2016 Under 19 Cricket World Cup

[TheJediBrah]

who cares, that's India's loss tbh. U-19s is there to help develop and give experience to their younger players, if they've got 20+ year olds playing it just robs the 17-18 year olds of experience. It's not like anyone really cares who wins the U-19 World Cup.

 

[Kippax]

Can someone post a bookie's odds for the tournament when they appear? Ta.

 

[hendrix]

who cares, that's India's loss tbh. U-19s is there to help develop and give experience to their younger players, if they've got 20+ year olds playing it just robs the 17-18 year olds of experience. It's not like anyone really cares who wins the U-19 World Cup.

Well if you care about Indian cricket you do care. Dravid has expressed this quite passionately.

It also teaches kids that cheating is ok.

 

[weldone]

Pretty senior journalist insisting that some of the Indian u19 players are not actually u19s. Shock!! Horror!!!

https://twitter.com/wmakarand/status/685521602088415233

This is disgusting if true...the cricket selection policy (at different levels) in India is slowly but surely coming under the grip of widespread corruption.

 

[Blain]

Wouldn't be surprised if that is only the tip of the iceburg.. Can only dream what goes down behind the scenes in the IPL.

 

[jcas0167]

I remember Pakistan had Hasan Raza who debuted age 14, but doubts later surfaced about his age. That was when they had an under 15 World Cup and he opened in that competion.

 

[Athlai]

Wow, they still reckon he was about 15 though. Thats crazy.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Well if you care about Indian cricket you do care. Dravid has expressed this quite passionately.

It also teaches kids that cheating is ok.

Yeah true, from an Indian point of view it's disturbing

You have to wonder whether corruption is an inevitability when so much money is involved in anything, let alone a sporting competition. But I guess that's more of a philosophical discussion.

 

[brockley]

Great stuff by Jason Sangha overnight a ton for this 16 year old for Australia,as we bt Pakistan.

 

[Daemon]

Yeah true, from an Indian point of view it's disturbing

You have to wonder whether corruption is an inevitability when so much money is involved in anything, let alone a sporting competition. But I guess that's more of a philosophical discussion.

Even without the huge amounts of money, corruption, age group cheating and selection based on factors besides merit are pretty rampant across India

 

[weldone]

Wouldn't be surprised if that is only the tip of the iceburg.. Can only dream what goes down behind the scenes in the IPL.

I see no reason to believe that IPL is more under the grip of corruption than any other popular T20 league in the world.

My comment was more about selectors associated with less popular cricket in India, especially junior cricket. I am aware about the fact that many selectors are bribed by parents to select their kids in state u-15 team for example. It hasn't yet reached a very alarming level - but everyone knows it exists at some places.

 

[Kippax]

5th Match: Australia Under-19s v New Zealand Under-19s at ICCA 2 Dubai, Jan 17, 2016 | Live Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Gnske]

Good wheels on him, wouldn't be surprised if his back suffers in his early career looking at that action.

 

[Kippax]

2.3
Agar to GD Phillips, SIX, Onto the pads, batsman slogs hit it over square leg with just a flick for maximum

6.1
Agar to GD Phillips, FOUR, Full on leg, batsman flicks it away to square leg for a one bounce boundary

Hoho boy. Our first U19 hundred against a Test nation since 1996 might be scored tonight, I can feel it.

 

[Kippax]

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Hoho boy. Our first U19 hundred against a Test nation since 1996 might be scored tonight, I can feel it.

And he's got there (off 80 balls as well)

 

[Kippax]

Awww. He was on for our first U19 double ton there. That would've really got him onto people's lips.

 

[hendrix]

where's the scorecard?

 

[Kippax]

Under the Wes Agar video, above.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Shame