Nepal filled the last remaining spot in the Youth World Cup 2006 by winning the ACC U-19 Cup. Nepal join England, Zimbabwe and Ireland in Group D and will play the first match agaisnt England, who coincidently, has played against Nepal in every of last four Youth World Cup, on February 6.
Here is the groups, provisional schedule, Nepal’s record in Youth World Cups and more.
The Groups for Youth World Cup. The first team in each groups are the semifinalists last year.
| GROUP A | GROUP B | GROUP C | GROUP D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan Bangladesh New Zealand Uganda |
West Indies South Africa Australia USA |
India Sri Lanka Scotland Namibia |
England Zimbabwe Ireland Nepal |
The provisional schedule of league matches are as follow:
| Date | Programme | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 1,2,3 | Practice Matches | |
| Feb 4 | Opening Ceremony | |
| Feb 5 | New Zealand v Bangladesh South Africa v Australia Scotland v Sri Lanka Zimbabwe v Ireland |
PSS SSC Premadasa NCC |
| Feb 6 | Pakistan v Uganda West Indies v USA India v Namibia England v Nepal |
PSS Premadasa SSC NCC |
| Feb 7 | New Zealand v Uganda South Africa v USA Sri Lanka v Namibia Zimbabwe v Nepal |
NCC PSS Premadasa CCC |
| Feb 8 | Pakistan v Bangladesh West Indies v Australia India v Scotland England v Ireland |
NCC SSC Premadasa CCC |
| Feb 9 | Bangladesh v Uganda Australia v USA Scotland v Namibia Ireland v Nepal |
SSC PSS CCC NCC |
| Feb 10 | Pakistan v New Zealand West Indies v South Africa India v Sri Lanka England v Zimbabwe |
SSC PSS Premadasa CCC |
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Nepal’s Youth World Cup record is great. In 20 matches, Nepal had won 10, lost 8 and there was no result for two matches. All the matches and their results are:
| Nepal’s Performance in |
| Youth (U-19) World Cup |
| Team1 | Team2 | Round | Date | Winner |
| Nepal 154/9 | Australia 158/4 | PL | 2004 | Australia |
| Nepal 200/9 | Scotland 204/7 | PL | 2004 | Scotland |
| PNG 168/9 | Nepal 169/3 | PL | 2004 | Nepal |
| Uganda 194 | Nepal 195/5 | First | 2004 | Nepal |
| S Africa 156 | Nepal 158/9 | First | 2004 | Nepal |
| Nepal 191/8 | England 192/2 | First | 2004 | England |
| Zimbabwe 247/1 | Nepal 110 | Final | 2002 | Zimbabwe |
| B’desh 157 | Nepal 180/6 | PSF | 2002 | Nepal |
| Scotland 157 | Nepal 205/5 | PL | 2002 | Nepal |
| Nepal 137 | Namibia 127 | PL | 2002 | Nepal |
| Canada 102 | Nepal 104/1 | PL | 2002 | Nepal |
| Nepal 177 | PNG 112 | First | 2002 | Nepal |
| Nepal 151 | Pakistan 121 | First | 2002 | Nepal |
| England 204/6 | Nepal 167 | First | 2002 | England |
| England 260/7 | Nepal 196 | SL | 2000 | England |
| Sri Lanka 92/1 | Nepal 89 | SL | 2000 | Sri Lanka |
| Nepal 101/9 | India 105/2 | SL | 2000 | India |
| Nepal 107 | Kenya 93 | First | 2000 | Nepal |
| Nepal 0/0 | Pakistan 0/0 | First | 2000 | NR |
| S Africa 295/5 | Nepal 24/4 | First | 2000 | NR |
Nepal has never played against Ireland in Youth World Cup but has played England thrice and Zimbabwe once. Nepal had lost all those matches.
England Vs Nepal
Youth World Cup 2000 at Colombo
England 260/7 (I Pattison 97, G Pratt 51, A Akhtar 3/57) defeated Nepal 196 all out (P Lunia 37*, A Akhtar 27, G Bridge 3/28, J Bishop 3/39) by 64 runs.
Youth World Cup 2002 at Christchurch, New Zealand
England 204/6 (G Muchall 57, BM Shafayat 45*) defeated Nepal 167 All Out (S Regmi 35*, PJ McMohan 5/25) by 37 runs.
Youth World Cup 2004 in Chittagong, Bangladesh
Nepal 191/8 (S Veshwakar 82) lost to England 192/2 (R Bopara 59, S Davies 78*) by 8 wkts.
Zimbabwe v Nepal
Youth World Cup 2002 Christchurch, New Zealand
Zimbabwe 247/1 (CK Coventry 64, B Taylor 100*, T Taibu 65*) defeated Nepal 110 All Out (W Mwayenga 3/25, H Masakadza 3/16) by 137 runs.