ICC Under-19 World Cup

The ICC Under-19 World Cup starts tomorrow. I thought we could use this as a catch-all thread to discuss the tournament.

England and West Indies have been drawn in Group C together with Zimbabwe and Fiji.

Fixtures for the group stages are below:

www.espncricinfo.com/icc-under-19-world-...t/series/949357.html

some team reviews ...

West Indies team from the last Under-19 World Cup in 2014.

www.espncricinfo.com/icc-under-19-world-...nt/squad/710793.html

Aussies afraid to play in hindia

Funny thing : Only the Guyana boys are in the news today

Tage knock a Double Ton

Shimron is as usual having a good knock

Motie is tearing up wickets

The first two matches have been played and we already have our first upset. Despite a century from Liam Smith, holders South Africa lost to hosts Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, England plundered 371/3 from their 50 overs against Fiji, and then rattled them out for 72 for a convincing 299 run win. Saqib Mahmood finished with figures of 3/2 from 5 overs - a handy days work.

There is a Philander and a Moonsamy .....hhhhmmmm

know that name from Guyana  :-\

Apparently, no relation to Vernon.

It is always interesting to look back at the previous Under-19 World Cup's and see which players have progressed through to the senior levels.

The 2010 Under-19 World Cup was littered with future stars such as Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, James Vince, Josh Hazlewood, Mitch Marsh, Corey Anderson, Tom Latham, Doug Bracewell, Babar Azam, Jermaine Blackwood, Kraigg Brathwaite and Jason Holder.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Under-19_Cricket_World_Cup_squads

Another day, another upset. This time Nepal hands New Zealand a surprise loss. Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka all won their respective matches.

coming up England vs WI