Windies, the dark horse of the competition From a team which boasts a galaxy of former U-19 players who have graduated onto successful international careers, including Brian Lara, Jimmy Adams, Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan, comes a side of promising and talented youngsters, ready to take off from where their seniors left. ...
ICC U-19 WC, Group-B: India 280/5 beat PNG 85 all out in 27.3 overs Bangalore: India Colts kick-off their World Cup Group-B campaign with a convincing 195-run victory against regional qualifiers Papua New Guinea (PNG) at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. ...
Kohli-led India Colts start favourites India Colts aim to repeat 2000 act when the U-19 side led by Mohd Kaif and studded with the likes of Yuvraj, Sodhi, Raina et al clinched the title in Lanka. ...
Bouyant Pak aim hat-trick of titles Defending champions Pakistan, who won the 2004 and 2006 events, begin their quest for hat-trick of U-19 World titles against the hosts Malaysia. ...
England all fit and raring to go Alex Wakely~~s side head to Malaysia hopeful of repeating the exploits of the 1998 England side which under the captaincy of Owais Shah captured the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup. ...
Hill-led Australia face an uphill task Michael Hill-led Aussie Colts will head to Malaysia, aiming to replicate the success of their senior side in recent ICC competitions and becoming the first team to win the tournament three times. ...
South African Colts hope to do better South African team~~s preparation leading to the event has been pretty mediocre. They suffered heavy defeats at the hands of India and Bangladesh in the home tri-series last Oct. ...
Kiwis hope to better Cup record Kane Williamson~~s side will be hoping to improve on New Zealand U-19s performance at the last event where they failed to reach the Super League section of the competition. ...
ICC U-19 World Cup kicks off with Malay flavour Kuala Lampur: The ICC U-19 World Cup got underway in style with a vibrant opening ceremony at the picturesque Kinrara Oval here on Friday.<br/><br/> On what was an upbeat occasion with a distinctly Malaysian feel, six high-energy drummers set th...
BCCI urges ICC to ban sledging New Delhi: India will propose a ban on sledging - verbally abusing opponents to put them off their game - at an upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting, a top official said here on Thursday."Cricket is not a physical, contact sport ...