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U19 WORLD CUP, 2024
Ariful Islam’s century set up Bangladesh’s big victory against the United States © ICC
Bangladesh U19 – United States U19
Ariful Islam’s 103 and Mahfuzur Rahman’s four paved the way for Bangladesh’s comfortable 121-run victory over the United States at the Mangaung Oval.
Batting, Bangladesh lost opener Adil bin Siddik early but never allowed the opposition bowlers to settle. Barring Ariful, who hit nine boundaries in his career-high 103, none of the other batsmen managed to register a big score despite However, they all played a key role in forging useful partnerships throughout Bangladesh’s innings, being the most fruitful a 122-run partnership between Ariful and Ahrar Amin for the fourth wicket. The lower order then increased the scoring rate in the death overs to help the team to 291 for 7.
The United States remained firm in the chase after losing opener Bhavya Mehta early. Pranav Chettipalayam and Siddarth Kappa stitched a 75-run stand for the second wicket, with the former doing most of the scoring en route to his 57. However, once Ariful struck to dismiss the duo, the innings fell apart . Pranav was soon exhausted and a collapse was caused. With the exception of Utkarsh Srivastava, none of the other batsmen could make a significant contribution as they scored 170.
Short scores: Bangladesh 291 for 7 in 50 overs (Ariful Islam 103, Ahrar Amin 44; Arya Garg 3-68, Aarin Nadkarni 2-61) beat USA 170 in 47.1 overs (Pranav Chettipalayam 57, Utkarsh Srivastava 37; Mahfuzur Rahman 4 -31) for 121 runs.
England U19 – West Indies U19
Stephan Pascal’s 58 and Nathan Edwards’ all-round effort (3-28 and 49*) helped the West Indies secure a two-wicket victory over England at Senwes Park. West Indies chased down the target of 193 runs with nine overs to spare.
Batting, England were bowled out for 192 despite Hamza Shaikh’s 54. England had made a fairly good start despite losing Jaydn Denly for a duck. Noah Thain held his own for a half-century with captain McKinny before adding another 47 in the company of Hamza. However, a middle order collapse brought about by Isai Thorne, Raneico Smith and Tarrique Edward (all of whom bagged a brace each) paid for the top order’s efforts.
In response, West Indies lost two early wickets but Pascal, Jordan Johnson and Mavendra Dindiyal steadied the chase. They were comfortably at 149 for 5 in the 32nd over when Pascal fell and England looked to go for the kill. They struck twice again in quick succession to try and score an improbable victory, but Edwards stopped his effort.
Short scores: England 192 in 46.3 overs (Hamza Shaikh 54, Noah Thain 40; Nathan Edwards 3-28, Raneico Smith 2-28) lost to West Indies 196/8 in 41 overs (Stephan Pascal 58, Nathan Edwards 49*; Tazeem Ali 3- 34, Farhan Ahmed 2-33) for 2 wickets.
Afghanistan U19 – Nepal U19
Led by Akash Chand’s fife and Dev Khanal’s 58, Nepal secured a thrilling one-wicket victory against Afghanistan in a low-scoring encounter at Buffalo Park.
Choosing to bat, Afghanistan were rocked early by Chand, reduced to 43 for 6 in the 12th over, with only Hassan Eisakhil managing to register a double-digit score. Naseer Khan and Allah Gazanfar, in contrasting styles, offered some counter-attack with a 42-run partnership for the seventh wicket, but that was not enough to get the team out of trouble as they eventually folded for 145.
In response, Nepal also got off to a troubled start – reduced to 24 for 3 in the ninth over – but Khanal kept the innings together in the company of Akash Tripathi and Deepak Bohara, smashing seven boundaries in his 89-ball stay. When Bohara left with six runs needed, only the last three batters remained. He fell one more wicket before Subash Bhandari took the team over the line with a boundary in a thrilling finish.
Short scores: Afghanistan 145 in 40.1 overs (Allah Gazanfar 37, Naseer Khan 31; Akash Chand 5-34, Dipesh Kandel 2-17) lost to Nepal 149/9 in 44.4 overs (Dev Khanal 58, Deepak Bohara 27; Faridoon Dawoodzai 3-21, Naseer Khan 2-28) for 1 wicket.
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