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COLOMBO, Feb 10: Medium pacer Anwar Ali bowled Pakistan into the quarterfinal of the Under-19 World Cup as they crushed New Zealand by eight wickets on Friday.
Anwar grabbed five wickets for 34 as New Zealand were bundled out for 77 in 24 overs.
He received splendid supporter from his newball partner Jamshed Ahmed who chipped in with three wickets for 14 runs. Only TD Astle (12) and RM Hira (28)reached double figures for Kiwis.
Pakistan achieved the target in just nine overs for the loss of two wickets.
Ali Khan was unbeaten 30.
Scoreboard
New Zealand
TD Astle c Sarfraz Ahmed b Anwar Ali 12
MJ Guptill b Jamshed Ahmed 1
SM Fitzgibbon c M. Ibrahim b Anwar Ali 1
AP de Boorder b Anwar Ali 0
MP Ellison lbw b Jamshed 0
K Noema-Barnett c Sarfraz b Anwar Ali 6
RPC Karaitiana run out 0
RM Hira not out 28
C Munro c Nasir b Anwar Ali 6
TG Southee c Nasir b Akhtar Ayub 5
JP Donnelly b Jamshed 1
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 6, nb 5) 17
Total (all out, 24 overs) 77
FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-15, 3-15, 4-16, 5-16, 6-17, 7-35, 8-44, 9-69, 10-77
Bowling: Jamshed Ahmed 9-3-14-3 (1nb, 2w); Anwar Ali 10-1-34-5 (4nb, 1w); Akhtar Ayub 5-0-23-1 (3w).
Pakistan Under-19s
Nasir Jamshed b Southee 9
Ali Khan not out 30
Mohammad Ibrahim c & b Hira 21
Rameez Raja not out 0
Extras (lb 5, w 13) 18
Total (2 wickets, 9 overs) 78
DID NOT BAT: Ali Asad, Imad Wasim, Jamshed Ahmed, Sarfraz Ahmed, Anwar Ali, Akhtar Ayub, Riaz Kail.
FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-68.
Bowling: Southee 3-0-25-1 (5w); Munro 3-0-32-0 (3w); Karaitiana 2-0-13-0 (1w); Hira 1-0-3-1
England will face Bangladesh in the quarterfinal of the Under-19 World Cup after suffering their first defeat of the competition against Zimbabwe.
Victory would have secured top spot for England in Group D, but that instead went to Zimbabwe who surpassed England’s total of 172 all out in the 48th over to win by two wickets.
Summarised scores:
England 172 (Varun Chopra 31, Ben Wright 27; Gary Balance 3-21, Sean Williams 3-35)
Zimbabwe 174 for eight wickets (Cremer 29, Justice Chibhabha 29 not out).—Agencies
