2012 U-19 Cricket World Cup: West Indies V http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 – Windies win by four wickets
West Indies U-19 167 for 6 (Anthony Alleyne 52, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 51, Ronsford Beaton 3-33) by four wickets
West Indies fast bowlers made best use of the pace friendly conditions in Townsville to contain the Indian batting line-up to just 166 for 8, and set the tone for a four-wicket win for their side, in a Group C U-19 World Cup fixture, played at the Tony http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 Stadium, on Sunday, August 12, 2012.
After being put into bat by the West Indies skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kraigg-Brathwaite-c71708, the Indians batted poorly and could amass a gettable 166 for eight in their stipulated 50 overs, which the men from Caribbean chased down quite comfortably in 47.1 overs, with four wickets to spare.
India resumed their http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Campbell-c49176 (36) were the leading run scorers of Windies chase, while the rest of the batsmen, barring Akeal Hosein, struggled to enter double digit scores.
Chasing a paltry target of 167 to win, the Caribbean side started their innings in an unconvincing style, losing openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Sunil Ambris to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sandeep-Sharma-c88505 quite early. Both the openers scored four runs each. Wicketkeeper batsman Ambris was caught by Unmukt Chand off on the first ball of the third over, while skipper Brathwaite was bowled out in the ninth over, with the scoreboard reading only 13.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Argentine-Campbell-c67325 and Alleyne buckled down to add 58 runs for the third wicket to add some normalcy to West Indies chase. Campbell perished in the 26th over on 36. He was caught and bowled by Harmeet Singh.
After his departure, Anthony Alleyne led the charge playing a cautious innings of 52 runs, to bring the side within 34 runs of victory.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kyle-R-Mayers-c71976 then took the onus of taking the side close to finishing line. By the time Mayers holed out after being caught behind on 43, the game was all but over, in Braithwaite-led team’s favour.
Earlier, fast bowler Jerome http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samit-Patel-c2426’s hard-fought 51 helped the side reach 166 for 8 at the end of their quota of 50 overs. Vijay Zol (26) and Unmukt Chand (22) were the other notable performers from Indian camp. Ronsford Beaton was the pick of the bowlers for West Indies with three for 33 from 10 overs.
Mayers was adjudged as the Man of the Match for his all-round performance, 43 with the bat and two for 35 with the ball.
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