India win U-19 Cricket World Cup – Cricket News Roundup – Part I – August 26, 2012
Unmukt Chand-led India side defeated defending champions http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 by six wickets in the U-19 Cricket World Cup final to lift the coveted trophy for the third time.
While chasing 226 to win the title, Indian skipper Unmukt Chand led the side from the front with a spectacular century to take the side home comfortably, with six wickets and 14 balls to spare. The 19-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 opener, who scored unbeaten 111 runs,
shared valuable stands of 73 and 130 runs with Baba Aparajith (33) and wicketkeeper batsman Smit http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 (62).
Earlier http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sandeep-Sharma-c88505 scythed through the Australian batting line up, returning with figures of 4 for 54, to restrict the hosts to a gettable total of 225 for eight, in their allotted quota of 50 overs. William Bosisto’s unbeaten 87 was the only highlight
of Australian innings.
Playing in Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) will help players in next month’s ICC World T20 Championship, in Sri Lanka, feels Pakistan’s T20 skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898.
“Most of Pakistani players in the T20 World Cup squad are in the SLPL and two venues (RPS Colombo and Pallekele) will host the T20 World Cup and so it will help us. We will get into the groove easily,” said Hafeez during an interview with
DNA http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
“The PCB gave permission to play in SLPL as it thinks it would be helpful for us since the World Cup will be held here in a few days time,” he added further.
Afghanistan Cricket Board on Saturday named its 15-man final squad for the ICC World T20 Championship, to be held in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, between September 18 and October 7.
New-ball bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Combined Associate and Affiliate XI
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, in January, and has not played competitive cricket since then.
"We’ve selected http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 Cricket Board (ACB) chief, Hamid Shinwari told AFP.
Afghanistan squad for World T20: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asghar-Stanikzai-c1094,
Najibullah Zadran, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shapoor-Zadran-c89730
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