2000 Under-19 Cricket World Cup

2000 Under-19 Cricket World Cup

Dates	11 January – 28 January 2000
Administrator(s)	ICC
Cricket format	Limited-overs (50 overs)
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Champions	India (1st title)
Participants	16
Matches played	54
Player of the series	Yuvraj Singh
Most runs	Graeme Smith (348)
Most wickets	Zahid Saeed (15)

The 2000 ICC Under-19 World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament played in Sri Lanka from 11 to 28 January 2000. It was the third edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup and the first to be held in Sri Lanka.

The 2000 World Cup was contested by sixteen teams, including three making their tournament debuts. After an initial group stage, the top eight teams played off in a super league to decide the tournament champions, with the non-qualifiers playing a separate "plate" competition. Portions of the group stage were heavily impacted by rain, especially in Group C, where only two matches could be played to completion. In the final, played at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club, India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets. Both teams had made the final for the first time. Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh was named player of the tournament, while South Africa's Graeme Smith was the leading run-scorer and Pakistan's Zahid Saeed was the leading wicket-taker.

Teams and qualification

The nine full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) qualified automatically for the World Cup, while another seven teams qualified via other paths. Bangladesh and Nepal qualified as the top two teams at the 1999 Youth Asia Cup,^[1] while Ireland and the Netherlands did likewise through the 1999 European Under-19 Championship.^[2] The ICC Africa Under-19 Championships were not established until 2001, but Kenya and Namibia were invited to the World Cup as the top ICC associate members in Africa. There was also no qualification tournament held in the Americas development region, with instead a combined regional team being fielded (for the first and only time).^[3]

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
West Indies	3	3	0	0	0	6	+2.779
England	3	2	1	0	0	4	+0.073
Zimbabwe	3	1	2	0	0	2	–0.236
Americas	3	0	3	0	0	0	–2.725
Source: CricketArchive

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	NRR
India	3	2	0	1	0	5	+1.500
New Zealand	3	1	1	0	1	3	+1.500
Bangladesh	3	1	1	0	1	3	–1.073
Netherlands	3	0	2	1	0	1	–3.339
Source: CricketArchive

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	NRR
Pakistan	3	1	0	0	2	4	+1.729
Nepal	3	1	0	1	2	4	+1.775
South Africa	3	0	0	1	2	3	n/a
Kenya	3	0	2	0	1	1	–1.158
Source: CricketArchive

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	0	6	+2.238
Australia	3	2	1	0	0	4	+2.041
Ireland	3	0	2	1	0	1	–1.371
Namibia	3	0	2	1	0	1	–3.017
Source: CricketArchive

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Plate competition

The plate competition was contested by the eight teams that failed to qualify for the Super League.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Bangladesh	3	3	0	0	0	6	+2.565
Zimbabwe	3	2	1	0	0	4	+0.142
Kenya	3	1	2	0	0	2	–0.984
Namibia	3	0	3	0	0	0	–1.640
Source: CricketArchive

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Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
South Africa	3	3	0	0	0	6	+3.376
Ireland	3	2	1	0	0	4	–0.062
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	0	2	–1.161
Americas	3	0	3	0	0	0	–1.620
Source: CricketArchive

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Semi-finals

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Final

Super League

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Pakistan	3	3	0	0	0	6	+0.879
Australia	3	2	1	0	0	4	+0.307
West Indies	3	1	2	0	0	2	+0.134
New Zealand	3	0	3	0	0	0	–1.270
Source: CricketArchive

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Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
India	3	3	0	0	0	6	+1.137
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	0	4	+1.441
England	3	1	2	0	0	2	–0.520
Nepal	3	0	3	0	0	0	–2.190
Source: CricketArchive

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Graeme Smith	South Africa	348	6	87.00	82*	0	4
Ravneet Ricky	India	340	8	42.50	108	1	2
Ian Daniel	Sri Lanka	299	8	74.75	72*	0	2
Shane Watson	Australia	266	6	53.20	100*	1	1
Manish Sharma	India	257	8	42.83	86*	0	3

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

The top five wickettakers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	SR	Econ	BBI
Zahid Saeed	Pakistan	41.1	15	7.60	17.66	2.58	5/14
Ranjan Das	Bangladesh	60.0	14	10.78	25.71	2.51	4/7
Shalabh Srivastava	India	62.5	14	17.57	26.92	3.91	3/33
Dewald Senekal	South Africa	49.0	13	9.92	22.61	2.63	5/28
Anup Dave	India	60.0	13	13.69	27.69	2.96	4/15

Source: CricketArchive

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