The Zimbabwe national under-19 cricket team represents Zimbabwe in under-19 international cricket. The team is controlled by Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC).
Zimbabwe has automatically qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup on every occasion since 1998, by virtue of being a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The coach of the team for the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup was Prosper Utseya, and the team captain was Matthew Schonken.
History Zimbabwe has made the second round of the Under-19 World Cup on three occasions – in South Africa 1998, Bangladesh 2004 and Sri Lanka 2006. In the last of those, Zimbabwe emerged from the first round undefeated, but lost easily to Pakistan in the quarter-finals.
Mluleki Nkala (1998) and Waddington Mwayenga (2002) were the equal leading wicket-takers in their respective tournaments.
Zimbabwe's worst result came at the 2012 World Cup in Australia, where the team suffered defeats to Scotland and Papua New Guinea before regaining some credibility by defeating Namibia in the play-off for 15th place.
Under-19 World Cup record Zimbabwe's U19 World Cup recordYear Result 1988 Part of ICC Associates XI 1998 Second round 8th 16 6 2 4 0 0 2000 First round 11th 16 7 3 4 0 0 2002 First round 9th 16 8 6 2 0 0 2004 Second round 6th 16 6 3 3 0 0 2006 Second round 7th 16 5 3 2 0 0 2008 First round 14th 16 6 1 5 0 0 2010 First round 13th 16 6 2 4 0 0 2012 First round 15th 16 6 2 4 0 0 2014 First round 11th 16 6 3 3 0 0 2016 First round 10th 16 6 3 3 0 0 2018 First round 11th 16 6 3 3 0 0 2020 First round 11th 16 6 3 3 0 0 2022 First round 12th 16 6 2 4 0 0 2024 Super six 12th 16 0 0 0 0 0 2026 Super six 12th 16 0 0 0 0 0Total80324800
Records All records listed are for under-19 One Day International (ODI) matches only.
Team records
Highest totals 354/8 (50 overs), v. , at Diamond Oval, Kimberley, 2 February 2020 321/9 (50 overs), v. , at Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, 15 January 2022 291/7 (50 overs), v. , at Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland, 27 January 2002 290/8 (48 overs), v. , at Recreation Ground, Klerksdorp, 13 January 1998 272/8 (50 overs), v. , at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, 27 February 2004 272/8 (50 overs), v. , at Mainpower Oval, Rangiora, 28 January 2018
Lowest totals 59 (27.2 overs), v. , at Institute Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim, Johor, 24 February 2008 63 (19.3 overs), v. , at Boland Park, Paarl, 24 January 2017 66 (29.4 overs), v. , at Wally Wilson Oval, Cape Town, 16 January 2017 71 (36.2 overs), v. , at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 21 January 2002 84 (40.5 overs), v. , at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, 14 November 2015
Individual records
Most career runs 724 – Ryan Burl (2011-2014) 710 – Wesley Madhevere (2015-2020) 503 – Milton Shumba (2016-2020) 458 – Ryan Murray (2015-2017) 449 – Emmanuel Bawa (2020-2022)
Highest individual scores 127 (145 balls) – Brendan Taylor, v. , at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, 27 February 2004 118 (107 balls) – Malcolm Lake, v. , at Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville, 14 August 2012 116* (120 balls) – Peter Moor, v. , at Harare Sports Club, Harare, 11 July 2010 112* (84 balls) – Mark Vermeulen, v. , at Recreation Ground, Klerksdorp, 13 January 1998 105* (95 balls) – Emmanuel Bawa, v. , at North-West University No 2 Ground, Potchefstroom, 28 January 2020
Most career wickets 42 – Wesley Madhevere (2015-2020) 21 – Luke Jongwe (2012-2014) 20 – Mluleki Nkala (1997-2000) 18 – Roy Kaia (2009-2011), Natsai M'shangwe (2009-2010)
Best bowling performances 6/31 (9 overs) – Tinashe Panyangara, v. , at Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra, 18 February 2004 5/21 (10 overs) – Waddington Mwayenga, v. , at Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland, 27 January 2002 5/24 (9.4 overs) – Wesley Madhevere, v. , at MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong, 29 January 2016 5/25 (7 overs) – David Mutendera, v. , at Recreation Ground, Klerksdorp, 13 January 1998 5/25 (8.2 overs) – Roy Kaia, v. , at Harare Sports Club, Harare, 1 October 2009
2022 World Cup squad Zimbabwe's squad for the 2022 World Cup in West Indies was announced on 8 December 2021. Emmanuel Bawa (c) Brian Bennett (c) David Bennett Victor Chirwa Mgcini Dube Alex Falao Tendekai Mataranyika Tashinga Makoni Connor Mitchell Steven Saul Matthew Schonken Panashe Taruvinga Matthew Welch Rogan Wolhuter Ngenyasha Zvinoera
References