Top 5 wicket-takers in Under-19 World Cups

#1 Moises Henriques, Australia

Moises Henriques led Australia by example in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup

27 wickets at 14.15 in 13 matches

For a country never having a dearth of pace bowling all-rounders, Australia found another of them in Portuguese-born Moises Henriques. Rated highly in both departments, he found success early after starting playing cricket in his adopted country aged nine.

As a seventeen-year old, he was in Australia’s Under-19 World Cup team that played in Bangladesh but lo 154 lost the Plate Final to the hosts. He bowled accurately throughout, as figures of 2/18 against Canada, 2/10 against Papua New Guinea in ten overs to skittle them out for 83 and 2/26 versus Nepal to restrict them to suggest.

In 2006, Henriques wore the captain’s hat and led by example by contributing ample middle-order runs as well as picking up a number of wickets. Multiple three-wicket hauls – 3/37, 3/32, 3/21 and 3/58 – took Australia to the semi-final, but his best haul remained 4/22 against Sri Lanka, who were bowled out for only 177.