2015 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

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

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

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

Squads

 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

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
PNG 
48 (28.2 overs)
v
   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)
v
 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)
v
 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)
v
 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)
v
   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)
v
 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

Third-place playoff

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

22 October
9:30
Scorecard
Ireland 
184 (47.4 overs)
v
   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

Most runs

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

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

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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