ICC U19 World Cricket Championship 2012

The ICC U19 World Cricket Championship 2012 was the ninth edition of the Junior Cricket World Championship organized by the International Cricket Council and was held in Australia from 11 to 26 August . The world championship was held in the one-day international format, in which each team played one innings over a maximum of 50 overs . In the final India was able to prevail with a 6-wickets win against hosts Australia.

Attendees

In addition to the junior teams of the ten test nations, six teams - Scotland, Nepal, Ireland, Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Namibia - had qualified for the finals through a qualifying tournament held in Ireland.

Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh England

India Ireland Namibia  Nepal

New Zealand Pakistan  Papua New Guinea  Scotland

South Africa Zimbabwe Sri Lanka West Indies

format

In four preliminary round groups, each with four teams, everyone played against each other, with a win earning two points, a tie or a no result one point. The two best teams qualified for the quarter-finals and the last two teams for the consolation round. The winners of the quarter-finals qualified for the semi-finals, which then determined the finalists. All places were played out, so that a total of 48 games took place.

Warm up games

August 7th scorecard	Brisbane	New Zealand 184-8 (50)	-	South Africa 185-4 (29.2)
		South Africa wins with 6 wickets

August 7th scorecard	Brisbane	Scotland 106 (37.5)	-	Bangladesh 107-3 (20.1)
		Bangladesh wins with 7 wickets

August 7th scorecard	Brisbane	Nepal 213 (43.3)	-	Papua New Guinea 214-2 (40.3)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 8 wickets

August 7th scorecard	Brisbane	India 191-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 158 (45.5)
		India wins with 33 runs

August 7th scorecard	Brisbane	Pakistan 281-6 (50)	-	England 283-5 (44)
		England wins with 5 wickets

August 7th scorecard	Brisbane	Afghanistan 257-6 (50)	-	Ireland 156 (40)
		Afghanistan wins with 101 runs

August 7th scorecard	Sunshine Coast	Namibia 180-9 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 181-3 (49.2)
		Zimbabwe wins with 7 wickets

August 7th scorecard	Sunshine Coast	West Indies 235-6 (50)	-	Australia 222 (49.1)
		West Indies wins by 13 runs

August 8 scorecard	Brisbane	England 220 (49.4)	-	Zimbabwe 89 (35.2)
		England wins with 131 runs

August 8 scorecard	Brisbane	West Indies 324-7 (50)	-	Namibia 182 (46.4)
		West Indies wins with 146 runs

August 8 scorecard	Brisbane	Sri Lanka 188 (45.2)	-	Ireland 138 (39.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 50 runs

August 8 scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 315-7 (50)	-	Scotland 244 (45.3)
		Australia wins with 71 runs

August 8 scorecard	Brisbane	India 271-7 (50)	-	Afghanistan 219 (46.2)
		India wins with 52 runs

August 8 scorecard	Brisbane	Papua New Guinea 194-6 (50)	-	Pakistan 197-2 (32.3)
		Pakistan wins with 8 wickets

August 8 scorecard	Sunshine Coast	New Zealand 267-8 (50)	-	Nepal 248-9 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 19 runs

August 8 scorecard	Sunshine Coast	Bangladesh 213 (49)	-	South Africa 214-6 (49.5)
		South Africa wins with 4 wickets

Preliminary round

Group A

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Australia	3	3	0	0	6th	+2,208
England	3	2	1	0	4th	-0.899
Ireland	3	1	2	0	2	-0.468
Nepal	3	0	3	0	0	-2,347

August 11th scorecard	Townsville	England 143 (38.3)	-	Australia 147-4 (35.1)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

August 12th Scorecard	Townsville	Ireland 109 (42.2)	-	England 113-3 (36.2)
		England wins with 7 wickets

August 13th scorecard	Townsville	Australia 294-7 (50)	-	Nepal 83 (23.5)
		Australia wins with 212 runs

August 14th scorecard	Townsville	Ireland 129 (42.5)	-	Australia 133-4 (40.3)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

August 15th scorecard	Townsville	Ireland 185-8 (50)	-	Nepal 171 (49.3)
		Ireland wins with 14 runs

August 16 scorecard	Townsville	England 274-7 (50)	-	Nepal 148 (46)
		England wins with 126 runs

Group B

table

Group B	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Pakistan	3	3	0	0	6th	+1,877
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	4th	-0.215
Afghanistan	3	1	2	0	2	-0.713
Scotland	3	0	3	0	0	-0.782

August 11th scorecard	Sunshine Coast	Pakistan 253-6 (50)	-	Afghanistan 130 (30.3)
		Pakistan wins with 109 runs

August 12th Scorecard	Sunshine Coast	New Zealand 247-9 (50)	-	Scotland 208 (46.5)
		New Zealand wins with 39 runs

August 13th scorecard	Sunshine Coast	Scotland 200 (49.5)	-	Pakistan 204-1 (36.2)
		Pakistan wins with 9 wickets

August 14th scorecard	Sunshine Coast	New Zealand 198 (50)	-	Afghanistan 190-9 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 8 runs

August 15th scorecard	Sunshine Coast	Afghanistan 191 (48.3)	-	Scotland 181 (49.2)
		Afghanistan won with 10 runs

August 16 scorecard	Sunshine Coast	New Zealand 152-8 (50)	-	Pakistan 153-5 (31.2)
		Pakistan wins with 5 wickets

Group C

table

Group C	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
West Indies	3	3	0	0	6th	+1,750
India	3	2	1	0	4th	+1,067
Zimbabwe	3	1	2	0	2	-0.147
Papua New Guinea	3	0	3	0	0	-2,718

August 11th scorecard	Townsville	Zimbabwe 249 (50)	-	Papua New Guinea 145 (28.1)
		Zimbabwe wins with 104 runs

August 12th Scorecard	Townsville	India 166-8 (50)	-	West Indies 167-6 (47.1)
		West Indies wins with 4 wickets

August 13th scorecard	Townsville	Papua New Guinea 116 (41)	-	West Indies 117-1 (11.4)
		West Indies wins with 9 wickets

August 14th scorecard	Townsville	India 261-6 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 198 (44.1)
		India wins with 63 runs

August 16 scorecard	Townsville	India 204 (45.1)	-	Papua New Guinea 97 (31.5)
		India wins with 107 runs

August 16 scorecard	Townsville	Zimbabwe 148-8 (50)	-	West Indies 150-4 (35.1)
		West Indies wins with 6 wickets

Group D

table

Group D	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
South Africa	3	3	0	0	6th	+2,987
Bangladesh	3	2	1	0	4th	-0.336
Sri Lanka	3	1	2	0	2	+0.683
Namibia	3	0	3	0	0	-3,234

August 11th scorecard	Brisbane	Bangladesh 249-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 224 (48.4)
		Bangladesh wins with 25 runs

August 12th Scorecard	Brisbane	South Africa 294-8 (50)	-	Bangladesh 161-34.3 (34.3)
		South Africa wins with 133 runs

August 13th scorecard	Brisbane	Sri Lanka 298-9 (50)	-	Namibia 103 (35)
		Sri Lanka wins with 195 runs

August 14th scorecard	Redland City	South Africa 359-6 (50)	-	Namibia 150 (46)
		South Africa wins with 209 runs

August 15th scorecard	Redland City	Sri Lanka 150 (37.4)	-	South Africa 153-6 (33)
		South Africa wins with 4 wickets

August 16 scorecard	Redland City	Namibia 151 (49.4)	-	Bangladesh 155-3 (37)
		Bangladesh wins with 7 wickets

Main round

Quarter finals

August 19th scorecard	Townsville	South Africa 244 (50)	-	England 141 (40.3)
		South Africa wins with 103 runs

August 19th scorecard	Townsville	Bangladesh 171 (43)	-	Australia 172-5 (45.5)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

August 20 scorecard	Townsville	Pakistan 136 (45.1)	-	India 137-9 (48)
		India wins with 1 wicket

August 20 scorecard	Townsville	West Indies 237 (50)	-	New Zealand 238-7 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 3 wickets

Semifinals

August 21 scorecard	Townsville	South Africa 191-8 (50)	-	Australia 193-6 (48.3)
		Australia wins with 4 wickets

August 23 scorecard	Townsville	India 209-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 200-9 (50)
		India wins with 9 runs

Semi-finals for 5th to 8th place

August 21 scorecard	Townsville	Bangladesh 217-7 (50)	-	England 218-6 (48.2)
		England wins with 4 wickets

August 22nd scorecard	Townsville	West Indies 182 (49)	-	Pakistan 166 (48.3)
		West Indies wins by 16 runs

Game for 7th place

August 24th scorecard	Townsville	Pakistan 235-8 (50)	-	Bangladesh 239-5 (46.2)
		Bangladesh wins with 5 wickets

Play for 5th place

August 24th scorecard	Townsville	England 241-9 (50)	-	West Indies 228 (48.3)
		England wins with 13 runs

Game for 3rd place

August 25 scorecard	Townsville	New Zealand 90 (36.5)	-	South Africa 94-2 (14.4)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

final

August 26th scorecard	Townsville	Australia 225-8 (50)	-	India 227-4 (47.4)
		India wins with 6 wickets

Consolation round

Consolation round quarterfinals

August 19th scorecard	Brisbane	Papua New Guinea 239-5 (50)	-	Afghanistan 244-6 (49)
		Afghanistan wins with 4 wickets

August 19th scorecard	Redland City	Scotland 241-7 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 200-9 (50)
		Scotland wins with 41 runs

August 20 scorecard	Redland City	Nepal 79 (27.3)	-	Sri Lanka 80-2 (20.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

August 20 scorecard	St. Lucia	Namibia 128-9 (50)	-	Ireland 129-6 (24.3)
		Ireland wins with 4 wickets

Semi-finals for 9th to 12th place

August 21 scorecard	Brisbane	Afghanistan 336-7 (50)	-	Scotland 210 (39.4)
		Afghanistan wins with 126 runs

August 22nd scorecard	Brisbane	Sri Lanka 258 (49.3)	-	Ireland 149 (37.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 109 runs

Semi-finals for 13th to 16th place

August 21 scorecard	Redland City	Papua New Guinea 235 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 223 (49.1)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 12 runs

August 21 scorecard	St. Lucia	Nepal 219-7 (50)	-	Namibia 180 (46.3)
		Nepal wins with 39 runs

Play for 15th place

August 23 scorecard	St. Lucia	Zimbabwe 236-9 (50)	-	Namibia 166 (40.5)
		Zimbabwe wins with 70 runs

Play for 13th place

August 23 scorecard	Redland City	Papua New Guinea 89 (33.2)	-	Nepal 90-4 (18.5)
		Nepal wins with 6 wickets

Game for 11th place

August 24th scorecard	St. Lucia	Ireland 182 (49.4)	-	Scotland 185-5 (41.4)
		Scotland wins with 5 wickets

Consolation round finals

August 24th scorecard	Brisbane	Afghanistan 194-5 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 196-3 (39)
		Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets

Final ranking

Pl.	team
1	India
2	Australia
3	South Africa
4th	New Zealand
5	England
6th	West Indies
7th	Bangladesh
8th	Pakistan
9	Sri Lanka
10	Afghanistan
11	Scotland
12	Ireland
13	Nepal
14th	Papua New Guinea
15th	Zimbabwe
16	Namibia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; NRR = Net Run Rate