Scotland Under-19s v United States of America Under-19s – ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier -
First Innings Recap
Scotland Under-19s restricted United States of America Under-19s to a paltry 124 in an important clash of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751, on Wednesday, August 03, 2011.
Batting first, the American side collapsed on meagre score as none of the batsmen could tackle the brilliant bowling by the Scottish attack.
Although, the conditions were partly cloudy, the wicket was ideal for batting. Thus, the US skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gregory-Sewdial-c60818, elected to bat first after winning the toss. However, the American batsmen failed to justify their skipper’s decision as the first wicket fell
in the sixth over.
The two openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 was the first man to go, losing his wicket to Aman Bailwal
after adding a quick 24, including four aggressive boundaries plus a huge six.
Soon after his exit, Amarnauth Persaud, who came in at number three, went back to the pavilion as Patrick Sadler removed him at 2. Things got worse when Mirza gifted his wicket in the ninth over.
Three down at 37, the situation was completely out of USA's control. Yet, the skipper took the responsibility, sharing a thrilling 65-run partnerhip with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abhijit-C-Joshi-c41736, at a time when the Scottish bowlers were on song.
However, as the fourth wicket went down, the bowling side once again dominated the proceedings. Both batsmen were dismissed on consecutive deliveries by Kyle Smith. While Swedial walked off the field after a charming 31, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Joshi-c69506 followed him with 23
runs to his credit.
None of succeeding batsmen was able to confront Scottish bowling attack as the side went all out on 124 after 35.2 overs.
It was a fantastic effort by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ross-Alexander-McLean-c86871 and Sadler grabbed three and two wickets respectively. Bailwal left the field with one scalp under his belt.
To win the encounter, Scotland needed to pile up 125 at scoring rate of 2.5 runs per over.
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