The United States women's under-19 cricket team represents the
United States
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in international under-19
women's cricket
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. The team is administrated by
USA Cricket
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(UC).
The United States qualified for the inaugural
ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup automatically as they were the only ICC Associate member in the Americas region that met the Event Pathway Participation Criteria for the tournament.
The side finished bottom of their group at the inaugural tournament.
History
The inaugural
Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
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, in
South Africa
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. As they were the only ICC Associate member in the Americas region that met the Event Pathway Participation Criteria, the United States qualified automatically for the tournament.
The United States played their first series in August 2022, against the
West Indies
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, winning the series 4–1. They announced their squad for the 2023 World Cup on December 14, 2022, with
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
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announced as Head Coach of the side.
The side finished bottom of the initial group stage at the tournament, and lost a subsequent play-off against
Scotland
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.
Recent call-ups
The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for United States under-19s. This includes their squads for their series against the West Indies, and for the
2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
Records & statistics
International match summary
''As of January 20, 2023''
Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations
''As of January 20, 2023''
Leading runs scorers
Leading wickets takers
Highest individual innings
Highest individual bowling figures
Highest team totals
Lowest team totals
Under-19 World Cup record
References
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United States in international cricket