2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads

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The following squads were selected for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup . [1] [2] Any players born on or after 1 September 1998 were eligible to be selected for the competition. [3] Bold indicates that a player went onto play senior international cricket.

Contents

Group A

Kenya

Kenya's squad was announced on 15 December 2017: [4]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Sachin Bhudia (c)24 September 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium
Maxwel Ager 25 April 1999 (aged 18)LeftLeft-arm medium
Abhishekh Chidambaran 4 November 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm leg spin
Aveet Desai (wk)23 January 2000 (aged 17)Left
Jay Doshi
Aman Gandhi 5 May 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm off spin
Ankit Hirani (wk)18 December 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Jasraj Kundi 6 July 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium
Jayant Mepani 11 April 1999 (aged 18)LeftLeft-arm orthodox
Dennis Musyoka 10 May 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Gerard Muthui 7 October 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Thomas Ochieng 24 September 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm off spin
Sukhdeep Singh 11 February 2001 (aged 16)RightRight-arm off spin
Sidhart Vasudev
Rene Were

New Zealand

New Zealand's squad was announced on 12 December 2017: [5]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Kaylum Boshier (c)9 April 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium
Finn Allen (wk)22 April 1999 (aged 18)Right
Jakob Bhula 12 December 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Max Chu 21 March 2000 (aged 17)Left
Katene Clarke 21 September 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Matthew Fisher 10 November 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Luke Georgeson 14 April 1999 (aged 18)LeftRight-arm medium-fast
Ben Lockrose 24 March 2000 (aged 17)RightLeft-arm orthodox
Callum McLachlan (wk)17 May 1999 (aged 18)Right
Felix Murray 29 October 1998 (aged 19)LeftLeft-arm orthodox
Sandeep Patel 30 October 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Dale Phillips 15 October 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm fast-medium
Rachin Ravindra 18 November 1999 (aged 18)LeftLeft-arm orthodox
Connor Sullivan 15 November 1998 (aged 19)RightLeft-arm medium-fast
Todd Watson 5 December 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium-fast

South Africa

South Africa's squad was announced on 11 December 2017: [6]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Raynard van Tonder (c)26 September 1998 (aged 19)Right
Matthew Breetzke (wk)3 November 1998 (aged 19)Right
Gerald Coetzee 2 October 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm fast
Jade de Klerk 24 February 1999 (aged 18)RightLeft-arm orthodox
Jean du Plessis 24 November 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium
Fraser Jones 14 June 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm fast
Wandile Makwetu (wk)7 January 1999 (aged 19)Right
Akhona Mnyaka 22 June 1999 (aged 18)RightLeft-arm fast
Andile Mokgakane 25 December 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium
Kgaudisa Molefe 9 February 2000 (aged 17)RightLeft-arm orthodox
Jason Niemand 30 November 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm off spin
Thando Ntini 7 July 2000 (aged 17)LeftRight-arm fast
Jiveshan Pillay 18 January 1999 (aged 18)Left
Hermann Rolfes 17 August 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium
Kenan Smith 9 March 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin

West Indies

West Indies' squad was announced on 24 November 2017: [7]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Emmanuel Stewart (c)23 August 1999 (aged 18)Right
Kirstan Kallicharan (vc)29 December 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Ronaldo Alimohamed 3 October 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm fast-medium
Alick Athanaze 7 December 1998 (aged 19)LeftRight-arm off spin
Brad Barnes
Cephas Cooper 11 July 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Jarion Hoyte
Kimani Melius
Ashmead Nedd
Kian Pemberton
Raymond Perez
Joshua Persaud (wk)29 February 2000 (aged 17)Right
Jeavor Royal 2 December 1998 (aged 19)RightLeft-arm orthodox
Keagan Simmons 26 March 1999 (aged 18)Left
Bhaskar Yadram 18 September 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium-fast/Right-arm off spin
Nyeem Young 22 September 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm medium

During the group stage fixtures, Raymond Perez was injured, ruled out of the tournament and replaced by Brad Barnes. [8] Joshua Persaud left the squad midway through the tournament, following the death of his mother. [9]

Group B

Australia

Australia's squad was announced on 15 December 2017: [10]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Jason Sangha (c)8 September 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm leg spin
Will Sutherland (vc)27 October 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm fast-medium
Xavier Bartlett 17 December 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm fast-medium
Max Bryant 10 March 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium
Jack Edwards 19 April 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Zak Evans 26 March 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Jarrod Freeman 15 July 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm off spin
Aaron Hardie 7 January 1999 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Ryan Hadley17 November 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Baxter Holt (wk)21 October 1999 (aged 18)Right
Nathan McSweeney 8 March 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Jonathan Merlo 15 December 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Lloyd Pope 1 December 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm leg spin
Jason Ralston3 April 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Patrick Rowe 28 January 2001 (aged 16)Right
Param Uppal 25 October 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm off spin
Austin Waugh 11 November 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium

During the tournament, Aaron Hardie replaced Jason Ralston in Australia's squad, who was injured. [11] However, ahead of the final, Hardie suffered an injury and was replaced by Patrick Rowe. [12]

India

India's squad was announced on 3 December 2017: [13]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Prithvi Shaw (c)9 November 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Shubman Gill (vc)8 September 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Harvik Desai4 October 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm fast medium
Mayur Jadhav (wk)11 November 2001 (aged 16)Right
Manjot Kalra 15 January 1999 (aged 18)LeftRight-arm medium
Shivam Mavi 26 November 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm fast-medium
Kamlesh Nagarkoti 28 December 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm fast
Riyan Parag 10 November 2001 (aged 16)RightRight-arm leg spin
Ishan Porel 5 September 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium
Himanshu Rana 1 October 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium
Anukul Roy 30 November 1998 (aged 19)LeftLeft-arm orthodox
Abhishek Sharma 4 September 2000 (aged 17)LeftLeft-arm orthodox
Arshdeep Singh 5 February 1999 (aged 18)LeftLeft-arm medium-fast
Shiva Singh 16 October 1999 (aged 18)RightLeft-arm orthodox
Aditya Thakare 8 November 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium
Pankaj Yadav7 October 2002 (aged 15)RightRight-arm leg spin

After the tournament started, Aditya Thakare was added to the squad as cover for Ishan Porel, who suffered an injury. [14]

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea's squad was announced on 28 December 2017: [15]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Vagi Karaho (c)22 April 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium
James Tau (vc)Left-arm medium
Daure Aiga
Boge AruaRight-arm medium
Sinaka Arua18 September 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium
Simon Atai (wk)19 September 1999 (aged 19)Left
Eisa Eka
Semo Kamea 21 August 2001 (aged 16)Left-arm medium
Igo Mahuru
Leke Morea
Toa Nou
Nou Rarua
Ovia SamRight
Kevau TauRight
Heagi TouaRight

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's squad was announced on 17 November 2017: [16]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Liam Roche (c)14 September 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Robert Chimhinya23 June 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm fast
Jonathan Connolly1 March 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm medium
Gregory Dollar (wk)29 May 2000 (aged 17)Right
Alistair Frost 24 April 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium
Taun Harrison8 April 1999 (aged 18)LeftRight-arm off spin
Wesley Madhevere 4 September 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm off spin
Tanunurwa Makoni 28 November 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium
Donald Mlambo17 April 1999 (aged 18)Right
Dion Myers 21 March 2002 (aged 15)RightRight-arm medium
Tinashe Nenhunzi 21 October 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm leg spin
Nkosilathi Nungu 12 February 2001 (aged 16)RightRight-arm medium
Kieran Robinson 8 July 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Jayden Schadendorf11 September 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium
Milton Shumba 19 October 2000 (aged 17)LeftLeft-arm orthodox

Group C

Bangladesh

Bangladesh's squad was announced on 6 December 2017: [17]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Saif Hassan (c)30 October 1998 (aged 19)RightUnknown
Pinak Ghosh 20 January 1999 (aged 18)Left
Robiul Haque 28 October 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Nayeem Hasan 2 December 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm off spin
Afif Hossain 22 September 1999 (aged 18)LeftRight-arm off spin
Shakil Hossain (wk)22 April 2000 (aged 17)Right
Roni Hossen 10 July 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Towhid Hridoy 4 December 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm off spin
Aminul Islam 6 November 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm leg spin
Mahidul Islam (wk)4 May 1999 (aged 18)Right
Hasan Mahmud 12 October 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium
Mohammad Naim 22 August 1999 (aged 18)Left
Qazi Onik 18 March 1999 (aged 18)LeftLeft-arm medium-fast
Mohammad Rakib 8 December 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm leg spin
Tipu Sultan 12 September 1998 (aged 19)LeftLeft-arm orthodox

Canada

Canada's squad was announced on 11 December 2017: [18]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Arslan Khan (c)16 April 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm leg spin
Akash Gill (vc)18 October 1999 (aged 18)LeftRight-arm medium
Ashton Deosammy18 September 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm off spin
Arshdeep Dhaliwal
Faisal Jamkhandi7 October 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium
Rishiv Joshi 4 November 2000 (aged 17)LeftLeft-arm medium-fast
Emanuel Khokhar3 September 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm fast-medium
Kavian Naress8 August 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm leg spin
Aran Pathmanathan20 September 1999 (aged 18)RightLeft-arm orthodox
Tiaan Pretorius22 December 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm off spin
Krishen Samuel14 March 1999 (aged 18)Right
Randhir Sandhu
Pranav Sharma 18 April 1999 (aged 18)Right
Rommel Shazad9 December 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Kevin Singh

England

England's squad was announced on 11 December 2017: [19]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Harry Brook (c)22 February 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium
Ethan Bamber 17 December 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Liam Banks 3 June 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Tom Banton 11 November 1998 (aged 19)Right
Jack Davies (wk)30 March 2000 (aged 17)Right
Adam Finch 28 May 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm medium
Luke Hollman 16 September 2000 (aged 17)LeftRight-arm leg spin
Will Jacks (vc)21 November 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm off spin
Tom Lammonby 2 June 2000 (aged 17)LeftLeft-arm medium-fast
Dillon Pennington 26 February 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm fast-medium
Savin Perera 3 May 1999 (aged 18)LeftRight-arm off spin
Prem Sisodiya 21 September 1998 (aged 19)RightLeft-arm orthodox
Tom Scriven 18 November 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Finlay Trenouth22 September 1998 (aged 19)Right
Roman Walker 6 August 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm fast-medium
Euan Woods30 September 1998 (aged 19)LeftRight-arm off spin

Prior to the tournament, Tom Lammonby was ruled out of England's squad and was replaced by Euan Woods. [20]

Namibia

Namibia's squad was announced on 21 November 2017: [21]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Lo-handre Louwrens (c)24 April 1999 (aged 18)Right
Henry Brink29 March 2001 (aged 16)Right
Petrus Burger 3 November 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm leg spin
Jan-Izak de Villiers 6 May 2001 (aged 16)RightRight-arm medium
Shaun Fouché14 February 2000 (aged 17)RightUnknown
Jurgen Linde11 February 1999 (aged 18)LeftLeft-arm medium
Nicol Loftie-Eaton 15 March 2000 (aged 17)LeftRight-arm fast
Gerhard Lottering19 May 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm fast
Erich van Mollendorf4 June 2000 (aged 17)Right
Dewald Nell
Mauritius Ngupita 13 December 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm off spin
Ben Shikongo 8 May 2000 (aged 17)Right-arm fast-medium
Floris Steenkamp
Ramon Wilmot17 September 2002 (aged 15)RightRight-arm leg spin
Eben van Wyk19 March 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium

Group D

Afghanistan

Afghanistan's squad was announced on 7 December 2017: [22]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Naveen-ul-Haq (c)23 September 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Qais Ahmad 15 August 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm leg spin
Ikram Alikhil (wk)29 September 2000 (aged 17)Left
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)28 November 2001 (aged 16)Right
Ibrahim Zadran 12 December 2001 (aged 16)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Zahir Khan 20 December 1998 (aged 19)LeftLeft-arm wrist spin
Azmatullah Omarzai 24 March 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Darwish Rasooli 12 December 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Bahir Shah 21 February 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm off spin
Tariq Stanikzai 13 December 1999 (aged 18)LeftLeft-arm orthodox
Nisar Wahdat 22 June 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Wafadar Momand 1 February 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm medium
Waqarullah Ishaq 2 December 1999 (aged 18)RightLeft-arm medium
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 28 March 2001 (aged 16)RightRight-arm off spin
Yousuf Zazai 25 December 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm medium-fast

Ireland

Ireland's squad was announced on 8 December 2017: [23]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Harry Tector (c)6 December 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Ian AndersRightRight-arm medium
Aaron Cawley 15 October 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm fast-medium
Varun Chopra 1 February 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm leg spin
Mark Donegan (wk)Left
Jonathan Garth 19 December 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm leg spin
Jamie Grassi 9 October 1998 (aged 19)Right
Reece Kelly RightRight-arm medium
Graham Kennedy 24 August 1999 (aged 18)LeftLeft-arm medium
Josh Little 1 November 1999 (aged 18)RightLeft-arm fast-medium
Sam MurphyLeft
Max Neville 29 April 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm fast-medium
Neil Rock 24 September 2000 (aged 17)Left
Morgan Topping RightRight-arm off spin
Andrew VincentRight

Pakistan

Pakistan's squad was announced on 5 December 2017: [24]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Hassan Khan (c)16 October 1998 (aged 19)RightLeft-arm orthodox
Shaheen Afridi 6 April 2000 (aged 17)LeftLeft-arm fast
Mohammad Ali Khan 6 September 1998 (aged 19)RightUnknown
Ammad Alam 3 October 1998 (aged 19)Right
Muhammad Zaid 24 December 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Arshad Iqbal 26 December 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Muhammad Mohsin Khan2 August 2000 (aged 17)Left
Muhammad Musa 28 August 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Saad Khan 16 November 1999 (aged 18)LeftLeft-arm orthodox
Rohail Nazir (wk)10 October 2001 (aged 16)Right
Munir Riaz 2 November 2001 (aged 16)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Suleman Shafqat RightRight-arm leg spin
Imran Shah16 June 1999 (aged 18)Left
Mohammad Taha 5 October 2000 (aged 17)LeftLeft-arm orthodox
Ali Zaryab 27 December 1998 (aged 19)LeftRight-arm off spin

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's squad was announced on 11 December 2017: [25]

PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style
Kamindu Mendis (c)30 September 1998 (aged 19)LeftRight-arm off spin/Left-arm orthodox
Jehan Daniel (vc)13 April 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm medium-fast
Krishan Sanjula (wk)30 September 1998 (aged 19)Right
Ashen Bandara 23 November 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm leg spin
Hasitha Boyagoda 21 December 1998 (aged 19)RightRight-arm off spin
Haren Buddila 2 June 1999 (aged 18)RightLeft-arm orthodox
Nipun Dananjaya 28 September 2000 (aged 17)LeftRight-arm off spin
Nuwanidu Fernando 13 October 1999 (aged 18)RightRight-arm off spin
Santhush Gunathilake 14 September 1999 (aged 18)Right
Praveen Jayawickrama 30 September 1998 (aged 19)RightLeft-arm orthodox
Dhananjaya Lakshan 5 October 1998 (aged 19)LeftRight
Nishan Madushka (wk)10 September 1999 (aged 18)Right
Nipun Malinga 27 February 2000 (aged 17)RightRight-arm fast-medium
Kalana Perera 28 July 2000 (aged 17)RightLeft-arm orthodox
Thilan Prashan 20 November 1998 (aged 19)LeftRight-arm medium-fast
Thisharu Rashmika 10 October 1998 (aged 19)LeftLeft-arm fast-medium

During the group stage fixtures, Kalana Perera was injured, ruled out of the tournament and replaced by Thilan Prasan. [26]

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