stephen Baard (122) plundered Hong Kong bowlers to make a mammoth 243-runs partnership, as Namibia eventually made 396/3 in their 50 overs. Anshuman Rath (76) and Kinchit Shah (56) tried their luck to make a splash at the target, but once they got out, it was mere academic for the host nation, as their bowlers cleaned up the remaining batting line-up quickly to bowl out Hong Kong for 245.

For PNG, Sese Bau (80), Kipling Doriga (65) and Nosaina Pokana (5/14) were the heroes for the day as the Barramundis shocked Oman and showed the cricket they are capable to play and although they left it very late in the competition to showcase their mettle, it was worth it as other results went their way and the nerve-wrecking match between USA and Canada ended in their favour to help them get the ODI status back.

The final group stage results have meant that Hong Kong and Canada have been now relegated to ICC CWC Challenge Leagues and will play 15 List-A games in their respective groups (which will be decided after their 5th/6th play-off match) in order to top the group and get into ICC CWC Qualifiers Challenge Play-off’s and again get the chance to play official ODI matches against the remaining 5 opponents in the qualifiers play-off’s.

Brief Scores:

Namibia 396/3 in 50 overs (Jean-Pierre Kotze 148, Stephen Baard 122, JJ Smit 61 n.o, Zane Green 41 n.o, Jhatavedh Subramanyan 1/49) beat Hong Kong 245 all out in 43.2 overs (Anshuman Rath 76, Kinchit Shah 56, Babar Hayat 26, Scott Mckechnie 25, Bernard Scholtz 2/37, Craig Williams 2/41, Jan Frylinck 2/48) by 151 runs

Papua New Guinea 221/8 in 50 overs (Sese Bau 80, Kipling Doriga 65, Norman Vanua 19, Fayyaz Butt 4/46, Nadeem 4/47) beat Oman 76 all out in 28.2 overs (Khawar Ali 29, Nosaina Pokana 5/14, Chad Soper 3/15) by 145 runs

Canada 255/4 in 50 overs (Navneet Dhaliwal 121 n.o, Nitish Kumar 58, Davy Jacobs 57, Ali Khan 3/65) beat USA 215/9 in 50 overs (Jaskaran Malhotra 50, Steven Taylor 44, Aaron Jones 33, Karima Gore 21 n.o, Romesh Don 4/47, Saad bin Zafar 2/45) by 40 runs

ICC World Cricket League Division 2 Points table