Highest wicket takers of Under-19 World Cups: Where are they now?

2002 – Xavier Doherty and Waddington Mwayenga

Xavier Doherty picked up 16 wickets in the 2002 edition

The Australian left-arm spinner Doherty and the Zimbabwe right-arm medium pacer became the joint highest wicket-takers of the 2002 edition with 16 wickets each.

Doherty made his debut for the Senior Australia side in 2010 and has played 4 Tests, 60 ODIs and 11 T20Is for Australia. A steady, accurate and intelligent bowler, Doherty has been part of the domestic scene in Australia for more than a decade.

However, despite showing early promise, Doherty failed to make it big in the international cricket and he now plies his trade in the domestic cricket.

Waddington Mwayenga

Mwayenga celebrates with his teammates (Image:Espn Cricinfo)

Mwayenga played only a single Test and 3 ODIs for Zimbabwe and his performances were also not satisfactory. He played his debut Test against India and picked up the wicket of Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly which remained his only wicket in the longest format.

Mwayenga played his county cricket for Worcestershire 2nd XI and recently he moved to Australia to find new avenues.