Cricket Ireland has today named an exciting 14-player Under-19s squad that will travel to Worcestershire next week, prior to competing in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Netherlands in late July.

Australia Under 19s batsman Nathan McSweeney spoke in Tauranga today, ahead of the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup Final against India at Bay Oval on Saturday.

Harry Tector scored a century for Ireland Under 19's but it wasn't enough to save them from a comprehensive 125-run loss against England in their first World Cup warm-up game in Christchurch

Players from New Zealand and Australia share their experience of their successful moments in their U19 World Cup career.

Harry Brook of Yorkshire has been appointed captain of a 15-man England squad for the ICC Under-19s World Cup in New Zealand which starts next month.

The International Cricket Council has announced the fixtures for the 2018 edition of Under-19 World Cup to be played in New Zealand in January and February

Debashish Das tracks the history of cricket in Afghanistan and celebrates their incredible rise to playing and beating some of the best sides in the world.

South Africa won a low-scoring final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup against Pakistan by six wickets to win the title for the first time.

Number 10 batsman Josh Shaw hit the winning runs as England beat Australia by one wicket to clinch third place at the ICC Under-19 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

Bangladesh won the Plate competition of the ICC Under-19 World Cup for the fourth time while India beat the West Indies to finish fifth in all four sides' final games of this year's tournament.

South Africa beat Australia by 80 runs in the second ICC Under-19 World Cup semi-final to book a place in Saturday's final against Pakistan.

The West Indies held on to beat Afghanistan by nine runs to set up a fifth place play-off game against India at the ICC Under-19 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

Ammad Butt hit the first ball of the final over for four to put Pakistan into the final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup courtesy of a three-wicket win over England in a dramatic semi-final clash.

Australia and South Africa made it through to the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup as both teams won their quarter-finals batting second against the West Indies and Afghanistan respectively.

England and Pakistan won through to the semi-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup with completely contrasting wins over India and Sri Lanka respectively.

Former Pakistan captain Mushtaq Mohammad says he has been impressed by watching the Pakistan Under-19 side as they prepared for the Under-19 World Cup.

Australia, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan qualified for the quarter-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup as early pace-setters Bangladesh missed out on the final day of group games.

England and the West Indies qualified for the quarter-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup by winning key matches while South Africa and Sri Lanka also won their games.

Day four of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates saw the tournament's first big upset as Afghanistan beat Australia by 36 runs while Bangladesh, India and Pakistan also won.

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