DHAKA, Feb 20: Defending champions Australia and hosts Bangladesh both failed to qualify for Super League of ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup on Friday while South Africa scraped through by narrowest of margins.
A two-run victory over Sri Lanka was not enough for Australia to make the playoffs. Australia finished level on points with Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe but lost out by virtue of a poorer net run rate. Zimbabwe had thrashed Australia earlier.
Sri Lanka finished top of Group 'A' and will now face India, South Africa and West Indies in Group 1 of Super League. South Africa earned a place by beating England by one wicket at Chittagong Divisional Stadium.
The other Super League group will be contested by England, New Zealand, Pakistan and Zimbabwe. Australia, which won last youth World Cup in New Zealand, will contest Group 1 of Plate Championship with Nepal, Papua New Guinea and Scotland.
The other Plate Championship group contains Bangladesh, Canada, Ireland and Uganda. Super League matches will be played in Dhaka, Plate Championship will be held in Chittagong.
There is a rest-day on Saturday before next round of matches on Sunday. Pakistan and India were the only teams to maintain 100 per cent record with three successive victories in their respective groups.
Paceman Riaz Afridi claimed five for 28 as Pakistan defeated the West Indies by 163 runs. Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan scored his second century of the tournament with 120 against Bangladesh, who lost by 131 runs.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN:
Khalid Latif c Baker b Yearwood 10
Adnan Zaheer lbw b Matthew 10
Jahangir Mirza st Ramdin b Bachan 92
Usman Saeed st Ramdin b Bachan 40
Salman Qadir c Fudadin b Bachan 6
Fawad Alam b Matthew 25
Riaz Afridi c Ramdin b Simmons 11
Tariq Mahmood b Baker 18
Zulqarnain Haider not out 18
Mansoor Amjad run out 18
Ali Imran not out 3
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-16, NB-1) 18
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 251
FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-32, 3-118, 4-122, 5-157, 6-171, 7-221, 8-231, 9-249.
BOWLING: Matthew 10-4-19-2 (1w); Baker 10-1-50-1 (5w); Yearwood 9-0-60-1 (1nb, 5w); Simmons 9-1-46-1 (3w); Bachan 8-0-49-3; Augustus 4-0-26-0 (1w).
WEST INDIES:
X.M. Marshall lbw b Riaz 7
T. Maraj st Zulqarnain b Tariq 19
L.M.P. Simmons lbw b Riaz 24
A.B. Fudadin b Riaz 2
D. Ramdin lbw b Riaz 0
J.C. Augustus b Tariq 17
L.A. Sebastien lbw b Mansoor 0
M. Matthew c Usman b Mansoor 4
B.B.B. Yearwood lbw b Tariq 0
R. Bachan b Riaz 2
L.S. Baker not out 4
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-1, NB-6) 9
TOTAL (all out, 27.3 overs) 88
FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-48, 3-51, 4-51, 5-62, 6-63, 7-71, 8-75, 9-83.
BOWLING: Riaz Afridi 8.3-1-28-5 (1w); Ali Imran 6-1-28-0 (1nb, 2w); Mansoor Amjad 6-2-12-2; Tariq Mahmood 7-1-18-3.
RESULT: Pakistan won by 163 runs.
UMPIRES: J.W. Lloyds (England) and Showkatur Rahman (Bangladesh).
MATCH REFEREE: J.F.M. Morrison (New Zealand).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Riaz Afridi.
Results of other matches:
At Rajshahi Divisional Stadium:
Australia beat Sri Lanka by two runs.
AUSTRALIA 186-9 in 50 overs (A.R. Beadle 36, M. Henriques 30, A.J. Crosthwaite 26; M.M.M. Suraj 3-37, M.F. Maharoof 2-31);
SRI LANKA 184 in 49.1 overs (M.F. Maharoof 56, J.K. Silva 46, C.K.B. Kulasekera 30; G.D. Putland 3-16, S.N.J. O'Keefe 2-32).
At Chittagong Divisional Stadium:
South Africa beat England by one wicket.
ENGLAND 189 in 48.3 overs (S.M. Davies 63, R.S. Bopara 36, J.C. Hildreth 30 not out; V. Pennazza 2-29, K. Africa 2-39);
SOUTH AFRICA 190-9 in 47.3 overs (V.B. van Jaarveld 76, J. Booysen 32, K. Africa 25 not out; T.T. Bresnan 3-35, L.J. Wright 2-26, L.E. Plunkett 2-42).
At Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka:
India beat Bangladesh by 131 runs.
INDIA 309-7 in 50 overs (S. Dhawan 120, A.R. Uthappa 59, Gaurav Dhiman 32, K.K.D. Karthik 25; Nadif Chowdhury 2-45, Naeem Islam 2-47);
BANGLADESH 178 in 40.3 overs (Aftab Ahmed 44, Dhiman Ghosh 26; P. Gupta 3-21, A. Sharma 3-39).
Sunday's fixtures:
SUPER LEAGUE: Sri Lanka v West Indies (Fatullah Cricket Stadium); India v South Africa (Bangabandhu National Stadium);
PLATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Australia v Scotland (M.A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong); Nepal v Papua New Guinea (Chittagong Divisional Stadium).
Standings
Following are the group standings at the ICC Under-19 World Cup after Friday's final round of preliminary matches (tabulated under played, won, lost, no result, tied, points, net run-rate):
Group 'A'
Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.27
Zimbabwe 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.04
Australia 3 2 1 0 0 4 -0.31
Canada 3 0 3 0 0 0 -2.50
Group 'B'
England 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.59
South Africa 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.61
Nepal 3 2 1 0 0 4 -0.11
Uganda 3 0 3 0 0 0 -2.16
Group 'C'
India 3 3 0 0 0 6 +3.13
New Zealand 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.75
Bangladesh 3 1 2 0 0 2 +0.17
Scotland 3 0 3 0 0 0 -5.44
Group 'D'
Pakistan 3 3 0 0 0 6 +3.17
West Indies 3 2 1 0 0 4 -0.03
Ireland 3 1 2 0 0 2 -0.33
PNG 3 0 3 0 0 0 -2.82. -Agencies