Pakistan join England in the Super League quarter-finals while defending champions Bangladesh bounced back after defeating Canada. England beat the United Arab Emirates, now facing a crunch game against Bangladesh, to decide who will join Tom Prest’s men in the quarter-finals from Group A.
Afghanistan are in a similar position after doing much to chase down 240 to beat Pakistan and will have to beat Zimbabwe on Saturday to progress from Group C to the top two.
Perst grew up with England’s re-win
England captain Prest’s unbeaten 154 helped his team to a comfortable 189-run win over the United Arab Emirates.
Perst won the toss and elected to bat at Warner Park and after coming in at No. 3, the Hampshire batsman smashed 13 fours and four sixes in just 119 balls as his team posted 362 for six.
Only Dan Lawrence has scored a higher individual score for England Under-19s, but Perst had to wait until the 12th over to be dismissed in the middle as George Thomas (42) and Jacob Bethel (62) scored 69s. Shared the opening stand.
Perst had shown his form last time with 93 in a win over Canada, but he was not to be denied another century as he dominated the United Arab Emirates attack from off-off and then Bethel and then James Ray (24). Fifty-century partnership with
When William Luxton of 47 off 45 balls came to the crease with him, England scored 182 for three in the 31st over but together they added 117 runs in just 92 balls.
England crossed the 300-mark for the second consecutive game, despite excellent efforts from Jash Gianni, who was one of the bowlers to take two for 60 in his ten overs.
The Young Lions total always looked like it would be a big question to overhaul and when UAE were reduced to 61 for five in the 15th over, seamer Josh Boyden took two wickets to take their tournament numbers. Took ten.
Ali Nasir’s 44-ball 54 counter-attack helped reverse some of the momentum as he added 59 runs for the sixth wicket with Nilansh Keswani.
But when Nilansh was gone, the last four wickets fell for 53 runs as leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed took four for 30 in his stipulated ten overs in his first outing in the West Indies.
England bowled out UAE for 173 to cement their place as Group A winners as they reached the Super League quarter-finals with their 100 percent record.
Defending champions Bangladesh make a comeback against Canada
2020 ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup winners Bangladesh bounced back from a loss to England in their opening match with an impressive eight-wicket win over Canada.
Holders was dismissed for 97 against the Young Lions in their opener, but was fielded by Canada at Conari Sports Club in St Kitts and Nevis.
He did better with the ball, however, as Canadian opener and wicketkeeper Anup Cheema scored 63 off 117 balls, but received little support from his teammates.
The other nine batsmen contributed just 58 runs between them as they were bowled out for just 136, despite Bangladesh bowling 15 wides in 44.3 overs.
Ripon Mondol took four for 24 in 8.3 overs, including the prize skull of Cheema, which he caught behind.
Ripon’s seam was brilliantly complemented by SM Mahrob’s off-break as he took four for 38 in ten overs and medium pacer Ashiqur Zaman also picked up two wickets.
In reply, Canada struck early as Paramvir Kharoud lbw Mahfizul Islam for just 12 but Iftakar Hossain chased down a fine 61 off 89 balls.
Prantik Navroz Nabil scored 33 while Aich Mulla scored an unbeaten 20 off 26 balls with a six off Gurnek Johal Singh to seal the win as Bangladesh won with 119 balls to spare.
The defending champions will now face a straight shoot-out against UAE on Saturday to see who will join England in the Super League quarter-finals.
Pakistan Qualify for Quarter Finals as Afghanistan Delay Too Late
Pakistan booked their place in the Super League quarter-finals after registering two wins out of two with a 24-run win over Afghanistan.
At the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad, Pakistan captain Qasim Akram chose to bat first and his team built a solid platform.
Opener Mohammad Shahzad lost his teammate Hasibullah Khan for just two runs but scored 43 runs in 51 balls.
Shahzad shared a 60-run partnership with No. 3 Abdul Fasih, who scored 68 off 95 balls, with skipper Qasim scoring 38 from No. 5.
But when Izharulhaq Naveed scored three for 41, removed Fasih, Pakistan lost three for 11 and were in danger of not having enough runs to post 184 for seven.
But Maz Sadaqat hit an unbeaten 42 off 37 balls, including seven fours, as his team reached 239 for nine in 50 overs.
In reply, Afghanistan misjudged the pace of their innings as the top three soaked up too many deliveries in their chase.
It took him 170 balls to make 100 runs with strike rates under Bilal Saeedi, 42 in 81, Nangeliya Kharote, 12 off 32, and Allah Noor, 49 in 28, 58.
Despite a slow start, Afghanistan deepened the competition, though their innings was characterized by some wild running between the wickets, with three run outs as well as numerous lapses.
Noor Ahmed smashed three sixes to give his team a stunning victory, requiring 28 runs from the last two overs with two wickets in hand.
But when he was dismissed for 29 off just 18 balls, the bowlers’ choice of three for 36, only one was going to be the winner and after scoring 215 for nine, Afghanistan were now in for a winner-take. Must be ready -all clash against Zimbabwe on Saturday.
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