2015 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

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.[1] The tournament was originally going to be held in Nepal, but was moved to Malaysia due to the April 2015 earthquake.[2] 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.[3]

2015 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
Dates14 – 22 October 2015
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket format50-over
Tournament format(s)Round-robin, playoffs
Host(s) Malaysia
Champions   Nepal (1st title)
Participants5
Matches12
Player of the seriesNepal Aarif Sheikh
Most runsNepal Sunil Dhamala (170)
Most wicketsIreland Rory Anders (13)
2011

Teams

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The second-placed teams at each of the five regional qualifying tournaments progressed to the qualifier:

Squads

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  Ireland[7]
Coach: Ryan Eagleson
    Nepal[8]
Coach: Jagat Tamata
  PNG[9]
Coach: John Ovia
  Uganda[10]
Coach: Henry Okecho
  United States[11]
Coach: Thiru Kumaran

Round-robin

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Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
    Nepal 4 4 0 0 0 8 +2.898
  Ireland 4 3 1 0 0 6 +2.059
  United States 4 2 2 0 0 4 –1.054
  Uganda 4 1 3 0 0 2 –1.365
  Papua New Guinea 4 0 4 0 0 0 –2.761
15 October
9:30
Scorecard
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48 (28.2 overs)
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    Nepal
50/1 (9.1 overs)
Nepal won by 9 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Sunil Dhamala (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

15 October
9:30
Scorecard
Uganda  
167 (45.2 overs)
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  United States
168/4 (40.2 overs)
United States won by 6 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Player of the match: Sagar Patel (US)
  • Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.

16 October
9:30
Scorecard
Ireland  
271 (48.0 overs)
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  PNG
160 (36.4 overs)
Ireland won by 111 runs
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Adam Dennison (Ire)
  • PNG won the toss and elected to field.

16 October
9:30
Scorecard
Nepal    
242/7 (50 overs)
v
  Uganda
71 (36.2 overs)
Nepal won by 171 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Player of the match: Raju Rijal (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.

18 October
9:30
Scorecard
PNG  
83 (30.4 overs)
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  Uganda
84/1 (13.2 overs)
Uganda won by 9 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Frank Akankwasa (Uga)
  • PNG won the toss and elected to bat.

18 October
9:30
Scorecard
United States  
100 (39.3 overs)
v
  Ireland
101/2 (15.4 overs)
Ireland won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
  • United States won the toss and elected to bat.

19 October
9:30
Scorecard
United States  
109/10 (46 overs)
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    Nepal
114/4 (17.5 overs)
Nepal won by 6 wickets (D/L)
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Prem Tamang (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 48 overs per side.

19 October
9:30
Scorecard
Ireland  
255/8 (50 overs)
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  Uganda
97 (23.5 overs)
Ireland won by 158 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Player of the match: Lorcan Tucker (Ire)
  • Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

21 October
9:30
Scorecard
Ireland  
184/7 (50 overs)
v
    Nepal
190/2 (42.5 overs)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Sandeep Sunar (Nep)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

21 October
9:30
Scorecard
PNG  
160 (41.3 overs)
v
  United States
161/5 (40.2 overs)
United States won by 5 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Player of the match: Tohidul Islam (US)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.

Finals

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Third-place playoff

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22 October
9:30
Scorecard
Uganda  
130 (40.2 overs)
v
United States  
131/5 (47.2 overs)
United States won by 5 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Player of the match: Alex Shoff (US)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.

Final

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22 October
9:30
Scorecard
Ireland  
184 (47.4 overs)
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    Nepal
185/7 (46.2 overs)
Nepal won by 3 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Lalit Rajbanshi (Nep)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

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Most runs

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The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R Highest 100s 50s
Sunil Dhamala     Nepal 170 5 42.50 65.38 75 0 1
Sagar Patel   United States 168 5 42.00 49.12 66* 0 1
Lorcan Tucker   Ireland 167 4 41.75 84.34 90 0 1
Raju Rijal     Nepal 158 4 52.66 83.15 101 1 0
Aaron Gillespie   Ireland 152 4 50.66 72.72 58* 0 1

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

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The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ BBI
Rory Anders   Ireland 41.3 13 10.00 19.1 3.13 4/29
Prem Tamang     Nepal 33.0 11 11.27 18.0 3.75 5/31
Aarif Sheikh     Nepal 41.4 10 7.10 25.0 1.70 3/7
Mohak Buch   United States 20.3 8 8.87 15.3 3.46 3/26
Derrick Bakunzi   Uganda 41.0 8 17.00 30.7 3.31 3/54

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Final standings

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Rank Team Qualification
1     Nepal Advanced to 2016 U19 World Cup
2   Ireland invited as Australia's replacement
3   United States
4   Uganda
5   Papua New Guinea

References

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  1. ^ "Five Under-19 teams to play World Cup Qualifier". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Malaysia to host ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier". ICC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Ireland U-19s take Australia's spot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. ^ (16 November 2014). "Nepal remain in hunt for U-19 World Cup" Archived 19 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine – eKantipur.com. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. ^ (28 February 2015). "PNG through to Under 19 World Cup Qualifier" – ICC East Asia-Pacific. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. ^ Franklyn Najjumba (19 February 2015). "Team Uganda U19 Qualify for the Global World cup Qualifiers" – Uganda Cricket Association. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  7. ^ Ireland Under 19 Squad Archived 28 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine – CricketEurope Ireland. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  8. ^ Nischal Tiwari (25 September 2015). "CAN announces final squad for ICC U-19 CWC Qualifier 2015 " Archived 28 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine – CricNepal. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  9. ^ (6 October 2015). "PNG Under 19 Garamuts Squad Announced for World Cup Qualifier in Malaysia" – Cricket PNG. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  10. ^ (13 October 2015). "Uganda Under-19s Squad / Players" – ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  11. ^ (13 October 2015). "United States of America Under-19s Squad / Players Under-19s Squad / Players" – ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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