South Africa
lifted the ICC U-19 World Cup defeating Pakistan by six wickets in a
low-scoring final encounter in Dubai
on Saturday.
Brief Scores: Pakistan 131 in 44.3 overs
(Amad Butt 37, Zafar Gohar 22, Corbin Bosch 4/15). South Africa 134/4 in 42.1 overs (Aiden Makrram
66, Greg Oldfield 40). SA u-19 won by 6 wickets.
The 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was a
one-day cricket competition for sixteen
international U-19 cricketing teams which was played in the United Arab
Emirates. This was the tenth edition of the tournament. Sixteen nations
competed: the ten Test-playing teams, the United Arab Emirates as hosts, and
five additional associate and affiliate qualifiers (Afghanistan, Canada, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, and Scotland).
India entered the tournament as defending champions, having won the title in
2012 in Australia under the captaincy of
Unmukt Chand. In the final, South Africa beat Pakistan by six wickets to
win the tournament. South Africa captain
Aiden Markram was awarded Man of the Series.
Winners
2.1 1988 (Winner: Australia)
2.2 1998 (Winner: England)
2.3 2000 (Winner:
India)
2.4 2002 (Winner: Australia)
2.5 2004 (Winner: Pakistan)
2.6 2006 (Winner: Pakistan)
2.7 2008 (Winner:
India)
2.8 2010 (Winner: Australia)
2.9 2012 (Winner:
India)
2.10 2014 (Winner: South Africa)
Year Venue
1988
Australia
1998
South Africa
2000
Sri Lanka
2002
New Zealand
2004
Bangladesh
2006
Sri Lanka
2008
Malaysia
2010
New Zealand
2012
Australia
2014 United Arab Emirates
2016 Bangladesh
2018 New Zealand
2020 South Africa