Cricket Scotland were originally awarded the hosting rights for the European region qualifiers towards qualification pathway for 2022 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in West Indies, but the event has now been relocated to Spain, as Desert Springs club facility takes over the hosting duties from La Manga Club facility, and will host the tournament from September 19th – 25th, 2021.
Ireland U19 Preview, Scotland U19 Preview, Jersey U19 Preview
Europe’s originally scheduled Division 2 event was cancelled following extensive consultation with participating Members, as the only available window for hosting did not provide a suitable environment for the staging of an international pathway event. Additionally, Denmark and Guernsey will not be able to participate due to a clash with the European school calendar during the scheduled period. Hence, U19 teams from Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands and Jersey are competing for the lone qualification spot from the region.
ICC Head of Events, Chris Tetley said on ICC website “Whilst it is disappointing that Denmark and Guernsey will not be able to participate in the U19 Regional Qualifier, we are grateful for the efforts of everyone involved to enable these events to be rescheduled and give us the best possible chance of restarting ICC pathway events in Europe.”
The decision to move the events to Spain was taken after a period of consultation with the participating countries and relevant governments, where it was determined that it was the best possible chance for the events to take place due to COVID-19 restrictions in Scotland. ICC has already cancelled the regional qualifiers of Asia, Americas and East Asia-Pacific region, with only the Africa event still scheduled to take place along with Europe.
ICC U19 World Cup Europe Qualifiers Schedule (local timings)
19th September 2021: Netherlands U19 vs Ireland U19 @10:00am (Scorecard)
20th September 2021: Scotland U19 vs Jersey U19 @10:00am (Scorecard)
21st September 2021: Netherlands U19 vs Scotland U19 @10:00am (Scorecard)
22nd September 2021: Ireland U19 vs Jersey U19 @10:00am (Scorecard)
23rd September 2021: Scotland U19 vs Ireland U19 @10:00am (Scorecard)
24th September 2021: Jersey U19 vs Netherlands U19 @10:00am (Scorecard)
25th September 2021: Final (Ireland U19 vs Scotland U19) – Scorecard
Squads
Ireland U19: Tim Tector (Captain), Diarmuid Burke, Joshua Cox, Jack Dickson, Liam Doherty, Cameron Doak, Jamie Forbes, Matthew Humphreys, Philippe le Roux, Scott Macbeth, Nathan McGuire, Muzamil Sherzad, David Vincent and Luke Whelan
Netherlands U19: Vikramjit Singh, Aryan Dutt, Debrup Dasgupta, Dietmar Hennop, Lucas del Bianco, Mees van Vliet, Pierre Jacod, Siebe van Wingerden, Shariz Ahmed, Shirase Rasool, Shreyas Potdar, Tazeem Ali, Tobias Note and Udit Nashier
Jersey U19: Josh Lawrenson (Captain), Charlie Brennan, Toby Britton, Robin Carnegie, Robbie Forrest, Patrick Gouge, Dylan Kotedia, Will Perchard, George Richardson, Jamie Watling, Asa Tribe, James Smith, Stanley Tanguy and James Sunley
Scotland U19: Charlie Peet (Captain), Jamie Cairns, Christopher Cole, Olly Davidson, Sam Elstone, Sean Fischer-Keogh, Gabriel Gallman-Findlay, Jack Jarvis, Rafay Khan, Tom Mackintosh, Muhaymen Majeed, Ruaridh McIntyre, Lyle Robertson and Charlie Tear
