2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Introduction The '''2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup''' was the eighth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup and took place in New Zealand. Since 1998, the tournament has been held every 2 years. This edition had 16 teams competing in 44 matches between 15 and 30 January 2010.These included the 10 ICC Full Members and 6 Qualifiers. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in Kenya, but the International Cricket Council (ICC) moved it to New Zealand after an inspection in June 2009 found that it would be unrealistic to expect Kenya to complete preparations in time.Australia won the tournament, beating Pakistan in the final by 25 runs. South African Dominic Hendricks scored the most runs in the tournament, and Raymond Haoda of Papua New Guinea claimed the most wickets.
Venues The following venues were used for the tournament:Hagley Park, Christchurch City  Stadium '''Christchurch''' Bert Sutcliffe Oval Lincoln Oval Queen Elizabeth II Park (Village Green) Hagley Park MainPower Oval, (Rangiora) '''Napier''' Nelson Park McLean Park '''Palmerston North''' Fitzherbert Park '''Queenstown''' Queenstown Events Centre
Teams 16 teams participated in the competition. The 10 nations with ICC Full Membership automatically qualified for the tournament. 6 additional teams were determined by the 2009 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Team  Mode of Qualification  ICC Full Member  ICC Full Member  ICC Full Member  ICC Full Member  ICC Full Member  ICC Full Member  ICC Full Member  ICC Full Member  ICC Full Member  ICC Full Member  1st place in 2009 U-19 World Cup qualifiers  2nd place in 2009 U-19 World Cup qualifiers  3rd place in 2009 U-19 World Cup qualifiers  4th place in 2009 U-19 World Cup qualifiers  5th place in 2009 U-19 World Cup qualifiers  6th place in 2009 U-19 World Cup qualifiers
Groups The following groups were chosen for the World Cup 2010 by the International Cricket Council. The number alongside gives the rank of the team. The tournament will begin with a league stage consisting of four groups of four. Each team will play each of the other teams in its group once. '''Group A''' '''Group B''' '''Group C''' '''Group D''' (1)  (5)  (12)  (16)  (2) (6)  (11) (15) (3) (7) (10) (14) (4) (8) (9) (13)
Squads Each country selected a 15-man squad for the tournament.
Group stage * All matches to start at 10.30 (NZ Local)* New Zealand local Time is GMT+13* The top 2 teams from each group qualified for the knock-out rounds of the tournament. * The bottom 2 teams from each group take part in a Plate competition knock-out.===Group A======Group B======Group C======Group D===
Knock-out stages ===Quarter-finals=======Super quarter-finals========Plate quarter-finals=======Semi-finals=======Super semi-finals========5th place semi-finals========Plate semi-finals========13th place semi-finals=======Play-off finals=======15th place play-off========13th place play-off========11th place play-off========Plate final========7th place play-off========5th place play-off========3rd place play-off=======Final===
Final standings   Position Team 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16
Future senior players Future players that featured for their national team in the tournament were: Team Future senior cricketers  *Noor-ul-Haq *Afsar Zazai *Aftab Alam*Hamza Hotak*Hashmatullah Shaidi*Izatullah Dawlatzai*Javed Ahmadi*Yamin Ahmadzai*Zakiullah Zaki   *Mitchell Marsh *Josh Hazlewood *Nic Maddinson *Kane Richardson *Adam Zampa  *Abul Hasan *Anamul Haque *Kamrul Islam Rabbi *Mominul Haque *Nurul Hasan *Sabbir Rahman *Soumya Sarkar  *Rustam Bhatti *Hiral Patel  *Arsalan Qadir *Manny Aulakh *Parth Desai *Ruvindu Gunasekera *Hamza Tariq *Nitish Kumar *Usman Limbada   * James Vince*Danny Briggs*Jos Buttler *Joe Root *Ben Stokes  *Jamie Atkinson*Irfan Ahmed*Mark Chapman*Nizakat Khan*Waqas Barkat  *Mandeep Singh *Mayank Agarwal *Saurabh Netravalkar *Harshal Patel *KL Rahul *Sandeep Sharma *Jaydev Unadkat  *Andrew Balbirnie*Paul Stirling *George Dockrell *Shane Getkate *Graeme McCarter *Stuart Poynter *Eddie Richardson *James Shannon *Stuart Thompson *Craig Young  *Corey Anderson *Tom Blundell *Doug Bracewell *Michael Bracewell *Dane Cleaver *Tom Latham *Jimmy Neesham *Logan van Beek *Ben Wheeler  *Ahmed Shehzad *Babar Azam *Hammad Azam*Raza Hasan *Usman Qadir  *Jason Kila *John Reva *Charles Amini *Sese Bau*Raymond Haoda *Lega Siaka *Tony Ura  *Graham Hume   *Kithuruwan Vithanage *Dhanushka Gunathilaka*Bhanuka Rajapaksa  *Jermaine Blackwood *Kraigg Brathwaite *John Campbell *Shane Dowrich *Jason Holder *Evin Lewis *Jomel Warrican  *Peter Moor *Tendai Chatara*Natsai M'shangwe *Tinotenda Mutombodzi
Media coverage * Supersport (live) – South Africa* STAR Cricket (live) – India* SKY Sport (live) – New Zealand* GEO Super (live) – Pakistan* PTV Home (live) – Pakistan* Fox Sports (live) – Australia* Sky Sports (live) – United Kingdom* ART Prime Sports (live) – Middle East
References
External links * Official website of U-19 World Cup* ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2010 Schedule* About the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2010* Fixtures