Singapore national under-19 cricket team

Singapore Under-19s
Association Singapore Cricket Association
ICC region Asia
First international
Singapore Singapore vs. Fiji 
(Hong Kong; 30 November 1997)
U19 World Cup qualifying
Appearances 9 (first in 1997)
Best result Fifth (2007)
As of 9 August 2016

The Singapore national under-19 cricket team represents the country of Singapore in international under-19 cricket. The team made its debut at the 1997 Youth Asia Cup, and has since played regularly in the Asian regional qualifiers for the Under-19 World Cup.

History

Organised under-19 international cricket dates only from the 1970s – the first under-19 Test and One Day International (ODI) matches were played in 1974 and 1976, respectively,[1][2] while the first Under-19 World Cup was held in 1988.[3] Singapore's first international tournament was the 1997 Youth Asia Cup in Hong Kong.[4] The team defeated Fiji in its first match, but lost to Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea in the other two games.[5] Singapore hosted the 1999 Youth Asia Cup, but again failed to progress past the group stage.[6] That trend continued at the 2003 Youth Asia Cup in Pakistan, where Singapore won only a single match (against Qatar).[7] At the 2005 ACC Under-19 Cup, however, Singapore finished second in its group, subsequently losing to Nepal in the quarter-finals. The team recorded its best-ever finish at the 2007 ACC Under-19 Elite Cup, placing fifth.[8] Singapore was less successful in subsequent tournaments, and after placing ninth at the 2011 ACC Under-19 Elite Cup was relegated to the second-division qualifier, the 2013 ACC Under-19 Challenge Cup.[4]

Tournament history

Under-19 World Cup

Under-19 World Cup qualifying

See also

References

  1. ↑ Records / Under-19s Youth Test matches / Team records / List of match results (by year) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Records / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Team records / List of match results (by year) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "The Under-19 World Cup: a brief history" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 Other matches played by Singapore Under-19s, CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Youth Asia Cup 1997, Hong Kong Cricket Association. Retrieved from ESPNcricinfo, 11 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Youth Asia Cup 1999, CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Youth Asia Cup 2003, CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Asian Cricket COuncil Under-19 Elite Cup 2007 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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