ICC U19 World Cup 2024: New Zealand qualify for ICC U19 World Cup in Sri Lanka

U19 World Cup 2024: New Zealand have successfully booked their ticket to the 2024 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka.

Their exceptional display in the East Asia Pacific Qualifiers, hosted in Darwin, Australia, saw the team win all six fixtures in convincing fashion.

Paul Wiseman said :-

U19 World Cup 2024: New Zealand Cricket High Performance Talent & Pathways Coach, Paul Wiseman, commended the team’s performance over an action-packed eight days.

“It’s really nice to have the qualifiers ticked off, and now be able to look ahead to the World Cup.”

“For the boys to stand up like they did in every game was a testament to their skill level, and how they came together in a short space of time,” Wiseman concluded”.

ICC U19 World Cup 2024: These eleven teams automatically qualified for the event :-

Eleven teams automatically qualified for event as the best-placed Full Member nations from the previous event in 2022, namely; Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe.

New Zealand were required to qualify for the World Cup after opting out of the 2022 tournament to protect the well-being of young players, given the stringent MIQ regulations they would have been required to undergo upon their return.

The final World Cup squad will be selected later :-

The squad will reconvene in July for a training camp, before playing internal warm-up games in October.

The final World Cup squad will be selected later in the year following the National Men’s U19 Tournament.

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