Sixteen members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) fielded teams at the 1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Some information about squad members (including playing styles, dates of births, and even full names) is unavailable, especially for ICC associate members.

Group A Denmark Ten members of the Danish squad went on to play for the Danish senior team.Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - Denmark Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. One of those, Amjad Khan, also played at senior level for England.England / Players / Amjad Khan – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. One Danish player, Freddie Klokker, was 14 years and 304 days at the start of the tournament, making him the youngest player whose age is definitely known.Players / Denmark / Freddie Klokker – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Denmark were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.Youth One-Day International matches played by Denmark Under-19s – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Umar Farooq (c) — Left-arm orthodox Rasmus Christensen — Left-arm orthodox David Christiansen Right Right-arm medium B. Hansen — — — Jesper Hansen Right — Amjad Khan Right Right-arm fast-medium Freddie Klokker (wk) Left — Niels Kopperholdt Right Right-arm fast-medium Andreas Lambert Left Left-arm orthodox Jacob Larsen Left Right-arm medium Thomas Nielsen Right Right-arm fast-medium Troels Thøgersen — — Peter Thomsen — —

Ireland Four members of the Irish squad went on to play for the Irish senior team.Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - Ireland Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. One of those, Ed Joyce, also played at senior level for England.Ireland / Players / Ed Joyce – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Ireland were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.Youth One-Day International matches played by IReland Under-19s – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Joseph Clinton (c) Left Right-arm medium-fast Neil Anderson Right Left-arm orthodox Jonathan Bushe (wk) Left — Simon Carruthers — — — Brian Dunlop (wk) — — David Finlay — — — Daniel Gaughran Right Right-arm medium Simon Harrison — — — Carl Hosford — — — Ed Joyce Left Right-arm medium Dwayne McGerrigle Right Right-arm medium Aidan Neill — — — Keith Spelman Left Left-arm orthodox Paul Tate — — —

Pakistan Five members of the Pakistani squad went on to play for the Pakistani senior team,Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - Pakistan Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. including one, Hasan Raza, who had already played at senior level before appearing in the World Cup.Players / Pakistan / Hasan Raza – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Another squad member, Imran Tahir, played at senior level for South Africa.Players / South Africa / Imran Tahir – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Bazid Khan (c) Right Right-arm off-spin Abdul Razzaq Right Right-arm fast-medium Hasan Raza Right Right-arm off-spin Inam-ul-Haq Right Right-arm off-spin Humayun Farhat (wk) Right — Imran Tahir Right Right-arm leg-spin Jannisar Khan Right Right-arm medium Majeed Jahangir Right Right-arm leg-spin Saeed Anwar Left Left-arm orthodox Shoaib Malik Right Right-arm off-spin Syed Wasim Right Right-arm fast-medium Zaheer Khan Right Right-arm medium Zahid Saeed Right Left-arm fast-medium

Sri Lanka Four members of the Sri Lankan squad went on to play for the Sri Lankan senior team.Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - Sri Lanka Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Pradeep Hewage (c) Right Right-arm medium Malinga Bandara Right Right-arm leg-spin Chamara de Soysa Right Right-arm off-spin Ranga Dias Right Right-arm fast-medium Romesh Fernando Right Right-arm medium Upekha Fernando Right Right-arm off-spin Malintha Gajanayake Right Right-arm off-spin Prasanna Jayawardene (wk) Right — Arshad Junaid Right Right-arm off-spin Thilina Kandamby Left Right-arm leg-spin Naren Rattwatte Left Right-arm fast-medium Nisitha Rupasinghe Right Left-arm orthodox Sanjaya Rodrigo Right Right-arm leg-spin Chamara Silva Right Right-arm leg-spin

Group B

Australia Three members of the Australian squad went on to play for the Australian senior team.Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - Australia Under-19s (Young Cricketers) / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

Coach: Allan Border

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Tim Anderson (c) Right Right-arm medium Steven Busbridge Left Left-arm medium-fast Sean Clingeleffer (wk) Left — Chris Davies Right Right-arm off-spin James Hopes Right Right-arm medium Michael Johnston Right Left-arm orthodox Michael Klinger Right — Scott Kremerskothen Left Right-arm medium Mick Miller Left Right-arm fast-medium Marcus North Left Right-arm off-spin Ben Oliver Right Right-arm fast-medium Lachlan Stevens Left Left-arm orthodox Dominic Thornely Right Right-arm off-spin Shannon Tubb Right Slow left-arm wrist-spin

Papua New Guinea Eight members of the Papua New Guinean squad went on to play for the PNG senior team.Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - Papua New Guinea Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Papua New Guinea were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.Youth One-Day International matches played by Papua New Guinea – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Christopher Alu (c) Left — Puana Agi Right — Daniel Alu (wk) Left — Toua Dai Right Right-arm medium-fast Rarva Dikana Right Right-arm medium S. Gau — — — Jamie Iga — — Gima Keimelo Right Right-arm fast-medium Richard Leka Right — Hobart Magalu — Right-arm (unknown) Rodney Maha Right — Roge Ravusiro — — Ago Reva — — Wala Vala Right Right-arm off-spin

West Indies Six members of the West Indian squad went on to play for the West Indian senior team.Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - West Indies Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Sylvester Joseph (c) Right Right-arm off spin Wade Allen — — Ryan Best — — Navin Chan (wk) Right — Chris Gayle Left Right-arm off-spin Daren Ganga Right Right-arm off-spin Marlon Graham — — Ryan Hinds Left Left-arm orthodox Asif Jan Left Left-arm medium Stephen John — Left Right-arm fast-medium Kenroy Martin Left Right-arm medium Homchand Pooran Right Right-arm off-spin Marlon Samuels Right Right-arm off-spin Ramnaresh Sarwan Right Right-arm leg-spin

Zimbabwe Seven members of the Zimbabwean squad went on to represent the Zimbabwean senior team.Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - Zimbabwe Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Zimbabwe were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.Youth One-Day International matches played by Zimbabwe – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Mark Vermeulen (c) Right Right-arm off-spin Glen Barrett Right Right-arm medium Colin Delport Right Right-arm off-spin Dion Ebrahim Right Right-arm medium Ian Engelbrecht Right Left-arm orthodox Neil Ferreira (wk) Left — Greg Lamb Right Right-arm off-spin Lance Malloch-Brown Right — Alester Maregwede (wk) Right — Bradley McCoun Right Right-arm fast-medium David Mutendera Right Right-arm fast-medium Mluleki Nkala Right Right-arm medium Stephen Wright Right Right-arm leg-spin Jason Young Right Right-arm medium-fast

Group C India Six members of the Indian squad went on to play for the Indian senior team.Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Amit Pagnis (c) Left Right-arm medium Amit Bhandari Right Right-arm fast-medium Mohammad Kaif Right Right-arm off-spin Sreekumar Nair Left Left-arm orthodox Sathiamoorty Saravanan Right Right-arm medium Virender Sehwag Right Right-arm off-spin Rajashekar Shanbal (wk) Right — Laxmi Shukla Right Right-arm medium Harbhajan Singh Right Right-arm off-spin Sumit Panda Right Right-arm fast Shibsagar Singh Right Left-arm orthodox Reetinder Sodhi Right Right-arm medium Arvind Solanki Right Right-arm medium

Kenya Seven members of the Kenyan squad went on to play for the Kenyan senior team including one, Thomas Odoyo, who had already played at senior level before appearing in the World Cup.Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - Kenya Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Kenya were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.Youth One-Day International matches played by Kenya Under-19s – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Thomas Odoyo (c) Right Right-arm medium-fast Josephat Ababu Right Right-arm fast-medium Nitin Gopal — — — Santosh Gore — — — Abeed Janmohamed (wk) Right — Jimmy Kamande Right Right-arm off-spin F. Karmali — — — Andrew Mboya — — — Edward Mboya — — — Nimesh Modi — — — Collins Obuya Right Right-arm medium David Obuya (wk) Right — Francis Otieno Right Right-arm medium Nitin Vasani — — —

Scotland Seven members of the Scottish squad went on to play for the Scottish senior team.Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - Scotland Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Scotland were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.Youth One-Day International matches played by Scotland Under-19s – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style John Blain (c) Right Right-arm fast-medium Greig Butchart Right Right-arm medium Neil Caplan — — Scott Dempsie (wk) — — John Donnelly Right Right-arm medium Alan Duncan Right Right-arm medium-fast Ayaz Gul Right Right-arm leg-spin Craig Mackellar Right Right-arm medium-fast Gregor Maiden Right Right-arm off-spin Neil Millar Right Right-arm medium Ross Mitchinson Right Right-arm off-spin Alan Spiers Right Right-arm medium Euan Stubbs (wk) Right — Fraser Watts Right Right-arm medium

South Africa Six members of the South African squad went on to play for the South African senior team.Records / ICC Under-19 World Cup, 1997/98 - South Africa Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Two other squad members, Grant Elliott and Michael Lumb, went on to play at senior level for other international teams (New Zealand and England, respectively).Players / New Zealand / Grant Elliott – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016.Players / England / Michael Lumb – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016. South Africa were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.Youth One-Day International matches played by South Africa Under-19s – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Matthew Street (c, wk) Right — Gulam Bodi Left Slow left-arm wrist-spin Riaan vd Merwe 14 August 1978 (aged 19) Right Right-arm fast Grant Elliott Right Right-arm medium Andrew Gait Right — Donovan Henry Right Right-arm fast-medium Jon Kent Right Right-arm medium-fast Michael Lumb Left Right-arm medium Victor Mpitsang Right Right-arm fast-medium Johann Myburgh Right Right-arm off-spin Robin Peterson Left Left-arm orthodox Jacques Rudolph Left Right-arm leg-spin Wasfie Samsodien Right Right-arm medium-fast Morne van Wyk (wk) Right Left-arm orthodox

Group D Bangladesh Seven members of the Bangladeshi squad went on to play for the Bangladesh senior team. Source: ESPNcricinfo