RESULT
6th Match, Group D, Palmerston North, January 16, 2010, ICC Under-19 World Cup
(27.2/46 ov, T:189) 190/5

B'desh U19 won by 5 wickets (with 112 balls remaining) (D/L method)

Player Of The Match
51* (45) & 1/29
sabbir-rahman
Report

Root and Vince seal England win

A round-up of the second day's games at the Under-19 World Cup

Cricinfo staff
16-Jan-2010
Doug Bracewell's three wickets earned him the Man-of-the-Match award  •  Getty Images

Doug Bracewell's three wickets earned him the Man-of-the-Match award  •  Getty Images

England had few hassles overhauling Hong Kong's 185 on the second day of the Under-19 World Cup at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval. A dominant top-order display, led by Joe Root and James Vince, helped England chase their target in 30.1 overs. Root took the attack back to Hong Kong's bowlers during the first Powerplay, adding 57 for the first wicket and an unbeaten 129 with the Man of the Match Vince thereafter. The pair nudged, flicked and cut singles regularly to whittle away at the scoreboard. Vince finished on 76 from 61 deliveries after hitting ten fours and a six.
Hong Kong had been carried to 185 in 48.5 overs thanks to Niazkat Khan's 69-ball 65 and middle-order roles from Irfan Ahmed and Mark Chapman. But the tone for their ultimately inefficient total was set at the top, when they lost their first three wickets - all bowled - to full, swinging deliveries. David Payne was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 24 in his nine overs.
Hosts New Zealand cruised to a victory in their first match, defeating Canada by nine wickets in Lincoln. Chasing Canada's meagre total of 128 all out in 29.3 overs, New Zealand reached the target in just the 20th over for the loss of one wicket. James Neesham top scored with 47 from just 20 balls and added an unbeaten 55 with the opener Harry Boam who made 29 from 54 balls. Boam and Tom Latham, the son of former international batsman Rod, had put on 75 for the opening wicket.
Canada's effort with the bat, after they were put in, was forgettable with the No.8 Arsalan Qadir proving the most successful with 26 from 30 balls.They lost Hiral Patel earlier and then Doug Bracewell, son of former international Brendon, began with a double strike bowling his right-arm medium pace. Bracewell's figures of 3 for 31 from seven overs earned him the Man-of-the-Match award. Logan van Beek, the grandson of former West Indies and New Zealand Test wicketkeeper Sam Guillen, chipped in with three wickets as well.
Australia flexed their muscles over USA in Queenstown, securing a 108-run win after posting 262. USA had done well to dismiss Australia inside 50 overs, but a dramatic collapse to 28 for 7 left their chances of an upset win done and dusted. Leading the rout with a new-ball performance that would have made his father Craig proud, Alister McDermott slashed USA's top order open. After having Steven Taylor lbw in the fourth over, McDermott sent back Ryan Corns and Henry Wardley in the space of three deliveries in his next over. Fellow new-ball operator Josh Hazlewood's first-class experience with New South Wales came to the fore as he chipped in with three wickets, adding to USA's woes.
Hazlewood took two in two balls, missed the hat-trick, but snared his third wicket only a few balls later, with McDermott picking up his fourth. From a disastrous 28 for 7 in ten overs, they were boosted by Andy Mohammed's 70 from 90 balls and 30 from the No. 9 Asad Ghous. Adam Zampa picked up three wickets with his legbreak googlies.
Australia's innings had earlier been carried by a series of useful contributions. The openers Nic Maddinson (32) and Tom Beaton (73) put on 82 in 12.3 overs, after which Jason Floros (33) and Tim Armstrong (39) propped up the middle order. The wickets were shared by five of seven bowlers used.
Australia's captain Mitch Marsh said after the win: "Wins are habits so we're going to go into next game with some good confidence. I think we've still got a bit of work to do if we want to beat the better sides but to start with a good win today was great."
Bangladesh picked up a Duckworth-Lewis win by five wickets and with 112 deliveries remaining over Papua New Guinea in Palmerston North. The new-ball bowler Abul Hasan picked up four wickets, three of which dented PNG's top and middle order after they chose to bat, while the spinners kept run in check. PNG were bowled out for 191 in 46 overs. Set a D/L target of 189 in 46 overs, Bangladesh suffered a top-order wobble but the lower middle order polished off the chase. The main contributor was Shabbir Rahman, who hit an unbeaten 51 from 45 balls. His innings was sandwiched between key knocks from Mahmudul Hasan (38) and Nural Hasan (24 not out from 17 balls).

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ICC Under-19 World Cup

Group A
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ENG1933061.767
IND1932141.089
AFG193122-0.877
HK193030-2.095
Group B
TEAMMWLPTNRR
SA1933060.801
AUS1932142.093
IRE193122-1.480
USA193030-1.448
Group C
TEAMMWLPTNRR
NZ1933062.242
SL1932141.165
CAN193122-1.870
ZIM193030-1.302
Group D
TEAMMWLPTNRR
PAK1933061.452
WI1932140.235
BD1931220.685
PNG193030-2.643