2012 U-19 Cricket World Cup: Day 3 Roundup – Part 2
Defending Champions http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, West Indies and Sri Lanka prevailed in their respective matches played on third day of the latest edition of the U-19 Cricket World Cup, Down Under.
Group C: West Indies V Papua New Guinea (Windies hand PNG 9-wicket thrashing)
Wicketkeeper batsman Sunil Ambris well complemented the efforts of West Indies bowlers with a whirlwind half century knock to take the Windies home comfortably against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Papua-New-Guinea-c41002 with nine wickets to spare, in a world cup match played at Endeavour
Park, Townsville, on August 13, 2012.
While chasing a meagre 116, set by the lowly ranked Papua New Guinea batting line-up, Sunil Ambris played a pugnacious knock of 91 runs off just 43 balls, plundering nine muscular boundaries and seven loft sixes, to provide his side an outstanding launch
pad. By the time the wicketkeeper batsman holed out in the 12th over, the game was all but over, with the Windies needing just six more runs to win.
Earlier, Jerome Jones and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 top scored with 39 runs. Nigel Boge
made 21 runs and Chad Soper contributed 23 runs, while the rest of the batting line-up failed to reach double figures.
Sunil Ambris of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 was declared as the Player of the Match.
Group D: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 V Namibia (Islanders inflicted 195-run defeat on minnows)
After losing the tournament opener to Bengali Tigers, the Sri Lankan U-19 cricket team picked up its first win of the mega event, crushing low-profile http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 Field, in Brisbane, yesterday, August 13, 2012.
After opting to bat, the Islanders rode on half centuries from opener Sebastian Perera and Sandun Weerakkody in the middle order, to set a colossal 298 for nine, from their allotted 50 overs. Lahiru Madushanka also contributed with a valuable 45 at more
than run a ball.
The Namibian batsmen, barring Wian http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 Vuuren (38) and wicketkeeper Gerhard Erasmus (26 not out), failed to resist against the Sri Lankan attack, as they were bowled out for just 103 in the 35th over. Lahiru Madushanka was the pick of Sri Lankan
bowlers, returning with figures of four for 15 from a six-over spell.
Sri Lankan opener Sebastian Perera bagged the Man of the Match award.
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