1998 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
1998 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup | |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
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Champions |
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Participants | 16 |
Matches played | 44 |
Official website | http://iccu19worldcup.yahoo.net/ |
The 1998 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was the Second edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup and took place in South Africa. It was the first tournament after 1988, but after this tournament has been taking place in every 2 years. This edition had 16 teams competing in 44 matches between 11 January & 1 February 1998. These included the 9 ICC Full Members and 7 qualifiers.[1]
England won the tournament, beating New Zealand in the final by 7 wickets.[2]
Teams
16 teams participated in the competition. The 9 nations with ICC Full Membership automatically qualified for the tournament. 7 additional teams were determined by the 1997 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
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ICC Full Member* |
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Future players
Future players that featured for their national team in the tournament were:
Australia - Marcus North and James Hopes
Bangladesh - Hannan Sarkar, Ehsanul Haque, Al Sahariar, Mushfiqur Rahman, Fahim Muntasir, Manjurul Islam and Mehrab Hossain
England - Owais Shah, Graeme Swann, Paul Franks, Robert Key and Chris Schofield
Denmark - Amjad Khan represented Denmark but went on to play international cricket for England
India - Reetinder Sodhi, Mohammad Kaif, Virender Sehwag, Laxmi Shukla, Amit Bhandari, Harbhajan Singh.
Ireland - (Ed Joyce represented Ireland but went on to play international cricket for England,then later returned to Ireland)
Kenya - David Obuya, Thomas Odoyo, Collins Obuya, Francis Otieno, Jimmy Kamande and Josephat Ababu
Namibia - Riaan Walters, Bjorn Kotze and Stefan Swanepoel
New Zealand - James Marshall, Peter Ingram, Lou Vincent, Kyle Mills, James Franklin, Hamish Marshall and Peter McGlashan(Regan West also represented New Zealand but went on to play international cricket for Ireland)
Pakistan - Humayun Farhat, Hasan Raza, Shoaib Malik, Bazid Khan and Abdul Razzaq(Imran Tahir also represented Pakistan but went on to play international cricket for South Africa)
Scotland - Fraser Watts, Gregor Maiden and John Blain
South Africa - Morne van Wyk, Robin Peterson, Jon Kent, Victor Mpitsang, Gulam Bodi and Jacques Rudolph(Grant Elliott & Michael Lumb also represented South Africa but went on to play international cricket for New Zealand & England respectively)
Sri Lanka - Prasanna Jayawardene, Malinga Bandara and Chamara Silva
West Indies - Chris Gayle, Daren Ganga, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Sylvester Joseph and Ryan Hinds
Zimbabwe - Alester Maregwede, Dion Ebrahim, Mark Vermeulen, Neil Ferreira, David Mutendera, Greg Lamb and Mluleki Nkala
References
- ↑ "1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup". Cricinfo.
- ↑ "Scorecard 1998 u19 world cup final". Cricinfo.
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