Live Cricket Score | England Under-19s vs Afghanistan Under-19s Live Score & Commentary | ENG-U19 vs AFG-U19 Scorecard, ICC Under-19 World Cup

1st Semi-Final • Sir Vivian Richards Stadium • Antigua

England Under 19s

231/6 (47)

Afghanistan Under 19s

215/9 (47)

ENG-U19 won by 15 runs (D/L method)

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ENG-U19 s

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England Under-19s s

231/6 (47)

Batters

George Thomas II

72.46

c & b N Ahmad

Jacob Bethell

33.33

lbw b N Zadran

Tom Prest

(C)

85.00

c N Zadran b N Khan

James Rew

46.15

lbw b N Ahmad

William Luxton

73.33

b I Naveed

George Bell

83.58

Not out

Rehan Ahmed

36.36

c I Naveed b N Zadran

Alex Horton

147.22

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 10)

TOTAL

(47 Ov, RR: 4.91)

231/6

Did not Bat

James Sales, Joshua Boyden, Thomas Aspinwall

Bowlers

EXT

Bilal Sami

7.44

Naveed Zadran

7.44

Nangyalai Khan

2.78

Noor Ahmad

3.20

Izharulhaq Naveed

3.70

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jacob Bethell

lbw b N Zadran

1-9

3.5

Tom Prest

c N Zadran b N Khan

2-56

9.3

James Rew

lbw b N Ahmad

3-83

18.2

George Thomas II

c & b N Ahmad

4-92

20.5

William Luxton

b I Naveed

5-106

23.4

Rehan Ahmed

c I Naveed b N Zadran

6-136

35.1

Afghanistan Under-19s s

215/9 (47)

Batters

Mohammad Ishaq

66.15

runout (A Horton / T Aspinwall)

Nangyalai Khan

0.00

b JA Boyden

Allah Noor

68.97

c J Sales b T Aspinwall

Suliman Safi

(C)

0.00

c J Bethell b T Aspinwall

Abdul Hadi

61.66

Not out

Bilal Ahmad

97.06

c J Rew b T Prest

Ijaz Ahmadzai

57.14

b R Ahmed

Noor Ahmad

131.58

c J Rew b R Ahmed

Izharulhaq Naveed

0.00

c J Sales b R Ahmed

Bilal Sami

0.00

b R Ahmed

Naveed Zadran *

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 1, NB: 3, W: 4)

TOTAL

(47 Ov, RR: 4.57)

215/9

Bowlers

EXT

3.29

8.80

3.90

2.60

Rehan Ahmed

6.83

Thomas Aspinwall

4.11

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Nangyalai Khan

b JA Boyden

1-1

0.3

Mohammad Ishaq

runout (A Horton / T Aspinwall)

2-94

23.3

Suliman Safi

c J Bethell b T Aspinwall

3-95

24.3

Allah Noor

c J Sales b T Aspinwall

4-106

28.1

Bilal Ahmad

c J Rew b T Prest

5-156

37.4

Ijaz Ahmadzai

b R Ahmed

6-162

39.4

Noor Ahmad

c J Rew b R Ahmed

7-212

45.1

Izharulhaq Naveed

c J Sales b R Ahmed

8-213

45.4

Bilal Sami

b R Ahmed

9-213

45.5

Match Info

Date & Time

01 Feb, 06:30 PM IST

Venue

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua

Match

1st Semi-Final,

ICC Under-19 World Cup

Umpires

Asif Yaqoob(Pakistan), Jacqueline Williams(West Indies), Roly Black(Ireland, TV)

Referee

Graeme Labrooy(Sri Lanka)

Toss

England Under-19s elected to bat

Over 1

Runs: 1

1 1 0 0 1 1

Over 45

Runs: 4

W 1 0 W W 0

Over 46

Runs: 1

0 0 0 0 1 0

Over 47

Runs: 1

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Commentary

That concludes the coverage of this game. Thanks for joining us. But do come back for the second semifinal between India and Australia. Goodbye for now!

We have been treated to a thriller in the first semifinal. Batting first England posted 231/7 thanks to fifties from George Thomas, George Bell and Alex Horton. Afghanistan started strongly in the chase as Allah Noor and Mohammad Ishaq put together a 93-run partnership. But once Noor got out things became tough for Afghanistan in the chase. The middle and the lower order batters kept chipping in wih runs but Afghanistan just could not finish off.

Tom Prest: I am exhausted. Credits to the lad that they kept cool. Things can change quickly in cricket. I am very proud of the team. The rain break came at the right time for us. We reassessed and realized that a score of 200 would be enough. I can't believe that I will be leading England in the final.

Suliman Safi: It is a difficult time for us. We discussed to play normal cricket in the post-match huddle. Winning and losing is part of cricket. Cricket has its up and down. But the momentum was with England when Noor got out. We have played good cricket. We are focusing on the next game.

George Bell is the Player of the Match.

George Bell: It was challenging facing the Afghan spinners. We tried targeting their seamers. I tried playing a few cheeky shots. It was about getting the ball to the boundary. It was just about staying calm as the team. We tried to not panic.

England hold their nerves and come out on top in a closely fought match to win the contest by 15 runs. England are through to their first final since 1998. It has been a long long wait for the young Lions. But take a bow Afghanistan. They made England work really hard for this win. They almost had this match in their grasp. Afghanistan delighted us with two hard-fought thrillers. The players shake hands and make their way back to the dressing room.

This match had all the drama you could have asked for from a 50-over cricket game.

49.0

overs

215 /9 score

runs

Abdul Hadi *

37 (61)

Naveed Zadran

1 (2)

Joshua Boyden

1 /23

46.6 Josh Boyden to Abdul Hadi, length delivery on fifth stump line, Hadi steps out and tries to pull it down the ground but he is beaten for the bounce! England win!

46.5 Josh Boyden to Naveed Zadran, length delivery on the pads, pulled to midwicket for a single

46.4 Josh Boyden to Abdul Hadi, full and wide, taking the pace off the ball, Hadi slashes it to long on for a single

46.3 Josh Boyden to Abdul Hadi, BEATEN! Slower back of a length delivery outside off, Hadi swings and misses

18 needed from 4!

46.2 Josh Boyden to Abdul Hadi, full and outside off, just on the wide line, Hadi leaves it alone expecting it to be a wide but it wasn't!

46.1 Josh Boyden to Abdul Hadi, full and wide of off, slashed hard to long off, single refused

Rehan took beating all day long but the spinner picked three wickets in the space of six balls to turn the match on its head. We are down to the last 6 balls of the match. Afghanistan need 18.

overs

213 /9 score

runs

Abdul Hadi

36 (56)

Naveed Zadran *

0 (1)

Rehan Ahmed

4 /41

45.6 Rehan Ahmed to Naveed Zadran, tossed up on the pads, Zadran goes for the reverse sweep, falls just short off sweeper cover, Hadi refuses the single, deciding to keep the strike in the final over

Rehan on a HAT-TRICK!

Naveed Zadran, right handed bat, comes to the crease