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Faisal · #16 (**permalink**) 08-17-2012, 09:55 AM

Stage set for India v Pak QF clash

India secured its spot in the quarter-finals of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup with a win on Thursday while Pakistan and West Indies made it three wins from as many matches in Queensland.

Needing a win against Papua New Guinea to stay alive in the tournament, India were bowled out for 204 in the 46th over at Endeavour Park in Townsville.

India was still comfortable winners though as Papua New Guinea were skittled for just 97 in response.

India made a poor start to the day with skipper Unmukt Chand (four) caught at first slip off the bowling of Chad Soper (5-32 off 7.1 overs) in just the second over of the day.

Baba Aparajith (14) was then run out, while Hanuma Vihari (six) also failed with the bat, with opener Prashant Chopra (58) the only top-order batsman to fire.

India slumped to 98 for five when Chopra and Akshdeep Nath (one) fell in quick succession but an 82-run partnership between Vijay Zol (72) and Smit Patel (30) rescued the innings as India finished with a decent enough score.

Papua New Guinea started poorly, losing Lega Siaka (one) in the fourth over but Christopher Kent (27) and Dogodo Bau (14) had India nervous as they carried the score to 42-1 at one stage.

The wicket of Kent triggered a collapse though as medium-pacer Ravikant Singh (5-21 off nine) and off-spinner Aparajith (2-16 off 5.5) ripped through the lower order Pakistan finished on top of Group B after a five-wicket win against New Zealand on the Sunshine Coast.

New Zealand made 152-8 from their 50 overs with Pakistan bowlers Zia-ul-Haq (2-27 off 10) and Ehsan Adil (2-21 off 10) impressing.

And Imam-ul-Haq scored 40 in response as Pakistan achieved their victory target with five wickets in hand and 112 balls to spare.

West Indies also bowled first and won, restricting Zimbabwe to 148-8 from their 50 overs with opener Ronsford Beaton (1-9 off nine overs) bowling a lively spell.

Kraigg Brathwaite - who has played nine Test matches for his country already - scored 70 not out as they won by six wickets, with more than 14 overs to spare in Townsville.

Also in Townsville, England thumped Nepal by 126 runs, setting the platform for their win with a score of 274-7 from their 50 overs, largely thanks to Ben Foakes (92) and Ben Duckett (55).

Nepal were reduced to 25-5 in response and were never in the hunt to win, with England paceman Shozair Ali (4-37 off 10) and Reece Topley (3-10 off seven) dominating.

Thursday's other match saw Bangladesh defeat Namibia by seven wickets in Brisbane.

Namibia was bowled out for 151 and Liton Das (70 not out) helped his side to a win achieved with 13 overs to spare.

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cyborg909 · #17 (**permalink**) 08-19-2012, 05:37 PM

cant believe pak got only 136 runs as soon as they faced a better opposition.

It's Time · #18 (**permalink**) 08-19-2012, 11:00 PM

WOW, I am proud of our Boys. Very good fight, It sucks to lose but they never lost hope or intensity.

Losing such a game does hurt but it shows a lot of character and pride. At lease they didn't get hammered. Losing only by a wicket after scoring just 136 is not something to be ashamed of.

cyborg909 · #19 (**permalink**) 08-19-2012, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by It's Time

WOW, I am proud of our Boys. Very good fight, It sucks to lose but they never lost hope or intensity.

Losing such a game does hurt but it shows a lot of character and pride. At lease they didn't get hammered. Losing only by a wicket after scoring just 136 is not something to be ashamed of.

Don't agree, this was first real opposition and 1st real hurdle they couldn't score runs nothing new mind u, bowling always the strength batting always the weakness.

It's Time · #20 (**permalink**) 08-19-2012, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by cyborg909

Don't agree, this was first real opposition and 1st real hurdle they couldn't score runs nothing new mind u, bowling always the strength batting always the weakness.

What were the pitch conditions like? I didn't see the match but looking at the scores I don't think it was anything but bowler friendly. As far as batting is concerned I agree Pakistan Should have scored more, I guess perhaps they miss judged the pitch and were looking for a big score.

I've been impressed with Babar Azam hope PCB can polish his talent.

Faisal · #21 (**permalink**) 08-20-2012, 09:53 AM

if we had fast bowling attack left at the end, the result could have on pakistan favor. i watched the game when India had 5 wickets on hand...very well done by our fast attack bowlers. Pakistan has won u19 world cup 5 times in row and India won once.

Today game will be tough. It's first semi final against South Africa and Australia (last u19 world cup winner 2010).

AHMAD\ · #22 (**permalink**) 08-20-2012, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by cyborg909

Don't agree, this was first real opposition and 1st real hurdle they couldn't score runs nothing new mind u, bowling always the strength batting always the weakness.

Yeah but two things you should also consider.

1) This is the same squad who was the co-winner of Asia Cup. and just recently they beat the ODI series to Aus U19 convincingly.

2)The Indian batting which was supposed to be more potent than Pakistan also failed and they barely escaped with win. Interestingly Sami Aslam and Unmukt Chand (the most highly talked about batsmen from both sides) both had ducks.

So it's not like team was weak to begin with. They had a good stretch and it was a bad day that they loss in an unlucky manner. As far as batting, on same pitches last month Sami Aslam, Babar Azam and Umar Waheed were spanking Aussies, the batting line was decent. There was a mistake in not playing 4th seemer/medium pacer, that could have easily be the difference maker.

Lahoriii · #23 (**permalink**) 08-20-2012, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by It's Time

What were the pitch conditions like? I didn't see the match but looking at the scores I don't think it was anything but bowler friendly. As far as batting is concerned I agree Pakistan Should have scored more, I guess perhaps they miss judged the pitch and were looking for a big score.

I've been impressed with Babar Azam hope PCB can polish his talent.

actually, pitch had not much seam movement, or wayward bounce at all. it might have been just a little on the slow side though, altogether a great pitch.

Having said that - indian bowlers bowled really well. REALLY well. It was a really good bowling attack by indian standards. These guys I can easily see playing in the future, although they are all medium pacers they can swing the ball magnificently.

In the end what lost us the game was a weak batting approach. The team played out 200 dot balls. It's fine that you look to play 50 overs, but you also need to rotate the strike and not get bogged down.

Pakistani bowling wasn't sensational, although the teamwork was there, and that's why the wickets fell. Bowlers complimented one another, and didn't bowl too many bad balls. This Azizullah guy bowled rather slow, but swung it both ways appreciably, and was always on target. He might be one for the future. Zia ul Haq hit speeds of 135k and even bowled upwards of 140-142k. Playing 2 slow left armers wasn't the greatest ploy, but it was probably part of a strategy that Pak didn't have the runs to go through with. The spinners were one-dimensional, didn't have the experience or skill to flight the ball more. The tailender was perfectly at ease blocking off the 90k flat deliveries. You need to bowl at 75-80ks to really temp the batsmen and make him think more.

Thumbs up to Babar Azam, but he's still young and not that experienced. I don't know why he didn't bring the field in... the tail enders had no qualms picking away singles.

cyborg909 · #24 (**permalink**) 08-20-2012, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by AHMAD\

Yeah but two things you should also consider.

1) This is the same squad who was the co-winner of Asia Cup. and just recently they beat the ODI series to Aus U19 convincingly.

2)The Indian batting which was supposed to be more potent than Pakistan also failed and they barely escaped with win. Interestingly Sami Aslam and Unmukt Chand (the most highly talked about batsmen from both sides) both had ducks.

So it's not like team was weak to begin with. They had a good stretch and it was a bad day that they loss in an unlucky manner. As far as batting, on same pitches last month Sami Aslam, Babar Azam and Umar Waheed were spanking Aussies, the batting line was decent. There was a mistake in not playing 4th seemer/medium pacer, that could have easily be the difference maker.

I read on cricinfo pak never played on this ground before and it rained day b4 should have bowled 1st and skittle india out to lower score and then win thee match.

Don't get me wrong, I am glad we have some good batsman and bowlers comng through and i hope to see them regularly in Pak A team and national team cuz they are future. But was very disappointing show all around except for bowlers.

cyborg909 · #25 (**permalink**) 08-21-2012, 08:00 PM

and pak lost to WI chasing 188 target, this was very bad performance in U19 WC any decent oppsition and pak lost to all

adil_909 · #26 (**permalink**) 08-21-2012, 08:36 PM

very disappointing stuff from the boys looking at the scorecard, didn't see the match so cant comment beyond that.

cyborg909 · #27 (**permalink**) 08-22-2012, 09:04 PM

worst ever show by U19 in WC, terrible if they lose to bd they would be no. 8 and there is good enuff chance that they would lose to BD, even if they win they will get no. 7 spot.

This was all around terrible perforamance.