{"id":350161,"date":"2025-12-15T19:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/350161\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:33:10","slug":"u19-mens-cwc-2026-countdown-begins-with-trophy-unveil-icc-under-19-cricket-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/350161\/","title":{"rendered":"U19 Men\u2019s CWC 2026 countdown begins with trophy unveil | ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Co-hosted by Zimbabwe and Namibia, the event will run from 15 January to 6 February and feature 16 teams, including debutants Tanzania, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/news\/all-the-squads-for-the-icc-u19-men-s-cricket-world-cup-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">next generation of global stars take centre stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu, who was also a former U19 World Cup player, having 195 appearances across formats, was announced as the tournament ambassador, set to inspire young cricketers through his journey from age-group cricket to becoming one of the country\u2019s greats.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, acting Permanent Secretary Cynthia Mawema described the tournament as a landmark moment for African cricket, calling it a global celebration of youthful talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not just another event on the cricket calendar \u2013 it is a global festival of youthful brilliance,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZimbabwe and Namibia will host an experience that will be remembered for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The tournament will inspire young people, strengthen development pathways, attract new fans and showcase Zimbabwe as a world-class sporting nation ahead of the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Co-hosted by Zimbabwe and Namibia, the event will run from 15 January to 6 February and feature 16&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,95832,95830,95836,95846,95842,95845,95843,1950,95844,95841,95847,95853,95852,95833,7301,95851,95835,95834,90626,95839,95840,95849,85,95848,95850,95838,95831,95837],"class_list":["post-350161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-breaking-news","tag-cricket-headlines-today","tag-cricket-live-score","tag-cricket-match-highlights-today","tag-cricket-match-live-streaming-score","tag-cricket-match-result-today","tag-cricket-match-today-live","tag-cricket-news","tag-cricket-results-today","tag-cricket-scorecard-live","tag-cricket-series-updates","tag-cricket-world-cup-live-score","tag-cricket-world-cup-news","tag-cricket-world-news","tag-icc","tag-icc-cricket-updates","tag-international-cricket-live-score","tag-international-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-scores","tag-live-cricket-match-update","tag-odi-cricket-live-score","tag-sports","tag-t20-cricket-live-score","tag-test-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-news-update","tag-todays-cricket-match-score"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}