Under-19 World Cup qualifying

[andrew_nixon]

Qualifying for the 2008 Under-19 World Cup gets underway this week, with several teams in each of the ICC's five regions battling it out to join the ten full members and hosts Malaysia.

The winner of each regional tournament qualifies for the World Cup, except if Malaysia win the Asian tournament, in which case the Asian runners-up qualify.

Schedules

Europe

Played in Belfast and Bangor, Northern Ireland

23rd July: Denmark v Scotland at Stormont, Belfast
23rd July: Ireland v Netherlands at Upritchard Park, Bangor
24th July: Ireland v Denmark at Osborne Park, Belfast
24th July: Netherlands v Scotland at Stormont, Belfast
26th July: Denmark v Netherlands at Church of Ireland Young Men's Society Cricket Club Ground, Belfast
26th July: Ireland v Scotland at Osborne Park, Belfast

East Asia/Pacific

Played in Port Vila, Vanuatu

18th July: Japan v Papua New Guinea at KaZaa Field
18th July: Vanuatu v Fiji at Independence Park
19th July: Fiji v Papua New Guinea at Club Hippique Adventure Park
19th July: Vanuatu v Japan at KaZaa Field
21st July: Fiji v Japan at Independence Park
21st July: Vanuatu v Papua New Guinea at KaZaa Field
23rd July: 3rd place play off at Club Hippique Adventure Park
23rd July: Final at KaZaa Field

Africa

Played in Benoni, South Africa

Teams: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Fixtures to be confirmed.

Americas

Played at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario, Canada

USA do not take part due to their ongoing suspension.

13th August: Argentina v Cayman Islands, Bahamas v Bermuda
14th August: Bermuda v Cayman Islands, Canada v Argentina
16th August: Argentina v Bermuda, Canada v Bahamas
17th August: Argentina v Bahamas, Canada v Cayman Islands
18th August: Bahamas v Cayman Islands, Canada v Bermuda

Asia

Played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Link to fixture list: http://www.asiancricket.org/cnt_07_u19e.cfm

 

[andrew_nixon]

EAP Qualifying Day One Results

Japan innings: 37 all out
Papua New Guinea innings: 38/0

Papua New Guinea win by 10 wickets

Fiji innings: 84 all out (Aru 4/17)
Vanuatu innings: 87/1

Vanuatu win by 9 wickets

EAP Qualifying Day Two Results

Papua New Guinea innings: 118 all out
Fiji innings: 80 all out (Gavera 4/22)

PNG win by 38 runs

Vanuatu innings: 381/8 (Mansale 157, Timakata 61, Obed 56 not out)
Japan innings: 34 all out (Mansale 5/5)

Vanuatu win by 347 runs

 

[Skater]

PNG look like the best team by far out there. I don't like sub-100 scores in cricket.

 

[andrew_nixon]

EAP Qualifying Day Three Results

Vanuatu innings: 115/9
PNG innings: 118/2

PNG win by 8 wickets

Fiji innings: 440/8 (Rika 257) - yes you read that right, two hundred and fifty seven!
Japan innings: 53 all out (Biauniceva 6/13)

Fiji win by 387 runs

 

[Skater]

Fiji goes from a total of 164 combined in both matches and then crack 440? Wow!

About 2.7 times their totals in two matches combined in one innings? Lol!

 

[andrew_nixon]

A player scores 257 in a one-day game and it gets no comments? Oh well...

Anyway....

EAP Qualifying - Play offs results

3rd place play off

Japan innings: 35 all out (Tavo 4/12 Yabaki 4/4)
Fiji innings: 41/0

Final

Papua New Guinea: 207 all out (Ura 74, Dunn 4/53)
Vanuatu: 103 all out (Nou 4/22)

PNG win by 104 runs

Papua New Guinea qualify for the Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia in 2008.

 

[aussie1st]

PNG clearly the best in that tournament. Poor Japan just keep getting hammered.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Obviously you all see scores of 257 in one-day games all the time so it's nothing to get excited about, but I'll continue with coverage of the qualifiers anyway.

Europe Qualifiers Day One Results

Netherlands innings: 123 all out
Ireland innings: 126/2

Ireland win by 8 wickets

Scotland innings: 255 all out (Dalgleish 68)
Denmark innings: 110 all out

Scotland win by 145 runs

 

[Animator!]

Stunning performances by Rika, by the looks of the scores. Andrew as you know of these players a lot better than I; Is he genuinely a very good player, better than you would "expect" from an associate side or was it just a bit of a one off?

 

[hollandcricket]

Really sad preformance by the Netherlands. "Mr. Extra" was the topscorer of the innings. I think the team relies to heavy on Alexei Kervezee: if he fails, so will the whole team. Impressed with the resistance by Stijn Allema though, who's a very talented batsman and a tidy wicketkeeper. And some good bowling showed by T. Gruijters.
The chances of qualifying for the WC are small now we've lost Ireland.
I know a lot of these guys quite well as I used to play with that same team in the Netherlands U15 so I wish them luck and hope they'll preform well.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Stunning performances by Rika, by the looks of the scores. Andrew as you know of these players a lot better than I; Is he genuinely a very good player, better than you would "expect" from an associate side or was it just a bit of a one off?

He was playing for Fiji Under-19s at the age of 13 and the senior side at 18, so he must be pretty good! Japan have been pretty poor in this tournament though, so I guess he took the chance to cash in.

 

[Animator!]

Christ! So he sounds like he's going to be a very good player. I wonder if we'll see him try to move abroad for First class cricket in England, Australia, South Africa or someone in the upcoming years.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Christ! So he sounds like he's going to be a very good player.

A good youth record sometimes doesn't translate to senior success though. IN 2005, Greg Thompson played for Ireland Under 17s, Under 19s, Under 23s and the senior side, all while just 17, but two years later can't even make the Ireland A team.

 

[Animator!]

Oh yeah. It's always a likely story that he might no succeed later on in his years, but still, I would have thought a county with an eye about across the world would take a look at him.

 

[Sagacious]

EAP Qualifying Day Three Results

Vanuatu innings: 115/9
PNG innings: 118/2

PNG win by 8 wickets

Fiji innings: 440/8 (Rika 257) - yes you read that right, two hundred and fifty seven!
Japan innings: 53 all out (Biauniceva 6/13)

Fiji win by 387 runs

257 in a One day match !!! :cool: Any tv footage?