2015 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Cricket tournament

2015 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup QualifierDates| 14 – 22 October 2015

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Administrator(s)| International Cricket Council
Cricket format| 50-over
Tournament format(s)| Round-robin, playoffs
Host(s)|  Malaysia
Champions|    Nepal (1st title)
Participants| 5
Matches| 12
Player of the series|  Aarif Sheikh
Most runs|  Sunil Dhamala (170)
Most wickets|  Rory Anders (13)

← 2011

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]

## Teams

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

*    Nepal – runner-up in 2014 ACC Under-19 Premier League[4]
*  Papua New Guinea – runner-up in 2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy[5]
*  Uganda – runner-up in 2015 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One[6]
*  United States – runner-up in 2015 ICC Americas Under-19 Championship
*  Ireland – runner-up in 2015 ICC Europe Under-19 Championship

## 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

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* Jack Tector (c)
* Rory Anders
* Andrew Austin
* Varun Chopra
* Sonny Cott
* Adam Dennison
* Aaron Gillespie
* Josh Little
* Gary McClintock
* William McClintock
* James Mitchell
* Tom Stanton
* Lorcan Tucker
* Ben White

* Raju Rijal (c)
* Dipendra Airee
* Sunil Dhamala
* Saurabh Khanal
* Lalit Rajbanshi
* Deepesh Shrestha
* Aarif Sheikh
* Rajbir Singh

* Lou Toua (c)
* Sinaka Arua
* Ovia Boge
* Jack Dairi
* Arua Gau
* Doura Gavera
* Harry Gavera
* Lohia Guba
* Vagi Guba
* Vagi John
* Vagi Karoho
* Vagi Kora
* Sere Sam
* Ako Toua

* Derrick Bakunzi (c)
* Brian Adriko
* Frank Akankwasa
* Zephania Arinaitwe
* Trevor Bukenya
* Joseph Byaruhanga
* John Gabula
* Abdalah Lubega
* Simon Okecho
* Collines Okwalinga
* Ashiraf Senkubuge
* David Wabwire
* Steven Wabwose
* Kenneth Waiswa

* Alexander Shoff (c)
* Anup Rao
* Arjun Patel
* Srihari Dasarathy
* Kushal Ganji
* Gauranshu Sharma
* Mohak Buch
* Gaurav Patanker
* Keifer Phill
* Sagar Patel
* Sahil Patel
* Anirudh Srinivas
* Tohidul Islam
* Vivek Narayan

## Round-robin

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Team  | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR

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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

PNG
48 (28.2 overs)

Nepal
50/1 (9.1 overs)

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Nepal won by 9 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Sunil Dhamala (Nep)

* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

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15 October
9:30
Scorecard

Uganda
167 (45.2 overs)

United States
168/4 (40.2 overs)

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United States won by 6 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Player of the match: Sagar Patel (US)

* Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.

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16 October
9:30
Scorecard

Ireland
271 (48.0 overs)

PNG
160 (36.4 overs)

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Ireland won by 111 runs
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Adam Dennison (Ire)

* PNG won the toss and elected to field.

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16 October
9:30
Scorecard

Nepal
242/7 (50 overs)

Uganda
71 (36.2 overs)

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Nepal won by 171 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Player of the match: Raju Rijal (Nep)

* Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.

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18 October
9:30
Scorecard

PNG
83 (30.4 overs)

Uganda
84/1 (13.2 overs)

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Uganda won by 9 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Frank Akankwasa (Uga)

* PNG won the toss and elected to bat.

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18 October
9:30
Scorecard

United States
100 (39.3 overs)

Ireland
101/2 (15.4 overs)

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Ireland won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran

* United States won the toss and elected to bat.

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19 October
9:30
Scorecard

United States
109/10 (46 overs)

Nepal
114/4 (17.5 overs)

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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.

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19 October
9:30
Scorecard

Ireland
255/8 (50 overs)

Uganda
97 (23.5 overs)

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Ireland won by 158 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Player of the match: Lorcan Tucker (Ire)

* Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

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21 October
9:30
Scorecard

Ireland
184/7 (50 overs)

Nepal
190/2 (42.5 overs)

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Nepal won by 8 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Sandeep Sunar (Nep)

* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

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21 October
9:30
Scorecard

PNG
160 (41.3 overs)

United States
161/5 (40.2 overs)

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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)

United States
131/5 (47.2 overs)

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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)

Nepal
185/7 (46.2 overs)

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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

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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

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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

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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.

## External links

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International cricket in 2015–16

Preceding season: International cricket in 2015

October 2015|

* Pakistan in Zimbabwe
* Bangladesh women in Pakistan
* South Africa in India
* Ireland in Zimbabwe
* England against Pakistan in UAE
* Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
* West Indies in Sri Lanka
* Afghanistan in Zimbabwe
* Pakistan women in West Indies

November 2015|

* South Africa women in Bangladesh
* Zimbabwe in Bangladesh
* Oman in United Arab Emirates
* Sri Lanka women in New Zealand
* New Zealand in Australia
* Hong Kong against Oman in UAE
* Afghanistan against Oman in UAE
* Zimbabwe women in Bangladesh
* Afghanistan against Hong Kong in UAE
* Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier

December 2015|

* West Indies in Australia
* Sri Lanka in New Zealand
* England in South Africa
* Zimbabwe against Afghanistan in UAE

January 2016|

* India in Australia
* Pakistan in New Zealand
* Zimbabwe in Bangladesh
* Scotland in Hong Kong
* Under-19 Cricket World Cup
* India women in Australia
* Ireland against Papua New Guinea in Australia
* Netherlands in United Arab Emirates

February 2016|

* Australia in New Zealand
* Scotland in United Arab Emirates
* Scotland and Netherlands in United Arab Emirates
* Sri Lanka in India
* Asia Cup Qualifier
* England women in South Africa
* Ireland in United Arab Emirates
* West Indies women in South Africa
* Australia women in New Zealand
* Sri Lanka women in India
* Asia Cup

March 2016|

* Australia in South Africa
* ICC World Twenty20
* final
* ICC Women's World Twenty20
* final

April 2016|

* Africa Twenty20 Division Two

Ongoing|

* Intercontinental Cup
* World Cricket League Championship
* Women's Championship

Following season: International cricket in 2016

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Tournaments|

* Australia 1988
* South Africa 1998
* Sri Lanka 2000
* New Zealand 2002
* Bangladesh 2004
* Sri Lanka 2006
* Malaysia 2008
* New Zealand 2010
* Australia 2012
* UAE 2014
* Bangladesh 2016
* New Zealand 2018
* South Africa 2020
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* South Africa 2024
* Zimbabwe and Namibia 2026

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Qualification|

* 2010
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* 2018
* 2020
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* 2024
* 2026

Regional|

* Africa
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* Asia
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See also|

* List of centuries

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