Playing India will be a tough challenge: William Bosisto – Cricket News Update
Australia Under-19s skipper William Bosisto has stated that his team anticipates a tough challenge as they gear up to clash with the India Under-19s in their upcoming http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Under-19 World Cup final, scheduled for August 26 at the Tony Ireland Stadium in Townsville.
“India has strong top-order batting, and the five bowlers it has are really consistent. It will be a tough challenge for us,” Bosisto observed. “India has been much like us in a way as it has managed to get over the line without perhaps playing its best
cricket.”
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 U-19s, defending champions of the World U-19 title, are as yet unbeaten in the competition, despite the fact that neither they, not fellow finalists India, feature in the top 5 on the tournament’s list of most runs scored or most wickets taken.
Australia’s highest wicket-taker Ashton Turner (10 scalps) is at number 14 on the list of most wickets taken, while India’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravikant-c84210 Singh is at number 6 with 11 scalps. Cameron Bancroft (194 runs) is at 17th place on the list of the tournament’s
highest run getters, while India’s Prashant Chopra (172) is at number 23.
However, Australia have managed to defeat the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757
by 4 wickets.
The team will be looking to carry the same momentum into the final on Sunday, and continue their winning streak. The Aussies are the most successful U-19 team, having won the title thrice before – in 1988, 2002, and 2010. A 2012 win could enable them to
win back-to-back titles, a feat which has only been achieved by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 U-19 team in the history of the tournament (2004, 2006).
Commenting on the fact that his team lost to the India U-19s when they met for a Quadrangular Under-19 Series in Australia earlier this year during April, Bosisto brushed the series aside, claiming the current conditions and line-up are different for both
teams this time around.
“We have played http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 a fair bit over the past year or so, but I don't think we can read too much into past results,” he said. “The conditions are probably a little bit different than they were in April and we have a few changes to our side as have they.”
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