2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was held in Malaysia from 17 February 2008 to 2 March 2008. It was the seventh edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The opening ceremony took place on 15 February 2008. The final was played between South Africa and India, which India won by 12 runs on the Duckworth–Lewis method.
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | Limited-overs (50 overs) |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | Malaysia |
Champions | India (2nd title) |
Runners-up | South Africa |
Participants | 16 |
Matches | 44 |
Player of the series | Tim Southee |
Most runs | Tanmay Srivastava (262) |
Most wickets | Wayne Parnell (18) |
Venues
The matches took place at three locations: Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang. The venues used were:
Kuala Lumpur
Johor
- Johor Cricket Academy
- Maktab Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim
Penang
Squads
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 | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Pakistan (1) |
India (2) |
England (4) | |
Johor | Kuala Lumpur | Penang | Kuala Lumpur |
Group stage
Group A
All matches start at 0200 UTC.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.765 |
2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.407 |
3 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.403 |
4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.700 |
Group B
All matches started at 0200 UTC.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.922 |
2 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.066 |
3 | West Indies | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.653 |
4 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.959 |
Group C
All matches start at 0200 UTC.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.912 |
2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.342 |
3 | Nepal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.027 |
4 | Namibia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.100 |
Group D
All matches start at 0200 UTC.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Bangladesh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.078 |
2 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.861 |
3 | Bermuda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2.285 |
4 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.264 |
Quarter-finals
Super Quarter-finals
Plate Quarter-finals
24 February Scorecard |
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Puspa Thapa 40 (48) Stewart Matsika 3/34 (10 overs) |
Tinashe Chimbambo 20 (34) Amrit Bhattarai 3/14 (8 overs) |
25 February Scorecard |
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Rodney Trott 23 (45) Joel Tom 3/26 (8 overs) |
Tony Ura 76 (55) Rodney Trott 1/24 (5 overs) |
Semi-finals
5th Place Semi-Finals
Plate Semi-finals
27 February Scorecard |
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John Reva 14 (36) Shamarh Brooks 2/9 (7 overs) |
Kieran Powell 37 (37) Loa Nou 2/8 (3.3 overs) |
Finals
Final standings
Position | Team |
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1 | India |
2 | South Africa |
3 | Pakistan |
4 | New Zealand |
5 | England |
6 | Australia |
7 | Bangladesh |
8 | Sri Lanka |
9 | West Indies |
10 | Nepal |
11 | Namibia |
12 | Papua New Guinea |
13 | Ireland |
14 | Zimbabwe |
15 | Bermuda |
16 | Malaysia (H) |