2026 Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup squads

The 2026 Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup took place in the Zimbabwe and Namibia in January and February 2026. ^[1]

The following squads were announced for the tournament. ^[2]

Australia

Coach: Tim Nielsen

Australia's squad was announced on 11 December 2025, with Oliver Peake named as the captain of the team. ^[3]

• Oliver Peake (c)
• Kasey Barton
• Naden Cooray
• Jayden Draper
• Ben Gordon
• Steven Hogan
• Thomas Hogan
• John James
• Charles Lachmund
• Alex Lee-Young
• Will Malajczuk
• Nitesh Samuel
• Hayden Schiller
• Aryan Sharma
• William Taylor

England

Coach: Michael Yardy

England's squad was announced on 23 December 2025, with Thomas Rew named as the captain of the team. ^[4]

• Thomas Rew (c)
• Farhan Ahmed
• Ralphie Albert
• Ben Dawkins
• Caleb Falconer
• Ali Farooq
• Alex French
• Alex Green
• Luke Hands
• Manny Lumsden
• Ben Mayes
• James Minto
• Isaac Mohammed
• Joe Moores
• Sebastian Morgan

India

Coach: Hrishikesh Kanitkar

India's squad was announced on 27 December 2025, with Ayush Mhatre named as the captain of the team. ^[5]

• Ayush Mhatre (c)
• Vihaan Malhotra (vc)
• R.S. Ambrish
• Kanishk Chouhan
• Deepesh Devendran
• Mohamed Enaan
• Aaron George
• Abhigyan Kundu (wk)
• Udhav Mohan
• Henil Patel
• Khilan A. Patel
• Harvansh Singh (wk)
• Kishan Kumar Singh
• Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
• Vedant Trivedi

Ireland

Coach: Peter Johnston

Ireland's squad was announced on 1 December 2025, with Oliver Riley named as the captain of the team. ^[6]

• Oliver Riley (c)
• Reuben Wilson (vc)
• Alex Armstrong
• Callum Armstrong
• Marko Bates
• Sebastian Dijkstra
• Thomas Ford
• Samuel Haslett
• Adam Leckey
• Febin Manoj
• Luke Murray
• Robert O'Brien
• Freddie Ogilby
• James West
• Bruce Whaley

Japan

Coach: Reo Sakurano-Thomas

Japan's squad was announced on 10 December 2025, with Kazuma Kato-Stafford named as the captain of the team. ^[7]

• Kazuma Kato-Stafford (c)
• Charles Hinze
• Gabriel Hara-Hinze
• Montgomery Hara-Hinze
• Kaisei Kobayashi-Doggett
• Timothy Moore
• Skyler Nakayama-Cook
• Ryuki Ozeki
• Nihar Parmar
• Nikhil Pol
• Chihaya Sekine
• Hugo Tani-Kelly
• Sandev Aaryan Waduge
• Kai Wall
• Taylor Waugh

New Zealand

Coach: Anton Devcich

New Zealand's squad was announced on 20 December 2025, with Tom Jones named as the captain of the team. ^[8]

• Tom Jones (c)
• Marco Alpe
• Hugo Bogue
• Harry Burns
• Mason Clarke
• Jacob Cotter
• Aryan Mann (wk)
• Brandon Matzopoulos
• Flynn Morey
• Snehith Reddy
• Callum Samson
• Jaskaran Sandhu
• Selwin Sanjay
• Hunter Shore
• Harry Waite

Pakistan

Coach: Shahid Anwar

Pakistan's squad was announced on 18 December 2025, with Farhan Yousaf named as the captain of the team. ^[9]

• Farhan Yousaf (c)
• Usman Khan (vc)
• Abdul Subhan
• Ahmed Hussain
• Ali Hasan Baloch
• Ali Raza
• Daniyal Ali Khan
• Hamza Zahoor (wk)
• Huzaifa Ahsan
• Momin Qamar
• Mohammad Sayyam
• Mohammad Shayan (wk)
• Niqab Shafiq
• Sameer Minhas
• Umar Zaib

Scotland

Coach: Keegan Russell

Scotland named their squad on 10 December 2025, with Thomas Knight named as the captain of the team. ^[10]

• Thomas Knight (c)
• Finlay Carter
• Max Chaplin
• George Cutler
• Rory Grant
• Finlay Jones
• Ollie Jones
• Ali Khan
• Olly Pillinger
• Ethan Ramsay
• Theo Robinson
• Manu Saraswat
• Shlok Thaker
• Shreyas Tekale
• Jake Woodhouse

South Africa

Coach: Malibongwe Maketa

South Africa named their squad on 5 December 2025, with Muhammad Bulbulia named as the captain of the team. ^[11]

• Muhammad Bulbulia (c)
• JJ Basson
• Daniel Bosman
• Corne Botha
• Paul James
• Enathi Khitshini
• Michael Kruiskamp
• Adnaan Lagadien
• Bayanda Majola
• Armaan Manack
• Bandile Mbatha
• Lethabo Phahlamohlaka
• Jason Rowles
• Ntandoyenkosi Soni
• Jorich van Schalkwyk

West Indies

Coach: Rohan Nurse

West Indies named their squad on 17 December 2025, with Joshua Dorne named as the captain of the team. ^[12]

• Joshua Dorne (c)
• Jewel Andrew
• Shamar Apple
• Shaquan Belle
• Zachary Carter
• Tanez Francis
• R'jai Gittens
• Vitel Lawes
• Micah McKenzie
• Matthew Miller
• Isra-el Morton
• Jakeem Pollard
• Aadian Racha
• Kunal Tilokani
• Jonathan Van Lange

Zimbabwe

Coach: Elton Chigumbura

Zimbabwe named their squad on 10 December 2025, with Simbarashe Mudzengerere named as the captain of the team. ^[13]

• Simbarashe Mudzengerere (c)
• Kian Blignaut
• Michael Blignaut
• Leeroy Chiwaula
• Tatenda Chimugoro
• Nathaniel Hlabangana
• Takudzwa Makoni
• Panashe Mazai
• Webster Madhidhi
• Shelton Mazvitorera
• Kupakwashe Muradzi
• Brandon Ndiweni
• Dhruv Patel
• Brendon Senzere
• Benny Zuze

References

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