Zimbabwe national under-19 cricket team


The Zimbabwe national under-19 cricket team represents Zimbabwe in under-19 international cricket
Zimbabwe has qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup on every occasion since 1998, by virtue of being a full member of the International Cricket Council.
The coach of the team for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup is Prosper Utseya, and the team captain is Dion Myers.

History

Zimbabwe has made the second round of the Under-19 World Cup on three occasions – in South Africa 1998, Bangladesh 2004 and Sri Lanka 2006. In the last of those, Zimbabwe emerged from the first round undefeated, but lost easily to Pakistan in the quarter-finals.
Mluleki Nkala and Waddington Mwayenga were the equal leading wicket-takers in their respective tournaments.
Zimbabwe's worst result came at the 2012 World Cup in Australia, where the team suffered defeats to Scotland and Papua New Guinea before regaining some credibility by defeating Namibia in the play-off for 15th place.

Under-19 World Cup record

2020 World Cup squad

Zimbabwe's squad for the 2020 World Cup in South Africa was announced on 8 December 2019. Ahead of the tournament, Brandon James was ruled out of Zimbabwe's squad, with Sukhemuzi Ndlela named as his replacement.