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U19 Cricket World Cup: England thrash Indian Colts by 31 runs | Defending ICC U19 Cricket World Cup champion India lost to England by 31 runs in the final group stage match in Lincoln, New Zealand on Thursday. The win means England has topped Group A, while India has finished
second. As such, England will now take on the West Indies in the Super League
quarter-final at Rangiora while traditional rivals India and Pakistan will go
head to head in the other quarter-final at Bert Sutcliffe Oval. Both the quarterfinals
will be played on Saturday. England got off to a slow start after being put in
to bat, thanks to a brilliant opening spell from Indian left-arm fast bowler Saurabh
Netrawalkar who bowled 10 overs straight and finished with figures of 3-25. England
looked to be in serious trouble at 60-4 in the 19th over, but 18-year old middle-order
batsman Ben Stokes (100) combined with Ateeq Javid (42) to breathe life back into
the English innings. The two batsmen added 100 runs for the fifth wicket in 21
overs Stokes clobbered four fours and six sixes before being the sixth batsman
out at the score of 222 in the 46th over. England finally finished at 246-8. Apart
from opening bowler Netrawalkar, none of the other India bowlers seriously troubled
the England batsmen as the runs came thick and fast from the likes of Harshal
Patel and Harmeet Singh who both conceded six an over from their eight-over spells.
In reply, India's batsmen occasionally got starts, but were unable to build any
substantial individual innings or partnerships. Wickets fell with regularity and
it was left to wicketkeeper Sufiyan Shaikh to take the total over 200. Shaikh
scored 45 off 72 deliveries while Netrawalkar backed up his bowling effort with
28 at the end of the innings, as India were eventually bowled out for 215. England's
David Payne was the most successful bowler, taking 3-40 while batting hero Stokes
chipped in with two wickets including the scalp of dangerous Mayank Agarwal, who
was smartly caught by Jack Manuel. With India and England advancing to the next
stage, third-placed Afghanistan and fourth-placed Hong Kong will appear in the
Plate Championship, which starts in Napier from Saturday. |
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