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ICC U19 WORLD CUP 2024
England were eliminated for 104 © Getty
Australia vs England
Led by captain Hugh Weibgen’s hundred, Australia defeated England in their Super Six clash in Kimberley on Wednesday (January 31) to remain top of Group 2. Chasing a target of 266, England were 60/3 after 9 .3 overs when the rain arrived and caused a significant delay of over two hours, leading to a revised target of 215 in just 24 overs. On the resumption, they ended up being bowled out for just 104 in 16.5 overs.
Having won the toss and put Australia in, England made an early breakthrough when right-arm seamer Sebastian Morgan got rid of Sam Konstas to duck in the first over. However, Weibgen reunited with opener Harry Dixon and put on 105 for the second wicket, with Dixon scoring a half-century before being dismissed in the 21st over. Weibgen, however, continued to make good progress in the middle overs, finding odd boundaries here and there. He reached his hundred off 109 balls and continued until the 48th over, where he was dismissed for 120, helping Australia reach 266.
In response, England lost early wickets to right-hand seamer Callum Vidler and struggled when the rain came. That disruption made their task even more difficult as the revised target meant they needed to chase the remaining 155 runs in about 15 overs with seven wickets in hand. They ended up collapsing and were eliminated for just 104.
Brief scores: Australia 266/6 in 50 overs (Hugh Weibgen 120, Harry Dixon 53; Theo Wylie 4/42) beat England 104 in 16.5 overs (Callum Vidler 4/29) by 110 runs (DLS method)
Nepal vs Bangladesh
Bangladesh recorded a comprehensive victory over Nepal as they chased their target of 170 with around 25 overs to spare. Medium pacer Rohonat Doullah Borson and offspinner Shaikh Paevez Jibon played a crucial role in the victory, sharing seven wickets between them and helping to restrict the opposition to a very achievable total.
Opting to bat first in Bloemfontein, Nepal struggled to gain momentum early on as they lost wickets at regular intervals. Only two players could surpass the score of 20, and none of them could reach the half-century as the innings progressed to a total of 169.
Bangladesh had no problem reaching that total as quickfire fifties from Jishan Alam and Ariful Islam propelled them to victory. Offspinner Subash Bhandari put in an impressive performance to earn Nepal a five, but he was the only wicket-taker for them.
Brief scores: Nepal 169 in 49.5 overs (Bishal Bikram 48; Rohonat Doullah Borson 4/19, Sheikh Paevez Jibon 3/34) lost to Bangladesh 170/5 in 25.2 overs (Jishan Alam 55, Ariful Islam 59; Subash Bhandari 5/ 44) for five wickets
Zimbabwe vs South Africa
On a day of one-sided games, this Group 2 clash between South Africa and Zimbabwe took the cake as South Africa registered a massive nine-wicket win with around 37 overs to spare.
Opting to bowl first at Potchefstroom, South Africa blew away their opponents with a total of just 102. Left-arm pacer Kwena Maphaka was the star with the ball, hitting five shots and was backed up by left-arm pacer Kwena Maphaka. right arm, Tristan. Luus who took 3 wickets. After being reduced to 16/4, Zimbabwe hinted at a comeback with a 53-run fifth-wicket partnership between Ronak Patel and Ryan Kamwemba, but Luus broke that and the innings didn’t go too far after that.
South Africa came out firing with the bat and the openers scored 86 in just 10 overs, galloping home with nine wickets to spare.
Brief scores: Zimbabwe 102 in 29.2 overs (Ronak Patel 32; Kwena Maphaka 5/34, Tristan Luus 3/25) lost to South Africa 103/1 in 13.3 overs (Lhuan-dre Pretorius 53*) by nine wickets
Afghanistan vs United States
In a low-scoring match in Benoni, Afghanistan emerged victorious in the final to seal the 16th place playoff against the United States. With 4 runs needed off the last 4 balls, Arab Gul Momund cleared the boundary and took his team to the line with three wickets to spare after a very close contest.
After being put in to bat, the United States got off to a decent start with an opening stand of 49, but soon lost their way as wickets began to fall. As many as eight batsmen were dismissed before crossing 15 and all they could manage was a total of 148. As for the Afghanistan bowlers, five of them were used, and all five ended up on the wickets.
In response, Afghanistan lost its first two games by ducks and was in trouble on 3/11. But captain Naseer Khan Maroofkhil, who had figures of 2/19 with the ball, dug deep and scored 39 off 107 balls to keep the innings together. However, his dismissal once again left Afghanistan in trouble at 104/7. But an unbeaten stand of 47 for the eighth wicket between Rahimullah Zurmati and Momund took them home in exciting fashion.
Brief scores: United States 148 in 48.2 overs (Prannav Chettipalayam 33, Allah Ghazanfar 3/30) lost to Afghanistan 151/7 in 49.3 overs (Naseer Khan Maroofkhil 39; Ateendra Subramanian 3/20) by three wickets
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