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2012 Under19 Cricket World Cup

2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
ICC U19 Cricket World Cup logo.png
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
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 Australia Will Bosisto
Most runs Bangladesh Anamul Haque (365)
Most wickets England Reece Topley (19)
Official website iccu19cricketworldcup.com
2010
2014

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.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Each country selected a 15-man squad for the tournament.

Future players that featured for their national team in the tournament were::

AfghanistanJaved Ahmadi, Aftab Alam, Shabir Noori, Najibullah Zadran, Nasir Jamal, Noor-ul-Haq, Afsar Zazai, Hashmatullah Shaidi, Sayed Shirzad, Yamin Ahmadzai
AustraliaAshton Agar, Gurinder Sandhu, Joel Paris, Travis Head, Cameron Bancroft, Ashton Turner
BangladeshAnamul Haque, Taskin Ahmed, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Nurul Hasan, Abu Haider, Mosaddek Hossain, Abu Hider, Nurul Hasan
EnglandReece Topley, Ben Duckett
IndiaSandeep Sharma
IrelandGeorge Dockrell, Graeme McCarter, Andrew McBrine, Peter Chase, Tyrone Kane, Barry McCarthy
NepalAvinash Karn, Naresh Budhayer, Pradeep Airee, Rajesh Pulami, Subash Khakurel, Sagar Pun
PakistanEhsan Adil, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Sami Aslam, Zia-ul-Haq, Zafar Gohar, Mohammad Nawaz, Mir Hamza
West IndiesKraigg Brathwaite
ScotlandFreddie Coleman, Matthew Cross, Gavin Main
Sri LankaNiroshan Dickwella, Tharindu Kaushal, Amila Aponso
South AfricaQuinton de Kock, Theunis de Bruyn
New ZealandIsh Sodhi
PNGRaymond Haoda, Norman Vanua, Charles Amini, Lega Siaka, Chad Soper
ZimbabweLuke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza


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