The 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was held in Malaysia from 17 February 2008 to 2 March 2008. It was the seventh edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The opening ceremony took place on 15 February 2008. The final was played between South Africa and India, which India won by 12 runs on the Duckworth–Lewis method.
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | Limited-overs (50 overs) |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | Malaysia |
Champions | India (2nd title) |
Runners-up | South Africa |
Participants | 16 |
Matches | 44 |
Player of the series | Tim Southee |
Most runs | Tanmay Srivastava (262) |
Most wickets | Wayne Parnell (18) |
Venues edit
The matches took place at three locations: Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang. The venues used were:
Kuala Lumpur
Johor
Penang
Squads edit
Groups edit
The league stage of the tournament consisted of four groups of four teams each. Each team would play once with every team in the group. The groups would be stationed at their respective venues for the group stage. The figures in brackets indicate respective seedings.
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Pakistan (1) |
India (2) |
England (4) | |
Johor | Kuala Lumpur | Penang | Kuala Lumpur |
Group stage edit
Group A edit
All matches start at 0200 UTC.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.765 |
2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.407 |
3 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.403 |
4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.700 |
Group B edit
All matches started at 0200 UTC.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.922 |
2 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.066 |
3 | West Indies | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.653 |
4 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.959 |
Group C edit
All matches start at 0200 UTC.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.912 |
2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.342 |
3 | Nepal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.027 |
4 | Namibia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.100 |
Group D edit
All matches start at 0200 UTC.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Bangladesh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.078 |
2 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.861 |
3 | Bermuda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2.285 |
4 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.264 |
Quarter-finals edit
Super Quarter-finals edit
Plate Quarter-finals edit
24 February
Scorecard |
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Puspa Thapa 40 (48)
Stewart Matsika 3/34 (10 overs) |
Tinashe Chimbambo 20 (34)
Amrit Bhattarai 3/14 (8 overs) |
25 February
Scorecard |
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Rodney Trott 23 (45)
Joel Tom 3/26 (8 overs) |
Tony Ura 76 (55)
Rodney Trott 1/24 (5 overs) |
Semi-finals edit
Super Semi-finals edit
29 February and 1 March
Scorecard |
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- Pakistan U19 were set a revised target of 252 runs from 47 overs due to rain.
5th Place Semi-Finals edit
Plate Semi-finals edit
27 February
Scorecard |
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John Reva 14 (36)
Shamarh Brooks 2/9 (7 overs) |
Kieran Powell 37 (37)
Loa Nou 2/8 (3.3 overs) |
13th place Semi-finals edit
Finals edit
13th Place Final edit
Plate Final edit
Fifth-place final edit
Final edit
2 March
Scorecard |
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- South Africa U19 were set a revised target of 116 runs from 25 overs due to rain.
Final standings edit
Position | Team |
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1 | India |
2 | South Africa |
3 | Pakistan |
4 | New Zealand |
5 | England |
6 | Australia |
7 | Bangladesh |
8 | Sri Lanka |
9 | West Indies |
10 | Nepal |
11 | Namibia |
12 | Papua New Guinea |
13 | Ireland |
14 | Zimbabwe |
15 | Bermuda |
16 | Malaysia (H) |