U-19 World Cup 2022: UAE defeat Ireland by 8 wickets and win the Plate final;
U-19 World Cup 2022: An exceptional bowling display by a spin-heavy UAE side overcame a tiring Ireland side to win the Plate Final of the ICC Under-19s Men’s Cricket World Cup at the Queens Park Oval today.
Already equalling the best-ever finish by an Irish side in the Under-19s World Cup tournament – and having already achieved automatic qualification through final ranking to the next Under-19s World Cup. Ireland were brushed aside by a UAE side that had convincingly beaten West Indies in their last match and looked full of confidence going into today’s clash. For the Irish, this was the last match of a more than month-long tour, having departed Ireland over a month ago. The young side has played 12 matches in that time, often in 30-plus degree heat, and the experience will undoubtedly be to their advantage as they develop as senior cricketers in coming years.
After winning the toss today and choosing to bat first, Ireland weren’t able to repeat the batting heroics of their last match, succumbing for just 122 in the 46th over. Instonians’ Jack Dickson top-scored for the second game straight, today hitting 40 from a patient 83 balls, with a four and two sixes.
IRELAND UNDER-19S INNINGS (50 OVERS MAXIMUM)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
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| Nathan McGuire | c Parashar b Ali Naseer | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 | |||
| Jack Dickson † | c Sharafu b Parashar | 40 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 48.19 | |||
| Joshua Cox | b Giyanani | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| Tim Tector (c) | c †Sharma b Giyanani | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Philippus le Roux | st †Sharma b Adhitya Shetty | 14 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| Scott MacBeth | b Parashar | 15 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 57.69 | |||
| Liam Doherty | b Aayan Afzal Khan | 13 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 56.52 | |||
| Matthew Humphreys | run out (Parashar/†Sharma) | 8 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 32.00 | |||
| Jamie Forbes | not out | 11 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 28.94 | |||
| Muzamil Sherzad | st †Sharma b Adhitya Shetty | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Reuben Wilson | run out (Parashar/†Sharma) | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| Extras | (nb 3, w 2) | 5 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (45.3 Ov, RR: 2.68) | 122 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Nathan McGuire, 2.1 ov), 2-25 (Joshua Cox, 9.6 ov), 3-27 (Tim Tector, 11.2 ov), 4-60 (Philippus le Roux, 19.3 ov), 5-86 (Scott MacBeth, 27.1 ov), 6-91 (Jack Dickson, 29.5 ov), 7-101 (Liam Doherty, 34.2 ov), 8-115 (Matthew Humphreys, 40.4 ov), 9-116 (Muzamil Sherzad, 41.5 ov), 10-122 (Reuben Wilson, 45.3 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
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| Ali Naseer | 5 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2.80 | 2 | 0 |
| Jash Giyanani | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Nilansh Keswani | 8 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 3.37 | 0 | 0 |
| Adhitya Shetty | 9.3 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 3.47 | 0 | 3 |
| Aayan Afzal Khan | 10 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhruv Parashar | 7 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2.14 | 0 | 0 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNDER-19S INNINGS (TARGET: 123 RUNS FROM 50 OVERS)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kai Smith | c Cox b Humphreys | 49 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 79.03 | |||
| Dhruv Parashar | b Forbes | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 56.00 | |||
| Punya Mehra | not out | 48 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 84.21 | |||
| Nilansh Keswani | not out | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 6) | 11 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (26 Ov, RR: 4.92) | 128/2 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Aryansh Sharma †, Aayan Afzal Khan, Ali Naseer, Shival Bawa, Jash Giyanani, Alishan Sharafu (c), Adhitya Shetty
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Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Dhruv Parashar, 8.4 ov), 2-102 (Kai Smith, 19.4 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
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| Matthew Humphreys | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 3.90 | 1 | 0 |
| Reuben Wilson | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5.66 | 2 | 0 |
| Jamie Forbes | 7 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 4.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Muzamil Sherzad | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan McGuire | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 | 1 | 0 |