England Under-19s Beat New Zealand by 65 Runs in Super Six Clash

THE England Under-19 men’s cricket team beat New Zealand by 65 runs in their Super Six match played at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on Friday.

This means they are through to the semi-finals of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup with four wins out of four.

England pace bowler, Manny Lumsden, was the pick of the bowlers, taking 5/17 at an economy rate of 2.48 in 6.5 overs. Three of his wickets cleaned up the New Zealand tail, leading his country to victory.
Lumsden is now the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 13.

His teammate Sebastian Morgan followed with two wickets in six overs, while Alex Green also took one wicket in six overs. Farhan Ahmed was economical, bowling seven overs, conceding 20 runs and taking one wicket.

New Zealand’s top scorer was Snehith Reddy (47), and although they started at a blistering pace, they lost too many wickets at different intervals, leading to their 65-run defeat with 67 balls to spare.

Fall of wickets:
Aryan Mann 13/1 (1.3 overs), Hugo Bogue 45/2 (7.2 overs), Tom Jones 46/3 (8th over), Brandon Matzopoulos 64/4 (16.2 overs), Snehith Reddy 112/5 (26.3 overs), Callum Samson 126/6 (29.1 overs), Selwin Sanjay 146/7 (34th over), Jaskaran Sandhu 168/8 (38.2 overs), Harry Burns 169/9 (38.4 overs) and Hunter Shore 169/10 (38.5 overs).

Teams:
New Zealand Under-19 (Playing XI): Aryan Mann (WK) (in for Marco Alpe), Hugo Bogue, Tom Jones (C), Snehith Reddy, Jaskaran Sandhu, Brandon Matzopoulos, Callum Samson, Selwin Sanjay (in for Luke Harrison), Mason Clarke, Harry Burns (in for Jacob Cotter) and Hunter Shore.

England Under-19 (Unchanged Playing XI): Ben Dawkins, Joe Moores, Ben Mayes, Thomas Rew (C/WK), Caleb Falconer, Ralphie Albert, Farhan Ahmed, Sebastian Morgan, James Minto, Manny Lumsden and Alex Green.