ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup

Aussies in convincing win over South Africa

BY CHRIS Dhambarage

DASHING opener Top Cooper scored the first century of the ICC under 19 Youth World Cup as the former champions Australia cruised to an easy 175 run victory over South Africa in their opening group 'B' match played at the SSC grounds, Maitland Place yesterday.

Cooper hammered a splendid 104 from 141 balls with a six and a dozen of fours to help Australia piled up an imposing 316 for 9 after they had being put into bat. The South Africans in reply never looked like making a match of it and folded up for just 141 runs in 34 overs.

The Australians came into this game under tremendous pressure having lost both their warm up matches. They also lost the initiative and were struggling at 4 for 2 at one stage following some hostile bowling from the South Africans.

However Finch joined Cooper and the pair repaired the early damage with a third wicket stand of 101 runs. The hard hitting Finch hit a superb 74 from 86 balls with three fours and five sixes.

The Australian middle order also produced some good contributions with Warner smashing a sparkling 54 from exactly fifty balls with the help of two sixes and six fours.

AUSTRALIA

U.T. Khawaja lbw b Alexander 			  2  
T. L. W. Cooper c das Neves b Thompson 		104 
T. D. Stray c Kieswetter b Alexander 		  0 
A. J. Finch c Symes b Thompson 			 74 
M. C Henriques c and b das Neves 		 37 
D. A. Warner c Serame b Alexander 		 54 
M. S. Wade c das Neves b Alexander 		 16 
S Keen c Elgar b Parnelle 			  9  
B Cutting run out 				  2  
J. P. McNamara not out 				  1  
EXTRAS (b 2, lb 4, w 10, nb 1) 			 17 
TOTAL for 9 wickets, 50 overs 			316 

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-4, 2-4, 3-105, 4-225, 5-235, 
6-282, 7-314, 8-315, 9-317 
BOWLING: Alexander 10-0-47-4, Parnelle 9-0-58-1, 
Siboto 5-0-37-0, Elgar 1-0-6-0, das Neves 8-0-68-1, 
Serame 8-0-43-0, Symes 5-0-36-0, Thompson 4-0-19-2. 

SOUTH AFRICA 

B. Thompson lbw b Henriques 			 11 
P. Daneel b Henriques 				  6 
R. E. Levi c Wade b Cutting 			 20 
D. Elgar b Keen 				 14 
R. Ramoo b Keen 				 11 
C. Kieswetter lbw b Keen 			  0 
J. Symes not out 				 34 
R. das Neves c Wade b Cutting 			  4 
W. Parnelle run out 				 10 
C. J. Alexander b Henriques 			  0 
M. Serame run out 				  1 
EXTRAS (lb 9, w 16, nb 5) 			 30
TOTAL all out, 34 overs 			141

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-23, 2-32, 3-60, 4-73, 5-79, 
6-80, 7-85, 8-135, 9-135 

BOWLING: Henriques 8-1-37-3, Bird 5-0-23-0, 
Cutting 5-0-24-2, Keen 6-1-10-3, Sheridan 4-0-14-0, 
McNamara 6-1-24-0 

Bangladesh in exciting win

BANGLADESH launched their campaign for the ICC under 19 Youth World Cup with an exciting three wicket victory over New Zealand in their group 'A' opening fixture played at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.

Bangladesh were really made to struggle for runs as they went through some anxious moments before reaching their target in the 38th over. Earlier New Zealand were bundled out for 175 runs with Hussein and Sharwadi sharing seven wickets between them.

NEW ZEALAND 

T. Astle c Rahim b Hossein 			 44
M. Guptil c Hassen b Samad 			 28
K. Barnett c Rahim b Samad 			  0
A. Brooder st Rahim b Hossein 			 13
M. Ellison b Hussein 				 22
S. Fitszgibbon c Rahim b Sharwadi 		  7
C. Munro c Iqbal b Sharwadi 			  6
R. Hira run out 				 22
T. Southee c Mohammud b Sharwadi 		  0
J. Donelly st Rahim b Hossein 			  0
H. Bennet not out 				  0
Extras (b1, lb10, w22) 				 33
TOTAL ALL OUT IN 45.3 OVERS 			175

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-57, 2-61, 3-100, 4-115, 5-140, 
6-140, 7-160, 8-165, 9-174.

BOWLING: D. Mahammud 6-1-18-0, K. Islam 5-0-22-0, 
N. Samad 8-1-18-2, S. Khadam 1-0-11-0, 
H. Siddiqui 8-0-30-0, M. Hussein 9.3-0-29-4, 
S. Sharwadi 8-0-36-3.

BANGLADESH 

K. Iqbal b Southee 				  3
R. Hanan c Fitszgibbon b Hira 			 18
M. Hossein c Hira b Southee 			  0
S. Hassen b Bennett 				 13
S. Rahman c Fitszgibbon b Donelly 		 30
M. Hussein not out 				 38 
M. Rahim c Fitszgibbon b Bennett 		 26
S. Sharwadi lbw b Munro 			 18
S. Khadam not out 				 10
Extras (b1, lb1, nb6, w12) 			 20
TOTAL FOR 7 WICKETS IN 37.5 OVERS 		176

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-5, 2-5, 3-31, 4-76, 5-78, 
6-123, 7-166. 

BOWLING: Bennett 10-0-39-2, Southee 7-1-48-1,
Munro 2.5-0-25-1, Hira 7-0-31-1, Donelly 8-0-26-1, 
Guptil 1-0-5-0. (C.D).

Easy for Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWE powered their way to a comprehensive 118 run victory over Ireland in their Under 19 Youth World Cup group 'D' opening fixture played at the NCC grounds, Maitland Place yesterday.

After making 215 for 7 in 44 overs they got their act together well to dismiss the opposition for just 97 runs from 30 overs.

ZIMBABWE 

D. Samunderu c Gill b Poynter 			 61
F. Kasteni c McAlister b Thompson 		 21
S. Williams run out 				 29
G. Balance c Winston b Hall 			 23
K. Meth lbw b Thompson 				  7
R. Higgins c Wilson b Thompson 			 23
G. Querl c Thompson b Poynter 			  7
G. Cremer not out 				 11
R. Benade not out 				 10
Extras (nb2, w17, lb4) 				 23
TOTAL FOR 7 WICKETS IN 44 OVERS 		215

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-53, 2-100, 3-137, 4-151, 5-163, 
6-166, 7-194
BOWLING: N. Gill 5-0-8-0, E. Morgan 3-0-20-0, N. 
McDarby 4-0-19-0, G. McKee 1-0-11-0, G. 
Thompson 7-1-48-3, G. Kidd 9-0-31-0, J. 
Hall 9-1-42-1, A. Poyenter 5-0-32-2.

IRELAND

S. McKee c Benade b Samunderu 			 2
F. McAllister c Hinggings b Meth 		 3
E. Morgan b Samunderu 				13  
G. Wilson lbw b Meth 				 6
A. Poyenter c Samunderu b Benade 		15
R. Stirling c Balance b Meth 			11
J. Hall c Cremer b Higgins 			17
G. Thompson c Masvaure b Cremer 		 9    
N. McDarby lbw b Higgins 			 8
G. McKhenna st Higgings b Cremer 		 0
G. Kidd not out 				 0
Extras (nb5, w4, lb4) 				13
TOTAL ALL OUT IN 29.1 OVERS 			97

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-7. 2-9, 3-27, 4-29, 5-46, 
6-62, 7-78, 8-93, 9-94

BOWLING: Meth 9-4-15-3, Samunderu 8-0-37-2, 
Benade 4-0-21-1, Cremer 6-2-12-2, 
Higgings 2.1-0-8-2. (C.D).