Cricket format One Day International Champions Pakistan (2nd title) | Host(s) Sri Lanka Participants 16 | |
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout | ||
The 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in Sri Lanka from 2 to 15 February 2006.
Contents
The final was played between Pakistan and India in Colombo, which Pakistan won by 3 wickets, enabling them to become the first back-to-back champions of the tournament.
Teams and qualification
The ten full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) qualified automatically:
Another six teams qualified through regional qualification tournaments:
Grounds
The matches were played on five grounds in Colombo:
The Final
A dramatic final was played between Pakistan and India in Colombo. After Pakistan set a very low target of 110 runs to win for India, a stunning Pakistani bowling performance devastated India's top-order batsmen, taking the first six wickets for nine runs. India was eventually dismissed for 71, enabling Pakistan to become the first country ever to defend the title successfully and become back-to-back champions of the tournament.
Future players
Future players that featured for their national team in the tournament were:
Australia – Moises Henriques, Jon Holland, Jackson Bird, Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Wade, Ben Cutting and David Warner (Tom Cooper also represented Australia but went on to play international cricket for Netherlands)
Bangladesh – Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Raqibul Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Dolar Mahmud, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Kamrul Islam, Shamsur Rahman and Mehrab Hossain, Jr.
England – Moeen Ali
India – Piyush Chawla, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja
Ireland – Gary Wilson, Andrew Poynter, Gary Kidd, Greg Thompson, James Hall and James Hall (Eoin Morgan also represented Ireland but went on to play international cricket for England)
Nepal - Amrit Bhattarai, Basant Regmi, Gyanendra Malla, Kanishka Chaugai, Mahesh Chhetri, Paras Khadka and Sharad Vesawkar
New Zealand – Martin Guptill, Roneel Hira, Tim Southee, Todd Astle, Colin Munro and Hamish Bennett
Pakistan – Sarfraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Nasir Jamshed and Rameez Raja
Scotland – Richie Berrington, Moneeb Iqbal, Gordon Goudie and Calum MacLeod
South Africa – Dean Elgar, Mthokozisi Shezi, Richard Levi and Wayne Parnell (Craig Kieswetter also represented South Africa but went on to play international cricket for England)
Sri Lanka – Angelo Mathews, Dimuth Karunaratne, Ashan Priyanjan, Chamara Kapugedera, Isuru Udana,, Sachith Pathirana and Thisara Perera
West Indies – Andre Fletcher, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Nelon Pascal, Jason Mohammed, Leon Johnson, William Perkins and Kemar Roach
Zimbabwe – Sean Williams, Prince Masvaure, Taurai Muzarabani, Chamu Chibhabha, Graeme Cremer, Friday Kasteni, Taurai Muzarabani and Keegan Meth ( Gary Ballance who played for Zimbabwe U-19 later represented England )