UAE U20 - News & Discussion

[MOD-MrMoose]

I stood in the shadows of the valley and I dreamed a great dream, a dream of summiting the highest of peaks, of walking in the SUNSHINE against all odds. I fought the cold of the night and I learnt to dance in the uncomfortable. I knew that my time would come and when it did it would be BEAUTIFUL.

Take a walk now in history with me. 31st of March 2021, Division 2.
UAE hosting a tour in South Africa.
UAE BEAT AUSTRALIA despite being outrated by 16k.
Our only win of the tour.

Since then, all OD matches against Australia have been Division 1.
We have won 2 OD titles in that time, Australia 3, Netherlands 1.
The last 5 U20 One Day titles have been won by two nations. The Australian Giant and the United Arab Emirates GIANT SLAYER.
Alas in all our success, we have endured our longest losing streak (in a competitive format) against AUSTRALIA.
SIX LOSSES. Four by 5 wickets, one by 3 wickets and one by just the one agonising wicket (yes we've batted first the last 8 YODs against Australia).

BUT TODAY, WE TOOK DESTINY INTO OUR OWN HANDS. We said have your 14k rating superiority, we will hold our nerve and take the win.

Wally and Abdul got things rolling for us with a 69 run opening stand (NICE). Walliyullah making 54 of 69 balls. Ka'im and Yaseen then steadied with a 50 run partnership. Some late order hitting saw us set Australia 231 to win.

End of the 7th over. Australia 0/40 RR 5.71 RRR 4.44

8th over to be bowled by Serena Williams.

End of the 8th over. Australia 2/43 RR 5.38 RRR 4.48.
Both set batsmen dismissed.

10th over, last ball. WIlliams has a third!

End of the 14th over. RR 4.57 RRR 4.64

15th over, Williams makes another chance but it's turfed [DROPPED]

34th over, Goggin on 50 is dropped off of S Wahhab's bowling.

35th over, Attard on 31 is dropped off of Armanjani's bowling.

36th over, BANG BANG. S Wahhab takes two in two balls.
End of the 36th, Australia 5/156, RR 4.33 RRR 5.36

End of the 42nd over, Australia are 5/192, RR 4.57 RRR 4.88. Goggin on 72 and Gower on 19.

Jabbar to bowl the 43rd over.

End of the 43rd over, Australia are 7/195, RR 4.53 RRR 5.14. Both set batsmen are out.

Armanjani joins the party with the last bowl of the 45th over. Australia are 8/207, needing 24 from 5 overs.

Australia need 19 from the last 3 overs. Serena Williams to bowl the 48th over.

Wicket Single Wicket!

Serena gets her Grand Slam (5 wicket haul) and the UAE LADS ARE ON TOP OF THE WORLD (metaphorically).

What a win!

Serena was phenomenal and Wahhab and Wally were fantastic!

Our win makes the tour ladder interesting after 2 matches.
Ireland sit on top unbeaten.
South Africa, Australia, UAE, Zimbabwe all have the 1 win.
Netherlands are winless.

Next for us is South Africa and it would certainly be a good one to win!
TUNE IN TOMORROW.

[MOD-MrMoose]

Do you hear that blowing in the wind? That's the sweet sounds of the peak of victory mountain.

Home UAE U20
Away South Africa U20
Ground amsterdammer CG
League U-20 One Day 1
Date 01 Feb 23 05:30
Crowd 25,000
Weather Windy
Pitch Sticky

UAE U20 South Africa U20
Batting - Top Order 10,260 9,270
Batting - Middle Order 8,634 9,079
Batting - Tail 4,787 4,629
Bowling - Seam 9,428 (30) 9,724 (30)
Bowling - Spin 10,104 (20) 10,928 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 11,056 11,170
Overall 171,597 171,827

Result: UAE U20 won by 80 runs
Toss: UAE U20 won the toss and elected to bat.
Man of the match: Mustafa Ibraheem (3 points), Makhaya Makalima (2), Alim Ameen (1)

Ahmad Sharif now averages 86.50 in National U20 Cricket. His run scoring delight from Monday flowed onto today with a beautiful 57.
Nasih, Shahriar and Ibraheem all chipped in with 40s as we set South Africa 249 to win.

Ameen then gets the 2 openers out in his opening spell to have South Africa 2/23 after 9 overs. South Africa somewhat settled to be 4/140 after 35 overs but the RRR was almost double their going RR. They then went on to lose their last 6 wickets for just 28 runs in 7 overs.

Around The Grounds
Australia beat The Netherlands by 8 wickets
Ireland beat Zimbabwe by 49 runs

Ladder
Ireland sit alone on top lossless.
Then Australia slight above us on NRR (both have 2 wins).
South Africa and Zimbabwe are next with 1 win each.
The Netherlands are yet to register a win.

It continues tomorrow 0530 against the Netherlands.

[MOD-MrMoose]

A win today and now the worst we can finish is 3rd.

Home UAE U20
Away Netherlands U20
Ground I Nyomen Gampil Reserve
League U-20 One Day 1
Date 02 Feb 23 05:30
Crowd 17,500
Weather Windy
Pitch Uneven

UAE U20 Netherlands U20
Batting - Top Order 9,385 9,642
Batting - Middle Order 8,693 7,988
Batting - Tail 4,664 4,582
Bowling - Seam 9,193 (40) 8,587 (30)
Bowling - Spin 10,235 (10) 10,629 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 10,519 10,334
Overall 164,868 162,294

Result: UAE U20 won by 29 runs
Toss: Netherlands U20 won the toss and elected to bowl.
Man of the match: Shaquille Wahhab (3 points), Zafar Walliyullah (2), Ziyad Jabbar (1)

A massive 94 from Wahhab added to a 69 from Shahriar to set a nice 282.
Our bowlers than all chipped in to bowl Netherlands out for 253.

Tomorrow vs Zimbabwe at 0530.

The scenarios...

Ireland beats Australia = Ireland wins the title

Australia beats Ireland AND we beat Zimbabwe by a truckloads, GET THE CALCULATORS OUT.

Potential for the league to finish
4-1
4-1
4-1
1-4
1-4
1-4

Which would be huge and statistically odd. Let's have a win!

[MOD-MrMoose]

We had a crack at winning the title and consequently lost but that's life sometimes. We march on.

Home Zimbabwe U20
Away UAE U20
Ground Johan van der Smut Oval
League U-20 One Day 1
Date 03 Feb 23 05:30
Crowd 20,000
Weather Overcast
Pitch Green

Zimbabwe U20 UAE U20
Batting - Top Order 9,896 9,747
Batting - Middle Order 8,000 9,492
Batting - Tail 3,860 4,628
Bowling - Seam 9,043 (50) 9,200 (50)
Bowling - Spin 0 (0) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 10,495 10,488
Overall 159,872 168,305

Result: Zimbabwe U20 won by 8 wickets
Toss: UAE U20 won the toss and elected to bat.
Man of the match: Sikhanyiso Siboto (3 points), Sailosi Mastriet (2), Moaner Montini (1)

[MOD-MrMoose]

Tour Dates 30 Jan 2023 - 03 Feb 2023
Hosting Rights Won By UAE
Hosting Country Sri Lanka
First Preferred Pitch Uneven
Second Preferred Pitch Green
Third Preferred Pitch Sticky

Australia win another title, beating Ireland by NRR. We finish 3rd with 3 wins. Zimbabwe's win against us today saved them from the drop drop. South Africa and the Netherlands take a trip down town to Div 2.

Ratings by round #
Team Name 1 2 3 4 5
Netherlands U20 168,216 163,843 156,177 162,294 157,604
Zimbabwe U20 167,527 168,478 162,995 170,448 159,872
Australia U20 187,522 179,909 182,771 180,138 184,780
South Africa U20 177,994 173,674 171,827 160,354 164,516
UAE U20 175,613 165,480 171,597 164,868 168,305
Ireland U20 173,271 173,657 169,161 173,238 168,165

I cannot speak, if I speak I am in big trouble...

Shaquille Wahhab was our best performer Fantasy Points wise - (260 FPs from his 3 games) - One MoTM for Shaq.

Dirar Ghazi was our worst performer (-1 FP from his 3 games)

Props to Ibraheem, Shaq and Serena who all achieved MoTM performances.

Ahmad Sharif on debut lead the way with the bat for us - 178 runs from his 4 outtings.

Serena Williams also on debut lead the way with the ball - 8 wickets from 3 matches.

Wally managing 6 catches with the gloves and a runout.

[MOD-MrMoose]

Hello, good evening, good morning, good afternoon, whatever it be…

Do I have a treat for you all!
Double the Manager = Double the Fun
Not one, but two UAE National Managers. I am joined by U20 Manager Heppa and Senior Manager NPD-PowerBug ahead of the upcoming respective World Cups!

Both World Cups commence on the 20th of Feb – hit and giggle for the seniors and the respectable format for the youths! Seniors play daily at 0500 and Youths play at 1300.

I start with the obvious question, the one on everyone’s mind. Is life meaningless?
Sorry, wrong run sheet.

Are both of these World Cup’s blatantly Australia’s to lose?
Both: Yep, yeah, yep.

Let’s now play a montage of all our previous World Cup Wins.
{3 Minutes of Silence}
H: Well, that was rude.
PB: Absolutely disgusting.

All jokes aside, how do you both rate our chances in these upcoming World Cups:
PB: I'm a little unsure. On one hand we've been drawn a tough pitch draw for our strengths, but I also do really believe in these players. We have a great core who are primed to go for this exact World Cup. Two seasons ago we put up a 3 win week in the World Cup, I'll set the standard there again this time.
H: Better chance than the Seniors, that’s for sure!

What key players are you expecting a lot from this World Cup?

PB: Two names here: Hud Sam and Al Capone.
Hud will collect his 60th senior UAE appearance during the World Cup week, an incredible feat.
Al Capone is used to murdering the opposition’s bad bowling and we are going to need him to focus on his batting this World Cup. Al has gone through a bit of a form slump at club level this season (averaging only 8.86 in ODs this season). Due to this and after a stern conversation, management have decided to let Al focus on his batting this week and relieve him of the National Captaincy.

H: ALIM AMEEN.
If the NBB F lives up to his potential, he could be etching World Cup Winning Player of the Tournament into his CV. Absolute star.
Abdul and Mullet are two players we will need to perform, if we’re going to compete!

Seniors World Cup Touring Squad for T20 World Cup in Pakistan:
Rais Ameen [Birds 2nd XI] (29.14 Years Old – 4 National T20 caps)
Wakil Aziz [Rednut United] (29.6 Years Old – Yet to Debut)
Al Capone [Murder Inc.] (28.11 Years Old – 11 National T20 caps)
Akil Dhul [Sunrise] (30.12 Years Old – 7 National T20 caps)
Snoop Dogg [Illawarra Dragons CC] (29.13 Years Old – 4 National T20 caps)
Abbas Hussain [Sitakunda Leopards (28.12 Years Old – 2 National T20 caps)
Shakir Imran [Birds 2nd XI] (30.11 Years Old – 6 National T20 caps)
Hassan Iqbal [Crni Zmajevi Cricket Club] (30.12 Years Old – 17 National T20 caps)
Mazin Ishaq [waityesno_sorrymate] (30.13 Years Old – 8 National T20 caps)
Salman Kardal [Exiles] (27.13 Years Old – Yet to Debut)
Ubaid Kedar [Groundfielders] (30.13 Years Old – 20 National T20 caps)
Quinten Lynch [Cover point] (28.0 Years Old – 3 National T20 caps)
Ubaid Mahmood [Space Wolves] (30.11 Years Old – 20 National T20 caps)
Gadil Mukhtar [Birds 2nd XI] (29.13 Years Old – 17 National T20 caps)
Shaquille Muttalib [TheWizard’s XI] (30.14 Years Old – 6 National T20 caps)
Hud Sam [Groundfielders] (30.14 Years Old – 22 National T20 caps)
Kaseem Sharif [Hard Yakka] (29.6 Years Old – 3 National T20 caps)
Sheik Yerbooty [Marching On Together] (27.11 Years Old – Yet to Deubt)

Youth World Cup Touring Squad for OD World Cup in Zimbabwe:
Idris Abdul [Mohun Bagan] (20.9 Years Old – 8 National U20 OD caps)
Alim Ameen [Woodville-West Torrens Eagles] (20.7 Years Old – 6 National U20 OD caps)
Daoud Armajani [Spinney Wanderers] (20.10 Years Old – 2 National U20 OD caps)
Faisal Armanjani [PKF Tigers 2nd XI] (20.10 Years Old – Yet to Debut)
Jabril Ishaq [Mohun Bagan] (19.9 Years Old – Yet to Debut)
Ziyad Jabbar [kato11] (20.14 Years Old – 3 National U20 OD caps)
Nazim Jubair [Justhitfor6] (21.0 Years Old – 8 National U20 OD caps)
Zavier Ka’im [Dhaka Metropolis] (20.3 Years Old – 3 National U20 OD caps)
Arif Lahab [Woodville-West Torrens Eagles] (20.10 Years Old – Yet to Debut)
Shaikh Mullet [Roger Mullet Tribute XI] (20.3 Years Old – 3 National U20 OD caps)
Wahid Nasih [Birds XI] (21.0 Years Old – 4 National U20 OD caps)
Nassar Nasri [Abu Dhabi Academy] (20.13 Years Old – Yet to Debut)
Afifi Saad [Realism Ravens] (20.7 Years Old – Yet to Debut)
Qadir Salah [Spinney Wanderers] (20.5 Years Old – Yet to Debut)
Seif Shahriar [Sons of Pitches] (20.14 Years Old – 2 National U20 OD caps)
Shaquille Wahhab [Legends of Cuba] (19.12 Years Old – 3 National U20 OD caps)
Serena Williams [Abu Dhabi Academy] (20.9 Years Old – 3 National U20 OD caps)
Ubayd Yaseen [Germantown Cricket Club] (20.4 Years Old – 4 National U20 OD caps)

[MOD-MrMoose]

OD World Cup Matches start tomorrow 20/2.

This week we face:
20/2 1300 - England - Dry/Humid (Forecasted)
21/2 1300 - Sri Lanka - Flat/Cloudy (Forecasted)
22/2 1300 - Zimbabwe - Slow/Sunny (Forecasted)
23/2 1300 - South Africa - Hard/Sunny (Forecasted)
24/2 1300 - Ireland - Sticky/Cloudy (Forecasted)

Then of course Semi Final and Grand Final if we go that far (fingers crossed!)

[Penky]

Fantastic all round performance to beat England by 106 runs
285 with that bat (thanks to a stellar ton from Yaseen) always going to be too much on humid/dry and a strong collective effort from the bowlers saw England ao for 179

[MOD-MrMoose]

Spot on Penky well summed up! MAN WINNING IS GREAT, let’s just do that 6 more times this week. Pls and thank.

Home UAE U20
Away England U20
Ground Carlton Blues CC CG
League U-20 One Day World Cup
Date 20 Feb. 23 13:00
Crowd 19,845
Weather Humid
Pitch Dry

UAE U20 England U20
Batting - Top Order 10,744 10,093
Batting - Middle Order 9,115 9,820
Batting - Tail 4,210 5,023
Bowling - Seam 9,873 (20) 9,993 (30)
Bowling - Spin 9,920 (30) 9,138 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 10,888 10,232
Overall 174,241 173,677

Result: UAE U20 won by 106 runs
Toss: UAE U20 won the toss and elected to bat.
Man of the match: Ubayd Yaseen (3 points), Jonny Bairstow (2), Arif Lahab (1)

Starts from basically every bat in the top order and a wonderful hundred from Yaseen saw us set 285! Was always going to be a lot of runs to defend and our bowlers were seen smiling ear to ear during the innings break.

It would be amiss of me not to talk in detail of Yaseens knock. In his 5th National appearance, he finally delivered after missing out on some really good starts. His 124 coming from 119 balls including 5 fours and 3 sixes. Coming out in the 10th over at 1/40 to then be dismissed at 7/254 in the 48th over.

Wickets were well spread - Serena picked up two and the two finger spinners (Shahriar and Lahab) both took 3 wickets. Fittingly it was the man of the day Yaseen that finished things up with a runout to end Englands innings.

Around the grounds:

USA beat India by 6 wickets.
Australia beat the Netherlands by 137 runs.
Bermuda beat the West Indies by 11 runs.

South Africa beat Ireland by 4 wickets.
Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 84 runs.

It’s a wonderful start with both sides snagging very nice wins but it’s merely the bottom of the mountain, the first km of the marathon, etc. The seniors take on the West Indies with play kicking of at 0500!

[MOD-MrMoose]

Bat first
Bat big
Win

Home Sri Lanka U20
Away UAE U20
Ground Laputa Wanderers CG
League U-20 One Day World Cup
Date 21 Feb. 23 13:00
Crowd 15,000
Weather Cloudy
Pitch Flat

Sri Lanka U20 UAE U20
Batting - Top Order 10,385 10,547
Batting - Middle Order 8,098 7,325
Batting - Tail 4,062 4,493
Bowling - Seam 10,393 (20) 9,585 (50)
Bowling - Spin 10,703 (30) 0 (0)
Fielding/Keeping 10,695 10,918
Overall 171,101 165,649

Result: UAE U20 won by 45 runs
Toss: UAE U20 won the toss and elected to bat.
Man of the match: Serena Williams (3 points), Alim Ameen (2), Nassar Nasri (1)

Starts to Abdul (27), Saad [no relation to the Carlton player] (47),
Nasri (39) and Jabbar (35) saw us sneak to a total of 213. In the conditions it felt like not enough.

Tight bowling at the start meant Sri Lanka started slowing but then Sri Lanka would get the run rate near the required and wicket. They’d settle then wicket! Then it was suddenly raining wickets! A 5 over spell where they lost 4 wickets for 20 runs and then they settled and looked somewhat in control of the chase and then another 5 over spell where they lost 4 wickets for 21 runs.. Game over!

Around the Grounds
West Indies beat India by 7 wickets
USA beat Netherlands by 12 runs (an absolute runfest with 3 centurions and almost 700 runs)
Australia beat Bermuda by 7 wickets (also had 2 centurions and 600 odd runs)

England beat South Africa by 7 wickets
Ireland beat Zimbabwe by 6 wickets

In group 1 Australia and the USA sit top with two wins each, then the West Indies and Bermuda with a win each, India and the Netherlands winless.

USA, Australia and the West Indies all rated 175k in their second match (Bermuda 173k). Both leaders play the West Indies in their remaining games. USA also play Bermuda, where Australia play India (who have been struggling so far this tour and Australia shouldn’t have any difficulty winning that one) [commentators curse please ].

Australia Vs USA is Friday and could possibly play as a play off for top spot.

In group 2, we sit top of the heap with our 2 wins, then everyone else with one win except Zimbabwe who are winless.

Day 2 ratings went England (177k), SA (175k), Zimbabwe, Ireland and Sri Lanka (all 171k), then us (165k).

A win tomorrow would certainly help without putting us completely out of the woods. We go again at 1300 against Zimbabwe.

The seniors are up next at 0500 against New Zealand!

[MOD-MrMoose]

Home Zimbabwe U20
Away UAE U20
Ground Andy Flower Cricket Ground
League U-20 One Day World Cup
Date 22 Feb. 23 13:00
Crowd 21,499
Weather Sunny
Pitch Slow

Zimbabwe U20 UAE U20
Batting - Top Order 10,238 10,076
Batting - Middle Order 7,555 8,942
Batting - Tail 4,924 3,851
Bowling - Seam 9,583 (30) 9,219 (20)
Bowling - Spin 10,572 (20) 9,804 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 11,011 10,410
Overall 168,877 166,708

Result: UAE U20 won by 8 runs
Toss: UAE U20 won the toss and elected to bat.
Man of the match: Shaquille Wahhab (3 points), Shaikh Mullet (2), Geo Griffiths (1)

Man winning sure is nice, four more wins thanks

Mullet (60) and Salah (57) saw us put up 237. This was enough to allow our bowlers to pile on the pressure and that pressure then ruptured Zimbabwe with the last two wickets coming from runouts!

Around the grounds:
Australia beat West Indies by 3 wickets
USA beat Bermuda by 4 wickets
Netherland beat India by 1 wicket - a wagging Dutch tail holding on to win a thriller!

England beat Ireland by 52 runs.
Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 26 runs.

In group 1 australia and usa sit clear with their 3 runs. Then each with one win sit West Indies, Bermuda and the Netherlands. India are winless and unfortunately their World Cup dream is over.

A win from Australia and/or USA tomorrow guarantees their finals attendance. Wins for both of them make Friday a first place play off.

In group 2 we sit clear with our 3 wins, then Sri Lanka and England with 2 wins, then Ireland and South Africa with 1 win. Zimbabwe are winless and will be playing for pride in their next two matches.

For us it’s simple, win, then win, then win, then win!!!

Seniors go again at 0530

[MOD-MrMoose]

Home UAE U20
Away South Africa U20
Ground Leek Fire Station
League U-20 One Day World Cup
Date 23 Feb. 23 13:00
Crowd 16,230
Weather Sunny
Pitch Hard

UAE U20 South Africa U20
Batting - Top Order 10,179 9,474
Batting - Middle Order 7,529 9,598
Batting - Tail 4,537 5,259
Bowling - Seam 9,588 (40) 9,930 (40)
Bowling - Spin 9,850 (10) 11,561 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 10,989 10,208
Overall 165,616 173,970

Result: South Africa U20 won by 34 runs
Toss: South Africa U20 won the toss and elected to bat.
Man of the match: Ziyad Jabbar (3 points), Emmet McNamara (2), Idris Abdul (1)

There’s our stumble for the week, it’s done, we move forward.

4 wickets to Jabbar, runs to Ka’Im and Abdul. A collapse on a batting friendly position after being in a comfortable position.

A win tomorrow all but guarantees topping the group - that is the goal. A small loss still sees us go through in most scenarios.

In the other group usa play aus with winner topping the group and loser progressing regardless.

[MOD-MrMoose]

YEAH BABY THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!

Tomorrow we beat USA and Sunday we beat the Australians (probably). Easy right?

Home Ireland U20
Away UAE U20
Ground Astwood AllStars CG
League U-20 One Day World Cup
Date 24 Feb. 23 13:00
Crowd 19,000
Weather Sunny
Pitch Sticky

Ireland U20 UAE U20
Batting - Top Order 9,491 10,187
Batting - Middle Order 8,070 8,379
Batting - Tail 5,287 3,650
Bowling - Seam 9,572 (30) 8,970 (40)
Bowling - Spin 10,344 (20) 10,047 (10)
Fielding/Keeping 10,291 10,528
Overall 166,388 162,733

Result: UAE U20 won by 19 runs
Toss: UAE U20 won the toss and elected to bat.
Man of the match: Ubayd Yaseen (3 points), Daoud Armanjani (2), Levi Tate (1)

A well crafted 62 from Yaseen formed the basis of our batting innings which saw us set Ireland 196 to win.

Wahhab and D.Armanjani went to work, taking wickets in clusters and ultimately bowling Ireland out!

That win sees us top the group and we now play the USA. Australia who beat USA to top the other group now play England who scraped through by 0.05 NRR after their loss today.

Great to top the group, but this is where the lads have to focus. History doesn’t recall semi finalist or runner ups. It’s time to win a World Cup!

[heppa]

Great write ups as always this week Moose

Onto the semi final!

[MOD-MrMoose]

Don’t cry because it’s over, cry because it happened.

(Pretty sure that’s the saying, I am great at recalling sayings.

Home USA U20
Away UAE U20
Ground Punt Rd Oval
Cup U20 One Day World Cup
Date 25 Feb. 23 13:00
Crowd 14,663
Weather Windy
Pitch Slow

USA U20 UAE U20
Batting - Top Order 9,884 9,985
Batting - Middle Order 9,153 7,807
Batting - Tail 4,325 4,000
Bowling - Seam 8,752 (20) 9,833 (20)
Bowling - Spin 9,953 (30) 9,597 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 10,696 10,682
Overall 168,582 163,674

Result: USA U20 won by 60 runs
Toss: USA U20 won the toss and elected to bat.
Man of the match: Johnny Ryan (3 points), Seif Shahriar (2), Armando Harrington (1)

This week, we won every game where we batted first and lost every game where we bowled first.

“We really wanted to bat first” - Heppa and also probably every uae supporter at the ground.

It was a very typical slow pitch match, with both batting innings scrapping together starts with out one batsmen shining. Unfortunately scrapped better.

Shoutout to Shariar who took 5 wickets!

And let’s have a look at the other semi final -
Details
Home Australia U20
Away England U20
Ground Sofa King CG
Cup U20 One Day World Cup
Date 25 Feb. 23 13:00
Crowd 14,223
Weather Windy
Pitch Green

Australia U20 England U20
Batting - Top Order 10,648 10,150
Batting - Middle Order 8,665 9,076
Batting - Tail 4,434 4,609
Bowling - Seam 9,578 (30) 9,167 (30)
Bowling - Spin 11,849 (20) 10,118 (20)
Fielding/Keeping 11,001 11,035
Overall 175,989 171,575

Result: Australia U20 won by 7 wickets
Toss: England U20 won the toss and elected to bat.
Man of the match: Blaze Vollugi (3 points), Lindsay Hervey (2), Wendell Towns (1)

England batting first on a green top were rattled (no baz ball here :/). Vollugi taking 6fa and taking 4/7 in his second spell to mop up the tail.

There was no stumble as the Aussies chased down the miserly total with ease!

This means the Aussies and the USA get a replay of Fridays match which the Aussies won comfortably.

Throwing my full support and well wishes toward the USA management. It’s not easy to beat the Aussies in a world cup final (Penky and Heppa can testify to that - they’ve certainly tried numerous times).

And for us, we move on - I’ll do a full tour wrap shortly.