Day 4 scores
Friday, February 20 2004Unfortunately, we weren't able to post yesterday's ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup review.
However, here are the brief scores, from a day which saw two upsets - that of Zimbabwe and Nepal defeating defending champions Australia and South Africa respectively.
India and West Indies, on the other hand, consolidated their positions, and almost guaranteed a spot in the next round with wins over New Zealand and Papua New Guinea respectively.
Group A - Zimbabwe beat Australia by 7 wickets
Australia: 73 all out in 19 overs (TP Doropoulos 26, T Panyangara 31/6, E Chigumbura 17/4)
Zimbabwe: 74/3 in 17.1 overs (SC Williams 37*)
Group B - Nepal beat South Africa by 1 wicket
South Africa: 156 all out in 50 overs (G Stevens 29, K Africa 52*, M Shrestha 15/4, P Khadka 22/2, SP Gauchan 28/2)
Nepal: 158/9 in 49.4 overs (SP Gauchan 51*, S Vesawkar 27, C Alexander 23/3, K Africa 36/3)
Group C - India beat New Zealand by 69 runs
India: 215 all out in 47.2 overs (Sunny Singh 68*, Gaurav Dhiman 38, AT Rayadu 36, B Findlay 36/4, C Smith 42/3)
New Zealand: 146 all out in 44.5 overs (BJ Watling 55, B Wilson 30, RP Singh 23/2, P Gupta 17/2, A Sharma 33/2)
Group D - West Indies beat Papua New Guinea by 152 runs
West Indies: 371/3 in 50 overs (T Maraj 117, LMP Simmons 107, AB Fudadin 59*)
Papua New Guinea: 219 all out in 44.2 overs (A Vala 84*, MD Dai 32, JC Augustus 23/3, M Matthew 49/2, LS Baker 44/2)
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All goes to plan in Bangladesh
Thursday, February 19 2004At the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, a disciplined bowling display from Uganda wasn't enough to challenge England, who made 259, with Lincolnshire's Luke Wright hitting 70 and Samit Patel 55.
In reply, England's seam partnership of Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan and Kent's David Stiff both took the incredible figures of 4-7, with leggie Mark Lawson taking the other two wickets as Uganda capitulated to 46 all out.
Pakistan continued their good start with an efficient win over Ireland, who struggled to 142, with Andrew Riddles top scoring with 35*. Mansoor Amjad was the pick of the bowlers with 4-28. In reply, the Irish never looked like constraining Pakistan as Adnan Zaheer made 64* and they needed just over half the overs to make it home.
Sri Lanka were more convincing against Canada than they had been against Zimbabwe, as Chamith Kulasekara took 5-27 to reduce the Canadians to 81, only four players making double figures. Harsha Vithana then hit a belligerent 52*, including 11 fours, as Sri Lanka coasted home.
Hosts Bangladesh despatched Scotland with little difficulty, as only Kyle Coetzer made double figures, hitting a brave 42 in Scotland's 95. Despite Nazimuddin falling without scoring, Naeem Islam and Nafis Iqbal finished the job inside 13 overs. Bangladesh now need to beat India to make the Super League.
So.. all went to plan on Day 3 - what would Day 4 yield?
Posted by Neil
Day 2 Roundup
Tuesday, February 17 2004It was another interesting day of cricket at the Under-19 World Cup today, as India, Australia, South Africa and the West Indies opened their accounts with wins. Three of the games were comprehensive results, but West Indies were almost upset by a spirited Ireland team, and only won by a small margin of 6 runs in the end.
West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin won the toss at Khulna Divisional Stadium and kicked off the Group D clash by electing to take first strike. The in-form Xavier Marshall wasted no time and he and Tishan Maraj added 122 for the first wicket. Marshall went on to score a pleasant 83 from 81 balls and hit 15 fours and a six in the effort. Maraj (38) was the second highest scorer as the middle order largely failed to prosper, with Augustus (30) and Fudadin (29) getting the best of the starts. Legspinner Greg Thompson took 5/49 to lead the Irish attack.
Gary Wilson (64) and Kevin O'Brien (95) then took up the charge with O'Brien scoring at a run-a-ball. However, some quick late wickets, including two run outs, meant that Ireland came up just short, losing by 6 runs.
Back in Group A, Australia dealt with Canada comfortably by six wickets. Scott Coyte (3/42) ripped through the Canadian top order, but Gavin Bastiampillai (37) batted on and found support from Soham Anjari (50) to lift the score to 113/5 from 21/4. From here in, Umar Bhatti struck and unbeaten 30 as the only significant score and Canada were bowled out for 164. In the chase, Theo Doropoulos played for 57 off 55 balls with 11 fours and a six to lay the foundation, and the much-hyped Adam Crosthwaite (32 not out) was there at the end.
South Africa, behind a half-century from Andrew Birch (57) beat Uganda comfortably in their Group C clash. The end result read an eight-wicket margin and was initially orchestrated by Waylain September's 4 for 14. Hamza Saleh Almuzahim top-scored with 26. Then Birch and Clint Bowyer (43) put on 95 for the first wicket and South Africa ultimately won with 22 overs to spare.
The biggest mismatch of the day and tournament to date came from Group C. India dealt with Scotland with harsh resolve to post the final result by a massive 270 runs. Having been inserted by Scotland, India posted an opening stand of 175 runs within 25 overs. Robin Uthappa smashed 97 from only 78 balls (15 fours, 1 six) and Shikhar Dhawan did even better, in scoring 155 not out and facing 138 balls in his assault. Still, it was Suresh Raina who stole the show. Entering at 261/2, Raina hoisted the bowlers for 2 sixes and 14 fours as he compiled 90 from only 38 balls. Eventually the overs ran out with India superbly placed at 425/3. The most economical of the Scottish bowlers proved ___ Lyons, with figures of 9-0-60-0. In response Scotland never really got going and Kyle Coetzer's 62 was the only real bright spot in their 155/8.
Brief Score Summary:
Group A: Australia U19 vs. Canada U19 (Rajshahi Divisional Stadium)
Canada U19: 164 all out (45.1 overs)
(Soham Anjaria 50 [94], Gavin Bastiampillai 37 [74], Umar Bhatti 30* [62])
(Scott Coyte 3/42 [10], TD Paine 2/29 [10])
Australia U19: 165/4 (28.4 overs)
(Theo Doropoulos 57 [55], KJ Skewes 37 [51], Adam Crosthwaite 32* [33])
Man of the Match: Theo Doropoulos
Result: Australia U19 won by 6 wickets
Group B: South Africa U19 vs. Uganda U19 (Chittagong Divisional Stadium)
Uganda U19: 124 all out (48.4 overs)
(Waylain September 4/14 [10])
South Africa U19: 125/2 (28 overs)
(Andrew Birch 56* [89], Clint Bowyer 43 [61])
Man of the Match: Andrew Birch
Result: South Africa U19 won by 8 wickets
Group C: India U19 vs. Scotland U19 (Bangabandhu National Stadium)
India U19: 425/4 (50 overs)
(Shikhar Dhawan 155* [138], Robin Uthappa 97 [78], Suresh Raina 90 [38], Ambati Rayudu 53 [51])
Scotland U19: 155/8 (50 overs)
(Kyle Coetzer 62 [92])
(A Sharma 2/31 [10])
Man of the Match: Shikhar Dhawan
Result: India U19 won by 270 runs
Group D: West Indies U19 vs. Ireland U19 (Khulna Divisional Stadium)
West Indies U19: 265/8 (50 overs)
(Xavier Marshall 83 [81], Tishan Maraj 38 [60])
(Greg Thompson 5/49 [10], Andrew Riddles 3/42 [7])
Ireland U19: 259/9 (50 overs)
(Kevin O'Brien 95 [95], Greg Wilson 64 [92])
(Lendl Simmons 2/48 [10])
Man of the Match: Xavier Marshall
Result: West Indies U19 won by 6 runs
Posted by Liam
Cricket Web Section Launched
Monday, February 16 2004We've launched the Cricket Web Under 19 World Cup section. It can be viewed here.
Posted by James
Day 1 round-up
Monday, February 16 2004ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup
Day 1 - February 15, 2004
On the very first day of the tournament, the home country Bangladesh suffered a narrow defeat by the hands of the Kiwis, by just 2 wickets. Elsewhere, Sri Lanka, England and Pakistan emerged victorious in their respective group matches, all batting second.
Group A saw the first one of the close encounters of the day, with Sri Lanka scoring a two wicket victory over Zimbabwe, in the northern Bangladeshi city of Bogra. Chasing a meagre total of 162, after captain Farveez Maharoof bundled out the Zimbabwean top order with figures of 28/4, Sri Lanka nearly made a mess out their innings, before Kosela Kulasekara and Gihan de Silva added 83 runs for the seventh wicket.
England thrashed Nepal in their Group B match, but largely on the back of their batting, and not their bowling. The English bowlers, especially the ones who took the new ball, looked far from impressive as a mediocre Nepal batting line-up ended up scoring 191 runs, topped by Sarad Vesawakar's 82. The only bowler to who looked upto the mark was Samit Patel, who conceded only 15 runs off his 10 overs. Despite losing captain Alistair Cook early in their chase, England reached their target with 17 overs to spare with Ravi Bopara hitting 59 and Steven Davies making 78 not out, deservingly grabbing the Man of the Match award.
The home side Bangladesh were the victims of the second close match of the day, to New Zealand in Group C. Playing in front of by far the largest crowd of the day of 15,000 at the BNS, Bangladesh got off to a wonderful start batting first, reaching 170/4. However, they lost their last 6 wickets for only 32 runs, and ended up not even using the full 50 overs. Craig Smith took 4-43 for the Kiwis while Bangladesh opener Nafis Iqbal hit 67. New Zealand's chase didn't look up to the mark till the point Sam McKay and Anton Devcich joined together for the seventh wicket partnership. Sam McKay, who scored 40 not out, kept his cool to stay till the finish. In the end, the Kiwis managed to notch up the runs with only two wickets remaning and four balls to spare.
The Group D match between Pakistan and Papua New Guinea ended up being a one-sided contest, as Pakistan trounced Papua New Guinea by eight wickets after bowling them out for 60. The damage was done by Pakistan's opening bowlers Riaz Afridi and Wahab Riaz. Afridi picked up 4 wickets, while Riaz two. Pakistan reached the target within the first 15 overs.
Brief Score Summary:
Group A: Sri Lanka vs. Zimbabwe (Bogra District Stadium)
Zimbabwe: 161 all out (Sean Williams 47, Colin de Grandhomme 41, Farveez Maharoof 28/4)
Sri Lanka: 162/8 (Kosela Kulasekara 37*)
Man of the Match: Farveez Maharoof
Result: Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets
Group B: England vs. Nepal (M. A. Aziz Stadium)
Nepal: 191 all out (Sarad Vesawakar 82, Samit Patel 15/1)
England: 192/2 (Steven Davies 78*, Ravinder Bopara 59)
Man of the Match: Steve Davies
Result: England won by 8 wickets
Group C: Bangladesh vs. New Zealand (Bangabandhu National Stadium)
Bangladesh: 202 all out (Nafis Iqbal 67, Craig Smith 43/4)
New Zealand: 204/8 (Sam McKay 40*, Anton Devcich 36)
Man of the Match: Sam McKay
Result: New Zealand won by 2 wickets
Group D: Pakistan vs. Papua New Guinea (Khulna Divisional Stadium)
Papua New Guinea: 60 all out (Riaz Afridi 15/4, Wahab Riaz 27/2)
Pakistan: 63/2
Man of the Match: Riaz Afridi
Result: Pakistan won by 8 wickets
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ICC U-19 CWC gets underway
Monday, February 16 2004The ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2004, gets underway today in Bangladesh.
This is the fifth installment of the tournament, with the earlier ones having been held in 1988, 1998, 2000 and 2002. The concept of this tournament was originally laid in 1988, however unfortunately a ten year hiatus followed. Australia won the last edition, which took place in New Zealand in 2002.
Over a span of close to three weeks, sixteen teams will battle it out in various parts of Bangladesh for the highest honour in the youth cricket circuit. Apart from the ten ICC Test playing nations, Canada, Ireland, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and Uganda will be taking part in the Cup.
The final of the tournament will be held at Dhaka on the 5th of next month.
We, here at Cricketweb.net, will try to bring a daily review throughout the tournament, plus all the latest happenings from Bangladesh. We hope that you enjoy our coverage of the tournament.
You can also discuss anything related to the tournament in the official thread on our forums.
The following are today's matches:
Group A - Sri Lanka vs. Zimbabwe
Group B - England vs. Nepal
Group C - Bangladesh vs. New Zealand
Group D - Pakistan vs. Papua New Guinea
A review of the above action will be posted later today.
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Players support HIV/AIDS awareness
Monday, February 16 2004ICC Media Release
U/19 Cricketers to support HIV/AIDS awareness
As part of international cricket's commitment to raising awareness of HIV/AIDS, players at the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup Bangladesh 2004 will be wearing red ribbons as a mark of solidarity with those living with HIV/AIDS.
In all of the tournament's televised matches - starting with the match between India and Scotland tomorrow – players will wear red ribbons.
The aim of the initiative is to raise the level of awareness about the impact of the epidemic among the general public, especially the young, as well as with leaders and opinion-makers in cricket-playing countries.
Nearly half the young people in the world have not even heard of HIV/AIDS. By raising awareness, the silence is broken and stigma and discrimination reduced. This will hopefully encourage young people to learn about HIV/AIDS and protect themselves.
This is part of a joint campaign between the International Cricket Council and the Joint United Nations AIDS Programme (UNAIDS) to `Run Out AIDS' that was launched in September 2003.
In the time it takes to play a One Day International match, 6000 young people will become infected with HIV. Over the course of a Test match, 30,000 young boys and girls across the world will become infected with HIV.
More than 20 million people have already died since the first clinical evidence of the disease was reported in 1981.
The realities of today's global epidemic are graver than even the worst-case predictions of 10 years ago. AIDS killed more than three million people in 2003 and an estimated five million more became infected — bringing to some 40 million the number currently living with HIV/AIDS.
Of these, nearly 12.5 million live in countries that played in the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2003. India and South Africa alone have nearly nine million people infected with HIV.
In the West Indies, HIV is spreading rapidly and despite current low levels of infection in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the potential for the spread of HIV is high.
In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, current trends indicate a rise in sexually transmitted infections and in unsafe sex practices, indicating the need for renewed prevention efforts.
ICC President Ehsan Mani and ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed have both played a prominent role since the partnership was launched, visiting HIV/AIDS projects in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and Jamaica and raising world attention on the issue.
"The threat of HIV/AIDS in many of the countries in which cricket is played is acute and it is in keeping with the spirit of cricket that the ICC exercises this social responsibility," said Mr Mani.
Since the launch of the partnership, many cricket teams and players have offered their support. The throwing of the toss by a HIV Positive person at the start of New Zealand's first Test in India in October 2003 was hailed as a positive leap in India's prevention efforts and a vital step in reducing stigma.
On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2003, the national cricket teams of Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England, Zimbabwe and the West Indies wore red ribbons during their matches.
The UNAIDS - ICC partnership to `Run Out AIDS' is the first major partnership between UNAIDS and an international sports body.
© ICC
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Mani's opening ceremony speech
Monday, February 16 2004ICC Media Release - February 10, 2004
ICC President Ehsan Mani's Opening Ceremony speech
ICC President Ehsan Mani's Opening Ceremony speech
- Honourable Prime Minister,
- Mr. Mohd. Fazlur Rahman, Minister of Youth and Sport,
- Mr.Mohd. Ali Asghar, President BCB,
distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good evening on behalf of the International Cricket Council I welcome you all to the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup.
It is with immense pleasure that the ICC brings the tournament to this cricket-loving country for the first time.
The passion for cricket here is a joy to behold and I have no doubt that this nation will host a memorable event.
This is the fifth ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup. This particular event provides a preview of the great cricketers of the future. From the U/19 World Cup first held in Australia in 1988 Brian Lara, Inzamam ul Haq and Sanath Jayasuriya emerged.
Subsequent events have seen the emergence of many great players including Virinder Sehwag, Graeme Smith, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Mohammad Sami.
Two years ago in New Zealand, Tatenda Taibu was named Man of the Tournament. He is now keeping wicket for the Zimbabwe national team and is the vice-captain of his country.
At this year's tournament there are players that already have full international experience. Nafis Iqbal, Talha Jubair and Enamul Haque have all played for the Bangladesh national team and Ravi Rampul has flown here directly from the West Indies tour of South Africa.
The standard of cricket will certainly be high.
Over the next 25 days the sixteen teams assembled here tonight will play 54 matches throughout the country.
This tournament is being organised on a larger scale than ever before. Matches will be played at more venues and in front of what we expect to be the biggest crowds in the event's history.
It is a huge undertaking but it has the strong support of the Bangladesh Government, the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council.
I therefore offer sincere thanks to Her Excellency the Prime Minister and the Government of Bangladesh for embracing the sport of cricket.
I thank ICC's commercial partner, Global Cricket Corporation and our Global Partners – LG Electronics and Pepsi. Without their support an event of this scale would not be possible.
And I also thank our broadcast partners and the media who will help convey the vibrant and exciting spectacle to millions of cricket fans around the world.
The cricket world is expanding. Since 1997 over 40 new countries have joined the ICC. At this tournament, the holders Australia will be joined by former winners such as England and India. But also newcomers Uganda and other smaller cricket nations such as Papua New Guinea are taking part.
It is an exciting and diverse line-up.
And now it is time for the players to take centre stage.
I know that the people of Bangladesh will turn out to watch them perform and provide the support that they deserve.
Let us all enjoy this spectacle and respect the spirit of cricket.
Finally, as the teams get ready to depart to the venues around the country, I wish you all GOOD LUCK."
© ICC
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30,000+ witness opening ceremony
Monday, February 16 2004ICC Media Release - February 10, 2004
Over 30,000 witness ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup Opening Ceremony
The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka today played host to the spectacular Opening Ceremony of the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup Bangladesh 2004.
Over 30,000 fans turned up to watch the sixteen participating teams parade on the outfield in the presence of the Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.
The large crowd was treated to a range of local cultural displays performed with a combination of military precision and artistic flair.
A celebrated Bangladeshi pop act performed a song inspired by the tournament and local youngsters re-enacted traditional tribal and folk dances.
ICC President Ehsan Mani addressed the crowd and thanked the people of Bangladesh for supporting the tournament.
"It is with immense pleasure that the ICC brings the tournament to this cricket-loving country for the first time," said Mr Mani.
"The passion for cricket here is a joy to behold and I have no doubt that this nation will host a memorable event."
Teams with group matches outside of the capital will disperse to the regions on Wednesday for a series of practice matches before the first round of official matches on 15 February.
Australia is the reigning ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup champion. It claimed the title for the second time in New Zealand in 2002, beating South Africa by seven wickets in the final.
© ICC
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