2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup

Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Limited-overs (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Malaysia
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Participants	16
Matches	44
Player of the series	Tim Southee
Most runs	Tanmay Srivastava (262)
Most wickets	Wayne Parnell (18)

The 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was held in Malaysia from 17 February 2008 to 2 March 2008. It was the seventh edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The opening ceremony took place on 15 February 2008. The final was played between South Africa and India, which India won by 12 runs on the Duckworth–Lewis method.

Venues

The matches took place at three locations: Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang. The venues used were:

Kuala Lumpur

• Kinrara Academy Oval
• Royal Selangor Club Bukit Kiara
• Bayuemas Oval

Johor

• Johor Cricket Academy
• Maktab Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim

Penang

• Penang Sports Club
• Universiti Sains Malaysia

Squads

Groups

The league stage of the tournament consisted of four groups of four teams each. Each team would play once with every team in the group. The groups would be stationed at their respective venues for the group stage. The figures in brackets indicate respective seedings.

Group stage

Group A

All matches start at 0200 UTC.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	0	0	6	1.765
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	0	0	4	1.407
3	Malaysia	3	1	2	0	0	2	−1.403
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	3	0	0	0	−1.700

Source:

17 February Scorecard

Malaysia  75 (24.4 overs)	v	Pakistan 76/2 (9.3 overs)
Nik Azril Arifin 28 (43) Adil Raza 6/29 (10 overs)		Umar Amin 31 (25) Sarath Ananthasivam 1/13 (2 overs)

Pakistan U19 won by 8 wickets Johor Cricket Academy, Johor Umpires: Marais Erasmus and GA Pratapkumar Player of the match: Adil Raza (Pak U19)

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18 February Scorecard

New Zealand  221/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 123 (42.4 overs)
Corey Anderson 82 (95) Prince Masvaure 3/37 (10 overs)		Daniel Landman 51 (72) Tim Southee 5/11 (8.4 overs)

New Zealand U19 won by 98 runs Johor Cricket Academy, Johor Umpires: Lakani Oala and GA Pratapkumar Player of the match: Corey Anderson (NZ U19)

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19 February Scorecard

Pakistan  156 (47.1 overs)	v	New Zealand 129 (47.2 overs)
Usman Salahuddin 53 (95) Trent Boult 2/21 (8 overs)		Harry Boam 38 (97) Ahmed Shehzad 3/35 (10 overs)

Pakistan U19 won by 27 runs MPTI, Johor Umpires: Clyde Duncan and Lakani Oala Player of the match: Usman Salahuddin (Pak U19)

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20 February Scorecard

Malaysia  194/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 124 (38.4 overs)
Ahmed Faiz 50 (77) Daniel Landman 3/34 (10 overs)		Tendai Mashonganyika 24 (42) Shahid Ali Khan 3/41 (8.4 overs)

Malaysia U19 won by 70 runs MPTI, Johor Umpires: Clyde Duncan and Marais Erasmus Player of the match: Shahid Ali Khan (Mal U19)

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21 February Scorecard

Malaysia  47 (17.1 overs)	v	New Zealand 48/2 (11.1 overs)
Faizal Abu Hasan 9 (34) Trent Boult 7/20 (8.1 overs)		Kane Williamson 27 (37) Saravanan Raj 2/15 (4 overs)

New Zealand U19 won by 8 wickets Johor Cricket Academy, Johor Umpires: Marais Erasmus and GA Pratapkumar Player of the match: Trent Boult (NZ U19)

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22 February Scorecard

Pakistan  173/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 86 (29 overs)
Ali Asad 76* (124) Kyle Jarvis 3/40 (9 overs)		Justin Gaisford 18 (53) Mohammed Rameez 3/26 (7 overs)

Pakistan U19 won by 87 runs MPTI, Johor Umpires: Clyde Duncan and Lakani Oala Player of the match: Ali Asad (Pak U19)

Group B

All matches started at 0200 UTC.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	India	3	3	0	0	0	6	1.922
2	South Africa	3	2	1	0	0	4	1.066
3	West Indies	3	1	2	0	0	2	0.653
4	Papua New Guinea	3	0	3	0	0	0	−3.959

Source:

17 February Scorecard

India  280/5 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 84 (27.5 overs)
Tanmay Srivastava 83 (76) John Reva 1/25 (4 overs)		Alfred Amini 26 (52) Iqbal Abdulla 3/2 (3 overs)

India U19 win by 195 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Sarika Prasad and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Tanmay Srivastava (Ind U19)

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18 February Scorecard

West Indies  222/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 223/7 (43.5 overs)
Kieran Powell 53 (50) Obus Pienaar 3/36 (10 overs)		Riley Rossouw 58* (74) Shamarh Brooks 4/39 (9 overs)

South Africa U19 win by 3 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Gary Baxter and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Riley Rossouw (SA U19)

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19 February Scorecard

South Africa  149 (30.1 overs)	v	India 153/4 (42 overs)
Jonathan Vandiar 53 (45) Pradeep Sangwan 5/44 (10 overs)		Taruwar Kohli 54 (117) Wayne Parnell 2/27 (8 overs)

India U19 won by 6 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Gary Baxter and Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Pradeep Sangwan (Ind U19)

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20 February Scorecard

West Indies  319 (49.4 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 143 (37.1 overs)
Steven Jacobs 101 (86) Loa Nou 4/63 (9.4 overs)		Tony Ura 32 (21) Jason Dowes 4/25 (8 overs)

West Indies U19 won by 176 runs Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Ian Robinson and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Steven Jacobs (WI U19)

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21 February Scorecard

Papua New Guinea  125 (45 overs)	v	South Africa 128/3 (15.1 overs)
Tanti Heni 35 (70) Jonathan Vandiar 4/27 (10 overs)		Pieter Malan 56 (46) Willie Gavera 2/33 (4 overs)

South Africa U19 won by 7 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Sarika Prasad and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Jonathan Vandiar (SA U19)

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22 February Scorecard

India  265/5 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 215 (47.5 overs)
Virat Kohli 100 (74) Dawnley Grant 2/56 (10 overs)		Darren Bravo 43 (68) Siddarth Kaul 3/37 (8 overs)

India U19 won by 50 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Gary Baxter and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind U19)

Group C

All matches start at 0200 UTC.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	0	6	1.912
2	Australia	3	2	1	0	0	4	1.342
3	Nepal	3	1	2	0	0	2	−1.027
4	Namibia	3	0	3	0	0	0	−2.100

Source:

17 February Scorecard

Australia  312 (48 overs)	v	Namibia 163 (31 overs)
Michael Hill 124 (71) Ashley van Rooi 3/25 (5 overs)		Dawid Botha 56 (46) Steve Smith 4/41 (7 overs)

Australia U19 win by 149 runs Penang Sports Club, Penang Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Peter Hartley Player of the match: Michael Hill (Aus U19)

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18 February Scorecard

Sri Lanka  236/9 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 175 (48.5 overs)
Sachith Pathirana 62 (60) Amrit Bhattarai 4/42 (10)		Mahesh Chhetri 39 (69) Sachith Pathirana 3/32 (10)

Sri Lanka U19 win by 61 runs Penang Sports Club, Penang Umpires: Roger Dill and Peter Hartley Player of the match: Sachith Pathirana (SL U19)

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19 February Scorecard

Australia  206 (49.3 overs)	v	Nepal 110 (32.1 overs)
Phillip Hughes 46 (94) Paras Khadka 4/32 (9.3 overs)		Rahul Vishwakarma 33* (47) Clive Rose 3/21 (9 overs)

Australia U19 won by 96 runs Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang Umpires: Roger Dill and Enamul Haque Player of the match: James Pattinson (Aus U19)

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20 February Scorecard

Sri Lanka  247/7 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 84 (32.4 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 68 (84) Bernard Scholtz 2/32 (10 overs)		Dawid Botha 17 (27) Sachith Pathirana 4/31 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka U19 won by 163 runs Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Enamul Haque Player of the match: Lahiru Thirimanne (SL U19)

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21 February Scorecard

Nepal    164 (49.5 overs)	v	Namibia 161 (49 overs)
Mahesh Chhetri 62 (133) Louis van der Westhuizen 2/17 (10 overs)		Louis van der Westhuizen 65 (75) Gyanendra Malla 2/3 (2 overs)

Nepal U19 won by 3 runs Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Peter Hartley Player of the match: Mahesh Chhetri (Nep U19)

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22 February Scorecard

Australia  172 (49.3 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 175/5 (37.3 overs)
Steve Smith 36 (61) Navin Kavikara 3/20 (10 overs)		Dilshan Munaweera 43 (42) Clive Rose 2/23 (8.3 overs)

Sri Lanka U19 won by 5 wickets Penang Sports Club, Penang Umpires: Roger Dill and Enamul Haque Player of the match: Dinesh Chandimal (SL U19)

Group D

All matches start at 0200 UTC.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Bangladesh	3	3	0	0	0	6	2.078
2	England	3	2	1	0	0	4	1.861
3	Bermuda	3	1	2	0	0	2	−2.285
4	Ireland	3	0	3	0	0	0	−2.264

Source:

17 February Scorecard

Ireland  109 (31.2 overs)	v	England 110/0 (15.5 overs)
Christopher Dougherty 34 (64) Steven Finn 3/21 (8 overs)		James Taylor 52* (63) Ben Ackland 0/12 (1.5 overs)

England U19 win by 10 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Steve Davis and Jeff Luck Player of the match: Steven Finn (Eng U19)

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18 February Scorecard

Bangladesh  260/8 (50 overs)	v	Bermuda 82 (26.2 overs)
Nasir Hossain 84 (95) Malachi Jones 2/64 (10 overs)		Rodney Trott 20 (37) Suhrawadi Shuvo 4/9 (7.2 overs)

Bangladesh win by 178 runs Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Steve Davis and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Nasir Hossain (Ban U19)

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19 February Scorecard

England  56/0 (10.4 overs)	v	Bermuda 55 (28.5 overs)
James Taylor 43(52)		Chris Douglas 21(35) Liam Dawson 3/15 (7 overs)

England U19 won by 10 wickets Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Liam Dawson (Eng U19)

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20 February Scorecard

Ireland  123 (43.4 overs)	v	Bangladesh 124/2 (22.3 overs)
James Shannon 31 (73) Mahmudul Hasan 4/17 (6.4 overs)		Ashraful Hossain 71* (79) James Hall 1/8 (5 overs)

Bangladesh U19 won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Jeff Luck and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Mahmudul Hasan (Ban U19)

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21 February Scorecard

Bermuda  221/9 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 201 (48.4 overs)
Rodney Trott 64 (94) James Hall 3/44 (10 overs)		Christopher Dougherty 70 (108) Chris Douglas 5/40 (10 overs)

Bermuda U19 won by 20 runs Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Steve Davis and Jeff Luck Player of the match: Chris Douglas (Ber U19)

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22 February Scorecard

Bangladesh  149 (42 overs)	v	England 136 (47.4 overs)
Suhrawadi Shuvo 56* (96) James Harris 5/29 (10 overs)		Dan Redfern 26 (66) Mahmadul Hasan 2/16 (10 overs)

Bangladesh U19 won by 13 runs Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Suhrawadi Shuvo (Ban U19)

Quarter-finals

Super Quarter-finals

24 February Scorecard

England  146 (46 overs)	v	India 149/3 (39.1 overs)
James Taylor 41 (88) Iqbal Abdulla 3/29 (9 overs)		Taruwar Kohli 63* (111) Tom Westley 2/30 (6 overs)

India U19 won by 7 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Gary Baxter and Marais Erasmus Player of the match: Taruwar Kohli (Ind U19)

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24 February Scorecard

South Africa  242 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 41 (11.4 overs)
Wayne Parnell 57 (49) Subashis Roy 2/31 (10 overs)		Nasir Hossain 17 (20) Wayne Parnell 6/8 (5 overs)

South Africa U19 won by 201 runs Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: GA Pratapkumar and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (SA U19)

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25 February Scorecard

New Zealand  213 (49.5 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 134 (42.1 overs)
George Worker 47 (94) Roshen Silva 3/39 (10 overs)		Sachith Pathirana 42 (63) Nick Beard 3/15 (6 overs)

New Zealand U19 won by 79 runs Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Enamul Haque and Ian Robinson (cricket umpire) Player of the match: Tim Southee (NZ U19)

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25 February Scorecard

Australia  129 (47.2 overs)	v	Pakistan 130/4 (27.5 overs)
James Pattinson 34* (57) Adil Raza 3/26 (8 overs)		Ali Asad 63* Josh Hazlewood 2/31 (5.5 overs)

Pakistan U19 won by 6 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Peter Hartley and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Ali Asad (Pak U19)

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Plate Quarter-finals

24 February Scorecard

Malaysia  144 (47.2 overs)	v	Namibia 147/1 (31.1 overs)
Ahmed Faiz 41 (60) Keady Strauss 3/15 (6.2 overs)		Raymond van Schoor 60* (96) Sharul Nizam 1/32 (10 overs)

Namibia U19 won by 9 wickets Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Dawid Botha (Nam U19)

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24 February Scorecard

Nepal    158 (45.1 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 59 (27.2 overs)
Puspa Thapa 40 (48) Stewart Matsika 3/34 (10 overs)		Tinashe Chimbambo 20 (34) Amrit Bhattarai 3/14 (8 overs)

Nepal U19 won by 99 runs Institute Perguruan Temenggong Ibramhim, Johor Umpires: Clyde Duncan and Lakani Oala Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nep U19)

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25 February Scorecard

Ireland  154/9 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 158/3 (23.1 overs)
James Hall 45 (112) Steven Jacobs 3/18 (10 overs)		Kieran Powell 50 (46) Greg Thompson 2/51 (6 overs)

West Indies U19 won by 7 wickets Institute Perguruan Temenggong Ibramhim, Johor Umpires: Steve Davis and Roger Dill Player of the match: Steven Jacobs (WI U19)

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25 February Scorecard

Bermuda  102 (34.2 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 108/3 (18.4 overs)
Rodney Trott 23 (45) Joel Tom 3/26 (8 overs)		Tony Ura 76 (55) Rodney Trott 1/24 (5 overs)

Papua New Guinea U19 won by 7 wickets Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor Umpires: Jeff Luck and Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Tony Ura (PNG U19)

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Semi-finals

Super Semi-finals

27 February Scorecard

New Zealand  205/8 (50 overs)	v	India 191/7 (41.3 overs)
Corey Anderson 70 (67) Virat Kohli 2/27 (7 overs)		Shreevats Goswami 51 (76) Tim Southee 4/29 (9 overs)

India U19 won by 3 wickets (D/L method) Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Marais Erasmus and Peter Hartley Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind U19)

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29 February and 1 March Scorecard

South Africa  260/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 153 (39.3 overs)
JJ Smuts 58 (63) Imad Wasim 3/44 (10 overs)		Ahmed Shehzad 60 (85) Yaseen Vallie 4/25 (8.3 overs)

South Africa U19 won by 98 runs (D/L method) Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Steve Davis and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Yaseen Vallie (SA U19)

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5th Place Semi-Finals

27 February Scorecard

Sri Lanka  241/4 (50 overs)	v	England 204/3 (44.1 overs)
Sachith Pathirana 97 (91) Tom Westley 2/38 (9 overs)		Tom Westley 58 (77) Roshen Silva 2/38 (7 overs)

England U19 won by 8 runs (D/L method) Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Gary Buxter and GA Pratapkumar Player of the match: Tom Westley (Eng U19)

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28 February Scorecard

Bangladesh  115 (41.2 overs)	v	Australia 18/0 (6 overs)
Amit Majumder 43 (79) Clive Rose 2/18 (10 overs)		Kirk Pascoe 4 (15)

No result Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Ian Robinson and Zameer Haider

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Plate Semi-finals

26 February Scorecard

Nepal    143/8 (34 overs)	v	Namibia 139/9 (34 overs)
Paras Khadka 44 (63) Sean Silver 3/20 (5 overs)		Raymond van Schoor 48 (73) Raj Shrestha 2/23 (6 overs)

Nepal U19 won by 4 runs Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nep U19)

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27 February Scorecard

Papua New Guinea  89 (36.5 overs)	v	West Indies 90/4 (15.3 overs)
John Reva 14 (36) Shamarh Brooks 2/9 (7 overs)		Kieran Powell 37 (37) Loa Nou 2/8 (3.3 overs)

West Indies U19 won by 6 wickets Institute Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim, Johor Umpires: Roger Dill and Jeff Luck Player of the match: Shamarh Brooks (WI U19)

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13th place Semi-finals

26 February Scorecard

Zimbabwe  186/6 (34 overs)	v	Malaysia 142 (28.5 overs)
Daniel Landman 45 (22) Nik Azril Arafin 2/23 (7 overs)		Aminuddin Ramly 70 (67) Edzai Jaure 3/39 (7 overs)

Zimbabwe U19 won by 44 runs Institute Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim, Johor Umpires: Clyde Duncan and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Daniel Landman (Mas U19)

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29 February Scorecard

Ireland  236/7 (50 overs)	v	Bermuda 167 (48.1 overs)
James Hall 75 (82) Rodney Trott 4/37 (10 overs)		Rodney Trott 53 (73) Greg Thompson 5/26 (10 overs)

Ireland U19 won by 69 runs Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor Umpires: Lakani Oala and Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Greg Thompson (Ire U19)

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Finals

13th Place Final

1 March Scorecard

Zimbabwe  99/9 (27 overs)	v	Ireland 100/4 (23.2 overs)
Reginald Nehonde 43 (61) Andrew Britton 4/14 (6 overs)		James Hall 32 (29) Stewart Matsika 2/14 (5 overs)

Ireland U19 won by 6 wickets Johor Cricket Academy Oval, Johor Umpires: Jeff Luck and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Andrew Britton (Ire U19)

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Plate Final

1 March Scorecard

Nepal    74 (25.3 overs)	v	West Indies 78/3 (14.2 overs)
Sagar Khadka 17 (55) Jason Dawes 4/18 (6 overs)		Darren Bravo 24 (15) Amrit Bhattarai 2/25 (6 overs)

West Indies U19 won by 7 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Paul Baldwin and GA Pratapkumar Player of the match: Jason Dawes (WI U19)

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Fifth-place final

1 March Scorecard

Australia  106/7 (24 overs)	v	England 47/2 (10.5 overs)
Kirk Pascoe 55 (67) James Harris 2/8 (5 overs)		Billy Godleman 20 (19) Clive Rose 1/4 (1.5 overs)

No result ( England won the fifth-place play-off) Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Clyde Duncan and Zameer Haider

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Final

2 March Scorecard

India  159 (45.4 overs)	v	South Africa 103/8 (25 overs)
Tanmay Srivastava 46 (74) Wayne Parnell 2/21 (7.4 overs)		Reeza Hendricks 35 (43) Ajitesh Argal 2/7 (5 overs)

India U19 won by 12 runs (D/L method) Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Peter Hartley (Eng) Player of the match: Ajitesh Argal (Ind U19)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

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Final standings

Position	Team
1	India
2	South Africa
3	Pakistan
4	New Zealand
5	England
6	Australia
7	Bangladesh
8	Sri Lanka
9	West Indies
10	Nepal
11	Namibia
12	Papua New Guinea
13	Ireland
14	Zimbabwe
15	Bermuda
16	Malaysia (H)

External links

• Official Site