The United States women's under-19 cricket team represents the

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in international under-19

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. The team is administrated by

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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

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. The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in

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, in

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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

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, winning the series 4–1. They announced their squad for the 2023 World Cup on December 14, 2022, with

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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

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. For the second tournament, the USA again qualified automatically as they were the only one to fulfill the criteria and it's requirements. They finished in second in their group, with a win over

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and a washout between

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, but they had done enough to qualify for the Super 6s as

lost their remaining two games. In the Super 6s, USA lost to

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and their match against

was washed out.

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 May 21, 2025'' 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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