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Personnel | |
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Captain | Alishan Sharafu (2022 World Cup) |
Coach | Mudassar Nazar (2022 World Cup) |
International Cricket Council | |
ICC status | Associate member (1990) |
ICC region | Asia |
As of 1 November 2015 |
The United Arab Emirates national under-19 cricket team represent the country of United Arab Emirates in under-19 international cricket.
The UAE has qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup on three occasions – 2014 (as host), 2020 and 2022. Additionally, the team has regularly qualified for the Under-19 Asia Cup as one of the leading ICC associate members in Asia.
The UAE became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1989 and an associate member the following year. [1]
The UAE qualified for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup as hosts, which was also the first time it had hosted a global cricket event. [2]
In April 2019, the team won the Asia Division 1 tournament to qualify for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup for the second time. [3] The team coach for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup was South African Dominic Telo, assisted by UAE senior team captain Ahmed Raza. [4] In the tournament warm-up matches, UAE caused a stir by registering an upset victory over New Zealand. [5]
Former Pakistan international Mudassar Nazar served as national under-19 coach for the 2021 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup and the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [6]
At the 2022 World Cup, the UAE recorded an upset victory against the hosts West Indies, winning by 82 runs in the 9th-place play-off semi-final. [7]
United Arab Emirates U19 World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Pos | № | Pld | W | L | T | NR |
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![]() | First round | 12th | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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![]() | First round | 14th | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 9th | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
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Total | First round | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
United Arab Emirates U19 Asia Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Pos | № | Pld | W | L | T | NR |
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Group stage | 7th | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
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![]() | Group stage | 8th | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 7th | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
![]() | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
8th | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Runners up | 2nd | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | Runners up | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
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