This is a list of the squads picked for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Bold indicates that a player went onto play senior international cricket.
Group A
Bangladesh Bangladesh's squad was announced on 23 December 2015.
Coach: Mohammad Mizanur Rahman
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Mehidy Hasan Miraz (c) Right Right-arm off spin Abdul Halim Right Right-arm medium Ariful Islam Left — Jaker Ali (wk) Right — Joyraz Sheik Right — Mehedi Hasan Rana Left Left-arm fast Mohammad Saifuddin Left Right-arm medium-fast Najmul Hossain Shanto Left Right-arm medium Pinak Ghosh Left — Saeed Sarkar Right Right-arm off spin Saif Hassan Right — Saleh Ahmed Left Left-arm orthodox Sanjit Saha Right Right-arm off spin Shafiul Hayat Right Right-arm off spin Zakir Hasan (wk) Left —
Namibia
Coach: Rangarirai Manyande
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Zane Green (c, wk) Left — Charl Brits Right Right-arm off spin Petrus Burger Right Right-arm leg spin Fritz Coetzee Right Left-arm fast-medium Niko Davin Right Right-arm leg spin Motjaritje Honga Right Right-arm medium Burton Jacobs Right Right-arm medium Jürgen Linde Left Left-arm medium SJ Loftie-Eaton Right Right-arm fast-medium Lo-handre Louwrens (wk) Right — Chrischen Olivier Right Right-arm medium-fast Francois Rautenbach Right Right-arm off spin Michael van Lingen Left — Eben van Wyk Right Right-arm medium Warren van Wyk Left Right-arm medium-fast
Scotland Scotland's squad was announced on 22 December 2015. Scott Cameron was originally named in the squad, but was replaced by Cameron Sloman after injuring his back prior to the tournament.(26 January 2016). "Sloman replaces Cameron in Scotland squad" – CricketEurope. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
Coaches: Gordon Drummond and Cedric English
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Neil Flack (c) Left — Haris Aslam Right — Ryan Brown Right Right-arm off spin Harris Carnegie (wk) Right — Azeem Dar Right — Mohammad Ghaffar Right — Rory Johnston Right — Ihtisham Malik Right — Finlay McCreath Right — Mitchell Rao Left — Owais Shah Left — Cameron Sloman Left Left-arm medium Jack Waller Right — Simon Whait (wk) Right — Ben Wilkinson Right Right-arm medium
Note: bowling information on all Scottish players is not yet available.
South Africa
South Africa's squad was announced on 21 December 2015.
Coach: Lawrence Mahatlane
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Tony de Zorzi (c) Left Right-arm off spin Ziyaad Abrahams Right Right-arm fast Dean Foxcroft Right Right-arm off spin Dayyaan Galiem Right Right-arm medium-fast Willem Ludick Right Right-arm medium Wandile Makwetu (wk) Right — Conor McKerr Right Right-arm fast Rivaldo Moonsamy Right — Wiaan Mulder Right Right-arm medium Luke Philander Right Right-arm off spin Farhaan Sayanvala Right Right-arm off spin Lutho Sipamla Right Right-arm fast Liam Smith Right — Kyle Verreynne (wk) Right Right-arm off spin Sean Whitehead Right Left-arm orthodox
Group B
Afghanistan Coach: Dawlat Ahmadzai
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Ihsanullah Janat (c) Right — Ikram Alikhil Left — Karim Janat Right Right-arm medium Mohammad Zahir Left Left-arm medium Muslim Musa Right Right-arm medium Naveed Obaid Right — Naveen-ul-Haq Right Right-arm medium-fast Nijat Masood Right Right-arm medium Perwez Malakzai Right Right-arm off spin Rashid Khan Right Right-arm leg spin Shamsurrahman Right Right-arm off spin Tariq Stanikzai Left Left-arm orthodox Waheedullah Shafaq Right — Zahir Khan Left Slow left-arm wrist-spin Zia-ur-Rehman Right Left-arm orthodox
Canada Coach: Errol Barrow
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Abraash Khan (c) Right Right-arm medium Bhavindu Adhihetty Left Left-arm medium Thursaanth Anantharajah Left Right-arm leg spin Akash Gill Left Right-arm medium Abdul Haseeb Right Right-arm fast-medium Arslan Khan Right Right-arm medium Suliman Khan Right Right-arm fast-medium Mamik Luthra Right Right-arm off spin Miraj Patel Right Right-arm off spin Shlok Patel Left Left-arm orthodox Kurt Ramdath Right Left-arm orthodox Sarbot Sivia (wk) Left — Amish Taploo (wk) Right — Harsh Thaker Right Right-arm off spin Prushoth Wijayaraj Right Right-arm fast-medium
Pakistan
Pakistan's squad was announced on 19 December 2015.
Coach: Muhammad Masroor
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Gauhar Hafeez (c) Left — Ahmad Shafiq Left Left-arm orthodox Arsal Sheikh Right Right-arm off spin Hassan Khan Left Left-arm orthodox Hasan Mohsin Right Right-arm leg spin Arfan Liaqat Right Right-arm fast Mohammad Umar Right — Muhammad Asad — — Saif Ali Right — Saif Badar Right Right-arm leg spin Salman Fayyaz Left Right-arm leg spin Sameen Gul Right Right-arm medium Shadab Khan Right — Umair Masood (wk) Right — Zeeshan Malik Right Right-arm off spin
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's squad was announced on 23 December 2015.
Coach: Roger Wijesuriya
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Charith Asalanka (c) Left Right-arm off spin Shammu Ashan Right Right-arm off spin Kaveen Bandara Left Right-arm medium-fast Jehan Daniel Right Left-arm fast-medium Asitha Fernando Right Right-arm medium-fast Avishka Fernando Right Right-arm medium-fast Wanindu Hasaranga Right Right-arm leg spin Lahiru Kumara Left Right-arm medium-fast Kamindu Mendis Left Left-arm orthodox Charana Nanayakkara Right Right-arm medium-fast Thilan Nimesh Right Left-arm orthodox Vishad Randika (wk) Right — Lahiru Samarakoon Left Left-arm fast-medium Damitha Silva Left Left-arm orthodox Salinda Ushan Left Right-arm off spin
Group C
England England named their 15-man squad on 22 December.
Coach: Andy Hurry
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Brad Taylor (c) Right Right-arm off break Daniel Lawrence (vc) Right Right-arm leg break Jack Burnham Right Right-arm medium George Bartlett Right Right-arm off break Mason Crane Right Right-arm leg break Sam Curran Left Left-arm medium-fast Ryan Davies (wk) Right — Aneurin Donald Right Right-arm off break George Garton Left Left-arm medium-fast Ben Green Right Right-arm fast-medium Max Holden Left Right-arm off break Saqib Mahmood Right Right-arm fast-medium Tom Moores (wk) Left — Callum Taylor Right Right-arm medium Jared Warner Right Right-arm fast-medium
Fiji Coach: Shane Jurgensen
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Saimoni Tuitoga (c) Right Right-arm medium-fast Josaia Baleicikoibia Right Right-arm medium Petero Cabebula Right Right-arm medium Jack Charters Right Right-arm fast Malakai Cokovaki Right Right-arm medium Jordan Dunham Right Right-arm medium Vaibhav Kapadia Right Right-arm off break Delaimatuku Maraiwai Right — Ledua Qionivoka Right Right-arm medium Samuel Saunokonoko Right — Cakacaka Tikoisuva Right Right-arm medium Peni Vuniwaqa Right Right-arm medium Sosiceni Weleilakeba Right Right-arm medium Tuwai Yabaki Right Right-arm off break
West Indies West Indies named their squad on 31 December. Obed McCoy sustained an injury before the quarter finals took place and Chemar Holder was called in to replace him.
Coach: Graeme West
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Shimron Hetmyer (c) Left Right-arm leg break Keacy Carty Right Right-arm medium Shahid Crooks Right Right-arm medium-fast Michael Frew Right Right-arm off break Jyd Goolie Left Right-arm off break Tevin Imlach (wk) Right — Ryan John Right Right-arm medium-fast Alzarri Joseph Right Right-arm fast-medium Kirstan Kallicharan Right Right-arm off break Obed McCoy Left Left-arm fast-medium Keemo Paul Right Right-arm fast-medium Gidron Pope Left Right-arm off break Odean Smith Right Right-arm medium Shamar Springer Right Right-arm fast-medium Emmanuel Stewart Right — Chemar Holder Right Right-arm fast-medium
Zimbabwe Coach: Stephen Mangongo
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Brandon Mavuta (c) Right Right-arm leg break Trevor Chibvongodze — — Jeremy Ives Right Slow left-arm orthodox Adam Keefe Right Right-arm medium Wesley Madhevere Right Right-arm off break Rugare Magarira Right Slow left-arm wrist-spin William Mashinge Right Right-arm fast-medium Kundai Matigimu Right Right-arm fast Sydney Murombo Right Right-arm medium Ryan Murray (wk) Right Right-arm off break Richard Ngarava Left Left-arm fast Akshay Patel — — Milton Shumba — — Brendan Sly (wk) Right — Shaun Snyder Right —
Group D
India
India's squad was announced on 22 December 2015:
Coach: Rahul Dravid PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Ishan Kishan (c & wk) Left — Rishabh Pant (vc & wk) Left — Khaleel Ahmed Right Left-arm medium Zeeshan Ansari Right Right-arm leg break Rahul Batham Right Right-arm medium Ricky Bhui Right Right-arm leg break Mayank Dagar Right Slow left-arm orthodox Armaan Jaffer Right Right-arm off break Avesh Khan Right Right-arm medium Sarfaraz Khan Right Right-arm off break Amandeep Khare Right Right-arm medium Mahipal Lomror Left Right-arm off break Shubham Mavi Right Right-arm medium Anmolpreet Singh Right Right-arm off break Washington Sundar Left Right-arm off break
Ireland Ireland were added to the tournament on 6 January 2016 after Australia withdrew. They announced their squad two days later:
Coach: Ryan Eagleson
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Jack Tector (c) Right Right-arm off break Rory Anders Right Right-arm fast Andrew Austin Left — Varun Chopra Right Right-arm leg break Adam Dennison Right — Stephen Doheny Right — Aaron Gillespie — — Josh Little Right Left-arm fast Gary McClintock Right — William McClintock Right Right-arm medium Tom Stanton Right Left-arm medium Harry Tector Right — Fiachra Tucker Right — Lorcan Tucker (wk) Right — Ben White Right Right-arm leg break
Nepal Coach: Jagat Tamatta
There were some concerns about the eligibility of Nepal's captain, Raju Rijal, with reports stating he was over 19 years of age. However, the ICC were satisfied that his date of birth was correct.
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Raju Rijal (c & wk) Right — Dipendra Airee Right Right-arm medium Kushal Bhurtel Right Right-arm medium Sunil Dhamala Right Right-arm off break Himanshu Dutta Right Sushil Kandel Left Slow left-arm orthodox Yogendra Karki Right — Sandeep Lamichhane Right Leg break googly Ishan Pandey Left — Shankar Rana Right — Aarif Sheikh Right Right-arm medium Sandeep Sunar Right Right-arm leg break Dipesh Shrestha Right Right-arm medium Rajbir Singh Left Slow left-arm orthodox Prem Tamang Right Right-arm off break
New Zealand New Zealand's squad was announced on 24 December 2015:
Coach: Bob Carter
PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style Josh Finnie (c) Right Right-arm off break Finn Allen (wk) Right — Josh Clarkson Right Right-arm medium Zak Gibson Right Right-arm medium Christian Leopard Right Right-arm medium Felix Murray Left Slow left-arm orthodox Aniket Parikh Right Right-arm off break Dale Phillips Right Right-arm fast-medium Glenn Phillips (wk) Right — Rachin Ravindra Left Slow left-arm orthodox Talor Scott (wk) Right — Ben Sears Right Right-arm medium-fast Nathan Smith Right Right-arm medium-fast Daniel Stanley Left Left-arm medium-fast Ross ter Braak Right Left-arm fast-medium
Notes Australia's squad was announced on 19 December 2015. However, on 5 January 2016, Cricket Australia announced that the Australian U19 squad have pulled out of the tournament, citing security concerns. Australia's squad consisted of the following players: Wes Agar, Michael Cormack, Kyle Gardiner, Jordan Gauci, Brooke Guest, David Grant, Sam Grimwade, Sam Harper, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Henry Hunt, Caleb Jewell, Jonathan Merlo, Arjun Nair, Tom O'Donnell, Jonte Pattison, Patrick Page, Jhye Richardson, Jason Sangha, Ben Taylor and Henry Thornton.
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