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The 16 partaking countries have revealed their preliminary squads for the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup, with Australia’s Pat Cummins among the notable inclusions.

An express paceman, Cummins shone on his solitary Test appearance to date, claiming 6-79 in the second innings as South Africa were toppled in Johannesburg.

Pat Cummins

Australia Test cap Pat Cummins is one of the most notable names among the preliminary squads for the ICC Under-19 World Cup

The 19-year-old has since been struggling with a stress fracture in his foot, yet will likely feature in the age-group showpiece after representing Australia’s seniors in the NatWest Series versus England.

There are other notable names in the line-ups, including Kraigg Brathwaite - who has featured nine five-day encounters for West Indies - and Daniel Bell-Drummond, England’s most prolific batsman in U19 cricket.

England’s 30 includes the 15 players that took part in April’s Quadrangular Series in Australia.

Under-19 World Cup premliminary squads:

Afghanistan: A.Rashid Naseri, Abdul Mangal, Afsar Zazai, Aftab Alam, Fareed Malik, Fitratullah Khawari, Hashmatullah Shaidi, Mohammad Ahmadi, Mohammad Ahmadzai, Mohammad Baras, Mohibullah Oryakhel, Najibullah Zadran, Nasir Ahmadzai, Noorulhaq Malekzai, S.Ahmad Shirzad, Shabir Noori, Sharafuddin Kharote, Shawkat Zaman, Younis Ahmadzai and Ziaulhaq Eisakhel.

Australia: Ashton Agar, Cameron Ancroft, Tom Andrews, William Bosisto, Joel Britnall-Paris, Meyrick Buchanan, Shane Cassel, Harry Conway, Patrick Cummins, Jake Doran, Matthew Foster, Sebastian Gotch, Alexander Gregory, Sam Hain, Travis Head, Joel Logan, Joshua McClelland, Kelvin Mith, Kurtis Patterson, James Peirson, Samuel Ruloff, Gurinder Sandhu, Billy Tanlake, Mark Teketee, Nicholas Tevens, Ashton Urner, Jack Wildermuth, Matthew Willcocks, Nicholas Winter and Alexander Yecroft.

Bangladesh: Abu Hider, Abu Jayed Chowdhury, Asif Ahmed, Aslam Hossain, Dewan Shabbir Ahmed, Faizur Rahman, Jubair Hossain, Litton Kumer Das, Mohammad Ala Amin, Mohammad Anamul Haque, Mohammad Arif Reza, Mohammad Ashik-Ul Alam, Mohammad Asif Hasan, Mohammad Jasim Uddin, Mohammad Nayem Islam, Mohammad Nur Hossain, Mohammad Nurujjaman, Mohammad Salman Hossain, Mohammad Shadman Islam, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Mohammad Touhid Tarik Khan, Mohammad Zahed Javed, Mohammad Zakaria Masud, Musaddek Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Quazi Nurul Hasan, Shahariar Islam, Soumya Sarkar, Taskin Ahmed and Yasir Ali Chowdhury.

England: Thomas Abell, Shozair Ali, Adam Ball, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Muhammad Abid, Ben Collins, Alexander Davies, Christian Davis, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Jacob George, Gavin Griffiths, Thomas Helm, Brett Hutton, Callum Jackson, Aneesh Kapil, Samuel Kelsall, Tom Knight, Jack Leaning, Thomas Milnes, Jamie Overton, Craig Overton, Thomas Rowe, Andrew Salter, Rammy Singh, Oli Stone, Shiv Thakor, Reece Topley, Kishen Velani and Sam Wood.

India: Aparajith Baba, Indrajith Baba, Harmeet Baddhan, Unmukt Chand, Prashant Chopra, Sandipan Das, Kumar Deobrat, Hanuma Gade, Nikhil Gangta, Akarshit Gomel, Akhil Herwadkar, Mayank Jain, Rush Kalaria, Chirag Khurana, Vikas Mishra, Aksh Nath, Kamal Passi, Akshar Patel, Smit Patel, Alok Pratap Singh, Shubham Ranjane, Moshin Sayyad, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Sharma, Gopal Shreyas, Ravi Singh, Sanju Vishwanadh, Manan Vohra, Kuldeep Yadav and Vijay Zol.

Ireland: George Adair, Mark Adair, David Barr, Richard Berry, Scott Campbell, Peter Chase, Adam Coughlan, George Dockrell, Robert Forrest, Shane Getkate, Joshua Hall, Niall Hodgins, Ryan Hunter, Tyrone Kane, Hugh MacDonnell, Andrew McBrine, Graeme McCarter, Barry McCarthy, Jordan McClurkin, James McCollum, George McKinley, Tomas Murphy, Sam Shannon, Alistair Shields, Patrick Tice, Jason van der Merwe and Ben Wylie.

Namibia (final squad): Justin Baard, Steven Baard (captain), Luke Bolton, Jano Coetzee, Christopher Coombe, Jason Davidson, MP Delport, Andre Engelbrecht, Gerhard Erasmus, Zhivago Groenewald, Malan Kruger, Pelham Myburgh, Xander Pitchers, Wian Van Vuuren and Bredell Wessels.

Nepal: Pradeep Airee, Prajesh Bahadur Singh, Prithu Baskota, Naresh Budhaayer, Surendra Chand, Bivek Dali, Bijay Ghalan, Ramnaresh Giri, Mahamad Hasim Ansari, Abhishekh Jha, Sushil Kandel, Bhuban Karki, Krishna Karki, Avinash Karn, Saurabh Khanal, Jitendra Kumar Mukhiya, Gopal Kumar Singh, Shiva Kumar Tandukar, Rahul Kumar Vishwakarma, Binod Lama, Siddhanta Lohani, Rajesh Magar, Nischal Pandey, Shubhendu Pandey, Subash Prasad Khakurel, Sagar Pun, Fajlur Rahman, Jata Shankar Sarraf, Pawan Shrestha and Rupesh Shrivastav.

New Zealand (final squad): Joe Carter, Sean Davey, Michael Davidson, Jacob Duffy, Cameron Fletcher, Ben Horne, Connor Neynens, Edward Nuttall, Robert O'Donnell, Matthew Quinn, Ish Sodhi, Theo van Woerkom, Henry Walsh, Will Young (capt) and Arnie Yugaraja.

Pakistan: Abid Hussain, Ahsan Ali, Akhtar Waheed Kayani, Azizullah, Danyal Mansoor, Ehsan Adil, Faisal Tahir, Fawad Khan, Hafiz Usman Qadir, Imam-ul-Haq, Jaahid Shaukat Ali, Mir Darya Khan Talpur, Mir Hamza, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Babar Azam, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhamamd Nisar Afridi, Muhammad Shahan Akram, Muhammad Waheed, Muhammad Zia ul Haq, Salman Afridi, Sami Aslam, Shahid Ilyas, Syed Faraz Ali, Syed Saad Ali,Umar Waheed, Usman Shinwari, Yousaf Iqbal and Zafar Gohar.

Papua New Guinea: Charles Amini, Bau Aniani, Dogodo Bau, Sese Bau, Nigel Boge, Bobby Diho, Kiplin Doriga, Ainui Ere, John Gari, Albert Geita, Raymond Haoda, Morris Joe, Allan Joseph, Christopher Kent, Cedric Kini, Raturima Maha, Kabua Morea, Alei Nao, Lista Oala, Vagi Oala, Nosaina Pokana, Mea Ruma, Raho Sam, Sam Seia, Lega Siaka, Chad Soper, Toua Tom, Norman Vanua, Ga vera Agalu and Tom Willie.

Scotland: Aman Bailwal, Alexander Baum, Fraser Boyd, Frederick Coleman, Matthew Cross, Henry Edwards, Nicholas Farrar, Peter Legget, Anjandeep Luthra, Thomas McBride, Scott McElnea, Ross McLean, Gavin Main, Alexander Muir, Muhammad Omar Afridi, Samuel Page, Peter Ross, Patrick Sadler, Stanley Shillington, Kyle Smith, Neil Smith, Ruaidhri Smith and Andrew Umeed.

South Africa: Chad Bowes, James Bredenkamp, Mkhululi Calana, Gihahn Cloete, Murray Coetzee, Gideon Conradie, Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock, Corne Dry, Grant Edmeades, Rabian Engelbrecht, Michael Faasen, Clyde Fortuin, Jan Frylink, Craig Kirsten, Vincent Moore, Travis Muller, Senuran Muthusamy, Lesiba Ngoepe, Sinesipho Nqweni, Keagan Petersen, Shaylen Pillay, David Rhoda, Diego Rosier, Sumnath Sankari, Calvin Savage, Prenelan Subrayen, Johan van Wyngaardt, Regardt Verster and Lizaad Williams.

Sri Lanka: Amila Aponso, Dilshan Danushka, Sanitha De Mel, Gowraw Deva, Akila Dhanajaya, Nirosha Dickwella, Anuk Fernando, Shehan Fernando, Anjelo Jayasingha, Akila Jayasundara, Supeksha Jayatilleke, P.H.T Kawshalya, Ranitha Liyanaarachchi, Pasindu Madushan, Lahiru Madushanka, Supun Madushanka, Thineth Manishka, Lahiru Milantha, Chamod Pathirana, Sachin Peiris, Jason Perera, Suranga Rajaguru, Ishan Rangana, Sanjeewa Salgado, Manoj Sarathchandra, Pulina Tharanaga, Duleeka Tissakeethage, Kasun Vidura, Pabasara Waduge and Sandun Weerakkody.

West Indies: Anthony Alleyne, Sunil Ambris, Ronsford Beaton, Kraigg Brathwaite, John Campbell, Derone Davis, Larry Edward, Bryan Gayle, Justin Greaves, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Kavem Hodge, Akeal Hosein, Jerome Jones, Keiron Joseph, Steven Katwaroo, Amir Khan, Emanuel Lett, Kyle Mayers, Marquino Mindley and Donovan Nelson.

Zimbabwe: Deven Bell, Matthew Bentley, Kyle Bowie, James Bruce, Ryan Burl, Herbert Chikomba, Atishsinh Chouhan, Kieran Geyle, Shoun Handirisi, Warwick Hattingh, Dex Hobbs, Luke Jongwe, Hieronymo Kabvundura, Kevin Kasuza, Malcolm Lake, Campbell Light, Alistair Macleod, Vuyisile Maphala, Wellington Masakadza, Luke Masasire, Nyasha Mayavo, Odicious Mhanje, Michael Mlambo, Tarisai Musakanda, Curthbert Musoko, Liberty Nherera, Andre Odendaal, Michael Torr, Rhett Wallbridge and Peacemore Zimwa.

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