United Arab Emirates national under-19 cricket team

The United Arab Emirates Under-19 cricket team represent the country of United Arab Emirates in Under-19 international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1989 and an associate member the following year.[1]

United Arab Emirates
Personnel
CaptainAryan Lakra
CoachDominic Telo
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member of Acc (2014)
ICC regionAsia
International cricket
First international10 February v Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium
As of 1 November 2015

The UAE under 19 played their first ever ICC u19 World Cup when they UAE hosted the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which was also the first time the UAE hosted an important cricket tournament.[2]

In April 2019, the team won the Asia Division 1 tournament to qualify for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup for the second time.[3]

The team coach for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup is South African Dominic Telo, assisted by UAE senior team captain Ahmed Raza.[4] In the tournament warm-up matches, UAE caused a stir by registering an upset victory over New Zealand.[5]

Under-19 World Cup record
United Arab Emirates U19 World Cup record
Year Result Pos № Pld W L T NR
1988 Did not enter
1998 Did not qualify
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014 First round 12th 16 6 1 5 0 0
2016 Did not qualify
2018
2020 First round 14th 16 6 2 4 0 0
2022
Total 12 3 9 0 0

References
  1. A Timeline of UAE cricket Archived July 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  2. Paul Radley (5 August 2015). "UAE Under-19 cricketers for tour of Malaysia selected" – The National. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. "UAE emerge Asian Champions to qualify for Under-19 World Cup". Gulf News. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. UAE captain Ahmed Raza excited by coaching role at U19 World Cup
  5. UAE shock New Zealand in under-19 World Cup warm-up match in Johannesburg
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