U-19 World Cup 2022: England beat Afghanistan to clinch place in Final;
U-19 World Cup 2022: England kept their nerve to become the first team to reach the ICC Under-19 Men’s CWC final after edging a thriller with Afghanistan by 15 runs.
Spinner Rehan Ahmed became the hero for the Young Lions, taking three wickets in the penultimate over at crucial point when their opponents needed just 18 runs from the last 10 balls.
England will now face the winner of the other semi between Australia and India on Saturday in the final – a remarkable turnaround from the previous tournament just two years ago in South Africa when they finished ninth.
As for Afghanistan they will head to the Coolidge Cricket Ground for the third-place playoff.
ENGLAND UNDER-19S INNINGS (47 OVERS MAXIMUM)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
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| George Thomas | c & b Noor Ahmad | 50 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 72.46 | |||
| Jacob Bethell | lbw b Naveed Zadran | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Tom Prest (c) | c Naveed Zadran b Nangeyalia Kharote | 17 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 85.00 | |||
| James Rew | lbw b Noor Ahmad | 12 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 46.15 | |||
| William Luxton | b Izharulhaq Naveed | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 73.33 | |||
| George Bell | not out | 56 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 83.58 | |||
| Rehan Ahmed | c Izharulhaq Naveed b Naveed Zadran | 16 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 | |||
| Alex Horton † | not out | 53 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 147.22 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 10) | 14 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (47 Ov, RR: 4.91) | 231/6 | |||||||
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Did not bat: James Sales, Thomas Aspinwall, Joshua Boyden
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Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Jacob Bethell, 3.5 ov), 2-56 (Tom Prest, 9.3 ov), 3-83 (James Rew, 18.2 ov), 4-92 (George Thomas, 20.5 ov), 5-106 (William Luxton, 23.4 ov), 6-136 (Rehan Ahmed, 35.1 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilal Sami | 9 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 7.44 | 3 | 1 |
| Naveed Zadran | 9 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 7.44 | 2 | 0 |
| Nangeyalia Kharote | 9 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2.77 | 0 | 0 |
| Noor Ahmad | 10 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 3.20 | 4 | 0 |
| Izharulhaq Naveed | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3.70 | 0 | 0 |
AFGHANISTAN UNDER-19S INNINGS (TARGET: 231 RUNS FROM 47 OVERS)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Ishaq † | run out (Aspinwall/†Horton) | 43 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 66.15 | |||
| Nangeyalia Kharote | b Boyden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Allah Noor | c Sales b Aspinwall | 60 | 87 | 5 | 3 | 68.96 | |||
| Suliman Safi (c) | c Bethell b Aspinwall | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Abdul Hadi | not out | 37 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 61.66 | |||
| Bilal Ahmad | c Rew b Prest | 33 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 97.05 | |||
| Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai | b Rehan Ahmed | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |||
| Noor Ahmad | c Rew b Rehan Ahmed | 25 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 125.00 | |||
| Izharulhaq Naveed | c Sales b Rehan Ahmed | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Bilal Sami | b Rehan Ahmed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Naveed Zadran | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, nb 3, w 4) | 12 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (47 Ov, RR: 4.57) | 215/9 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Nangeyalia Kharote, 0.3 ov), 2-94 (Mohammad Ishaq, 23.3 ov), 3-95 (Suliman Safi, 24.3 ov), 4-106 (Allah Noor, 28.1 ov), 5-156 (Bilal Ahmad, 37.4 ov), 6-162 (Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, 39.4 ov), 7-212 (Noor Ahmad, 45.1 ov), 8-213 (Izharulhaq Naveed, 45.4 ov), 9-213 (Bilal Sami, 45.5 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
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| Joshua Boyden | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 3.28 | 1 | 0 |
| James Sales | 5 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 8.80 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Prest | 10 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 3.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Bethell | 10 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 2.60 | 1 | 0 |
| Rehan Ahmed | 6 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 6.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Aspinwall | 9 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 4.11 | 0 | 0 |