U-19 World Cup 2022: Impressive batting powers Afghans to quarter-finals;
U-19 World Cup 2022: Suliman Safi’s century helped Afghanistan to victory over Zimbabwe in the final game of Group C to earn a quarterfinal tie with Sri Lanka in the Super League.
The Afghanistan captain put on 111 from 118 balls, including 14 fours and three sixes, to move Afghanistan to 261 for six as he was dismissed on the final ball of the innings. Four other batters posted scores of over 20, with opener Nageyalia Kharote contributing an important half-century from 45 balls.
Alex Falao was the pick of the bowlers for Zimbabwe as he took three for 54 from his ten overs to move on to eight wickets for the tournament so far.
AFGHANISTAN UNDER-19S INNINGS (50 OVERS MAXIMUM)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
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| Bilal Sayedi | c Welch b Falao | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6.89 | |||
| Nangeyalia Kharote | b Falao | 50 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 111.11 | |||
| Allah Noor | lbw b Dube | 20 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
| Suliman Safi (c) | c †Wolhuter b Falao | 111 | 118 | 14 | 3 | 94.06 | |||
| Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai | c Dube b Zvinoera | 21 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 65.62 | |||
| Mohammad Ishaq † | b Zvinoera | 39 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 97.50 | |||
| Noor Ahmad | not out | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| Extras | (nb 2, w 15) | 17 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (50 Ov, RR: 5.22) | 261/6 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Izharulhaq Naveed, Bilal Sami, Abdul Hadi, Shahidullah Hasani
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Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Bilal Sayedi, 8.5 ov), 2-73 (Nangeyalia Kharote, 14.5 ov), 3-90 (Allah Noor, 20.6 ov), 4-151 (Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, 36.2 ov), 5-259 (Mohammad Ishaq, 48.4 ov), 6-261 (Suliman Safi, 49.6 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
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| Mcgini Dube | 9 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 5.66 | 5 | 0 |
| Brian Bennett | 9 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 6.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Ngenyasha Zvinoera | 10 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 5.80 | 5 | 2 |
| Alex Falao | 10 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 |
| Tendekai Mataranyika | 10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2.50 | 2 | 0 |
| Connor Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
ZIMBABWE UNDER-19S INNINGS (TARGET: 262 RUNS FROM 50 OVERS)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Welch | st †Mohammad Ishaq b Nangeyalia Kharote | 53 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 86.88 | |||
| Steven Saul | lbw b Shahidullah Hasani | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 34.61 | |||
| Emmanuel Bawa (c) | b Nangeyalia Kharote | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Ngenyasha Zvinoera | c Abdul Hadi b Shahidullah Hasani | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| Brian Bennett | b Nangeyalia Kharote | 14 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 60.86 | |||
| David Bennett | b Nangeyalia Kharote | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 26.66 | |||
| Connor Mitchell | run out (Nangeyalia Kharote) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Rogan Wolhuter † | not out | 28 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 53.84 | |||
| Tendekai Mataranyika | c Nangeyalia Kharote b Izharulhaq Naveed | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |||
| Mcgini Dube | lbw b Izharulhaq Naveed | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| Alex Falao | c Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai b Noor Ahmad | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 1, w 27) | 35 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (36.4 Ov, RR: 4.14) | 152 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Steven Saul, 9.4 ov), 2-52 (Emmanuel Bawa, 10.5 ov), 3-55 (Ngenyasha Zvinoera, 11.5 ov), 4-79 (Matthew Welch, 18.2 ov), 5-89 (Brian Bennett, 20.4 ov), 6-90 (Connor Mitchell, 21.1 ov), 7-105 (David Bennett, 24.4 ov), 8-118 (Tendekai Mataranyika, 29.5 ov), 9-151 (Mcgini Dube, 35.2 ov), 10-152 (Alex Falao, 36.4 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
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| Bilal Sami | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4.83 | 2 | 1 |
| Shahidullah Hasani | 7 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Nangeyalia Kharote | 10 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Noor Ahmad | 5.4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 5.29 | 5 | 0 |
| Izharulhaq Naveed | 8 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 3.50 | 5 | 0 |