Pakistan national under-19 cricket team explained

Pakistan
Coach:Mohammad Yousuf
Bowling Coach:Junaid Khan[1]
Fielding Coach:Mansoor Amjad
Captain:Saad Baig
Colors:Green
Founded:1979
Ground:Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Capacity:27,000
Manager:Shoaib Muhammad
First Fc:India
First Fc Year:1979
First Fc Venue:Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Title1:ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Title1wins: (2004, 2006)
Title2:ACC Under-19 Asia Cup
Title2wins: (2012)
Icc Region:Asia
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Asofdate:18 December 2023

Pakistan Under-19 cricket team have twice (2004 and 2006) been Cricket World Champions at the under-19 level. Their second win made them the first, and to date the only, back-to-back champions. They have also been runners-up thrice (1988, 2010 & 2014) and have finished in 3rd place 4 times (2000, 2008, 2018 & 2020).

Tournament history

U-19 World Cup Record

Year HostSquadResult
AustraliaSquadRunners-up
South AfricaSquad2nd Round
2000 Sri LankaSquadbgcolor=#cc9966 3rd place
2002 New ZealandSquad8th place
2004 BangladeshSquadChampions
2006 Sri LankaSquad
2008 MalaysiaSquadbgcolor=#cc9966 3rd place
2010 New ZealandSquadRunners-up
2012 AustraliaSquad8th place
2014SquadRunners-up
2016 BangladeshSquad5th place
2018 New ZealandSquad3rd place
South AfricaSquad
2022Squad5th place
2024 South AfricaSquadbgcolor=#cc9966 3rd place

U-19 Asia Cup Record

Year Venue Round
2012 PakistanChampions
2014 PakistanRunners-up
20165th Place
2017Runners-up
20185th Place
20196th Place
2021Semi finalists
2023

2004

Pakistan won the 2004 U/19 Cricket World Cup by defeating the West Indies in the final in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This was Pakistan's first time to be crowned the Under-19 World Cup champions after beating West Indies by 25 runs under the captaincy of Khalid Latif.

2006

Pakistan won the 2006 U/19 Cricket World Cup by defeating India in the final in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when they successfully defended a small total of 109 runs by dismissing the Indian batting lineup for 71 runs, becoming the first, and to date the only, team to defend the U-19 World Cup. They were captained by Sarfraz Ahmed.

Current team

Head coach: Mohammad Yousuf

width=20%Playerwidth=18%Date of Birthwidth=6%Battingwidth=20%Bowling style
Saad Baig (c), 10 October 2002Right
Aamir Ali 5 May 2002 Right Slow left-arm orthodox
Fahad Munir 29 December 2002 Left Right-arm Legspin
Muhammad Jawad Ahmad5 April 2005 left Right-arm leg break
30 March 2001 Right
Burhan Shabbir Khan (vc) 7 September 2007 RightRight-arm Medium-fast
1 December 2002 leftleft-arm Offbreak
25 April 2002 Right
January 2, 2002 Right Right-arm Medium-fast
Muhammad Aamer 5 February 2002 Right Right-arm Legspin
Syed Muhammad Aun Abbas 20 February 2005 Right Right-arm Medium-fast
Muhammad Basit 25 December 2000 Right
Dayan Siraj14 August 2004 Right Right-arm Offspin
Abdul Wahid Bangalzai4 March 2003 Right
Amir Mehmood 11 November 2003 Right Right-arm leg-spin

Management and Coaching Staff

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Shoaib MuhammadManager
Mohammad YousufHead coach
Umar RasheedAssistant coach
Junaid KhanBowling coach
Mansoor AmjadFielding coach
Muhammad MasroorAssistant batting coach
Naeem Ul RasulPhysio
Usman HashmiAnalyst
Muhammad ArslanMedia and digital manager

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Junaid Khan appointed U-19 team bowling coach . 1 January 2024 .