The following squads were selected for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Any players born on or after 1 September 1998 were eligible to be selected for the competition. Bold indicates that a player went onto play senior international cricket.
Group A Kenya Kenya's squad was announced on 15 December 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style (c) Right Right-arm medium Left Left-arm medium Right Right-arm leg spin (wk) Left – – – – Right Right-arm off spin (wk) Right Right-arm off spin Right Right-arm medium Left Left-arm orthodox Right Right-arm off spin Right Right-arm off spin Right Right-arm off spin Right Right-arm off spin – – – – – –
New Zealand New Zealand's squad was announced on 12 December 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style (c) Right Right-arm medium (wk) Right – Right Right-arm off spin Left – Right Right-arm medium-fast Right Right-arm medium-fast Left Right-arm medium-fast Right Left-arm orthodox (wk) Right – Left Left-arm orthodox Right Right-arm medium-fast Right Right-arm fast-medium Left Left-arm orthodox Right Left-arm medium-fast Right Right-arm medium-fast
South Africa South Africa's squad was announced on 11 December 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style (c) Right – (wk) Right – Right Right-arm fast Right Left-arm orthodox Right Right-arm medium Right Right-arm fast (wk) Right – Right Left-arm fast Right Right-arm medium Right Left-arm orthodox Right Right-arm off spin Left Right-arm fast Left – Right Right-arm medium Right Right-arm off spin
West Indies West Indies' squad was announced on 24 November 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style (c) Right – (vc) Right Right-arm off spin Right Right-arm fast-medium Left Right-arm off spin – – – Right Right-arm off spin – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – (wk) Right – Right Left-arm orthodox Left – Right Right-arm medium-fast/Right-arm off spin Right Right-arm medium
During the group stage fixtures, Raymond Perez was injured, ruled out of the tournament and replaced by Brad Barnes. Joshua Persaud left the squad midway through the tournament, following the death of his mother.
Group B Australia Australia's squad was announced on 15 December 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style Jason Sangha (c) Right Right-arm leg spin Will Sutherland (vc) Right Right-arm fast-medium Xavier Bartlett Right Right-arm fast-medium Max Bryant Right Right-arm medium Jack Edwards Right Right-arm medium-fast Zak Evans Right Right-arm medium-fast Jarrod Freeman Right Right-arm off spin Aaron Hardie Right Right-arm medium-fast Ryan Hadley Right Right-arm medium-fast Baxter Holt (wk) Right – Nathan McSweeney Right Right-arm off spin Jonathan Merlo Right Right-arm medium-fast Lloyd Pope Right Right-arm leg spin Jason Ralston Right Right-arm medium-fast Patrick Rowe Right – Param Uppal Right Right-arm off spin Austin Waugh Right Right-arm medium
During the tournament, Aaron Hardie replaced Jason Ralston in Australia's squad, who was injured. However, ahead of the final, Hardie suffered an injury and was replaced by Patrick Rowe.
India India's squad was announced on 3 December 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style Prithvi Shaw (c) Right Right-arm off spin Shubman Gill (vc) Right Right-arm off spin Harvik Desai (wk) Right Right-arm fast medium Aryan Juyal (wk) Right – Manjot Kalra Left Right-arm medium Shivam Mavi Right Right-arm fast-medium Kamlesh Nagarkoti Right Right-arm fast Riyan Parag Right Right-arm leg spin Ishan Porel Right Right-arm medium Himanshu Rana Right Right-arm medium Anukul Roy Left Left-arm orthodox Abhishek Sharma Left Left-arm orthodox Arshdeep Singh Left Left-arm medium-fast Sunil Right Left-arm orthodox Aditya Thakare Right Right-arm medium Pankaj Yadav Right Right-arm leg spin
After the tournament started, Aditya Thakare was added to the squad as cover for Ishan Porel, who suffered an injury.
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea's squad was announced on 28 December 2017: PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style Vagi Karaho (c) Right Right-arm medium James Tau (vc) – – Left-arm medium Daure Aiga – – – Boge Arua – – Right-arm medium Sinaka Arua Right Right-arm medium Simon Atai (wk) 19 September 1999 (aged 19) Left – Eisa Eka – – – Semo Kamea 21 August 2001 (aged 16) – Left-arm medium Igo Mahuru – – – Leke Morea – – – Toa Nou – – – Nou Rarua – – – Ovia Sam – Right – Kevau Tau – Right – Heagi Toua – Right –
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's squad was announced on 17 November 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style Liam Roche (c) Right Right-arm off spin Kiran Right Right-arm fast Jonathan Connolly Right Right-arm medium Gregory Dollar (wk) Right – Alistair Frost Right Right-arm medium Taun Harrison Left Right-arm off spin Wesley Madhevere Right Right-arm off spin Tanunurwa Makoni Right Right-arm medium Donald Mlambo Right – Dion Myers Right Right-arm medium Tinashe Nenhunzi Right Right-arm leg spin Nkosilathi Nungu Right Right-arm medium Kieran Robinson Right Right-arm medium-fast Jayden Schadendorf Right Right-arm medium Milton Shumba Left Left-arm orthodox
Group C Bangladesh Bangladesh's squad was announced on 6 December 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style Saif Hassan (c) Right Unknown Pinak Ghosh Left – Robiul Haque Right Right-arm off spin Nayeem Hasan Right Right-arm off spin Afif Hossain Left Right-arm off spin Shakil Hossain (wk) Right – Roni Hossen Right Right-arm medium-fast Towhid Hridoy Right Right-arm off spin Aminul Islam Right Right-arm leg spin Mahidul Islam (wk) Right – Hasan Mahmud Right Right-arm medium Mohammad Naim Left – Qazi Onik Left Left-arm medium-fast Mohammad Rakib Right Right-arm leg spin Tipu Sultan Left Left-arm orthodox
Canada Canada's squad was announced on 11 December 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style Arslan Khan (c) Right Right-arm leg spin Akash Gill (vc) Left Right-arm medium Ashton Deosammy Right Right-arm off spin Arshdeep Dhaliwal – – – Faisal Jamkhandi Right Right-arm medium Rishiv Joshi Left Left-arm medium-fast Emanuel Khokhar Right Right-arm fast-medium Kavian Naress Right Right-arm leg spin Aran Pathmanathan Right Left-arm orthodox Tiaan Pretorius Right Right-arm off spin Krishen Samuel Right – Randhir Sandhu – – – Pranav Sharma Right – Rommel Shazad Right Right-arm off spin Kevin Singh – – –
England England's squad was announced on 11 December 2017: PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style Harry Brook (c) Right Right-arm medium Ethan Bamber Right Right-arm medium-fast Liam Banks Right Right-arm off spin Tom Banton Right – Jack Davies (wk) Right – Adam Finch Right Right-arm medium Luke Hollman Left Right-arm leg spin Will Jacks (vc) Right Right-arm off spin Tom Lammonby Left Left-arm medium-fast Dillon Pennington Right Right-arm fast-medium Savin Perera Left Right-arm off spin Prem Sisodiya Right Left-arm orthodox Tom Scriven Right Right-arm medium-fast Finlay Trenouth Right – Roman Walker Right Right-arm fast-medium Euan Woods Left Right-arm off spin
Prior to the tournament, Tom Lammonby was ruled out of England's squad and was replaced by Euan Woods.
Namibia Namibia's squad was announced on 21 November 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style Lo-handre Louwrens (c) Right – Henry Brink Right – Petrus Burger Right Right-arm leg spin Jan-Izak de Villiers Right Right-arm medium Shaun Fouché Right Unknown Jurgen Linde Left Left-arm medium Nicol Loftie-Eaton Left Right-arm fast Gerhard Lottering Right Right-arm fast Erich van Mollendorf Right – Dewald Nell – – – Mauritius Ngupita Right Right-arm off spin Ben Shikongo – Right-arm fast-medium Floris Steenkamp – – – Ramon Wilmot Right Right-arm leg spin Eben van Wyk Right Right-arm medium
Group D Afghanistan Afghanistan's squad was announced on 7 December 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style Naveen-ul-Haq (c) Right Right-arm medium-fast Qais Ahmad Right Right-arm leg spin Ikram Alikhil (wk) Left – Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Right – Ibrahim Zadran Right Right-arm medium-fast Zahir Khan Left Left-arm wrist spin Azmatullah Omarzai Right Right-arm medium-fast Darwish Rasooli Right Right-arm off spin Bahir Shah Right Right-arm off spin Tariq Stanikzai Left Left-arm orthodox Nisar Wahdat Right Right-arm off spin Wafadar Momand Right Right-arm medium Waqarullah Ishaq Right Left-arm medium Mujeeb Ur Rahman Right Right-arm off spin Yousuf Zazai Right Right-arm medium-fast
Ireland Ireland's squad was announced on 8 December 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style Harry Tector (c) Right Right-arm off spin Ian Anders – Right Right-arm medium Aaron Cawley Right Right-arm fast-medium Varun Chopra Right Right-arm leg spin Mark Donegan (wk) – Left – Jonathan Garth Right Right-arm leg spin Jamie Grassi Right – Reece Kelly – Right Right-arm medium Graham Kennedy Left Left-arm medium Josh Little Right Left-arm fast-medium Sam Murphy – Left – Max Neville Right Right-arm fast-medium Neil Rock Left – Morgan Topping – Right Right-arm off spin Andrew Vincent – Right –
Pakistan Pakistan's squad was announced on 5 December 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style Hassan Khan (c) Right Left-arm orthodox Shaheen Afridi Left Left-arm fast Mohammad Ali Khan Right Unknown Ammad Alam Right – Muhammad Zaid Right Right-arm medium-fast Arshad Iqbal Right Right-arm medium-fast Muhammad Mohsin Khan Left – Muhammad Musa Right Right-arm medium-fast Saad Khan Left Left-arm orthodox Rohail Nazir (wk) Right – Munir Riaz Right Right-arm medium-fast Suleman Shafqat – Right Right-arm leg spin Imran Shah Left – Mohammad Taha Left Left-arm orthodox Ali Zaryab Left Right-arm off spin
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's squad was announced on 11 December 2017:
PlayerDate of BirthBattingBowling style (c) Left Right-arm off spin/Left-arm orthodox (vc) Right Right-arm medium-fast (wk) Right – Right Right-arm leg spin Right Right-arm off spin Right Left-arm orthodox Left Right-arm off spin Right Right-arm off spin Right – Right Left-arm orthodox Left Right (wk) Right – Right Right-arm fast-medium Right Left-arm orthodox Left Right-arm medium-fast Left Left-arm fast-medium
During the group stage fixtures, Kalana Perera was injured, ruled out of the tournament and replaced by Thilan Prasan.
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