The United Arab Emirates national under-19 cricket team represent the country of United Arab Emirates in under-19 international cricket.
The UAE has qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup on three occasions – 2014 (as host), 2020 and 2022. Additionally, the team has regularly qualified for the Under-19 Asia Cup as one of the leading ICC associate members in Asia.
History The UAE became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1989 and an associate member the following year.A Timeline of UAE cricket at CricketEurope
The UAE qualified for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup as hosts, which was also the first time it had hosted a global cricket event.Paul Radley (5 August 2015). "UAE Under-19 cricketers for tour of Malaysia selected" – The National. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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. The team coach for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup was South African Dominic Telo, assisted by UAE senior team captain Ahmed Raza.UAE captain Ahmed Raza excited by coaching role at U19 World Cup In the tournament warm-up matches, UAE caused a stir by registering an upset victory over New Zealand, chased down the Kiwis' 217–9 with three balls remaining.UAE shock New Zealand in under-19 World Cup warm-up match in Johannesburg ayaan misbah is a player Former Pakistan international Mudassar Nazar served as national under-19 coach for the 2021 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup and the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
At the 2022 World Cup, the UAE recorded an upset victory against the hosts West Indies, winning by 82 runs in the 9th-place play-off semi-final.
Under-19 World Cup record United Arab Emirates U19 World Cup recordYear Result 1988 Did not enter 1998 Did not participate 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 First round 12th 16 6 1 5 0 0 2016 Did not participate 2018 2020 First round 14th 16 6 2 4 0 0 2022 9th 16 6 4 2 0 0 2024 Did not participateTotalFirst round1871100
Under-19 Asia Cup record United Arab Emirates U19 Asia Cup recordYear Result 1989 Did not participate 2003 2012 2013/14Group stage 7th 8 3 0 3 0 0 2016 Did not participate 2017Group stage8th830300 20187th830300 2019 8 3 0 3 0 0 2021 8th 8 3 0 3 0 0 2023Runners up 2nd853200 2025 TBDTotalRunners up2031700
Records All records listed are for under-19 One Day International (ODI) matches only.
Team records
Highest totals 284/7 (50 overs), v. , at Basseterre, 15 January 2022 249 (49 overs), v. , at Potchefstroom, 28 January 2020 232/2 (38.4 overs), v. , at Bloemfontein, 18 January 2020 224/9 (50 overs), v. , at Port-of-Spain, 28 January 2022 205 (47.5 overs), v. , at Sharjah, 18 February 2014
Lowest totals 102 (33 overs), v. , at Abu Dhabi, 14 February 2014 105 (32.4 overs), v. , at Abu Dhabi, 22 January 2020 121/9 (50 overs), v. , at Dubai, 27 February 2014 140 (49.2 overs), v. , at Abu Dhabi, 25 February 2014 148 (48.1 overs), v. , at Basseterre, 22 January 2022
Individual records
Most career runs 240 – Alishan Sharafu (2020–2022) 197 – Jonathan Figy (2020) 175 – Punya Mehra (2022) 173 – Vriitya Aravind (2020) 150 – Ali Naseer (2020–2022)
Highest individual scores 102* (101 balls) – Jonathan Figy, v. , at Bloemfontein, 18 January 2020 93 (121 balls) – Aayan Afzal Khan, v. , at Port-of-Spain, 29 January 2022 81 (68 balls) – Osama Hassan, v. , at Potchefstroom, 28 January 2020 73 (50 balls) – Ali Naseer, v. , at Basseterre, 15 January 2022 72 (78 balls) – Punya Mehra, v. , at Basseterre, 15 January 2022
Most career wickets 12 – Aryan Lakra (2020) 10 – Pankaj Prakash (2014), Jash Giyanani (2022) 8 – Moaaz Qazi (2014), Adhitya Shetty (2022), Dhruv Parashar (2022)
Best bowling performances 4/24 (10 overs) – Omer Mohammed, v. , at Abu Dhabi, 23 February 2014 4/29 (10 overs) – Adhitya Shetty, v. , at Port-of-Spain, 25 January 2022 4/30 (9 overs) – Dhruv Parashar, v. , at Port-of-Spain, 29 January 2022 4/35 (10 overs) – Rishabh Mukherjee, v. , at Potchefstroom, 30 January 2020 3/20 (10 overs) – Aryan Lakra, v. , at Potchefstroom, 30 January 2020
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