The 2000 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament played in Sri Lanka from 11 to 28 January 2000. It was the third edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup and the first to be held in Sri Lanka.

The 2000 World Cup was contested by sixteen teams, including three making their tournament debuts. After an initial group stage, the top eight teams played off in a super league to decide the tournament champions, with the non-qualifiers playing a separate "plate" competition. Portions of the group stage were heavily impacted by rain, especially in Group C, where only two matches could be played to completion. In the final, played at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club, India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets. Both teams had made the final for the first time. Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh was named player of the tournament, while South Africa's Graeme Smith was the leading run-scorer and Pakistan's Zahid Saeed was the leading wicket-taker.

Teams and qualification

The nine full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) qualified automatically for the World Cup, while another seven teams qualified via other paths. Bangladesh and Nepal qualified as the top two teams at the 1999 Youth Asia Cup,Youth Asia Cup 1999 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 April 2016. while Ireland and the Netherlands did likewise through the 1999 European Under-19 Championship.European Under-19 Championship 1999 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 April 2016. The ICC Africa Under-19 Championships were not established until 2001, but Kenya and Namibia were invited to the World Cup as the top ICC associate members in Africa. There was also no qualification tournament held in the Americas development region, with instead a combined regional team being fielded (for the first and only time).Tony Munro (19 November 1999) "Historic ICC meeting in Toronto" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

Americas

Group stage Group A Team 3 3 0 0 0 6 +2.779 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.073 3 1 2 0 0 2 –0.236 Americas 3 0 3 0 0 0 –2.725 Source: CricketArchive

Group B Team 3 2 0 1 0 5 +1.500 3 1 1 0 1 3 +1.500 3 1 1 0 1 3 –1.073 3 0 2 1 0 1 –3.339 Source: CricketArchive

Group C Team 3 1 0 0 2 4 +2.912 3 1 0 1 1 4 +0.304 3 0 0 1 2 3 n/a 3 0 2 0 1 1 –1.158 Source: CricketArchive

Group D Team 3 3 0 0 0 6 +2.238 3 2 1 0 0 4 +2.041 3 0 2 1 0 1 –1.371 3 0 2 1 0 1 –3.017 Source: CricketArchive

Plate competition The plate competition was contested by the eight teams that failed to qualify for the Super League. Group 1 Team 3 3 0 0 0 6 +2.565 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.142 3 1 2 0 0 2 –0.984 3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.640 Source: CricketArchive

Group 2 Team 3 3 0 0 0 6 +3.376 3 2 1 0 0 4 –0.062 3 1 2 0 0 2 –1.161 Americas 3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.620 Source: CricketArchive

Plate Semi-finals

Plate Final

Super League Group 1 Team 3 3 0 0 0 6 +0.879 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.307 3 1 2 0 0 2 +0.134 3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.270 Source: CricketArchive

Group 2 Team 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.137 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.441 3 1 2 0 0 2 –0.520 3 0 3 0 0 0 –2.190 Source: CricketArchive

Semi-finals

Final

Future senior players

Future players that featured for their national team in the tournament were:

Team Future senior cricketers Michael Clarke Ed Cowan Nathan Hauritz Mitchell Johnson Shaun Marsh Andrew McDonald Shane Watson Hannan Sarkar Anwar Hossain Monir Mohammad Ashraful Mohammad Salim Rajin Saleh Ranjan Das Alex Loudon Ian Bell Michael Carberry Tim Murtagh Mohammad Kaif Venugopal Rao Ajay Ratra Yuvraj Singh Reetinder Sodhi Ryan Haire Andrew White John Mooney Dom Joyce Niall O'Brien Mohammad Sheikh Josephat Ababu Collins Obuya Morris Ouma Kalpesh Patel Jan-Berrie Burger Stephan Swanepoel Burton van Rooi Atse Buurman Adeel Raja Daan van Bunge James Franklin Ian Butler Jamie How Brendon McCullum Nathan McCullum Shanan Stewart Hasan Raza Danish Kaneria Faisal Iqbal Humayun Farhat Irfan Fazil Imran Farhat Imran Nazir Mohammad Sami Shoaib Malik Taufeeq Umar Yasir Arafat Thami Tsolekile Johan Botha Albie Morkel Andrew Puttick Jacques Rudolph Graeme Smith Jonathan Trott Akalanka Ganegama Thilina Kandamby Kaushal Lokuarachchi Jehan Mubarak Prabath Nissanka Muthumudalige Pushpakumara Kaushalya Weeraratne Ashish Bagai Chris Foggo Ashif Mulla Steven Outerbridge Oliver Pitcher Kevin Sandher Zubin Surkari Ryan Hinds Sewnarine Chattergoon Narsingh Deonarine Jermaine Lawson Brenton Parchment Marlon Samuels Mluleki Nkala Sean Ervine Gavin Ewing Travis Friend Greg Lamb Alester Maregwede Hamilton Masakadza Tatenda Taibu

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