South Africa national under-19 cricket team

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ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup wins
 (2014)
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Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 18 December 2023

The South African Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1995. International players to have represented the team include

Under-19 Cricket World Cup
in 2014 and finished runner-up in both 2002 and 2008.

In February 2021, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced that the team would take part in South Africa's Provincial first-class and List A cricket tournaments, starting with the 2020–21 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup and the 2020–21 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge respectively.[2][3] However, the matches played by the under-19 team in those tournaments did not have first-class or List A status.[4]

Under-19 World Cup record

South Africa's U19 World Cup record
Year Result Pos № Pld W L T NR
Australia 1988 Ineligible – not an ICC member

South Africa 1998

Semi-finals 3rd 16 6 5 1 0 0
Sri Lanka 2000 First round 9th 16 8 5 0 0 3
New Zealand 2002 Runner-up 2nd 16 8 5 3 0 0
Bangladesh 2004 Second round 7th 16 6 3 3 0 0
Sri Lanka 2006 First round 11th 16 5 2 3 0 0
Malaysia 2008 Runner-up 2nd 16 6 4 2 0 0
New Zealand 2010 Quarter-finals 7th 16 6 5 1 0 0
Australia 2012 Semi-finals 3rd 16 6 5 1 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2014 Champions 1st 16 6 6 0 0 0
Bangladesh 2016 First round 11th 16 6 3 3 0 0
New Zealand 2018 Quarter-finals 5th 16 6 4 2 0 0

South Africa 2020

Quarter-finals 8th 16 6 3 3 0 0
2022
 Qualified

South Africa 2024

Qualified
Total 75 50 22 0 3

Current squad

The

2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, as announced on 21 December 2015, was as follows:[5]

Player Date of Birth Batting Bowling style
Fraser Jones (2000-06-14)14 June 2000 (aged 17) Right Right- arm fast
Tony de Zorzi (c) (1997-08-28)28 August 1997 (aged 18) Left Right-arm off spin
Ziyaad Abrahams (1997-03-27)27 March 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm fast
Dean Foxcroft (1998-04-20)20 April 1998 (aged 17) Right Right-arm off spin
Dayyaan Galiem (1997-01-02)2 January 1997 (aged 19) Right Right-arm medium-fast
Willem Ludick (1997-03-20)20 March 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm medium
Wandile Makwetu (wk) (1999-01-07)7 January 1999 (aged 17) Right —
Conor McKerr (1998-01-19)19 January 1998 (aged 18) Right Right-arm fast
Rivaldo Moonsamy (1996-09-13)13 September 1996 (aged 19) Right —
Wiaan Mulder (1998-02-19)19 February 1998 (aged 17) Right Right-arm medium
Luke Philander (1997-04-30)30 April 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm off spin
Farhaan Sayanvala (1997-07-08)8 July 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm off spin
Lutho Sipamla (1998-05-12)12 May 1998 (aged 17) Right Right-arm fast
Liam Smith
 (1997-05-11)11 May 1997 (aged 18) Right —
Kyle Verreynne (wk) (1997-05-12)12 May 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm off spin
Sean Whitehad (1997-03-07)7 March 1997 (aged 18) Right Left-arm orthodox

Controversy

In January 2024,

Israel-Hamas war in the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which hosted by South Africa, are likely to focus on Teeger, who had shown his support to Israel before.[6] The decision caused outrage from the South African Jewish Board of Deputies and accused Cricket South Africa of Antisemitism.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Uncapped Matthew Montgomery to lead SA U19s in tour to India". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  2. ^ "WP's Daniel Smith named captain of SA U-19s". News24. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Three local stars included in national u.19 team after Cubs Cricket Week". Petoria Rekord. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. ^ "CSA 3 & 1 Day Provincial 2020/21 Season" (PDF). Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Tony de Zorzi to lead South Africa at U-19 World Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  6. ^ "South African national cricket team removes Jewish captain". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  7. ^ "South Africa axing of U19 captain David Teeger ahead of Cricket World Cup sparks antisemitism row". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

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