Central Districts Cricket Association

The road to representing New Zealand Under 19 teams begins in CD by making our annual CENTRAL DISTRICTS UNDER 19 squad

It's also one of the key pathways for promising players to put their hands up to play for our Central Stags and Central Hinds flagship teams

At the height of every summer, we really look forward to selecting and sending our best young men and women in this age group to the respective national tournaments that are traditionally held in Lincoln each year at NZC's High Performance Centre

The goal is to not only perform well and consistently as a team, but to show what you've got, with an eye to making the national squad for the next ICC U19 World Cup

2025/26

NZC TOURNAMENT DATES

U19 MEN

Date: 1-8 December 2025

Venue: Lincoln, Canterbury

U19 WOMEN

Date: 4-11 January 2026

Venue: Lincoln, Canterbury

IT ALL STARTS HERE

NZ WOMEN'S U19

In 2019, cricket's world governing body the ICC introduced a Women's Under-19 World Cup. The first edition was in January 2023 in South Africa. CD's EMMA McLEOD, and two CD Alumni coaches in SARA McGLASHAN and TARUN NETHULA, represented us in this inaugural female global U19 tournament.

It complements the long-running ICC U19 World Cup for men that was first contested in 1988, and is held every two years - various ICC member nations taking turns to host this televised event.

The next ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 will be held in Malaysia and Thailand.

NZ MEN'S U19

Runners-up in 1998, New Zealand has never lifted an ICC U19 World Cup. Many future BLACKCAPS have tried, and got their start by making the NZ U19s to play their top peers around the world in this competitive arena.

Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Will Young, Ish Sodhi, Brendon McCullum and Stephen Fleming are just a few of the many BLACKCAPS or Stags to have pulled on the NZ U19 silver fern.

Will Young is a former NZ U19 captain.

2021/22 - A SPECIAL SUMMER FOR CD UNDER 19 CRICKET!

In 2022, for the first time CENTRAL DISTRICTS Cricket could celebrate holding both national Under 19 trophies at once, with CD U19 men lifting the men's trophy for the first time, against strong competition Captain Curtis Heaphy raised the trophy just a week after our CD U19 Women had won the female title for the second time in three years

CENTRAL DISTRICTS also became the first Major Association to win both national Under-19 titles in the same season!

The following season, 2022/23, CD U19 women continued their strong run, finishing as runner-up to Wellington U19 Women with just one point in it!

• Women's Gillette Venus NZC Under 19 Nationals • 6-12 January 2022

Tournament winner: CENTRAL DISTRICTS

• Men's Gillette NZC Under 19 Nationals • 15-21 January 2022

Tournament winner: CENTRAL DISTRICTS

Sadly for our top Under 19 men, in 2021/22 the NZ U19 national team did not travel to the ICC U19 World Cup (men) due to consideration around the MIQ requirements in place at the time to manage the COVID pandemic, and the age of the players involved.

Instead, a New Zealand Development squad programme was played with the "NZ Development squad" playing matches throughout New Zealand against Domestic A sides, including CD A.