2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup


The 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in Sri Lanka from 2 to 15 February 2006.
The final was played between Pakistan and India in Colombo, which Pakistan won by 38 runs, 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 qualified automatically:
Another six teams qualified through regional qualification tournaments:
;2005 ACC Under-19 Cup
;2005 Africa/EAP U19 Championship
;2005 Americas U19 Championship
;2005 European U19 Championship
Most Runs - Cheteshwar Pujara Most Wickets - Moises Henriques

Grounds

The matches were played on five grounds in Colombo:

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarter Finals results

Super League Quarter Finals

Plate Championship Quarter Finals

Semi Finals results

Plate Championship Semi Finals

Super League Play-off Semi Finals

Plate Championship Play-off Semi Finals

Super League Semi Finals

Final results

Plate Championship Play-off Final

Super League Play-off Final

Plate Championship Final

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.

Final

No.DateTeam 1CaptainScoreTeam 2CaptainScoreVenueResults
Final19 Feb 2006PAKSarfraz Ahmed109 INDRavikant Shukla71 R. Premadasa StadiumPAK by 38 runs

Future Players

Players that featured for their national team in the future were:
Australia – Moises Henriques, Jon Holland, Jackson Bird, Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Wade, Ben Cutting and David Warner
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, Mark Stoneman
India – Piyush Chawla, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Manish Pandey
Ireland – Gary Wilson, Andrew Poynter, Gary Kidd, Greg Thompson and James Hall
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
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