U-19 World Cup: Australia beat England by six wickets
By IANS - TOWNSVILLE (Australia)
11th August 2012 03:06 PM
Australia had an ideal start
in their defence of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup here Saturday when they beat
arch-rivals England by six wickets.
Australian Captain Will Bosisto won the toss and elected to bowl on a bouncy
wicket at Tony Ireland Stadium.
A fantastic all-round bowling effort from the Australian side saw them restrict
the tournament front runners England to 143.
Australia struck early with West Australia's Joel Paris taking out danger-man
Daniel Bell-Drummond for a duck. Paceman Mark Steketee then claimed the
valuable wicket of Ben Foakes (2).
West Australia's Ashton Turner claimed the wickets of Ben Duckett (15) and Sam
Wood (0) with consecutive deliveries, unfortunately missing his hat-trick with
the first ball of his next over.
Medium pacer Gurinder Sandhu of Indian origin was well suited to the fast
wicket and had a great day with the ball finishing with figures of 9.3-1-27-3.
Australia's run chase got off to a shaky start with the openers James Peirson
and Cameron Bancroft falling in the first two overs to a sharp opening spell by
the English opening attack.
Bosisto and hard-hitting left-handed batsman Travis Head, however, combined
well for a match winning fourth wicket stand, enabling Australia to cruise to
victory with 15 overs to spare. Head, who was awarded Man of the Match, hit a
solid 57 off 58 balls to combine with Bosisto for a partnership of 93.
Australia play Nepal in their second group match Monday.
In the other matches Saturday, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 109 runs while
Bangladesh scored a 25-run win over Sri Lanka.
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