Australian Institute win last-ball thriller

Australian Institute of Sports 141 for 4 (Henriques 57, Forrest 44) beat New Zealand Emerging Players 139 for 8 (Anderson 53, Sullivan 3-25) by six wickets
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A last-ball four from David Warner, and a fine all-round performance from captain Moises Henriques, took the Australian Institute of Sports to a dramatic victory over the New Zealand Emerging Players in Brisbane and give them a boost in their bid to win the tournament for the first time since its inception in 2005.

Australia began on a positive note chasing 140, with Usman Khawaja making 20 in a 33-run opening stand with Peter Forrest. New Zealand struck back when Khawaja and Liam Davis were dismissed for the addition of 10 runs. Henriques and Forrest then added 74 to put Australia on the path to victory. Henriques played aggressively, striking two massive sixes in his 35-ball 57, while Davis was bowled by Brandon Hiini six runs short of his half-century. It was left to Warner, who remained unbeaten on 10, to take them home with three runs required on the final delivery of the match.

Put in, New Zealand were rocked early by a double-strike from Grant Sullivan, who took the prized wicket of Jesse Ryder, after which they fell to 72 for 6. But their innings was put back on track by Corey Anderson, who made 53 and put on 56 runs for the seventh wicket with 'keeper Bevan Griggs (17). Anderson's rearguard act was ended by Henriques, who finished with 2 for 25, while Sullivan was the most successful of the Australian bowlers with 3 for 25.

India Emerging Players 87 for 7 (Badrinath 37, Parnell 3-15) beat South Africa Emerging Players 75 for 8 (Mishra 3-11) by 12 runs
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India Emerging Players came from behind, after being restricted to only 87, to claim a thrilling 12-run win over South Africa Emerging Players in their Twenty20 match at the Peter Burge Oval in Brisbane.

India got off to a poor start after choosing to bat, stumbling to 32 for 5, with Wayne Parnell, the left-arm seamer, accounting for Virat Kohli and Abhishek Nayar. A recovery of sorts was led by captain S Badrinath and Ravindra Jadeja, who added 51 runs for the sixth wicket. Jadeja, after making 20, was caught by Ahmed Amla to give Parnell, who is also South Africa's under-19 captain, his third wicket while Badrinath's innings was ended on 37 by a direct hit from Blake Snijman. The South African bowlers had done well to keep India below 100, but they conceded 15 extras, including 10 wides, which proved decisive to the eventual result.

Snijman (17) and Dean Elgar (14) added 36 runs for the first wicket to give the initial thrust to South Africa's chase. But a double strike from legspinner Amit Mishra sparked a dramatic collapse in which South Africa lost eight wickets for 39 runs. Mishra finished with figures of 3 for 11, and he was ably supported by the rest of the bowlers, all of whom were economical.