Cricket News

Dominic Hendricks, the South Africa batsman, has described his Player-of-the-Tournament Award at the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand as a "great honour"

Mark Robinson, the outgoing England Under-19 coach, is confident his young side can develop their game in first-class cricket this summer, following their inconsistent World Cup campaign

Mitchell Marsh, the Australian captain, has singled out his team's self-belief as the factor most responsible for its triumph in the Under-19 World Cup

Australia followed the lead of their senior team as they shut down Pakistan's challenge to claim their third Under-19 World Cup trophy

A bigger pool of players exposed to first-class and List A cricket (eight against four), the confidence of an unblemished run in the competition and greater familiarity playing in Lincoln, the venue for the game, gives Pakistan a significant advantage

Sri Lanka set the West Indies a steep target of 292, but Yannic Cariah scored a responsible, unbeaten ton to ease his side past, in the process sealing the third spot in the Under-19 World Cup

With the Under-19 World Cup reaching its climax, Ranjit Saini, Cricket Canada's new president, has insisted his country will be ready to host the 2012 edition, despite concerns the country does not have the necessary 12 grounds demanded by the ICC

Bangladesh trounced Ireland to take the Plate championship; Canada overcame PNG to take 11th place

The Australia Under-19 captain has commended the team effort that gave his side a narrow two-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the World Cup semi-final

A round-up of the Under-19 World Cup Playoffs that took place on January 27

Mitchell Marsh's impressive 97 set up Australia's entry into the Under-19 World Cup final, but not before they were given a huge fright by a committed Sri Lanka

Two teams which failed to get past the quarter-finals in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia have a shot at redemption and going all the way

A round-up of the playoff matches of the Under-19 World Cup that took place on January 26

A round-up of the play-off fixtures from the Under-19 World Cup

Hammad Azam, not for the first time, guided Pakistan to a tight win to ensure their progress into the final of the Under-19 World Cup

New Zealand captain Craig Cachopa has said his team paid the price for being too preoccupied with the Duckworth-Lewis target

While Pakistan remain favourites, the team they helped reach the knockout stage by upstaging Bangladesh will find backers

PNG edged a low scoring affair in Napier, keeping Afghanistan to 143 in their attempt to chase a target of 174 and securing their place in the semi-finals

South Africa were never in with a shot after Sri Lanka set them a target of 294, and their chase stuttered and stumbled to a dismal 145 against a tidy attack

A trans-Tasman contest that promised plenty of action ended in a one-sided squib, with Australia knocking aside New Zealand to qualify for the semi-finals