Canada national under-19 cricket team

Canada Under-19s

Personnel
Captain	[1]
Coach	Farouk Kirmani[2]
Owner	Cricket Canada
Team information
Colours	Red

The Canadian national under-19 cricket team represents the country of Canada in under-19 international cricket.

Canada has qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup on eight occasions, the most of any associate member from the ICC Americas region.

The coach of Canada for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa is Farouk Kirmani, and the captain is .^[3]

History[]

Two Canadian players represented the ICC Associates XI at the inaugural 1988 Youth Cricket World Cup in Australia. Four Canadians represented the combined Americas XI at the 2000 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

At the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Canada finished in 11th position. They won two games in the competition, against Zimbabwe in the group stage and against Papua New Guinea in the play-off for 11th place.^[4] The victory against Zimbabwe is their only victory against a full member at the Under-19 World Cup.

Under-19 World Cup record[]

Canada's U19 World Cup record
Year	Result	Pos	№	Pld	W	L	T	NR
1988	Part of ICC Associates XI
1998	Did not enter
2000	Part of ICC Americas XI
2002	First round	15th	16	6	0	5	1	0
2004	First round	15th	16	6	0	6	0	0
2006	Did not qualify
2008
2010	First round	11th	16	6	2	2	0	2
2012	Did not qualify
2014	First round	15th	16	6	1	5	0	0
2016	First round	15th	16	6	1	5	0	0
2018	First round	12th	16	6	2	4	0	0
2020	First round	13th	16	6	2	4	0	0
2022	Qualified
Total				42	8	31	1	2

List of captains[]

Eight players have captained Canada in under-19 One Day International (ODI) matches.^[5]

№	Name	First	Last	M	W	L	T	NR	Win%
1	Ashish Bagai	2002	2002	5	0	4	1	0	10.00
2		2002	2002	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
3	Umar Bhatti	2004	2004	6	0	6	0	0	0.00
4	Rustam Bhatti	2010	2010	5	2	2	0	1	50.00
5	Nitish Kumar	2014	2014	6	1	5	0	0	16.67
6	Abraash Khan	2016	2016	6	1	5	0	0	16.67
7	Arslan Khan	2018	2018	6	2	4	0	0	33.33
8		2020	2020	5	2	3	0	0	40.00

Records[]

All records listed are for under-19 One Day International (ODI) matches only.

Team records[]

Highest totals^[6]

• 300/7 (50 overs), v.  Japan, at , Potchefstroom, 30 January 2020
• 265/8 (50 overs), v.  Papua New Guinea, at Lincoln No. 3, Lincoln, 22 January 2018
• 248/8 (50 overs), v.  South Africa, at Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi, 16 February 2014
• 240 (47.3 overs), v.  Namibia, at ICC Academy No. 2, Dubai, 24 February 2014
• 231 (50 overs), v.  Uganda, at M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong, 27 February 2004

Lowest totals^[7]

• 41 (28.4 overs), v.  South Africa, at North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, 25 January 2002
• 75 (27.1 overs), v.  Bangladesh, at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, 22 February 2014
• 81 (31.1 overs), v.  South Africa, at Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi, 17 February 2004
• 85 (34.4 overs), v.  Namibia, at Colin Maiden Park No. 2, Auckland, 1 February 2002
• 101 (31.5 overs), v.  England, at John Davies Oval, Queenstown, 20 January 2018

Individual records[]

Most career runs^[8]

• 427 – Arslan Khan (2016-2018)
• 312 – (2016-2018)
• 219 – Nitish Kumar (2010-2014)
• 197 – (2014)
• 188 – Nikhil Dutta (2014)

Highest individual scores^[9]

• 120 (115 balls) – , v.  Papua New Guinea, at Lincoln No. 3, Lincoln, 22 January 2018
• 101 (102 balls) – , v.  Japan, at , Potchefstroom, 30 January 2020
• 90 (105 balls) – , v.  United Arab Emirates, at Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein, 18 January 2020
• 90 (114 balls) – Usman Limbada, v.  Zimbabwe, at Village Green, Christchurch, 15 January 2010
• 76* (55 balls) – Ashish Bagai, v.  Bangladesh, at Colin Maiden Park, Auckland, 22 January 2002

Most career wickets^[10]

• 16 – Akhil Kumar (2020)
• 14 – (2018)
• 13 – (2016-2018)
• 9 – Shaheed Keshvani (2004)
• 8 – Nikhil Dutta (2014), (2016)

Best bowling performances^[11]

• 6/46 (10 overs) – Akhil Kumar, v.  Japan, at , Potchefstroom, 30 January 2020
• 5/29 (10 overs) – Shaheed Keshvani, v.  Bangladesh, at M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong, 27 February 2004
• 5/48 (8 overs) – , v.  Afghanistan, at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 15 January 2018
• 4/16 (4 overs) – , v.  Fiji, at Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar, 11 February 2016
• 4/43 (8 overs) – , v.  Namibia, at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 18 January 2018

References[]