RESULT
9th Place Play-off Quarter-Final, Lincoln, January 22, 2018, ICC Under-19 World Cup
(44.3/50 ov, T:266) 185

Canada U19 won by 80 runs

Player Of The Match
, CAN19
120 (115) & 1/20
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Akash Gill's 120 leads Canada past PNG

The chase was on with PNG at 140 for 2 in the 55th over, but they collapsed to 185 all out

Canada Under-19s 265 for 8 (Gill 120) beat Papua New Guinea 185 (Atai 81, Pathmanathan 3-23, Jamkhandi 3-48) by 80 runsScorecard
Akash Gill held Canada together with a splendid century - at better than a-run-a-ball - to see off Papua New Guinea in the Under-19 World Cup match in Lincoln. Gill was the first Canada player to score a hundred at a Under-19 World Cup.
He took a scoreline that read 82 for 4 in the 18th over - with their captain and in-form batsman Arslan Khan back in the pavilion - and dragged it all the way to 247 before he was dismissed. His 120 off 115 balls with 15 fours and two sixes as well.
Set a target of 266, PNG struggled to mount any sort of challenge. At one end, opener Simon Atai fought hard, making 81 off 117 balls with six fours, but the other one was a revolving door. There were six single-digit scores as PNG fell from 140 for 2 in the 35th to 185 all out. The damage was mostly done by fast bowler Faisal Jamkhandi, who took 3 for 48, and left-arm spinner Aran Pathmanathan, who finished with 3 for 23.
Gill, the Man of the Match, said: "I didn't really know about that record [the first Canada batsman with a century at the U-19 World Cup], but it's honestly a great feeling. When I got to that milestone, I was just overwhelmed. It still feels surreal to me, I'm just letting it sink."

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ICC Under-19 World Cup

Group A
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NZ1933062.576
SA1932141.160
WI1931220.660
KEN193030-4.227
Group B
TEAMMWLPTNRR
IND1933063.930
AUS1932142.721
ZIM193122-3.031
PNG193030-5.614
Group C
TEAMMWLPTNRR
ENG1933064.165
BD1932140.438
CAN193122-2.107
NAM193030-2.689
Group D
TEAMMWLPTNRR
PAK1932141.404
AFG1932140.333
SL193122-0.108
IRE193122-1.896