There's a familiar name at the helm for Ireland's Under 19 cricketers as they embark on their 10th World Cup journey.

For the third consecutive time, it's the Tector name that will have a small (c) beside it on the teamsheets, and the YMCA prodigy will be keen to make his own mark in the international arena.

Tim Tector: Pic by Sportsfile

“It’s certainly a privilege to captain Ireland at this Under-19s World Cup," said Tim Tector from Guyana, where Ireland open their campaign against Uganda on Saturday.

"It’s definitely a strange feeling being the third brother to play for our country - knowing that Jack and Harry have already been on this journey. And for all three of us to captain is even harder to get your head around, but I know that we are all extremely honoured to have captained out country at this level, and our parents are very proud of us all.

“Having two older brothers who have been there and done it does help, and I know I can seek their advice about issues or concerns. I was actually fortunate to travel out to see Harry captain at the Under-19s World Cup in New Zealand in 2018, so it was great to experience a World Cup from outside the ropes and see how all the teams go about their business. Jack played in Bangladesh in 2016, and they played India on TV as well, so he just told me a few things about playing a game of that calibre and how his side went about that game.

“We often talk cricket together - whether it’s around the dinner table, in the car or even on the golf course there is always cricket spoken about. It’s not one of those things that needs to be forced, as it’s something that we all love, so it’s just something that is in our daily conversations.”

About the tournament, Tector said: “I’ve been lucky enough to captain Ireland right through the levels starting from Under-13 to now at Under-19, and the squad hasn’t changed a huge amount - so we are lucky in the sense that everyone knows each other very well and we all get along really well.

“The World Cup Group we are in is a challenging one. To get through to the Super 8’s means we have to beat Uganda, then either India or South Africa. That will be a tough ask but we’re here to compete, so we will go into these games as prepared as we can be.

“There’s no easy game in our group. Uganda are no different to us, in that we have both won our regional qualifier and have earned our spot in this World Cup. We’ll have to play well to beat them.

“Opportunities to play teams like India and South Africa don’t come around often so we have to make the most of them. We know that they are going to come at us hard so we have to be prepared for that.

“When talking about expectations, I don’t want to put in place one goal for the tournament, and then if we don’t achieve that then our campaign goes down as failure. I would rather us, as a team, play the best cricket that we can play, and if we do that then we hopefully will get the rewards that we deserve.”