Prest continued his excellent form.
Basseterre (St. Keats), Captain Tom Prest’s unbeaten 154 helped former champions England beat the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 189 runs in their Under-19 World Cup Super League quarter-finals. Place assured. Prest continued his excellent form. He hit 13 fours and four sixes in his innings of 119 balls. Apart from them, Jacob Bethel (62), William Luxton (47) and George Thomas (41) contributed as England batted first and posted a mammoth total of 362 for six.
After this, the England bowlers displayed disciplined bowling led by leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed (4 for 30) to bowl out UAE for 173 runs in 38.2 overs. For UAE, the number seven batsman Ali Nasir scored the highest 54 runs. On the other hand, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 24 runs in Taroba to enter the Super League quarter-finals.
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In this Group C match, Afghanistan allowed Pakistan to score 239 runs for nine wickets but their batsmen could not take advantage of it and their team could only score 215 runs for nine wickets in 50 overs. Afghanistan’s top-order batsmen Bilal Saeedi (42 off 81 balls), Nangeliya Kharote (12 off 32 balls) and Allah Noor (28 off 49 balls) batted very slowly, which cost the team.
Aijaz Ahmed Ahmedzai made 39 and Noor Ahmed tried to handle the situation by scoring 29 runs off 18 balls with the help of three sixes but they could only close the margin of defeat. Awash Ali took three wickets for 36 runs for Pakistan. Earlier, Abdul Fasih scored the highest 68 runs for Pakistan, while Mohammad Shahzad 43, Maz Sadaqat 42 not out and captain Qasim Akram contributed 38 not out.
For Afghanistan, Izhartullah Naveed took three wickets while Noor Ahmed and Naveed Zadran took two wickets each. Defending champions Bangladesh beat Canada by eight wickets in a match played at the Conari Sports Club in Basseterre. Off-spinner SM Mehrob and pacer Ripon Mandal took four wickets each as Bangladesh bundled out Canada for 136 runs in this Group A match.
For Canada, wicket-keeper batsman Anup Cheema scored 63 runs in 117 balls. Bangladesh chased down the target in 30.1 overs and registered an easy win. For him, Iftikhar Hussain scored 61 while Pranaik Navroz scored 33 and Aich Mollah scored 20 not out. (agency)