Five U19CWC players knocking at international cricket

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNext) August 27, 2012: I picked these five young cricketers as my best players, of the top teams, in the tournament, but, more than that, these are five players who I think could and should play for their country right now.

ICC U19 World Cup 2012 Awards

By Adrian Meredith

Anamul Haque of Bangladesh U19

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNext) August 27, 2012: I disagree with William Bosisto being named as player of the ICC U19 World Cup 2012. Scoring 276 runs at an average of 276.00 and at a strike rate of 55.15 do not make good reading for me - not for a one day tournament. He was only 5th on the run scoring list.

ICC U19 World Cup: Pakistan beat Afghanistan by 109 runs

By Nadene Smith

BUDERIM, Australia (TheSportsNext) August 11, 2012: Gutsy half centuries by Babar Azam and Mohammad Nawaz eased Pakistan U19 cricket team into a 109 runs victory over Afghanistan U19 in their opening match of the 2012 ICC U19 World Cup at John Blanck Oval in Buderim on Saturday.

Pakistan U19 beat Australia by 7wkts, go 2-0 up

By Nadene Smith

Sami Aslam

GOLD COAST, Australia (TheSportsNext) July 31, 2012: Superb bowling effort helped the Pakistan U19 to clinch the three-match series against Australia as they won the second Youth One-Day International by seven wickets with 92 balls to spare at Kerrydale Oval on Tuesday.

Batting first, Australia U19 were restricted to only 139 runs all out from 43.1 overs with Cameron Bancroft (47 from 111 – 2 fours) and Travis Head (43 from 41 – 3 fours, 2 sixes) being the top scorers.