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The South African Team really played as they have to work on their batting strength in the U-19 match we have seen today against West Indies. How Amazingly they give the target firstly in their batting and after that they easily set themselves in the bowling by restricting the team in the middle overs. Overall looking at their batting performance was looking quite good but when we talk about their bowling it have a little mistakes like changing in over. BTW good game showed by South Africa.

In 2 game of Icc Under 19 Men World Cup, West Indies under 19s won toss and they took a chance for bat or bowl in pitch and they gave South Africa under 19s team to batting in pitch first. West Indies team made a very wrong decision today and Senwes Park Potchefstroom stadium also was not proved benefit for their team. South Africa under 19s team effort in this game was brilliant and set a very outstanding target. D.Marais batsman scored 65 runs in 38 balls with four 4s and and four 6s. Juan James (C) also scored well and he scored 47 runs in 54 balls with three 4s and one 6s. Some Batsman also showed poor effort and bowled out below 10 runs. J.Andrew effort was outstanding form West Indies side scored 130 runs in 96 balls with fourteen 4s and three 6s. K.Mapkaha bowled down 5 wickets in 9.1 overs with 38 runs and also he won player of game award. Congratulations South Africa under 19s team for first win in this series.

Ireland has two tough matches coming up - against India and Bangladesh. And India is one of the favorites to win this tournament. They completely dominated the tri-series with South Africa and Afghanistan, which was scheduled a few days before the start of the World Cup. Anyway, there were plenty of positives for Ireland to take away. A lot of funding was made to age group cricket in Ireland during the last few years, and they are reaping the reward now. Now coming to South Africa, they were always quite strong in age group cricket. However, many of these players will go on to represent other countries such as Australia, England and New Zealand in future.

The West Indies batsmen were under a lot of pressure after losing 5 wickets after 50 runs to bat against the target of 286 runs given by the South Africa U19 team. In today's match, if the openers of the West Indies U19 team could have batted a little better, then maybe South Africa would have won against the U19 team. Jewel batted brilliantly. Jewel scored 130 runs from 96 balls. West Indies under 19 team was all out for 254 runs with ten overs in hand. In today's match West Indies U19 team performed well if their openers could have batted well then West Indies U19 team would have won today against South Africa U19 team. The only reason why Ostendies under 19 team lost the match in today's match is their poor batting. If West Indies Under 19 team openers could have scored good runs then they would have won today's match. South Africa U19 win by 31 runs Congratulations to South Africa U19.

in First match Ireland U19 shows domanting performance against United States of America U19 by winning 7 wickets. the man of match award goes to Oliver Riley from Ireland U19 for his brilliant bowling performance 3/21 in his bowling spell that helped his team to restricted USA U19 in All out in 105 runs. Second match. South Africa U19 won the match by 31 runs againist West Indies U19. Wi U19 All out in just 254 runs jn 42th over of the match. brilliant bowling from Kwena Maphaka took fifer 5/38 and All out west indies U19.

As I mentioned in my previous post, Ireland should not get over-excited with this win. USA is one of the weakest teams in this tournament and a win against them was very much expected. The real challenge will come when they face the other two teams in Group A - India and Bangladesh. Qualification for Super 6 is going to be extremely tough. Even if they manage to defeat Bangladesh, an entry to the next phase is not guaranteed. Only two of the four second placed teams are going to qualify for the next phase.

Today match is the between Ireland19 and USA19. Ireland won the toss and first decided bowling. Ireland bowler out the USA batsman in the last ball of the 1 over. This is the first achievement for Ireland team. This is the bad started for USA batsman. USA batsman makes 9 run in 2 over and 1 outs. Once time again Ireland bowler out the USA batsman in the fourth ball of the 6 over. This is the second achievement for Ireland team. USA batsman makes 31 run in 10 over and 4 outs.USA batsman could not worked hard and struggle and can not make run. USA batsman makes 195 run in 41 over and 10 outs. This is the target for Ireland batsman. This is the easy target. Ireland batsman can complete this target and won the match.Ireland batsman makes 109 run in 23 over and won the match.Ireland's bowlers worked hard and struggled to get an easy target.

These matches will give an idea about the future of international cricket. Two teams won today - South Africa and Ireland. Although South Africa had the home advantage, they also maintained an upper hand throughout the match. On the other hand, the decline of West Indies continues. There is not much team bonding, and the batsmen hardly shows any patience. Win for Ireland as well. However, it was against one of the weakest teams in this tournament. Despite being the blue eyed boys of the ICC, USA is struggling at international level.

South Africa Under 19 collected 285 runs by losing 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. South Africa Under 19 team's batting line was quite good as a result of which they managed to score 285 runs. With a target of 286 runs, the West Indies U19 team went into bat with the aim of winning and collected 190 runs by taking 6 wickets in 29 overs so far. Initially, the West Indies U19 team was under a lot of pressure losing 5 wickets in 10 overs. Both Nathan Sealy and Jewel Andrew batted brilliantly to help the team out of the pressure. The two have put on a huge partnership, scoring 116 runs off 113 balls so far. Jewel Andrew batting brilliantly today looks like he is playing a T20 match. However, 98 runs are still needed to win. West Indies U19 still have 4 wickets, I think West Indies U19 will win.

South Africa Under 19 team batted very well South Africa Under 19 team managed to collect 185 runs in allotted 50 overs. However, South Africa U19 lost one wicket for 10 runs. Both Lhuan and David batted brilliantly to make their partnership almost 80 runs. The West Indies batsmen are under a lot of pressure after losing 3 wickets in the beginning when the West Indies team came down to bat with a target of 186 runs. West Indies batsman Jewel Andrew is batting brilliantly and will score a century in a very short time. Jewel Andrew is unbeaten with 94 runs from 64 balls. If Jewel Andrew cannot be dismissed by the South African bowlers, West Indies will win the match.

West Indies U19 vs South Africa U19.

The bowlers of the West Indies U19 team did not bowl well in the last minute of the game. If the bowlers of the West Indies U19 team could have bowled a little better, then the batsmen of the South Africa U19 team could not have scored such a big score. South Africa Under 19 managed to score 285 runs due to irresponsible bowling by West Indies Under 19 bowlers. I think for the West Indies U19 batsmen in the second innings, chasing a score of 286 is very difficult. Now in the second innings, West Indies Under 19 come out to bat, 5 wickets down early in the game. At the moment West Indies Under 19 team score 73-5(10.5). Now if West Indies U19 batsmen can't improve their batting sites then West Indies U19 will lose by a huge margin against South Africa U19.

Yes, South Africa U19 set a target of 286 runs to the West Indies U19 cricket team after playing 50 overs. I think the South Africa U19 cricket team managed to achieve a good score. The batsmen of the South Africa U19 cricket team have batted very efficiently. Now South Africa U19 can win this match if South Africa U19 Cricket team can bowl aggressively in the second innings.

Ireland is in a very comfortable position against the United States. Last 5 years of higher allocation of funds from the ICC seems to be having some impact. And completely disappointed with the USA squad. Out of the 11 players, all 11 are of South Asian origin. And South Asians are less than 2% of the total population in the US. At least for the age group teams, I expected a few native players. BTW, South Africa recovered from early blows, to finish at a commanding position against the West Indies. For the West Indians, decline continues even in age group cricket.

Looking at the batting performance of the South Africa U19 team, it seems that it will be difficult for the South Africa U19 batsmen to set big targets. South Africa Under 19 have been a bit underwhelming with the fall of 6 wickets so far. South Africa's score so far is 225-6(45) South Africa U19's run rate suggests that South Africa U19 can score 260 runs in this match. But I think West Indies U19 bowlers need to bowl stronger to stop Africa U19's score at the moment.

The way South Africa Under 19 team is batting, it seems that they might give West Indies Under 19 a big target. South Africa U19 team's current score is 108 runs for 3 wickets in 23 overs. If South Africa U19 bats responsibly then South Africa U19 can score 240 runs. And if the West Indies team can be given a target of 240 runs and if the South Africa U19 team can do controlled bowling, then maybe the South Africa U19 team can win this match today. Let's see how the batsmen of South Africa bat in the end, they can bat well and definitely give West Indies a good target.

Yes, today in ICC Under-19 World Cup competition, total two matches is playing on crease and this competition has started today. First of this match is playing between South Africa U@9 squad against West Indies U19 sqaud. Second match is playing between USA U19 squad against Ireland U19 sqaud. South Africa U19 sqaud has started this match firstly batting inning because West Indies U19 sqaud took field on crease. Almost half overs of this match has passed and South Africa U19 sqaud successfully collected 112 scores with lost of 3 batters. These Stater batters Steve Stolk and Lhuan-dre Pretorius started this match one of these Lhuan-dre Pretorius collected 40 scores then he got out, Steve Stolk collected only 5 scores just. Oliver Whitehead still batting on crease with not out and he collected 8 scores in 8 deliveries. But recently, Richard Seletswane batter bowled from crease by run out after scoring 16 scores. David Teeger also collected 33 scores. South Africa squad performance is going great and if their performance continues like this then they collected good defending target and beat West Indies squad.

On other hand, Second match USA U19 sqaud against Ireland U19 sqaud match is also ongoing on crease. Lets see what the outcome will come at end of this match.

Since it is an ODI match, they are still in a good position as the score tells them. South Africa Under 19 are currently in the driving position with 56 runs for the loss of one wicket in nine overs.Current run rate of South Africa U19 team is 6.11. If they can score at this run rate per over then after 50 overs they will be 300 plus which is a very strong score in ODI cricket. As the opening batsman for the South Africa Under-19 team, Lhuan dre Pretorius remains unbeaten with 38 runs.He is a few runs away from completing his half century and maybe he will be able to do that.

Today 2nd Match of South Africa U19 vs West Indies U19 team has already started. South Africa U19 now come out to bat. They scored 36 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 7 overs. South Africa U19 team batsman Steve Stolk is out for 5 runs from 6 balls. Steve  Stolk could not bat well in today's match. If the bowling line of West Indies U19 team can perform well, maybe South Africa U19 team will not be able to give the target of many runs.

ICC Under-19 World Cup

I am excited that today the ICC Under Nineteens World Cup is starting today. There are two matches today.

1. Ireland U19 vs United States of America U19
2. South Africa U19 vs West Indies U19

In these matches this is little bit hard to predict that which teams will win. But in my point of view from first match Ireland can win and in second match West Indies have chances to win the match. The matches will start in 2 hours.

Ireland Women's team had to target 110 runs in allotted 20 overs but Ireland Women's team batted fairly well against the target of 110 runs. I would say here Zimbabwe women team is completely defeated because they could not get any batsmen out of Ireland women team in the target of 110 runs. Of course Zimbabwean bowlers should have bowled well and took them four-five wickets for now but Ireland batsmen could not take a single wicket. Ireland's bowling was very good compared to the Zimbabwe women's bowling Ireland bowlers bowled very well due to which they bowled out the Zimbabwe women's team for just 170 runs. Due to which Ireland Women's team won by 10 wickets Congratulations to Ireland Women's team.