Dates | 14 – 22 October 2015 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | 50-over |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin, playoffs |
Host(s) | Malaysia |
Champions | Nepal (1st title) |
Participants | 5 |
Matches played | 12 |
Player of the series | Aarif Sheikh |
Most runs | Sunil Dhamala (170) |
Most wickets | Rory Anders (13) |
The 2015 ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier was an international cricket tournament played in Malaysia from 14 to 22 October 2015, forming part of the 2015–16 international season. The tournament was originally going to be held in Nepal, but was moved to Malaysia due to the April 2015 earthquake.Nepal defeated Ireland in the tournament final to qualify for the 2016 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. In January 2016, Australia withdrew their team from the World Cup and Ireland, as runners-up in the qualifier, replaced them.
The second-placed teams at each of the five regional qualifying tournaments progressed to the qualifier:
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
Source: ESPNcricinfo
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
Source: ESPNcricinfo