# 2015 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The 2015 ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier was an international cricket tournament played in Malaysia from 14 to 22 October 2015, forming part of the 2015–16 international season. The tournament was originally going to be held in Nepal, but was moved to Malaysia due to the April 2015 earthquake. Nepal defeated Ireland in the tournament final to qualify for the 2016 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. In January 2016, Australia withdrew their team from the World Cup and Ireland, as runners-up in the qualifier, replaced them.

## Teams

The second-placed teams at each of the five regional qualifying tournaments progressed to the qualifier:
* Nepal – runner-up in 2014 ACC Under-19 Premier League
* Papua New Guinea – runner-up in 2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy
* Uganda – runner-up in 2015 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One
* United States – runner-up in 2015 ICC Americas Under-19 Championship
* Ireland – runner-up in 2015 ICC Europe Under-19 Championship

## Squads

| Ireland Coach: Ryan Eagleson | Nepal Coach: Jagat Tamata | PNG Coach: John Ovia | Uganda Coach: Henry Okecho | United States Coach: Thiru Kumaran |
| Jack Tector (c) Rory Anders Andrew Austin Varun Chopra Sonny Cott Adam Dennison Aaron Gillespie Josh Little Gary McClintock William McClintock James Mitchell Tom Stanton Lorcan Tucker Ben White | Raju Rijal (c) Dipendra Airee Sunil Dhamala Saurabh Khanal Lalit Rajbanshi Deepesh Shrestha Aarif Sheikh Rajbir Singh | Lou Toua (c) Sinaka Arua Ovia Boge Jack Dairi Arua Gau Doura Gavera Harry Gavera Lohia Guba Vagi Guba Vagi John Vagi Karoho Vagi Kora Sere Sam Ako Toua | Derrick Bakunzi (c) Brian Adriko Frank Akankwasa Zephania Arinaitwe Trevor Bukenya Joseph Byaruhanga John Gabula Abdalah Lubega Simon Okecho Collines Okwalinga Ashiraf Senkubuge David Wabwire Steven Wabwose Kenneth Waiswa | Alexander Shoff (c) Anup Rao Arjun Patel Srihari Dasarathy Kushal Ganji Gauranshu Sharma Mohak Buch Gaurav Patanker Keifer Phill Sagar Patel Sahil Patel Anirudh Srinivas Tohidul Islam Vivek Narayan |

## Round-robin

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Nepal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +2.898 |
| Ireland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2.059 |
| United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.054 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.761 |
* 15 October 9:30 Scorecard
| PNG 48 (28.2 overs) | v | Nepal 50/1 (9.1 overs) |
* Nepal won by 9 wickets Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara Player of the match: Sunil Dhamala (Nep)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 October 9:30 Scorecard
| Uganda 167 (45.2 overs) | v | United States 168/4 (40.2 overs) |
* United States won by 6 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Player of the match: Sagar Patel (US)
* Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
* 16 October 9:30 Scorecard
| Ireland 271 (48.0 overs) | v | PNG 160 (36.4 overs) |
* Ireland won by 111 runs Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara Player of the match: Adam Dennison (Ire)
* PNG won the toss and elected to field.
* 16 October 9:30 Scorecard
| Nepal 242/7 (50 overs) | v | Uganda 71 (36.2 overs) |
* Nepal won by 171 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Player of the match: Raju Rijal (Nep)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
* 18 October 9:30 Scorecard
| PNG 83 (30.4 overs) | v | Uganda 84/1 (13.2 overs) |
* Uganda won by 9 wickets Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara Player of the match: Frank Akankwasa (Uga)
* PNG won the toss and elected to bat.
* 18 October 9:30 Scorecard
| United States 100 (39.3 overs) | v | Ireland 101/2 (15.4 overs) |
* Ireland won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
* United States won the toss and elected to bat.
* 19 October 9:30 Scorecard
| United States 109/10 (46 overs) | v | Nepal 114/4 (17.5 overs) |
* Nepal won by 6 wickets (D/L) Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara Player of the match: Prem Tamang (Nep)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 48 overs per side.
* 19 October 9:30 Scorecard
| Ireland 255/8 (50 overs) | v | Uganda 97 (23.5 overs) |
* Ireland won by 158 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Player of the match: Lorcan Tucker (Ire)
* Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
* 21 October 9:30 Scorecard
| Ireland 184/7 (50 overs) | v | Nepal 190/2 (42.5 overs) |
* Nepal won by 8 wickets Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara Player of the match: Sandeep Sunar (Nep)
* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
* 21 October 9:30 Scorecard
| PNG 160 (41.3 overs) | v | United States 161/5 (40.2 overs) |
* United States won by 5 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Player of the match: Tohidul Islam (US)
* United States won the toss and elected to field.

## Finals
### Third-place playoff

* 22 October 9:30 Scorecard
| Uganda 130 (40.2 overs) | v | United States 131/5 (47.2 overs) |
* United States won by 5 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Player of the match: Alex Shoff (US)
* United States won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* 22 October 9:30 Scorecard
| Ireland 184 (47.4 overs) | v | Nepal 185/7 (46.2 overs) |
* Nepal won by 3 wickets Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara Player of the match: Lalit Rajbanshi (Nep)
* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics
### Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | Highest | 100s | 50s |
| Sunil Dhamala | Nepal | 170 | 5 | 42.50 | 65.38 | 75 | 0 | 1 |
| Sagar Patel | United States | 168 | 5 | 42.00 | 49.12 | 66* | 0 | 1 |
| Lorcan Tucker | Ireland | 167 | 4 | 41.75 | 84.34 | 90 | 0 | 1 |
| Raju Rijal | Nepal | 158 | 4 | 52.66 | 83.15 | 101 | 1 | 0 |
| Aaron Gillespie | Ireland | 152 | 4 | 50.66 | 72.72 | 58* | 0 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
| Rory Anders | Ireland | 41.3 | 13 | 10.00 | 19.1 | 3.13 | 4/29 |
| Prem Tamang | Nepal | 33.0 | 11 | 11.27 | 18.0 | 3.75 | 5/31 |
| Aarif Sheikh | Nepal | 41.4 | 10 | 7.10 | 25.0 | 1.70 | 3/7 |
| Mohak Buch | United States | 20.3 | 8 | 8.87 | 15.3 | 3.46 | 3/26 |
| Derrick Bakunzi | Uganda | 41.0 | 8 | 17.00 | 30.7 | 3.31 | 3/54 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Qualification |
| 1 | Nepal | Advanced to 2016 U19 World Cup |
| 2 | Ireland | invited as Australia's replacement |
| 3 | United States | |
| 4 | Uganda | |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea | |