As per the ICC website, all the members of Nepali U-19 squad, which took part in the ACC U-19 Asia Cup last month, retained their berths in the World Cup squad.[break]
"We had already sent our squad list to ICC and we were planning to announce it here only a few days after the start of closed camp training," said CAN General Secretary Ashoknath Pyakuryal.
ICC published the names of all 16 members in the squad for the U-19 World Cup, which takes place in Queensland, Australia, from August 11 to 26 August.
The final Nepali squad consists of Pradeep Airee, Prithu Baskota, Naresh Budhaayer, Ramnaresh Giri, Mahamad Hasim Ansari, Bhuban Karki, Krishna Karki, Avinash Karn, Saurabh Khanal, Gopal Singh, Rahul Kumar Vishwakarma, Rajesh Pulami, Subash Khakurel, Sagar Pun and Fajlur Rahman.
Nepal is placed in Group A alongside hosts Australia, England and Ireland.
Nepal will play Australia on August 13 at Tony Ireland Stadium (TIS), Townsville and will take on Ireland on August 15 at Endeavor Park 1, Townsville. Likewise, Nepal will lock horns with England on August 16 at TIS. The TIS is the only ground from where ESPN Star Sports will broadcast 10 matches live including five league matches, two quarterfinals, two semifinals and the final.
Nepal will also play two practice matches before the start of the event -- the first against Papua New Guinea on August 7 and New Zealand on August 8.
Australia is the defending champion of the U-19 World Cup.
The Australian side includes South Australia´s top order batsman Travis Head, who played all his four first-class matches this season and scored 219 runs, and New South Wales´ middle-order batsman Kurtis Patterson, who scored a smashing 157 against South Australia on his debut at the SCG in November last year.
The England side boasts 10 cricketers who have played first-class cricket. The 1998 winner will be led by Kent´s all-rounder Adam Ball, who has played nine first-class matches in which he has scored 184 runs and claimed 15 wickets.
Other England players to have played first-class cricket in the English County Championships are wicketkeeper Ben Foakes of Essex, fast bowler Daniel Bell-Drummond of Kent, Brett Hutton of Nottinghamshire and right-arm fast bowler Anesh Kapil of Worcestershire.
Likewise, Derbyshire´s left-arm spinner Tom Knight, Somerset´s fast bowler Craig Overton, Craig´s twin brother Jamie, Essex´s left-arm fast bowler Reece Topley and Sam Wood of Nottinghamshire are also included in the English team.
Sixteen teams will be competing in the U-19 Cricket World Cup 2012.
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