Belgium national under-19 cricket team

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Belgium
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Personnel
CaptainSabhya Jain
One Day captainSabhya Jain
CoachFazil Mahmoud,
ManagerNatarajan
Team information
ColorsRed Yellow and Black
History
First-class debut France Under-19s
in 2005
at Victory Park, Meigle, Scotland

The Belgium Under-19 cricket team represents the country of Belgium in Under-19 international cricket.

Belgium first started playing Under-19 international cricket in 2005 when it took part in the fourth edition of the European Under-19 Division Two Championships. In their third competition, in 2009, they finished first winning all but one of their games. [1]

Current squad

The Belgium Under-19 squad that played European U19 International Tournament was: [2]



Belgium has once again taken part in the ICC U19 World Cup Qualifiers Division 2, in Europe. Unfortunately, they came 7th out of 8 teams who played, beating Spain in their first match. Some notable performers during the tournament were Sabhya Jain, Shaan Shah, Burhan Niaz and Dev Jogani.

Saranjit the only player in Europe to take a hat-trick in an international one day u19 against France.

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