Overview
At
its height, Nepal Under-19 team became Plate Champions of 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
defeating a Test Nation New Zealand by 1 wicket
at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium,
Sri Lanka
on 18 Feb 2006.[3]
The team is also two-time finalist of Plate Championship, respectively in 2002
and 2008. Out of nine U-19 World Cup Cricket tournament, Nepal has participated
in six (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2012). They qualified for the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
after an impressive second-place finish, behind only Scotland and ahead of hosts
Ireland at the 10-team World
Cup qualifying tournament. Nepal did not qualify for the tournament in 1998,
2010 & 2014. Whereas in the first U-19 world cup in 1988 Nepal was not the
member of ACC.[4]
On Asian level Nepal U-19 team plays on ACC U-19 Elite Cup which is senior
level of ACC Under-19 Cup and which is also the first level
qualification tournament of ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Out of
Eight tournaments Nepal is four times winner of tournament as in 2001, 2003,
2005, 2007 and two times finalist as in 1999 and 2011. In 1997 and 2009 Nepal
could not make it to final. Unluckily Nepal U-19 cricket team didn't qualify
for 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
