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26 February 2004
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Thursday
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05 Muharram 1425
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Pakistan and England move into semifinals
DHAKA, Feb 25: Pakistan and England became the first teams to qualify for the semifinals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup after recording their second victories in the Super League round on Wednesday.
The two winners face each other at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium on Friday to decide who finish on top of Group-II. The remaining two places for the last four stage will be settled on Thursday when Group-I contestants play. Sri Lanka, India, West Indies and South Africa are all in contention.
Pakistan, helped by a century partnership between skipper Khalid Latif and Adnan Zaheer, made light work of New Zealand by a margin of eight wickets in the day/night fixture at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Khalid hit 15 fours and one six in making 90 off 86 balls while Adnan remained unbeaten with 72 off 93 deliveries. He struck 12 boundaries. The pair added 123 for the second wicket. Pakistan needed just 34.2 overs to overhaul New Zealand's total of 181.
England owed their victory to captain Alastair Cook, who slammed his second straight undefeated century to marshal his side to a six-wicket over Zimbabwe at the Bangladesh Sports Institute.
The left-handed opener Cook, who made 108 against New Zealand on Monday, stroked 10 boundaries in his 131-ball knock of 108. Luke Wright contributed 79 off 96 balls while dominating the fourth wicket stand of 128 with Cook.
Zimbabwe were curtailed to 218 for nine in their allotted 50 overs. Bangladesh, the hosts, moved into the semifinals of the Plate Championship along with Ireland after both minnows won their respective matches on Wednesday.
Scoreboard
NEW ZEALAND:
P. Carey b Mansoor 33
B.J. Watling c Khalid b Tariq 38
L. Chrisp c Zulqarnain b Ali Imran 25
B. Wilson c Abid b Tariq 38
D. Flynn b Mansoor 5
S. McKay c Jahangir b Ali Imran 12
A. Devcich run out 1
B. Findlay not out 13
S. Eathrone run out 0
C. Smith not out 1
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-6, W-8) 15
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 181
FALL OF WKTS: 1-59, 2-90, 3-125, 4-151, 5-152, 6-153, 7-177, 8-177.
DID NOT BAT: T.A. Davis.
BOWLING: Riaz Afridi 10-1-37-0 (2w); Ali Imran 10-0-50-2; Salman Qadir 10-0-36-0; Mansoor Amjad 10-0-22-2 (5w); Tariq Mahmood 10-2-29-2 (1w).
PAKISTAN:
Khalid Latif c Watling b Smith 90
Abid Ali c Watling b Findlay 11
Adnan Zaheer not out 72
Jahangir Mirza not out 5
EXTRAS (W-4, NB-2) 6
TOTAL (for two wkts, 34.2 overs) 184
FALL OF WKTS: 1-33, 2-156.
DID NOT BAT: Salman Qadir, Fawad Alam, Zulqarnain Haider, Tariq Mahmood, Riaz Afridi, Mansoor Amjad, Ali Imran.
BOWLING: Smith 5-1-29-1 (1w); Findlay 7-1-41-1; Davis 4-0-28-0 (2nb, 2w); McKay 5-0-25-0; Eathrone 4.2-0-35-0; Devcich 7-1-15-0 (1w); Chrisp 2-0-11-0.
UMPIRES: J.W. Lloyds (England) and P.D. Parker (Australia).
MATCH REFEREE: R.S. Mahanama (Sri Lanka).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Khalid Latif.
Results of other matches played on Wednesday:
Super League:
At Bangladesh Sports Institute Ground, Savar:
England beat Zimbabwe by six wickets.
ZIMBABWE 218-9 in 50 overs (B.R.M. Taylor 45, C. de Grandhomme 37, C.R. Ervine 25; T.T. Bresnan 3-34, D.A. Stiff 3-41);
ENGLAND 219-4 in 49 overs (A.N. Cook 108 not out, L.J. Wright 79; A.G. Cremer 2-47).
Plate Championship:
At Chittagong Divisional Stadium:
Bangladesh beat Uganda by four wickets.
UGANDA 78 in 33.3 overs (Nazmul Hossain 5-30, Enamul Haque Jr 4-18);
BANGLADESH 79-4 in 19.5 overs (Nazimuddin 28; E. Isaneez 6-37).
At M.A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong:
Ireland beat Canada by 155 runs.
IRELAND 265-9 in 50 overs (K. O'Brien 51, E.J.G. Morgan 44, W. Poterfield 42, R.J. Rankin 39 not out, S. Wells 28; K. Jethi 2-40, S. Keshvani 2-53);
CANADA 110 in 34.3 overs (A. Keshvani 29; R.J. Rankin 2-14, E.J.G. Morgan 2-26, A. Riddles 2-29).
Thursday's fixtures:
Super League: Sri Lanka v India (Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, D/N); South Africa v West Indies (Fatullah Cricket Stadium, Dhaka).
Plate Championship: Australia v Nepal (Chittagong Divisional Stadium); Scotland v Papua New Guinea (M.A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong).-Agencies
Points Table
Following are the standings at the ICC Under-19 World Cup after Wednesday's matches (tabulated under played, won, lost, no result, tied, points, net run-rate):
Super League
Group I
India 2 1 1 0 0 2 +0.93
Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 0 2 +0.10
South Africa 2 1 1 0 0 2 -0.26
West Indies 2 1 1 0 0 2 -0.77
Group II
Pakistan 2 2 0 0 0 4 +1.86
England 2 2 0 0 0 4 +1.03
Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0 0 0 -0.99
New Zealand 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1.91
Plate Championship
Group I
Australia 2 2 0 0 0 4 +3.82
Scotland 2 1 1 0 0 2 -1.88
Nepal 2 1 0 0 0 2 +0.40
PNG 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1.89
Group II
Ireland 2 2 0 0 0 4 +2.78
Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 0 4 +1.85
Canada 2 0 2 0 0 0 -2.30
Uganda 2 0 2 0 0 0 -3.00
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