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West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka notch up victories

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POTCHESFSTROOM: In a triple-header day on the 2024 ICC Males’s U19 World Cup, Jewel Andrew shone but once more with an unbeaten half-century as West Indies received off the mark on the factors desk with an vital five-wicket win over Scotland in Potchefstroom.

Alexander Volschenk stated that the group wanted to kind out their batting earlier than the subsequent recreation. “Our fielding and bowling have been important, however we simply crumbled with the bat. We might want to attempt to kind it out earlier than the subsequent recreation in opposition to Zimbabwe.”

Participant of theMatch Supun Waduge expressed his elation at taking part in an enormous position within the win. “I had a constructive mindset and did my fundamentals proper; I used to be joyful to attain some runs. In Sri Lanka, we practised in related circumstances so it was simpler for me to adapt to those wickets and play late.”

In East London, Nepal put up a troublesome battle in opposition to Pakistan after opting to bat first. The openers received off to a quickfire begin aided by some wayward bowling from Pakistan’s new ball bowlers, however Ahmed Hussain’s introduction at first-change introduced the breakthrough.

The leg-spinner cleaned up Arjun Kamal after which had Aakash Tripathi caught within the subsequent over. A composed Bipin Rawal and skipper Dev Khanal rebuilt for Nepal however left-arm spinners Arafat Minhas and Ali Asfand helped Pakistan take again management within the recreation.

Asfand produced the breakthrough by sending again Khanal (23) within the 18th over. Minhas then dismissed wicketkeeper Uttam Magar and the well-settled Rawal (39) in pretty fast succession.

From 80/2, Nepal slipped to 96/5, however they fought again with the decrease middle-order contributing runs. Gulshan Jha, Deepak Dumre and Subash Bhandari added over 60 runs between them and with additional runs from the No.10 Aakash Chand, Nepal reached a decent 197.

Minhas with three wickets was the important thing bowler for Pakistan with Ubaid Shah snaring the ultimate two wickets off back-to-back deliveries within the closing over. In reply, an 80-run opening stand between Shamyl Hussain and Shahzaib Khan, who had made 100 within the first recreation, gave Pakistan a powerful platform.

The 2 have been watchful firstly, scoring solely 33 runs within the first 10 overs, however runs began to circulate higher after the Powerplay overs. Simply because it appeared Pakistan have been cruising to the goal, Chand struck a double blow within the twenty second over, sending again each openers within the house of three deliveries.

He added a 3rd just a few overs later by dismissing Minhas for eight. Aakash Tripathi joined in on the act with a fourth wicket within the twenty eighth over and Pakistan have been all of a sudden in a spot of trouble at 104/4.

Nonetheless, Azam Awais stood agency for Pakistan from No.4, with Hassan lending a great hand. The fifth-wicket stand of 54 put Pakistan on high within the recreation and erased any hopes of an upset win for Nepal.

Dipesh Kandel dismissed Hussain for 29, however Awais remained unbeaten on 63*, taking his group to a win with a lofted hit for 4 over mid-on. Pakistan tackle New Zealand of their closing recreation, with each groups having already made the Tremendous Six stage. Nepal, in the meantime, with two losses, will want a win in opposition to Afghanistan to remain in competition.

Participant of the Match Azan Awais recognized his stand with Hassan as a vital a part of the run-chase. “The pitch was robust within the second innings, the ball wasn’t approaching simply. Ahmad (Hassan) and me deliberate to play until the final. We batted very well to win the sport regardless of the wickets within the center overs.”

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