We all love watching international cricket at the highest level but from time to time, it’s fun to watch the grassroots level cricket and in particular, the Under-19 sides. It’s only a matter of time before the teenagers grow old enough to represent the senior national sides and it’s great to watch the youngsters in action, representing their national team’s junior setup.
In order to grow cricket at the junior level, there’s the Under-19 Cricket World Cup that takes place every two years at different locations across the world. The first edition took place in 1988 and from then till now, we’ve put together a complete U19 Cricket World Cup top run scorers list, from the first edition till the latest one.
Most players represent their U19 national side for only one World Cup but there are several players who have done so on two occasions, while a rare few players have done so on THREE separate occasions. Obviously then, those who have played multiple tournaments are featuring at the upper side of the top 10 run scorers list in the U19 Cricket World Cup.
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Topping the list is former England captain Eoin Morgan who also played two editions – for Ireland U19 in 2004 and then for England U19 in 2006. He amassed 606 runs in 13 games across two editions in this tournament and you can check out our complete U19 Cricket World Cup run scorers list, last updated on 19th January 2024, at the start of the 2024 U19 World Cup in South Africa:
U19 World Cup – most runs list
| Batsman | Runs (Matches) | Career span | Average | 50s / 100s |
| Eoin Morgan 🇮🇪 / 🇽🇪 | 606 (13) | 2004-2006 | 50.50 | 3 / 2 |
| Babar Azam 🇵🇰 | 585 (12) | 2010-2012 | 58.50 | 3 / 2 |
| Sarfaraz Khan 🇮🇳 | 566 (12) | 2014-2016 | 70.75 | 7 / 0 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite 🌴 | 548 (12) | 2010-2012 | 60.88 | 6 / 0 |
| Finn Allen 🇳🇿 | 548 (12) | 2016-2018 | 54.80 | 3 / 1 |
| Kanishka Chaugai 🇳🇵 | 537 (20) | 2002-2006 | 28.26 | 3 / 0 |
| Anamul Haque 🇧🇩 | 519 (12) | 2010-2012 | 43.25 | 2 / 2 |
| Dewald Brevis 🇿🇦 | 506 (6) | 2022 | 84.33 | 3 / 2 |
| Shikhar Dhawan 🇮🇳 | 505 (7) | 2004 | 84.16 | 1 / 3 |
| Brett Williams 🇦🇺 | 471 (9) | 1988 | 52.33 | 3 / 2 |
Seven of the top ten players on the U19 CWC most runs list are players who have played multiple editions of the tournament. So, special mentions for the likes of Dewald Brevis, Shikhar Dhawan, and Brett Williams who have made the top 10 list after having played only one edition each. Williams played the inaugural tournament in 1988 while Brevis played the last one in 2022.
In terms of individual batting averages, Brevis and Dhawan lead the charts by a long, long way, being the only ones on the list with batting averages of 80+ in their tenure at the U19 World Cup. Over time, Dhawan and Jack Burnham from England (not on this list) are the only players in history to have three individual U19 CWC centuries each. In terms of fifties, Sarfaraz Khan from India has a record seven (7) fifties.
Eoin Morgan bids farewell to all formats of the game.
He began his competitive cricket career with Ireland U19s in 2004.
Out of the 40 Irish U19 players to have scored 100 or more runs in Youth ODIs (1997-2022), Eoin Morgan has the most runs.606 runs in 13 Youth ODIs. pic.twitter.com/xxF3h3b0fa
— Shafqat Shabbir (@Chefkat23) February 13, 2023
Nepal’s Kanishka Chaugai features on this list with the lowest batting average but he’s here because he’s the only one on the list to play in three different U19 World Cups, between 2002 and 2006. For more updates from the top cricketing competitions and similar other sporting updates from around the world, stay tuned to ReadScoops.com…
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