England in convincing win

Chris Dhambarage

CRICKET - England cleared their first hurdle in their attempt to clinch the under 19 Youth World Cup when they defeated Nepal by 77 runs in their opening group match played at the SSC grounds, Maitland Place yesterday.

After being restricted to a modest 209 runs from their 50 overs England put up a tremendous performance on the field to dismiss the Nepal side for just 132 runs. Hamilton Brown ripped through the Nepal middle order with a penetrative spell of bowling and received excellent support from Mullaney and James.

Earlier M. Ali hit a solid 54 from 82 balls with three fours and two sixes as England reached 209 for 9 after they had won the toss and elected to bat first. They were heading towards a big total at one stage after some useful contributions from their top two batsmen Chopra and Nelson. But they lost their way mid way in the innings following some accurate bowling from the two spinners Regmi and Vesawkar.

ENGLAND Under-19 

V. Chopra c Malla b Khadka 		 38  
M. D. Stoneman run out 			  4    
M. A. Nelson c and b Rauniyar 		 40  
M. M. Ali c Rauniyar b Vesawkar 	 54  
R. J. Hamilton-Brown run out 		 15  
B. J. Wright c Chhetri b Regmi 		 23  
S. J. Mullaney run out 			  7  
N. A. James c and b Vesawkar 		  7  
G. J. White not out 			  7   
J. A. Simpson c Shrestha b Regmi 	  5   
A. S. Miller not out 			  0   
Extras (lb 2, w 6, nb 1) 		  9  
Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 		209 
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-7, 2-87, 3-88, 4-126, 5-172, 6-187,
 7-190, 8-197, 9-204 
BOWLING: Rana 7-0-29-0 (4w), Bhattarai 5-1-21-0 (1w), 
Khadka 6-1-22-1, Shrestha 7-0-29-0 (1nb), 
Rauniyar 10-1-36-1 (1w), Regmi 10-0-39-2, 
Vesawkar  5-0-31-2.  

NEPAL U-19 

K Chaugai b Mullaney 			 34  
M. K. Chhetri run out 			  8  
S. Vesawkar c Chopra b White 		  8  
G. Malla run out 			  4 
P. Khadka c Simpson b Mullaney 		 18  
P. Chaudhary run out 			 31 
B. Regmi b Hamilton-Brown 		  3 
R. Rauniyar c White b James 		 11 
R. Shrestha b Hamilton-Brown 		  7 
S. Kesari not out 			  0 
A. Rana c White b James 		  3  
Extras (lb 1, w 4) 			  5
Total (all out, 45.2 overs) 		132
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-42, 2-53, 3-57, 4-95, 5-105, 
6-110, 7-116, 8-129, 9-129 
BOWLING: Nelson 3-0-23-0 (4w), Miller 3-0-18-0, 
White 9-4-16-1, James 8-4-14-1, Ali 7-0-22-0, 
Hamilton-Brown 7.2-1-17-3, Mullaney 6-0-18-2, 
Woodman 2-1-3-0

Rousing win for former champs India

Former champions India powered their way to register a rousing nine wicket victory over Namibia in their under 19 Youth World Cup opening group match played at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday.

The Indians dismissed their opponents for a modest 170 and then reached their target in a spectacular manner scoring 173 for 1 in just 27 overs. Their run chase was spearheaded by opener G. Dhiman who smashed a sparkling 90 from only 71 balls with three sixes and a dozen of fours.

Dhiman was associated in an opening stand of 147 runs with teammate C. A. Pujara who was unbeaten on 66 from 82 balls with seven fours.

The bowling honours went to Piyush Chawla who captured three wickets and Sharma who polished off the tail with two quick wickets. Namibia's innings was built around a fighting half century from D. H. Botha who hit a top score of 61 from 109 balls with six fours.

NAMIBIA                     
L. P. van der Westhuizen b Bandekar		 16 
K. Strauss c and b Piyush Chawla 		  7  
P. J. Grove c Ravikant Shukla b Piyush Chawla	  3  
D. H. Botha c Bandekar b Ahmed 			 61 
H. S. Prinsloo run out 				 28 
N. R. P. Scholtz b Sharma 			  0  
E. Steenkamp c Shah b Sharma 			  1 
S. T. Ackermann b Ahmed 			 16  
J. R. Bandlow not out 				  2 
H. J. Marx st Shah b Piyush Chawla 		  1  
F. N. Marx b Bandekar 				  9  
Extras (b 8, lb 7, w 10, nb 1) 			 26  
TOTAL (all out, 48.5 overs) 			170 

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-25, 2-27, 3-44, 4-120, 5-120, 
6-124, 7-152, 8-153, 9-154 
BOWLING: Yomahesh 7-1-29-0 (1nb, 3w), Ahmed 10-0-22-2, 
Bandekar 6.5-0-22-2 (5w), Piyush Chawla 10-0-38-3 (1w), 
Bipinbhai 8-2-20-0, Dhiman 1-0-9-0, Sharma 6-1-15-2    


INDIA  

G. Dhiman c Engelbrecht b van der Westhuizen	 90  
C. A. Pujara not out 				 66 
R. Sharma not out 				 10 
Extras (w 3, nb 4) 				  7
TOTAL (1 wicket, 27.1  overs) 			173
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-147 
BOWLING: F. N. Marx 4-1-32-0 (2nb), Prinsloo 6-0-35-0, 
Engelbrecht 5-0-30-0 (1nb), Van der Westhuizen 7.1-0-39-1 (1nb, 3w), 
H. J. Marx 2-0-24-0, Scholtz 3-0-13-0 (C.D)

Pakistan rout Uganda

Pakistan launched their defence for the under 19 Youth World Cup in style as they routed Uganda by eight wickets in their opening group match played at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.

The Pakistanis got their act together well from the beginning and bundled out the opposition for just 74 runs from 34 overs after they had been asked to bat first. Man of the match Akhtar Ayub produced a fantastic spell of bowling returning excellent figures of 3 for 15 from seven overs.

He received good support from Jamshed Ahmed and Ali Khan with the pair running through the Uganda middle order quite convincingly. In reply Pakistan cruised to their target in less than fifteen overs racing to 75 for 2. Nasir Jamshed hit an unbeaten 35 from 43 balls with the help of six fours.

UGANDA  

R. Mukasa lbw b Jamshed Ahmed			 0 
J. Okello c Sarfraz Ahmed b Akhtar Ayub		 5  
A. S. Kyobe c Nasir Jamshed b Akhtar Ayub	 9  
H. S. Almuzahim lbw b Anwar Ali			 2 
R. Otim c Sarfraz Ahmed b Ali Khan		13  
P. Ochan c Sarfraz Ahmed b Akhtar Ayub		 0   
R. Ssemanda c Sarfraz Ahmed b Ali Khan		 1  
E. Isaneez c Ali Khan b Imad Wasim		10  
D. Arinaitwe c Sarfraz Ahmed b Jamshed Ahmed	 6  
E. Nakaana lbw b Jamshed Ahmed			 3  
D. A. Musali not out				 0 
Extras (lb 6, w 18, nb 1)			25  
TOTAL (all out, 33.3 overs)			74  

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0, 2-20, 3-25, 4-25, 5-25, 
6-43, 7-52, 8-64, 9-69, 
BOWLING: Jamshed Ahmed 8.3-2-15-3 (5w), Anwar Ali 10-4-21-1 (4w),
 Akhtar Ayub 7-2-15-3 (1nb, 4w), Ali Khan 3-0-10-2 (5w), 
Imad Wasim 4-1-5-1, Riaz Kail 1-0-2-0    


PAKISTAN   

Rameez Raja c Mukasa b Waiswa			 0  
Ali Khan not out				21 
Mohammad Ibrahim c Nakaana b Ochan		 1   
Nasir Jamshed not out				35  
Extras (w 17, nb 1)				18  
TOTAL (2 wickets, 12.5 overs)			75 

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0, 2-2. 
BOWLING: Waiswa 3-0-18-1 (1w), Ochan 5-0-22-1 (9w), 
Isaneez 2-0-16-0 (1nb, 1w), Okello 1.5-0-15-0, Ssemanda 1-0-4-0