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Post by newby on Feb 2, 2024 9:31:58 GMT
Shoot out today to see who goes through to the semi-finals from our group of 6.
Looks very much as if South Africa's quick dash to the win against Scotland, which managed to jump them up to second on NRR in the group stage, is really paying off. They are playing Sri Lanka and just need a win, which they look on track to achieve. SA 106/2 after 19.
Meanwhile the Windies have a much harder task playing Australia, even if they win they would need a very big win to go through. Australia 67/3 from 18 currently. Windies making a better fist of it than England did.
Looks like India v South Africa and Australia v Pakistan in the semi's.
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Post by newby on Feb 2, 2024 13:10:40 GMT
Sri Lanka, currently 51/5 chasing 232 need something special. All 5 wickets for Kwena Maphaka, 5-18 off 6 overs, his 3rd 5 wicket haul so far in the compeition. This might be a special talent coming through.
Windies currently 24/2 off 4.3 overs, chasing 227, chasing the game, and chasing the NRR, not helped by a rain delay. I suspect DLS won't be kind to them if it does resume.
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Post by newby on Feb 2, 2024 19:16:06 GMT
South Africa U19's won easily and join Australia and India in the semi-finals.
Bangladesh have an outside chance if they can beat Pakistan by a large margin tomorrow. I'm backing Pakistan to stroll it and take the final semi-final place for next week.
Windies never got the chance as the weather didn't relent and they ended up with a No Result. Some encouraging signs for them though.
England play Zimbabwe tomorrow in a dead rubber, New Zealand and Ireland are similarly employed, for position and pride.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Feb 5, 2024 7:52:03 GMT
Sad and disappointing to see a young England batter given out for picking a ball up that has stopped moving and giving it to Zimbabwe keeper who then appealed for obstructing the field. Whats worse is the skipper did not withdraw the appeal, the onfield umpire referred to the third umpire who gave it out.
Kids these days dont appear to be taught the code of the game, just the laws and where opportunities are to stretch them.
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Post by newby on Feb 5, 2024 9:08:28 GMT
Wrong in every way.
Hamza Shaikh should have asked before picking up the ball, the keeper shouldn't have appealed and the captain should have withdrawn the appeal, and that's just the players.
Perhaps a more experienced umpiring team would have talked the players through it and been able to apply some common sense. This pair didn't seem to talk to any of the players before they referred it the the third umpire, who probably didn't feel he had any choice.
I hope everybody learned something.
Good luck to Hamza Shaikh by the way on his career, I'm sure he's going to have a pretty good one.
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Post by davemorton on Feb 5, 2024 16:08:08 GMT
The ball belongs to the fielding team, so don't touch it. How can that be difficult? But I thought they had done away with 'handled the ball', as such, and incorporated it into the 'obstructing the field' law. It is difficult to see how handing a stationary ball to a fielder can be obstruction, unless there's a note in the law to that effect.
I would never, ever, have handled a ball that was lying on the ground, even if they had asked me to. Sometimes you intercept a moving one.
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Post by newby on Feb 5, 2024 16:50:59 GMT
India v South Africa tomorrow in the first semi-final, followed on Thursday by Pakistan v Australia, with the final on Sunday.
The knock out stages are all at Benoni, which is up close to Johannesburg, so a bit of altitude to factor in.
I haven't seen Pakistan play but they are unbeaten like everyone else except the home team of course.
Should be good, hope the weather plays ball.
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Post by newby on Feb 6, 2024 11:56:25 GMT
244-7 for SAU19's at least should make a game of it.
Lhuan-dre Pretorious top scored with 76. He's 17, coming up 18 with the backside of Colin Cowdrey, I didn't think they made cricketers like that anymore.
A lot might depend on how India U19's deal with the first 10 overs from the opening bowlers, including Maphaka.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Feb 6, 2024 13:32:14 GMT
India struggling at 56-4 (was 32-4 at one point) with Luus doing the damage taking 3-16.
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Post by newby on Feb 6, 2024 13:47:11 GMT
Good partnership growing, SA need to get their opening bowlers back and break this.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Feb 6, 2024 15:53:17 GMT
decent finish with some nerves along the way!
India squeaked home by 2 wickets, with 7 balls to spare, a late flurry of wickets and a run out in the final over to test the nerves further.
2 good knocks enough at the end of the day from skipper Saharan and a Sachin - Dhas in this case, but I suspect he may have been named after the little Master, Tendulkar
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Post by newby on Feb 6, 2024 16:23:10 GMT
I was hoping for an upset, not because India didn't deserve to win, but they are the holders, and it's always nice for the spectators if the home side can make it through.
They just didn't have the support bowlers I guess and India didn't panic after losing the 4 early wickets.
India v Pakistan, or perhaps India v Australia final, haven't we had one of those recently!
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Post by davemorton on Feb 6, 2024 17:11:44 GMT
Good game, wasn't it? Quality. India with a bit more depth? S Africa with 4 or 5 outstanding individuals, who we picked out when they played England, ages ago.
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Post by newby on Feb 7, 2024 19:28:34 GMT
Second semi final tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing Pakistan who I haven't seen play yet. I've already seen too much of Australia.
Will the Australian quicks, Vidler, in particular shake up Pakistan, or have they got the batting depth, like India to cope.
They may even pose their own problems for Australia with their own quick Ubain Shah, brother of Naseem.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Feb 8, 2024 11:30:55 GMT
Aussies on top as Pakistan post what must be a below par score.
Different day, different young seamer takes the headlines.
This time its Tom Straker with 6 wickets including three of the top 4 in the order and then demolishing the tail with good late innings bowling at the stumps.
Aussies must surely knock these off at a canter to set up yet another India v Australia 50 over final?
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