Cricket format One Day International Champions India (2nd title) | Host(s) Malaysia Participants 16 | |
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout | ||
The 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was held in Malaysia from 17 February 2008 to 2 March 2008. The opening ceremony took place on 15 February 2008. The final was played between South Africa and India, which India won by 12 runs by D/L Method.
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Venues
The matches took place at three locations, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang. The respective venues were
Kuala Lumpur
Johor
Penang
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 A
All matches start at 0200 UTC.
Group B
All matches started at 0200 UTC.
Group C
All matches start at 0200 UTC.
Group D
All matches start at 0200 UTC.
Future players
Future players that featured for their national team in the tournament were:
Australia(6) – Phillip Hughes, James Pattinson, Josh Hazlewood, James Faulkner, Marcus Stoinis, Steve Smith
Bangladesh (6) – Nasir Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Rony Talukdar, Mohammad Mithun, Dolar Mahmud and Suhrawadi Shuvo
England(5) – Steven Finn, Liam Dawson, James Taylor, Chris Woakes and Stuart Meaker
India (5) – Virat Kohli, Abhinav Mukund, Saurabh Tiwary, Ravindra Jadeja and Manish Pandey
Ireland (6) – Andrew Balbirnie, Paul Stirling, Andrew Britton, Stuart Poynter, James Shannon and James Hall
Nepal (6) - Amrit Bhattarai, Anil Mandal, Gyanendra Malla, Paras Khadka, Anil Mandal and Rahul Vishwakarma
New Zealand (6) – Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Hamish Rutherford, Tim Southee, Corey Anderson and George Worker
Pakistan (8) – Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Amir, Usman Salahuddin, Junaid Khan, Umar Amin, Imad Wasim, Shan Masood and Umar Akmal
South Africa (3) – Wayne Parnell, Reeza Hendricks, JJ Smuts, Mangaliso Mosehle and Rilee Rossouw
Sri Lanka (8) – Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera , Ashan Priyanjan, Kusal Perera, Sachith Pathirana, Angelo Perera and Dilshan Munaweera
West Indies (6) – Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo, Kieran Powell, Veerasammy Permaul, Nkrumah Bonner, Devon Thomas
Zimbabwe (6) – Kyle Jarvis, Peter Moor, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Prince Masavaure, Solomon Mire and Njabulo Ncube
Papua New Guinea (5) - John Reva, Charles Amini, Tony Ura, Loa Nou and Willie Gavera