Official Under 19 World Cup thread

[Tim]

NZ reach 213 from 49.5 overs. I have no idea whether thats a good score but it seems from other matches that anything over 200 has been competitive.

 

[Tim]

Southee and Boult destroying Sri Lanka. They're 44/4 after 10 overs.

 

[adharcric]

Does India get to play NZ or Pakistan in the semis? Hopefully the former, I'd love another Indo-Pak clash in the final.

 

[Tim]

Yeah it'll be New Zealand should they win.

 

[Flem274*]

Yeah it'll be New Zealand should they win.

To have a chance we'll need to bowl first and let Southee and Boult loose. Reckon they could inflict some major damage but our batting has been a bit fragile.

 

[Tim]

Well we're not guaranteed a semi yet. It's fairly even between NZ and S.L ,although NZ probably have the upperhand.

S.L are 87/5 after 24 overs.

 

[Tim]

Pakistan are through to the semi's against South Africa. They've hammered Australia.

West Indies and Papua New Guinea are also winners.

At this stage NZ's in control against S.L

 

[chaminda_00]

Sri Lanka's lower order > our top order. Should win it from here IMO.

 

[chaminda_00]

Good to see Hughes get a run with the gloves. Had a shocker of tournment though.

 

[chaminda_00]

Where can you find live coverage on the net?

 

[TT Boy]

http://iccevents.yahoo.com/

 

[Tim]

http://iccevents.yahoo.com

S.L now 116/6 needing 98 from 99 balls.
NZ just got the key wicket of Pathirana for 42.

 

[Tim]

118/7..come on boys!

 

[biased indian]

Sri Lanka U/19 118/7

that should be it i think

 

[biased indian]

So semi-final looks like

No 1 seed VS No 10 Seed

and

No 2 seed VS No 9 Seed

 

[Tim]

Whatever happens, it's been a remarkable improvement for the NZ team from the last tournament.

 

[Flem274*]

Yeah anything more from now on is a bonus. India and Pakistan are insanely good at this level.

If our batting order can hold its own and back up our excellent seam attack then we stand a chance.

 

[Tim]

I don't think we'll have the batting to get past India but if we can take 3rd spot that would be a great success for New Zealand cricket.

 

[Tim]

It's all over. S,L 133 all out.

NZ win comfortably by 81 runs considering they were sent in.

Ind v NZ
Pak v S.A

 

[Smudge]

Impressive work - looks like a good vintage in 2008 after our embarrassing efforts a couple of years ago. Certainly, the bowling is the strength, but we're just doing enough with the bat too.