2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) | Australia (Queensland) |
| Champions |
 India (3rd title) |
| Participants | 16 |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Player of the series |
 Will Bosisto
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| Most runs |
 Anamul Haque (365) |
| Most wickets |
 Reece Topley (19) |
| Official website | iccu19cricketworldcup.com |
The 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was a one-day cricket competition for sixteen international U-19 cricketing teams which was held in August 2012. This was the ninth edition of the tournament. The event was staged in the Australian state of Queensland, with matches being shared between the cities of Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Townsville.
In the final, India beat Australia by six wickets to win the tournament. India's Unmukt Chand scored 111 not out, facing 130 balls and was awarded Man of the Final. Australian captain Will Bosisto was awarded Man of the Series.
16 teams participated in the competition. The 10 nations with ICC Full Membership automatically qualified for the tournament. 6 additional teams qualified through the 2011 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier which was held in Ireland.
The following groups were chosen for the World Cup 2012 by the International Cricket Council. The number alongside gives the rank of the team. The tournament will begin with a league stage consisting of four groups of four. Each team will play each of the other teams in its group once.
Each country selected a 15-man squad for the tournament.
Future players that featured for their national team in the tournament were::
Afghanistan – Javed Ahmadi, Aftab Alam, Shabir Noori, Najibullah Zadran, Nasir Jamal, Noor-ul-Haq, Afsar Zazai, Hashmatullah Shaidi, Sayed Shirzad, Yamin Ahmadzai
Australia – Ashton Agar, Gurinder Sandhu, Joel Paris, Travis Head, Cameron Bancroft
Bangladesh – Anamul Haque, Taskin Ahmed, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Nurul Hasan, Abu Haider, Mosaddek Hossain, Abu Hider, Nurul Hasan
England – Reece Topley, Ben Duckett
India – Sandeep Sharma
Ireland – George Dockrell, Graeme McCarter, Andrew McBrine, Peter Chase, Tyrone Kane, Barry McCarthy
Nepal – Avinash Karn, Naresh Budhayer, Pradeep Airee, Rajesh Pulami, Subash Khakurel, Sagar Pun
Pakistan – Ehsan Adil, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Sami Aslam, Zia-ul-Haq, Zafar Gohar, Mohammad Nawaz, Mir Hamza
West Indies – Kraigg Brathwaite
Scotland – Freddie Coleman, Matthew Cross, Gavin Main
Sri Lanka – Niroshan Dickwella, Tharindu Kaushal, Amila Aponso
South Africa – Quinton de Kock, Theunis de Bruyn
New Zealand – Ish Sodhi
PNG – Raymond Haoda, Norman Vanua, Charles Amini, Lega Siaka, Chad Soper
Zimbabwe – Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza
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