Under 19 World Cup

[cheaterr]

Will there be a seperate forum for this or will there just be a thread?

Anyway who here is following the U19 WC? I'm heavily following it because the USA U19 team is playing it...and who is the manager of the team? None other than Ashok Patel..the manager of the cricket club I play for here in NJ. 3 of my friends are also going to play in this tournament. Deane..who is a member of the squad...and Megh Bhatt, and Brijesh Patel...who both are really good friends of mine..are both going to Sri Lanka to play in this tournament. Originally only a squad of 14 was suppose to go..but a couple of days Ash Patel got permission from ICC to bring a 16 man squad and now Megh Bhatt and Brijesh Patel..who were reserves to the squad..are selected.

So what team are you guys following for this tournament?

 

[Big_Boss]

Some of my friends went to Los Angles for this tournment or something like that. . .

I support USA and India :happy

 

[andrew_nixon]

Supporting England, obviously, but look for Bangladesh to spring a surprise in this tournament, their Under 19 team are on fire at the moment.

Nepal always good for an upset victory too.

 

[cheaterr]

Some of my friends went to Los Angles for this tournment or something like that. . .

I support USA and India :happy

Yeah the try outs for the tournament were held in LA way back in late November and Early December. What were their names? Maybe I know them.

 

[aussie1st]

India look the favourites as they won the Asia tropyhy and beat Aus 4-1 last time they met.
For Aus, Henquries is one to look out for.
Anyway here is Aus squad may be someone will know more info on the players.

Adam Ritchard - Australian Capital Territory
Jackson Bird - New South Wales
Greg Clarence - New South Wales
Patrick Darwen - New South Wales
Moises Henriques - New South Wales
Usman Khawaja - New South Wales
Tom Cooper - New South Wales
David Warner - New South Wales
Phillip Wells - New South Wales
Darren Clark - Queensland
Ben Gledhill - Queensland
Joel Hughes - Queensland
Graeme Skenner - Queensland
Peter George - South Australia
Matthew Wade - Tasmania**
Scott Nicholls - Tasmania**
Matthew Lister - Tasmania
Shaun Dean - Victoria
Aaron Finch - Victoria
Steven Gilmour - Victoria
Nick Lynch - Victoria
Tom Stray - Victoria
Jack McNamara - Victoria
Chris Thompson - Western Australia

** Although selected, Matthew Wade and Scott Nicholls will not attend the January camp as they have played in both the Commonwealth Bank Under-17 and Under-19 Championships. The pair will attend the second camp in April.

Source: cricket.com.au

 

[sohum]

My vote goes to India.

 

[cheaterr]

Well India have more chances than any team thats for sure lol. I'm only following USA cause I know every single detial about the US squad as my league team manager is the manager of the u19 team

 

[sohum]

Are there any 'homegrown' players in the American team or are they all players of Asian/English/West Indian descent.

 

[rahulk666]

Are there any 'homegrown' players in the American team or are they all players of Asian/English/West Indian descent.

American kids do not have the time and patience to indulge in a sport that takes 8 hours to complete. Also, there is no money at all in cricket in USA and I doubt whether there will be any "homegrown" players in the US team

 

[Sureshot]

Supporting England, obviously, but look for Bangladesh to spring a surprise in this tournament, their Under 19 team are on fire at the moment.

Nepal always good for an upset victory too.

Anyone got TV rights?

I know sky sometimes host U-19s matches.

When does it start?

 

[cheaterr]

American kids do not have the time and patience to indulge in a sport that takes 8 hours to complete. Also, there is no money at all in cricket in USA and I doubt whether there will be any "homegrown" players in the US team

Not even one

 

[andrew_nixon]

Anyone got TV rights?

I know sky sometimes host U-19s matches.

When does it start?

Sky Sports are covering the semi finals and final, not sure about any other games.

It starts on the 5th of February.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

As always I support Pakitan, previous U-19 world Cup winners

 

[irottev]

Go New Zealand.

Our squad:

*Marc Ellison
Todd Astle
Dean Bartlett
Hamish Bennett
Andrew de Boorder
Jason Donnelly
+Nicolas Fitzgerald
+Shaun Fitzgibbon
Martin Guptill
Roneel Hira
Ronald Karaitiana
Colin Munro
Kieran Noema-Barnett
Timothy Southee


Hamish Bennet and Todd Astle (yes some relation to Nathan) have both played domestic cricket before.

Hopefully we can do well and win some games. Hopefully theres some hot young talent comming up for our Black Caps.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Heres The U-19 Pakistani Squad:

* Ali Asad
* Ali Khan
* Imad Wasim
* Jamshed Ahmed
* Mohammad Faheem
* *+Sarfraz Ahmed
* Usman Malik
* Riaz Kail
* Nasir Jamshed
* Rameez Raja (:o)
* Mohammad Ibrahim
* Anwar Ali
* Akhtar Ayub
* Mohammad Laeeq