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United Arab Emirates national under-19 cricket team

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United Arab Emirates
Personnel
CaptainAryan Lakra
CoachDominic Telo
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member of Acc (2014)
ICC regionAsia
International cricket
First international10 February v Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium
As of 1 November 2015

The United Arab Emirates Under-19 cricket team represent the country of United Arab Emirates in Under-19 international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1989 and an associate member the following year.[1]

The UAE under 19 played their first ever ICC u19 World Cup when they UAE hosted the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which was also the first time the UAE hosted an important cricket tournament.[2]

In April 2019, the team won the Asia Division 1 tournament to qualify for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup for the second time.[3]

The team coach for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup is South African Dominic Telo, assisted by UAE senior team captain Ahmed Raza.[4] In the tournament warm-up matches, UAE caused a stir by registering an upset victory over New Zealand.[5]

Under-19 World Cup record

United Arab Emirates U19 World Cup record
Year Result Pos Pld W L T NR
Australia 1988 Did not enter
South Africa 1998 Did not qualify
Sri Lanka 2000
New Zealand 2002
Bangladesh 2004
Sri Lanka 2006
Malaysia 2008
New Zealand 2010
Australia 2012
United Arab Emirates 2014 First round 12th 16 6 1 5 0 0
Bangladesh 2016 Did not qualify
New Zealand 2018
South Africa 2020 First round 14th 16 6 2 4 0 0
Cricket West Indies 2022
Total 12 3 9 0 0

References

  1. ^ A Timeline of UAE cricket Archived July 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  2. ^ Paul Radley (5 August 2015). "UAE Under-19 cricketers for tour of Malaysia selected"The National. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ "UAE emerge Asian Champions to qualify for Under-19 World Cup". Gulf News. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. ^ UAE captain Ahmed Raza excited by coaching role at U19 World Cup
  5. ^ UAE shock New Zealand in under-19 World Cup warm-up match in Johannesburg