The 2002 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in New Zealand from 19 January to 9 February 2002. A total of 16 sides competed in the tournament with Australia defeating South Africa in the final. It was the fourth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup and the first to be held in New Zealand. Zimbabwe's Tatenda Taibu was named Man of the Tournament.
Teams and qualification
The ten full members of the ICC qualified automatically:
also received automatic qualification as they held ODI status at that time.
Another five teams qualified through regional qualification tournaments:
2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship (1st place) 2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy (1st place) 2001 ICC Americas Under-19 Championship (1st place) 2001 ICC Europe Under-19 Championship (1st place) 2001 Youth Asia Cup (1st place)
Group stage Group A Team 3 2 1 0 0 2 10 +1.770 3 2 1 0 0 2 10 +1.421 3 1 1 1 0 1 7 –0.341 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 –3.187 Source: ESPNCricinfo
Group B Team 3 2 0 0 1 2 12 +3.090 3 1 1 0 1 1 7 +0.454 3 1 2 0 0 1 5 –0.780 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 –1.163 Source: ESPNCricinfo
Group C Team 3 2 1 0 0 1 9 +0.820 3 2 1 0 0 1 9 +0.804 3 2 1 0 0 1 9 +0.387 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 –2.531 Source: ESPNCricinfo
Group D Team 3 3 0 0 0 3 15 +4.673 3 2 1 0 0 2 10 +2.812 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 –4.224 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 –5.204 Source: ESPNCricinfo
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 3 15 +3.098 3 2 1 0 0 2 10 +0.232 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 –1.652 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 –1.545 Source: ESPNCricinfo
Group 2 Team 3 3 0 0 0 2 14 +1.067 3 2 1 0 0 1 9 +1.071 3 1 2 0 0 1 5 –0.145 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 –2.191 Source: ESPNCricinfo
Semi-finals
Final
Super League
Group 1 Team 3 2 1 0 0 2 10 +1.053 3 2 1 0 0 1 9 +0.007 3 2 1 0 0 1 8 +0.062 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 –0.903 Source: ESPNCricinfo
Group 2 Team 3 3 0 0 0 2 14 +1.277 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 +0.155 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 –0.474 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 –0.893 Source: ESPNCricinfo
Semi-finals
Final
Future senior players
Future players that featured for their national team in the tournament were:
Team Future senior cricketers Cameron White George Bailey Beau Casson Daniel Christian Xavier Doherty Shaun Marsh Mark Cosgrove Aftab Ahmed Mohammad Ashraful Nafees Iqbal Talha Jubair Mashrafe Mortaza Ashish Bagai Umar Bhatti Tim Bresnan Nick Compton Samit Patel Parthiv Patel Irfan Pathan Stuart Binny Suresh Raina Hiren Varaiya Rajesh Bhudia Nehemiah Odhiambo Alfred Luseno Ragheb Aga Morris Ouma Kalpesh Patel Stephan Swanepoel Burton van Rooi Basanta Regmi Kanishka Chaugai Manoj Katuwal Manjeet Shrestha Sanjam Regmi Shakti Gauchan † Ross Taylor Michael Bates Neil Broom Rob Nicol Jesse Ryder Mahuru Dai Salman Butt Junaid Zia Azhar Ali Najaf Shah Faisal Iqbal Hasan Raza Yasir Arafat Irfan Fazil Humayun Farhat Mohammad Khalil Umar Gul Kyle Coetzer Moneeb Iqbal Hashim Amla Ryan McLaren Rory Kleinveldt Stephen Cook Imraan Khan Jeewan Mendis Upul Tharanga Dhammika Prasad Farveez Maharoof Dwayne Bravo Ravi Rampaul Darren Sammy Narsingh Deonarine Gavin Tonge Donovan Pagon Shane Shillingford Lendl Simmons Elton Chigumbura Charles Coventry Stuart Matsikenyeri Brendan Taylor Waddington Mwayenga Tatenda Taibu Sean Ervine Hamilton Masakadza † Peter Borren also represented New Zealand but went on to play international cricket for Netherlands.
References
External links Tournament site on ESPN CricInfo