Papua New Guinea Under-19s
Nickname(s)Garamuts
AssociationCricket PNG
International Cricket Council
ICC regionEast Asia-Pacific
International cricket
First internationalPapua New Guinea PNG vs. Bangladesh 
(Penang, Malaysia; 30 July 1994)
As of 8 February 2016

The Papua New Guinea national under-19 cricket team represents the country of Papua New Guinea in Under-19 international cricket.

PNG has qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup on eight occasions, the most for any associate team in the ICC East Asia-Pacific region. However, the team has only won three matches in World Cup history and has never made it past the first round.

History

Papua New Guinea finished third in the 2009 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier which was held in Canada. The team gained victories over the Under-19 teams of Hong Kong, Canada, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Vanuatu, the United States and the Netherlands. The team lost only two matches to Ireland and Afghanistan. Papua New Guinea's performance in this tournament gained them qualification for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

At the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification EAP event, Papua New Guinea were undefeated going into the final game against Japan (also undefeated). However, they forfeited the match after Cricket PNG suspended eleven members of the squad due to breaching the team's code of conduct.[1] The Papua New Guinea Cricket Board later suspended ten of the players for a year, for bringing the game into disrepute, following a shop-lifting incident.[2][3]

Under-19 World Cup record

Papua New Guinea's U19 World Cup record
Year Result Pos № Pld W L T NR
Australia 1988 Did not enter
South Africa 1998 First round 16th 16 6 0 6 0 0
Sri Lanka 2000 Did not qualify
New Zealand 2002 First round 16th 16 6 0 6 0 0
Bangladesh 2004 First round 16th 16 6 0 6 0 0
Sri Lanka 2006 Did not qualify
Malaysia 2008 First round 12th 16 5 1 4 0 0
New Zealand 2010 First round 12th 16 6 1 5 0 0
Australia 2012 First round 14th 16 6 1 5 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2014 First round 16th 16 6 0 6 0 0
Bangladesh 2016 Did not qualify
New Zealand 2018 First round 16th 16 6 0 6 0 0
South Africa 2020 Did not qualify
Cricket West Indies 2022 First round =15th 16 5 0 5 0 0
South Africa 2024 Did not qualify
Total 52 3 49 0 0

List of captains

Ten people have captained Papua New Guinea in under-19 One Day International (ODI) matches.[4] Chris Amini, who captained the Papua New Guinea senior team in its inaugural ODI series in November 2014, is the only player to captain Papua New Guinea in both under-19 and regular ODIs.[5]

№ Name First Last M W L T NR Win%
1 Christian Alu 1998 1998 2 0 2 0 0 0.00
2 Kohu Dai 2002 2002 5 0 5 0 0 0.00
3 Clive Elly 2002 2002 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
4 Chris Amini 2004 2004 6 0 6 0 0 0.00
5 Colin Amini 2008 2008 5 1 4 0 0 20.00
6 Jason Kila 2010 2010 6 1 5 0 0 16.67
7 Christopher Kent 2012 2012 6 1 5 0 0 16.67
8 Dogodo Bau 2014 2014 6 0 6 0 0 0.00
9 Vagi Karaho 2018 2018 4 0 4 0 0 0.00
10 James Tau 2018 2018 2 0 2 0 0 0.00
11 Barnabas Maha 2022 2022 5 0 5 0 0 0.00

Records

All records listed are for under-19 One Day International (ODI) matches only.

Team records

Highest totals[6]
Lowest totals[7]

Individual records

Most career runs[8]
Highest individual scores[9]
Most career wickets[10]
Best bowling performances[11]

References

  1. ^ "Full Scorecard of Japan U19 vs PNG U19 9th Match 2019 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Papua New Guinea suspends 10 Under-19 players for a year". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Sport: PNG U19 cricketers facing ban after shoplifting in Japan". Rnz.co.nz. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  4. ^ Records / Papua New Guinea Under-19s / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / List of captains – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  5. ^ Records / Papua New Guinea / One-Day Internationals / List of captains – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  6. ^ Records / Papua New Guinea Under-19s / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Highest totals – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  7. ^ Records / Papua New Guinea Under-19s / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Lowest totals – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  8. ^ Records / Papua New Guinea Under-19s / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Most runs – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  9. ^ Records / Papua New Guinea Under-19s / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / High scores – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  10. ^ Records / Papua New Guinea Under-19s / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Most wickets – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  11. ^ Records / Papua New Guinea Under-19s / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Best bowling figures in an innings – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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