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By Peter Della Penna in Dublin, Ireland
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Steven Taylor cracked his second century in as many games to lead USA
to a 46-run win over Namibia U-19 at North County CC on Sunday at the
2011 ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier in Dublin, Ireland. Taylor was named
Man of the Match for his 102 in 74 balls which included 14 fours and
four sixes.
USA U-19 won the toss and elected to bat first on a day which
featured persistent drizzly rain and overcast conditions. Taylor was not
deterred however and put on a 122-run opening stand with Cameron Mirza
in which the wicketkeeper-batsman scored 87 of the runs. He brought up
his 50 in 33 balls with eight fours and two sixes, the first of which
was lost in the brush beyond the midwicket boundary in the fifth over of
the match. The stand ended when Mirza played back to a full delivery
from medium pacer Christopher Coombe and was given LBW for 14.
Taylor motored  along,
bruising the boundary boards with his heavy hitting at the small
ground. He brought up his century in 68 balls with a single on the last
ball of the 18th over. He was caught a short time later in the 20th over
driving the off-spin of Justin Baard straight to his brother, Namibia
U-19 captain Stephen Baard, at cover to make it 151 for 2.
Image (right) - Steven Taylor acknowledges his teammates cheering
from the North County CC pavilion balcony after reaching his second
century of the tournament. [Courtesy: Peter Della
Penna/DreamCricket.com]
Wickets started falling quickly afterward as it appeared USA was
heading for another middle order free fall. USA U-19 captain Greg
Sewdial was caught at mid on for 24 off Stephen Baard’s medium pace in
the 25th over to make it 173 for 3. Abhijit Joshi played over the top of
a full delivery from Justin Baard to be LBW for 6 and Jodhbir Singh
lofted Justin Baard straight to long on for 2 as USA fell to 188 for 5
after 28 overs.
Number five batsman Amarnauth Persaud was then joined by all-rounder
Pranay Suri and the two stabilized USA’s innings with a 68-run stand for
the sixth wicket. The two did a much better job of placing the ball
into gaps for singles than USA had done as a whole during their first
two matches. Persaud finally got out for 40 when he flicked a full toss
on his legs straight to Stephen Baard in the circle at midwicket off the
bowling of medium pacer Zhivago Groenewald.
Suri carried on for the last eight overs with Salman Ahmad and in the
batting power play from the 44th to the 48th over the pair added 32
runs. Another 22 were added in the last 12 balls as USA finished on 312
for 6 in 50 overs. Suri brought up his half-century with a four in the
final over and finished 55 not out in 70 balls with five fours and a
six. Ahmad remained unbeaten on 21 off 20 balls. Justin Baard bowled a
clever eight-over spell varying his flight and pace to finish with 3 for
28 in eight overs.
After a maiden by Ahmad started Namibia’s chase, the opening pair of
Wian van Vuuren and Justin Baard showed positive intent by blitzing
Ahmad and Mital Patel for 31 off the next three overs. Baard fell in the
fifth when he was caught off the bowling of Ahmad at mid off by Hammad
Shahid for 13. Pelham Myburgh joined van Vuuren and the two continued to
pressure the USA bowling attack. Leg-spinner Gurpreet Sandhu was
brought on in the 12th and conceded 17 runs but was able to dislodge van
Vuuren for a run-a-ball 43 on the final delivery of the over as an LBW
appeal was upheld after hitting the batsman halfway up the pads
defending on the front foot to make it 82 for 2.
Three overs later, the rain at the ground intensified enough for the
players to be forced off the field with the score at 92 for 2 in 15. An
hour delay ensued and when play finally resumed, USA took control of the
match with three quick wickets. Myburgh was bowled by a Shahid yorker
for 18 in the 17th over before Justin Davidson chipped Suri’s off-spin
to Persaud at midwicket for 2. Shahid followed that up by knocking back
Stephen Baard’s off stump with a gem for 19 to make it 107 for 5 in the
21st.
Namibia refused to give up though as Gert Lotter and Merwe Erasmus
built a 90-run sixth wicket partnership to keep their team’s hopes
alive. It was only when Suri returned for his final two overs that
Erasmus was pried from the crease when he drove a full delivery straight
to Sewdial at cover for 55.
Lotter continued to fight on with Groenewald as they produced a
54-run stand but Lotter finally perished in the batting power play,
trying to slog Ahmad down the ground but was caught by Shahid at long on
for 67 to make it 251 for 7. Ahmad took his third wicket two balls
later when Groenewald was caught by sub fielder Prashanth Nair at point
for 25 and it was only a matter of time before Namibia was bowled out.
Patel dismissed Coombe for the ninth wicket and Ahmad finished off
the match when Andre Engelbrecht top edged a pull to Taylor behind the
stumps and Namibia was bowled out for 266 in 46.4 overs. Ahmad had the
best return for USA with 4 for 60 while Suri bowled a crucial spell in
miserable conditions to finish with 2 for 37 in 10.
In the day’s other matches, Canada defeated Vanuatu by nine wickets,
Nepal cruised past Kenya by six wickets, Scotland beat Ireland by two
wickets on Duckworth Lewis Method in another rain-affected match and
Afghanistan defeated Papua New Guinea by six wickets. After three days,
Namibia, Canada, Nepal, Scotland, Kenya and Ireland are all 2-1. USA is
tied for seventh with Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea at 1-2 but ahead
of both on net run rate. Vanuatu is the only winless team having lost
all three of their games.
USA U-19 returns to action in what is sure to be an emotionally
charged contest against Afghanistan U-19 on Monday morning at The Hills
CC north of Dublin. DreamCricket.com’s live coverage, made possible in
part by New Inning Foundation, will begin at 10 a.m. in Dublin, 5 a.m.
EST in the USA with first ball scheduled to be bowled at 10:45 a.m.
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By Peter Della Penna in Dublin, Ireland Scorecard powered by New Inning Foundation I Ball-by-Ball Commentary
USA U-19 opening batsman Steven Taylor scored a record-breaking 140,
but it wasn’t enough as Papua New Guinea U-19 held their nerve to win by
6 runs in a rain reduced game at Leinster CC on Friday at the 2011 ICC
U-19 World Cup Qualifier in Dublin, Ireland. Taylor broke Cameron
Mirza’s USA U-19 single game record score of 118 not out to be named Man
of the Match in a losing cause.
“It was an awesome game of cricket and it was nice for us to come out
with a win,” said Papua New Guinea U-19 head coach Andy Bichel. “Let’s
not forget Steven Taylor’s innings, an amazing innings really. He hit
the ball with power. I think he’s still only 17 so he’s got a bright
future if he can keep everything together but he’s got the right things
about his game at the moment and who knows down the track where he could
end up if he does so.”
Image (above) - Steven Taylor set a new USA U-19 record for a
single innings for scoring 140 vs. PNG U-19 at Leinster Cricket Club in
Dublin, Ireland on Friday afternoon. [Courtesy: Peter Della
Penna/DreamCricket.com]
USA won the toss and elected to field first in a game that was
reduced to 43 overs. The start was delayed two hours and 15 minutes due
to persistent morning rain. PNG openers Lega Siaka and Charles Amini put
USA on the back foot right from the first ball with a 135-run
partnership. The two players made a habit of dispatching anything loose
to the boundary while their running between the wickets put USA’s
fielders under immense pressure as they routinely stole singles inside
the circle. For balls hit through the inner ring, Siaka and Amini
hustled to turn singles into twos and twos into threes.
The stand was finally broken when Amini tried to turn another single
into two but failed to get a response from Siaka. A relay from the
midwicket boundary by Mirza was sent to Jodhbir Singh at the
non-striker’s end where he fired a direct hit to the keeper’s end to
have Amini out for 44. Siaka departed seven runs later at the start of
the 25th over when he skied a flighted delivery from left-arm spinner
Shayan Abdulghani to Hammad Shahid at mid on where he was caught for 73.
Mital Patel took the first of his four wickets after coming on for
his second spell of medium pace bowling, getting number four batsman
Sese Bau caught at point by Pranay Suri for 11 to make it 173 for 3 in
the 31st over. USA could have put PNG under heavy pressure in the next
over when PNG U-19 captain Chris Kent, on 19 at the time, was stranded
halfway down the wicket after a mixup with the new man in Ratu Maha, but
the throw to the stumps was wild and he was allowed to continue. Kent
and Maha then produced a 62-run stand for the fourth wicket to regain
control of the innings.
Kent reached his 50 in 52 balls, doing a superb job of farming the
strike to keep the run rate going strong while Maha gave him steady
support. The partnership was finally broken when Maha was caught
slogging to long on for 21 where Singh completed a catch to give Patel
his second wicket making it 235 for 4 in the 40th over. Patel struck
twice more in the 42nd as Kent flicked to Ahmad at midwicket to depart
for 60 before Toua Tom gave Singh his second catch on the boundary to go
for 9. PNG added seven runs in the 43rd and final over to finish at 262
for 6. A day after conceding seven extras against Ireland, USA gave up
37 extras while spending seven fewer overs in the field against PNG in a
very sloppy performance that also included an overthrow which went to
the rope for four runs.
PNG opening bowler Raymond Haoda put USA into a deep hole early in
the chase by taking three wickets in his first spell. Mirza edged to
second slip without scoring for the second day in a row while Amarnauth
Persaud was out LBW two balls later to make it 12 for 2 in the third
over. Greg Sewdial came in and was dropped on 8 at third slip off Haoda
in the fifth over but could only add 7 more runs to his score before
edging to Maha at gully in the ninth and the score became 46 for 3.
“Raymond’s someone we’ve invested in. He showed signs in the Under-19
World Cup that he had potential to be a player of the future,” said
Bichel about Haoda, who took 15 wickets at the 2010 ICC U-19 World Cup
to lead all bowlers at the event in New Zealand, including Australia’s
Josh Hazlewood who tied for second with 13. “He’s been in Australia
pretty much on a scholarship out there with the Queensland Bulls. He’s
been training in and around that squad and in their gym and he played
Grade cricket in Brisbane last year. So he’s spent a bit of time away.
He’s learned a few things and he’s improving. He’s an exciting young
talent for us.”
As wickets were tumbling at one end, Taylor was finding his groove at
the other. Taylor gave a half chance slicing a ball to point on 9 as
the fielder got one hand to a diving effort, but from there the USA U-19
wicketkeeper settled down and focused on building a devastating
innings. He continuously peppered the off side boundary, regardless of
how many fielders were stacked there to seal off runs, by hitting
through and over the infield. He reached his 50 in 40 balls with seven
fours and two sixes.
Taylor produced a 51 run stand with Abhijit Joshi for the fourth
wicket before Joshi chipped a leg stump half volley straight to Siaka at
midwicket off the bowling of medium pacer Alei Nao for 9 just four
deliveries after he’d been let off when he hit an Amini full toss that
was dropped at mid on. Two overs later, Taylor should have been out for
64 with the score on 101 for 4 when he edged a wide delivery from Nao
straight to wicketkeeper Dogodo Bau who spilled a simple chance.
Singh had just arrived at the crease and teamed up with Taylor to
make PNG pay for the mistake by forging USA’s highest partnership of the
innings, 62 runs for the fifth wicket. The pair took apart the leg-spin
served up by Amini and Kent for a series of boundaries as PNG struggled
to cope with the big hitting of each player. Kent finally got rid of
Singh after he top edged a full toss to the midwicket boundary for 21 to
make it 159 for 5 in the 27th over. Two balls later, Taylor clipped a
full delivery through the on side to bring up his 100 in 87 balls with
14 fours and two sixes.
In an attempt to keep the scoring tempo high, Suri was run out for 1
attempting to come back for a second run to keep Taylor on strike after
the opener drove a delivery from Kent straight down the ground. USA’s
poor running between the wickets bit them again two overs later when
Salman Ahmad pushed a full delivery from Haoda, back for a third spell,
into the covers and stayed put while Taylor ran for what appeared to be a
clear single. Both men wound up at the keeper’s end before Ahmad left
his crease to sacrifice himself just before the ball was tossed from
Amini to Haoda at the non striker’s end and USA fell to 192 for 7.
As long as Taylor was at the crease, USA seemed destined for victory,
but the south Florida product finally fell for 140 when he drove a wide
delivery in the air to Amini on the cover boundary off the bowling of
Nao to make it 207 for 8 in the 36th over. Six balls later, Abdulghani
edged medium pacer Norman Vanua behind to the keeper Bau and the match
looked safely in PNG’s hands at 209 for 9.
However, Patel came in at number 11 and battled hard with Shahid to
keep hope alive for USA as the batting power play was taken at the start
of the 38th over. The last wicket pair produced 35 runs through the
next four overs with each man taking some meaty swings to clear the
ropes. Shahid hit a four and two sixes while Patel struck two boundaries
and one maximum to leave USA entering the final over with nine to win.
Shahid was on strike at 21 not out and Patel off strike on 20.
Shahid hit the first ball straight down the ground as Patel hared
back for two just ahead of the throw from the boundary. On the second
delivery of the over, Shahid skipped down the track to meet a knee high
full toss which he drove powerfully in the air wide of long on, but he
didn’t get under it quite enough as Sese Bau covered 20 yards running to
his left before sliding to take a matchwinning catch two yards in from
the rope. Shahid slumped onto his knees while the entire PNG squad
sprinted out to the rope to pile on top of Bau. Shahid’s 23 at number
nine was USA’s second highest score off the bat behind Taylor with PNG
also contributing 25 extras to the total.
“I think there’s a bit of spirit that comes through you’ve just
probably seen there at the end of the match,” said Bichel. “PNG’s got
that unique spirit. They’re great to watch. They play in the right vein
as well. They’re just out there trying to enjoy every moment and I just
think that probably in the end that might be the difference. I think any
team that I’ve played in, that team spirit, team passion, wanting to do
it for each other, if you can have that it is special. I think PNG, the
country itself, the way they play their game of cricket at senior level
and also at Under-19 level, they have that so it is special and that’s
one little advantage for them moving forward.”
Image (above) - Raymond Haoda (second from right) howls in
delight as his teammates mob Sese Bau who took the winning catch on the
boundary to give PNG U-19 the win. [Courtesy: Peter Della
Penna/DreamCricket.com]
In the day’s other matches, Namibia made it two for two with a
six-wicket win over Vanuatu, Ireland scraped a four-run win against
Afghanistan to stay perfect as well, Kenya remained undefeated with a
15-run win over Canada while Scotland notched their first win after
defeating Nepal by 57 runs. Scotland, Nepal, PNG and Canada are all 1-1
while Vanuatu, Afghanistan and USA are still winless after the first two
days.
Saturday is an off day for all teams before play resumes Sunday with
USA U-19 set to take on Namibia U-19 at North County. DreamCricket.com’s
live coverage, made possible in part by New Innings Foundation, will
commence at 10 a.m. local time, 5 a.m. EST in the USA with the match
scheduled for a 10:45 a.m. start.
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By Peter Della Penna in Dublin, Ireland
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Number eight batsman Adam Coughlin rescued Ireland U-19 from being 86
for 6 in the 25th over to score 49 runs in a one-wicket win for Ireland
U-19 over USA U-19 at Clontarf CC on Thursday afternoon at the 2011 ICC
U-19 World Cup Qualifier in Dublin, Ireland. Coughlin was named Man of
the Match after top scoring in the game. He was part of two vital
stands, 46 runs for the seventh wicket and 40 runs for the eighth, to
help Ireland get over the line.
“First of  all
I want to say hats off to the Irish team,” said USA U-19 captain Greg
Sewdial. “I thought they played well. I thought they came back and their
batsmen did their job. Unfortunately a few dropped catches proved to be
costly for us.”
Image (right) - Adam Coughlin receives Man of the Match award
from Cricket Ireland President Richard Johnson. [Courtesy: ICC/Rob
O'Connor]
Ireland won the toss and elected to field first as the match got
underway after a 50-minute delay due to morning rain. The initial
breakthrough was made by Gloucestershire contracted fast bowler Graeme
McCarter when he removed Cameron Mirza without scoring to make it 6 for 1
in the third over. Steven Taylor was joined by Amarnauth Persaud and
the two added 63 runs for the second wicket, the highest partnership in
the match. Taylor finally departed when edged an attempted drive to give
wicketkeeper Niall Hodgins his second catch and medium pacer Barry
McCarthy his first wicket.
McCarthy then claimed his second when Sewdial left for 4 after edging
a full delivery to Jason van der Merwe at first slip to make the score
77 for 3 in the 23rd over. Ireland U-19 captain George Dockrell then
entered the mix when he bowled Abhijit Joshi for 1 to make it 82 for 4
before McCarthy and Hodgins teamed up again to get rid of Persaud for 24
and USA was in trouble at 83 for 5 in the 25th over.
Pranay Suri tried his best to keep the Irish bowlers at bay, but
finally got out for 8 when he came down the track and was beaten in
flight to be bowled by off-spinner Andy McBrine to make the score 106
for 6 in the 38th over. Salman Ahmad joined Jodhbir Singh at the crease
and the two put on 32 runs for the seventh wicket, doing their best to
accelerate the scoring rate. Singh made the most of a second chance
after he was dropped on 4 off a simple skied chance at mid on. He went
on to score 36, tops in the USA innings, before he was stumped by
Hodgins off McBrine to make it 138 for 7 in the 42nd over.
Ahmad and Shayan Abdulghani put on 36 for the eighth wicket as
Abdulghani also benefitted off a dropped chance at cover when he was on
6. The two took USA into the final over before Ahmad was caught for 21
on the boundary off the bowling of medium pacer Josh Hall before
Abdulghani was run out on the final ball of the innings for 20. USA
finished their 50 overs at 177 for 9. Extras finished as the second best
score for USA as Ireland gave away 35 of them, including 25 wides.
“Our first thoughts were I thought we were about 20 runs short,” said Sewdial. “Obviously in the end it proved to be short.”
Ireland’s chase was a struggle the entire way as the USA bowling
attack bowled marvelously to keep the pressure on the hosts. Ahmad took
the first of his three wickets when he had Hugh MacDonnell caught by
Abdulghani at backward point for 7 to make it 8 for 1 in the third over.
Mital Patel struck in the next over when he had Ireland’s other opener
Ryan Hunter caught behind by Taylor for 4. Ahmad struck again in the
fifth, as van der Merwe edged to Joshi at first slip for 4 and Ireland
was behind the 8-ball at 16 for 3.
USA had a chance to create even more pressure when Adam Berry was
fresh at the crease with Dockrell. Berry was on 1 with the score at 22
for 3 in the seventh over when he edged an Ahmad delivery to second slip
where Sewdial put down a difficult chance diving to his left. As a
result, the two batsmen produced a 53-run stand for the fourth wicket
which was extended a second time when Gurpreet Sandhu dropped a skied
chance at midwicket off Singh’s medium pace when Berry was on 17 and the
score at 55 in the 17th over.
Berry’s stay finally came to an end when a thick edge off a drive
went to Abdulghani at backward point to give Singh his first wicket. Two
balls later, Singh trapped McBrine LBW to make it 69 for 5. Singh’s
spell of medium pace got even better when he removed Dockrell for 29 to
make it 86 for 6 in the 25th over when the captain drove Singh to
Sewdial at cover.
“Defensively, I thought we played outstanding,” said Sewdial. “Our
bowlers hit their areas. We had a long team meeting last night. Our
bowlers did their job, did what they were supposed to do.”
At that stage USA looked ready to keep pressing on for victory, but
Coughlan and McCarter focused on survival before delicately rebuilding
the innings. Abdulghani and Suri tried to keep the pressure on bowling
spin in tandem as Adbulghani’s second spell only conceded 18 runs in
seven overs while Suri finished with figures of 10-1-37-0. The run rate
steadily started to rise as Ireland inched toward the target.
McCarter finally perished when Abdulghani beat him in flight coming
down the pitch to be stumped for 35 as the match swung back USA’s way at
132 for 7 in the 41st over. Just as soon as things were looking bright
for the visitors, the hosts clawed their way back into control with
Coughlan and McCarthy’s 40-run eighth wicket partnership. USA had a
chance to stop the partnership for 17 at 149 in the 44th over when
Coughlan was on 37 as he slogged Suri to deep midwicket, but Persaud
couldn’t come up with a chance diving forward and the two batsmen moved
on. That 44th over, Suri’s 10th, wound up being the first double-digit
over of the innings for Ireland as they scored 11 runs in the frame to
get their nose in front at 155 for 8.
They scored 10 more in the 47th to get within five runs of victory, but
Ahmad had McCarthy caught down the leg side by Taylor for 17 and USA
once again had the door open with a chance of winning. The door was
pushed wide open when Patel struck on the second ball of the 48th over
as Coughlan fell one short of his half-century, pinned on the crease by a
full delivery and given LBW to make it 175 for 9 with 16 balls
remaining and three runs needed to win.
Patel and  Ahmad
bowled eight consecutives dot balls between them after the fall of the
wicket until a single off Ahmad’s final ball in the 49th over left
Ireland needing two to win with the numbers 10 and 11, Hall and Hodgins,
at the crease.
Image (right) - Mital Patel screams in delight after claiming
Adam Coughlan's wicket to set up the thrilling finish. [Courtesy:
ICC/Rob O'Connor]
Patel bowled four straight dot balls to start the final over, giving
USA confidence with each delivery. But Hall decided to risk everything
on the fifth ball and scooped a full delivery just out of the reach of
Mirza’s diving effort at mid on as Ireland’s bench erupted in
celebration while Coughlan breathed a sigh of relief.
For USA, it was a missed opportunity to score a massive upset against
the hosts and now they have to regroup quickly before getting back into
action on Friday morning against Papua New Guinea, who lost by 89 runs
to Namibia in their first game. In the other three matches, a Nitish
Kumar unbeaten century was the difference for Canada as they held on for
a 6-run win over Scotland. Nepal defeated Afghanistan by 42 runs and
Kenya had the widest margin of victory on day one with a 133-run win
over Vanuatu.
DreamCricket.com’s live coverage of USA’s next contest against Papua
New Guinea , made possible in part by New Inning Foundation, will start
Friday morning at 10 a.m. local time with first ball due to be bowled at
10:45 a.m. in Dublin, 5:45 a.m. EST in the USA.
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By Peter Della Penna in Dublin, Ireland
Less than 24 hours before the start of tournament play, all 10
captains addressed the media Wednesday afternoon at a kickoff press
conference for the 2011 ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier in Dublin. The top
six teams will advance to the 2012 ICC U-19 World Cup which will take
place in August of next year in Queensland, Australia, according to the
ICC’s official tournament guide. USA U-19 captain Greg Sewdial says that
head coach Robin Singh has been doing his best to prepare the team for a
top-six finish.
“We’re  here
to take each opponent as an equal,” said Sewdial during the media
conference. “We’re here to play hard every game. We’re not here to
generalize and just say we’re gonna beat this specific team. We’re gonna
go hard every game and play our best.”
The USA U-19 team got a big confidence boost when they claimed a comfortable victory over a Strabane CC Select XI
in the North West in a tournament warm-up match prior to arriving in
Dublin where they’ll play Ireland on Thursday. Pranay Suri top scored
with 69 not out and also took 1 for 22 in the field. Jodhbir Singh, who
was playing for Strabane in the match, scored 57 against his USA U-19
teammates.
Sewdial says the players have done a decent job so far of adjusting
to Irish conditions after playing their four-match series against the
West Indies earlier this month in blistering south Florida heat.
“Obviously in comparison to conditions we’re completely different,”
said Sewdial. “In Florida it was 95 degrees Fahrenheit every day
compared to here which is about 60 to 55 and the ball seams around a
bit. I think since then the team has done well to adjust from just
looking at us in the nets and in practice. We’re looking to put our best
foot forward for this tournament.”
After being one of the youngest faces in the team during his
opportunities with the Ireland senior side, left-arm spinner George
Dockrell is looking forward to taking on a leadership role as the
captain of the Ireland U-19 squad.
“It’s definitely nice and I enjoy it,” said Dockrell. “It’s quite a
change but I enjoy the responsibility with this team and leading them as
captain. I have a bit more responsibility with the ball and the bat.”
Dockrell took a five-for against Scotland U-19 in a warm-up match
earlier in the week and generally bats in the middle order while playing
for the Ireland U-19 team. He’s looking forward to the opportunity to
play against the different styles showcased by each team in the event.
Image (above) - The 10 team captains pose with the 2011 ICC U-19
World Cup Qualifier Trophy. [Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket]
“I think this tournament, you’re playing all different teams who
you’re not used to playing who play slightly different styles of cricket
than you’re used to,” said Dockrell. “So the thing is kind of being
open, being quite versatile as a team and being able to adapt to
different cricketers and how they play the game, being able to adapt
quickly.”
All 10 teams were welcomed at the famous Croke Park Stadium on
Wednesday evening for the tournament opening ceremony where they
received welcome speeches from Dublin’s Lord Mayor Andrew Montague,
Mayor of Fingal County Council Gerry McGuire, Cricket Ireland President
Richard Johnson and ICC Tournament Director Eddie Fitzgibbon.
DreamCricket.com will provide live coverage for all of USA’s matches
beginning with Thursday’s opening encounter at Clontarf CC against
Ireland, the defending champions of this tournament. Coverage will begin
at 5 a.m. EST in the USA with matches starting at 10:45 a.m. local
time, 5:45 a.m. EST in the USA.
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By Peter Della Penna
Team Grades
Batting – C+: Just one half-century in the
tournament for USA among the seven produced in the week with four made
by Bermuda and two for Canada. Batting was not easy on the wickets used
during the tournament, especially on the last two days when the ball was
routinely stopping in the pitch. However, one would have expected
batsmen to make adjustments by the third or fourth game and with the
exception of a few players that didn’t appear to be happening. Only two
partnerships crossed 50 – against Suriname and Argentina – an indication
of how the team struggled to build and sustain momentum. Certain
players need to have their position in the order adjusted… or
eliminated.
Bowling – B-: Eight wickets were taken with pace, 24
using spin. The ratio is partially a reflection of conditions, but also
indicative of the lack of quality pace bowling depth. The departure of
Kevin Darlington leaves USA thin on experience outside of Usman Shuja.
Most of the opposition was dealt with appropriately, but the few times
that USA’s bowlers came up against a decent batsman who took them on –
Canada’s Khushroo Wadia and Bermuda’s Lionel Cann in particular – they
seemed unsure of how to react. Against teams with more batting depth in
next year’s World Twenty20 Qualifier, they might run into trouble.
Fielding – C-: Never USA’s strong suit, it was once
again less than stellar in this event. Whereas the problem at USA’s last
tournament in Hong Kong was related to chances being dropped, the major
issue in Florida was that fielders weren’t even getting a hand to
several chances. In a format of the game which requires fielders to be
on their toes at all times, USA was consistently slow in reacting to the
ball coming off the bat, particularly fielders on the boundary. The dry
cleaning bill for uniforms must have been minimal because it was rare
to see someone inside the circle dive or slide in an attempt to cut the
ball off from reaching the outfield. Little things add up to make a big
difference.
Fitness – C: This is partially tied to the fielding
as better conditioned and fitter athletes wouldn’t be having as much
trouble in the field as some of USA’s players do. The running between
the wickets was ordinary. Weather conditions played a part in some of
this with the temperature in the high 80s to low 90s throughout the
series combined with heavy humidity. However, USA is not going to get
any respite from the heat next March in Dubai and recent history shows
that their fitness gets even worse when they enter an international
tournament during Northern Hemisphere winters.
Individual Grades
Gowkaran Roopnarine – B-: Turned in the highest
score of the event for USA with 59 not out against Suriname and finished
second overall on the team in runs scored behind Sushil Nadkarni. Juicy
looked impervious against Suriname and Argentina, but flaws in his
technique were exposed by Cayman Islands and Canada. Prior to this
tournament, the last time he came up against quality bowling was in the
2008 WICB Cup when he scored two runs in three innings. It will be
interesting to see how he might perform against the likes of Hamid
Hassan and Boyd Rankin.
Sushil Nadkarni – B+:  Finished
as USA’s leading scorer in the tournament and third overall with 149
runs. There wasn’t a single game where he didn’t make a decent
contribution as he turned in scores of 26, 26, 18, 40 and 39 not out. He
could have carried on to bigger scores from those starts, particularly
against Canada. However, it’s clear that USA would have had a much more
difficult time finishing second if he wasn’t there and his presence did
wonders for the team. His performance underscored what a colossal
blunder the selectors made by leaving him out of the original squad.
Image (right) - Sushil Nadkarni file photo. [Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket]
Aditya Mishra – B: Came into this tournament
brimming with confidence and it showed. Mishra finished third overall on
the runs chart for USA and scored most of his runs with graceful
batting that befits his Ranji Trophy experience. It’s entertaining to
watch him use his feet to the spinners, something rarely seen in the
past from previous batsmen on the national team. He looks set to nail
down a spot on USA’s roster in all formats for the foreseeable future.
Steve Massiah – F: At this year’s USACA Twenty20
National Tournament, he only batted once – coming in at number five
against Atlantic to score 14* – in what appeared to be a gesture to give
lesser known players a chance to win a spot in USA’s T20 team. With
hindsight, it looked more like an attempt to disguise his shortcomings
in this format. In his 13 career Twenty20 innings for USA, his strike
rate has never finished at 100 or better in any innings and he’s only
crossed into double-figures on three occasions. This week was just about
rock bottom for him – scores of 0, 0, 17 and 4 against mediocre
competition – and the way he arranged the batting lineup against Canada
was bizarre. It’s time for him to step aside and let someone else take
the reins in both T20 and 50-over cricket while he takes time to focus
on his one-day batting because he simply doesn’t deserve to be in USA’s
Twenty20 squad.
Quasen Alfred – C: Scored 14 not out, 20 and 11 in
three innings against the three bottom feeders in this tournament. As he
demonstrated at the USACA Twenty20 National Tournament, he was capable
of blasting the ball over the ropes. He split the webbing between his
thumb and index finger while spilling a chance on a diving effort
against Argentina and as a result missed the final two games against the
top two bowling attacks. It would have useful to see how he would have
measured up to Canada’s attack.
Akeem Dodson – C+: Finished with 28 runs in limited
opportunities with the bat. Gave a nice boost to the team’s total at the
end of the innings against Argentina, but failed against Canada and got
out playing a mindless shot when he had a chance to open against
Bermuda. His main responsibility was behind the stumps where he kept
very well with the exception of four byes he conceded standing back to
the pace of Allen in the match against Cayman Islands. He won rave
reviews from tournament officials for the way he hustled after the ball
when it was played to a vacant area in the circle. When that was
combined with his two catches and four stumpings, it led to him winning
the award for Best Wicketkeeper at the tournament.
Timroy Allen – C+: He took four wickets against
Cayman Islands in impressive fashion but failed to follow that up with
anything significant and only had one more wicket on the week. His
economy rate was solid though and he did a great job to restrict teams
in the power play overs while bowling a variety of pace and spin. On the
batting side, he came in at number six against Canada with the pressure
on to hit fours and sixes but couldn’t get the job done. Allen finished
with 30 runs in three innings at an average of 15. More is expected of
him at the crease.
Orlando Baker – C: For the second tournament in a
row, his talents were underutilized. The only time he got a proper
chance to bat was against Bermuda when he scored 15 not out on a
difficult wicket to help Nadkarni get USA across the line. With the
ball, he only bowled nine overs and took four wickets, but three of
those came against Canada at a crucial time in the match. It’s clear
that Baker loves to be loved because when he’s given responsibility, he
responds by shining brightly. However, when he’s pushed into the
background, his body language becomes poor and it rubs off on some of
the other players.
Bhim George – A:  It’s
hard to imagine having a better debut than what the left-arm orthodox
spinner did in Florida. George finished on top of the leaderboard at the
tournament with 13 wickets, four clear of Canada’s Zahid Hussain, and
also had a phenomenal 4.16 economy rate. He produced one of only two
five-wicket hauls in the tournament, 5 for 9 against Argentina, and
received the Best Bowler Award at the post tournament presentation. The
selectors have been criticized for many decisions but they should
receive credit for putting George in the team because he was USA’s
standout player on the week.
Image (right) - Bhim George file photo. [Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket]
Usman Shuja – B-: Shuja was stingy in the runs he
gave away for the first three games, routinely putting the opposition
behind the 8-ball in the power play overs. The pitches were not
conducive to pace and as a result he only took two wickets on the week,
but he built pressure which allowed the spinners who came after him to
strike. His only major blemish was the thrashing he received in one
costly over against Canada when Tournament MVP Khushroo Wadia was on
strike. The 22-run over completely altered the course of that match and
inflated his economy rate to 5.28, but otherwise he was reliable.
Muhammad Ghous – D: For one of USA’s most promising
talents, he can also be frustrating to watch. His lackluster performance
in limited playing time in Hong Kong was not an aberration. Batting
units have caught on to the fact that he doesn’t turn the ball much and
in response, Ghous has not done a good job of figuring out how to
outsmart them with variations in pace and flight. He took three wickets
for 78 runs in 18 overs on the week. His economy rate of 4.33 is
acceptable for T20 benchmarks but the scores across the board this week
were low so it looks more impressive than it actually was. The major
factor as to why his grade is so low is because his fielding has turned
into a severe liability for the rest of the team. His poor habits have
seen him banished to the third man boundary by Atlantic Region captain
Neil McGarrell. Massiah tried to hide him there in this tournament as
well, but Ghous missed a very costly chance while fielding at third man
on the second ball of Canada’s innings and made a similar blunder at
long on the next day against Bermuda. Ghous was a brilliant fielder at
the Under-19 level. Those days are long gone. There are better spinners
around the country who take their bowling more seriously and can field
better too. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to drop Ghous in the short-term to
give him a wakeup call he desperately needs. Maybe then he’ll develop a
little more maturity.
Japen Patel – Incomplete: Played two games and
batted once, scoring 10 against Canada, an innings in which he was lucky
not to be bowled first ball. He showed positive energy in the field.
Adrian Gordon – Incomplete: Bowled two overs against
Bermuda and got hammered. He gets far too carried away bowling short.
He can get away with it at club level against people who think he’s
lightning quick. At international level, good batsmen see him as nothing
more than medium pace so his short ball is just asking to be smacked
around. Once he learns to bowl a fuller length, he will become much more
effective.
Samarth Shah – Incomplete: Played one match and took
2 for 16 bowling at the death against Bermuda. Not a bad debut and
demonstrated the value of left-arm orthodox spinners.
What the team needs heading into the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier
Preparation: This journalist took an 8:50 p.m.
flight on Sunday July 17 from Newark to Fort Lauderdale and who did he
see walking down the aisle after him but Muhammad Ghous. It’s not the
first, nor will it be the last, show of arrogance for the administration
to expect players to show up 12 hours before the first match and
perform like world beaters. They can get away with it for matches
against teams from the Americas, but not having proper preparation
against the likes of Ireland and Afghanistan is asking for trouble.
When the team went to Dubai in 2010 for the last World Twenty20
Qualifier, they got to play two warm-up matches against the UAE before
the tournament started and wound up finishing fifth after beating
Scotland and losing to Ireland and Afghanistan. They’ll need something
more significant in terms of preparation prior to leaving for Dubai to
have any hope of finishing in the top two in next year’s qualifier.
There is currently nothing scheduled for the men’s team between now and
March when the Qualifier is due to be held so making plans to fill that
gap in the calendar should be a high priority.
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By Peter Della Penna in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Official Scorecard I Ball-by-Ball Commentary
USA’s spinners took all seven wickets to fall in the field before
Sushil Nadkarni grinded his way to 39 not out as USA defeated Bermuda by
seven wickets on Saturday morning at the Central Broward Regional Park
in Lauderhill, Florida, at the 2011 ICC Americas Division One T20
tournament. Nadkarni was named Man of the Match and finished as USA’s
highest scorer on the week with 149 runs at an average of 37.25. USA
clinched second place in the tournament with a 4-1 record while Bermuda
winds up in third place at 3-2. Both teams have qualified along with
Canada for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE.
"I feel pretty good," said Nadkarni. "There is work to do for myself
moving forward when we go to Dubai, I promised the team I'm going to
come back much fitter and leaner because the challenge is going to be
much more but overall I feel happy. I'm a big guy on statistics myself
so I knew exactly how much I had scored and what my average is. Being
dropped from the team initially, I think it's motivated me a lot. So I'm
back as a very motivated player for the team."
USA won the toss and sent Bermuda in to bat first on a difficult
batting wicket. It didn’t appear that way initially though as opening
batsman Lionel Cann continued his prolific form in this tournament by
cracking six boundaries in the first six overs. Cann scored all 32 of
his runs before anyone else scored a run off the bat for Bermuda.
Bermuda’s first wicket fell at 21 in the fourth over when Oronde
Bascome was beaten in flight by a Timroy Allen off-break and was out
stumped for a duck. Cann got carried away against left-arm spinner Bhim
George and walked across his stumps to play a paddle sweep but missed to
be bowled behind his legs off the second ball of the seventh over to
make it 36 for 2. George struck again for his 13th wicket on the week in
the 11th over when he bowled Fiqre Crockwell for 9 as Bermuda slumped
to 51 for 3.
David Hemp and Dennico Hollis tried to rebuild the innings but USA’s
spinners kept the pressure on as scoring continued to be difficult on an
up and down pitch. They added 24 for the fourth wicket before Hemp was
bowled by Ghous for 18. Two balls later, Hollis sent a return catch to
Ghous to leave for 10 as USA kept the pressure on at 76 for 5 in 16.
Left-arm spinner Samarth Shah took two wickets on debut as Kamau
Leverock and Rodney Trott were both caught trying to clear the midwicket
boundary to make it 85 for 7 in 19. Samuel Robinson and Joshua Gilbert
then added six runs in the final over to take Bermuda to 91 for 7 in
their 20 overs.
Akeem Dodson opened the chase with Nadkarni after Gowkaran Roopnarine
was left out of the lineup and the two added 29 for the first wicket
before Dodson pulled a short delivery from Damali Bell straight to the
man at deep square leg for 5. Aditya Mishra came in and should have been
out in similar fashion but could not make the most of a second life
when he chipped a return catch to off-spinner Gilbert and walked off for
10. USA captain Steve Massiah came to the crease but didn’t stay for
long as he was dismissed LBW for the third time this week, gone for 4 to
Gilbert to make it 47 for 3.
Nadkarni was joined by Orlando Baker and the two rotated the strike
with relative ease for the next eight overs to knock off the runs for
USA. Baker survived a botched stumping on 5, but finished 15 not out as
Nadkarni walked off unbeaten with him after the winning runs were scored
off a leg side wide.
In addition to the six ODI Associate nations who automatically
qualify for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Bermuda and the USA
will be joined by Italy and Denmark from Europe, Namibia and Uganda from
Africa, Papua New Guinea from East Asia-Pacific and the top three
finishers not including Afghanistan from the Asian Cricket Council
Twenty20 tournament due to be held in Nepal this December.
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By Peter Della Penna in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Scorecard I Ball-by-Ball Commentary
After surviving an early onslaught from opening batsman Khushroo
Wadia, USA bowled Canada out for 131 but a failure to accelerate in the
middle overs doomed USA’s chase as they lost by 10 runs to Canada on
Friday night inside the Central Broward Regional Park stadium at the
2011 ICC Americas Division One T20 tournament in Lauderhill, Florida.
Wadia was named Man of the Match after top scoring on the evening with
56 in 35 balls including eight boundaries and a six.
“Khushroo was batting well throughout the innings and throughout the
week,” said Canada captain Jimmy Hansra. “Khushroo’s been having amazing
form. He’s helping us out for sure in the top order. Today we had a bit
of a collapse in the middle that tells you about the inexperience in
the squad, but we fought back hard. It’s low total games here in
Florida. Unfortunately the wickets aren’t suitable for T20 cricket, but
we battled hard, we fielded well and I think that’s when the young squad
comes in handy.”
Canada won the toss and elected to bat first in the late afternoon
sun. Wadia and Jason Sandher got Canada off to a brilliant start with a
72-run opening stand that could have potentially been nipped in the bud
before a run was put on the board. Sandher slashed the second ball of
the innings from fast bowler Usman Shuja high in the air toward Muhammad
Ghous on the third man boundary, but Ghous reacted poorly to the ball
coming off the bat and it eventually landed a few yards to his right
before bouncing over the rope for four. It was a harbinger of things to
come as USA’s fielding on the evening remained lackluster with several
half-chances left on the table.
In the fifth over,  Wadia
feasted on Shuja’s bowling for 22 runs, punishing the USA pacer for
straying in line by hitting four of the five boundaries in the over on
the leg side. Left-arm spinner Bhim George finally broke the stand on
the last ball of the ninth over by clean bowling Sandher for 23 with one
that kept low. Wickets fell fast and furious for the rest of the
innings as the next nine partnerships combined to produce fewer runs in
the last 11 overs than Wadia and Sandher did in the first nine.
Image (right) - Khushroo Wadia was named Man of the Match for his
56 in 35 balls, with eight fours and one six. [Courtesy: Peter Della
Penna/DreamCricket]
Wadia crossed 50 in 32 balls during George’s next over, bashing a six
over long on but George got revenge three balls later as Wadia chipped a
half-tracker straight back to the spinner, who held on to a low return
catch. Ghous claimed his first wicket of the tournament bowling Hansra
for 9. George took his third when he had Usman Limbada stumped by Akeem
Dodson for 1 to make it 99 for 4 and Jonathan Snow holed out to deep
midwicket off the bowling of Orlando Baker to make it 107 for 5 in the
15th.
Trevin Bastiampillai and Hamza Tariq tried to reestablish momentum
for Canada as their 18-run stand for the sixth wicket was Canada’s
second largest of the innings. However, their partnership ended when
Bastiampillai was foolishly run out for 22 trying to steal a run off a
misfield. Canada could only add six runs for the final four wickets as
Baker claimed two more while Steve Massiah took one and then ran out
Grant Broadhurst off his own bowling to wrap up the innings four balls
early as Canada was bowled out for 131 in 19.2 overs.
USA’s chase got off to a rocky start when Gowkaran Roopnarine was
clean bowled without scoring by medium pacer Satsimranjit Singh Dhindsa
to make it 3 for 1 in the first over. Sushil Nadkarni was then joined by
Aditya Mishra and USA’s two most impressive batsmen this week added 39
for the second wicket in 6.1 overs before Hansra’s off-spin had Mishra
out caught for 19 when a massive inside edge ricocheted off Mishra’s
pads straight to Grant Broadhurst at short third man.
While Nadkarni played fluently at the other end, Massiah came in and
struggled to time the ball, scoring 3 runs off his first 11 deliveries.
Nadkarni started to display more aggression to keep the scoring rate
healthy, launching leg-spinner Junaid Siddiqui into the stands twice as
part of a 16-run 12th over to make it 75 for 2. It was USA’s only
double-digit over of the innings while Canada did it four times in their
turn at bat.
Nadkarni perished for 40 at the start of the 13th when he edged
Broadhurst’s medium pace through to the keeper Tariq. With Quasen Alfred
sitting out of the lineup, the rest of the batting order lacked the
firepower to reach the ropes, let alone clear them. USA only registered
five fours in the entire innings and had none from the time Massiah hit
one on the fourth ball of the 11th over by Hansra until the second ball
of the final over.
Massiah was caught on the boundary for 17 off the bowling of Siddiqui
to make it 81 for 4 and Japen Patel was next to go for 10 to give
Dhindsa his second. Dhindsa’s third scalp came when he bowled Timroy
Allen for 12 and USA’s chances of winning were rapidly slipping away at
111 for 6 in 18.4 overs. Shuja was run out on the next delivery trying
to stretch one into two. George then came in at number nine and took a
two off the final ball of the 19th over as USA needed 18 to win with six
balls remaining.
The door was left slightly ajar by Canada after a first ball wide
from left-arm spinner Zahid Hussain was followed by a single from Dodson
and a boundary by George to turn the equation into 12 from four balls.
However, Canada slammed the door shut when George was caught by Limbada
on the midwicket boundary for 6 before Hussain bowled Dodson on the
fourth ball of the over for 7 to leave USA at 120 for 9. Number 11
batsman Ghous needed to hit sixes off the final two balls for USA to win
but he could only manage a single on the fifth ball, sealing the game
for Canada before Baker defended the last ball as USA finished at 121
for 9, 10 runs short of Canada’s total.
“It was a commendable effort by Team USA to get back into the game
after Canada were off to a brilliant start,” said Massiah. “I thought in
the middle overs we lost our way a bit but obviously we’ve seen through
the tournament that it gets difficult batting second, especially
playing the third game today on this track. I wouldn’t take away
anything from Canada. I thought they bowled well in the end and the
seamers proved to be a little too much for us.”
USA now stands tied for second place with Bermuda at 3-1 while Canada
tops the ladder at 4-0. Bermuda won earlier in the day by 10 wickets
over Cayman Islands while Suriname scored their first win of the week as
they beat Argentina by five wickets to leave their fellow South
Americans winless.
Barring a stunning upset by Suriname, Canada is in line to finish
first while Cayman Islands needs to beat Argentina to avoid creating a
three-way tie at 1-4 for fourth place. USA takes on Bermuda on Saturday
morning at 9:30 a.m. EST in a battle to decide second place. Live
coverage on DreamCricket.com begins at 9 a.m.
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By Peter Della Penna
North West bowler Rutvij Bhise’s 5 for 12 fueled a dramatic
turnaround for his side as they defeated New York by five runs in the
final of the 2011 USACA U-15 National Tournament on Monday afternoon at
Keney Park in Hartford, Connecticut. New York was 181 for 1 in 25 overs,
needing 39 to win with 10 overs remaining before Bhise’s medium pace
sparked an incredible collapse that resulted in New York being bowled
out for 214 in the 35th over to give North West their fourth consecutive
U-15 national title.
“I was always confident. I just told my boys to keep attacking and
that the match is not over until the last ball,” said North West U-15
coach Raj Badadare. “Once we got one wicket, we just attacked. No one on
the boundary, short cover, short midwicket. Fielding wise they got
charged up. We took three stunners, all diving catches. We were lucky
enough to get Wilson. Had he continued then it would have been a
different story. This was an absolute thriller.”
Randall Wilson opened the chase for New York and constructed a
167-run partnership for the second wicket with Rafeek Nazeer. The two
were on their way to ending North West’s streak of consecutive titles at
three until Bhise came on in the 27th over, the 10th bowler of the day
used by North West. Bhise ended the big partnership by getting rid of
Nazeer for 59. In the 29th over, he removed Wilson for 110 as momentum
started swinging back North West’s way. In the 31st over, New York
continued their tailspin by losing three more wickets, two more for
Bhise and the first of three run outs.
Bhise completed his five wicket haul in the 33rd over but at the
start of the 34th over, New York still had a reasonable chance to win
with three wickets in hand and eight runs needed to win in 12 balls.
However, Vibhav Altekar conceded zero runs and two more wickets fell,
one to the bowler and another via a run out, as New York’s hopes of
winning were hanging on by a thread with Bhise due to bowl the final
over. Two balls later, Altekar effected the third run out of the innings
to clinch North West’s fourth straight U-15 National Championship.
“Last year, New York had a much more balanced side. This year they
depended on the two batsmen. Wilson played magnificently, there is no
other way to say it, but the other batsmen gave it up,” said Badadare.
“Once wickets started falling it was a hard to believe kind of thing.
New York, I think they became overly defensive because it’s pretty clear
when you have eight wickets in hand you should attack. They came out
defending every ball just trying to take singles when the whole field
was up.”
North West’s win was set up in the first innings by a pair of
half-centuries from openers Neil Tagare and captain Dave Parikh. A year
after striking 74 not out in the 2010 final against New York in New
Jersey, Parikh scored 61 in Connecticut as part of a 162-run opening
stand. Tagare finished with 88 before he was run out. North West
eventually finished on 219 for 8 in their 35 overs which wound up being
just enough in the end. Badadare says that his team’s commitment to
training was what helped them win in the end.
“We started conditioning two or three months back,” said Badadare.
“We had programs for most of the players. They were assigned to clubs in
the leagues. Amit Buch was there for the last three months so I had
made a special request to have one day in a week for a coaching session
for these guys. [Former USA manager] Imran Khan helped us with some
sessions.”
“It wasn’t just batting and bowling skills but teambuilding because
most of the players were new. This team had nine or ten new players from
last year’s team. The confidence level was low at the start but the
last practice session before we flew to Connecticut we were full of
confidence. This team was more balanced than last year’s team. We had no
superstar, but everyone could chip in when it was needed.”
In the third place game, Atlantic defeated North East by seven
wickets. North East was bowled out for 68 in 23 overs before Atlantic
chased the runs in 17.2 overs. South East defeated Central East by six
wickets to claim fifth place. Central East was bowled out for 47 in 22.5
overs with 23 of those runs coming in extras. South East crossed the
target in 16 overs. South West got their first win of the tournament in
the 7th place game, leaving Directors’ XI winless. Directors’ XI scored
68 before South West knocked off the runs in 11 overs for the loss of
one wicket.
At the post-tournament awards ceremony, New York’s Wilson was named
Best Batsman on the weekend after scoring 278 runs in four innings
including two centuries and one half-century. North East’s Akhil
Girnikar was named Best Bowler after finishing with eight wickets in
four games. North West’s Vibhav Altekar was named Tournament MVP.
Altekar made headlines on day two by scoring a double-century against
South West.
Top Tournament Performances
Centuries
R. Mogalayapalli, Central East – 117 vs. Directors’ XI
V. Altekar, North West – 202 vs. South West
K. Singh, North East – 101 vs. Directors’ XI
R. Wilson, New York – 105 vs. Directors’ XI, 110 vs. North West
Half-centuries
G. Makin, Central East – 63 vs. Directors’ XI, 56 not out vs. North East
N. Tagare, North West – 59 vs. South West, 88 vs. New York
J. Gobin, North East – 57 not out vs. Directors’ XI, 71 vs. Central East
R. Wilson, New York – 56 not out vs. Central East
R. Nazeer, New York – 61 not out vs. Directors’ XI, 59 vs. North West
D. Parikh, North West – 61 vs. New York
Five-wicket hauls
R. Persaud, New York – 5 for 12 vs. Central East
R. Bhise, North West – 5 for 12 vs. New York
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By Peter Della Penna in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Official Scorecard I Ball-by-Ball Commentary
Left-arm orthodox spinner Bhim George took 5 for 9 to derail
Argentina’s chase of 151 as USA won their third match of the ICC
Americas Division One T20 tournament by 66 runs on Wednesday afternoon
at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida. George
picked up Man of the Match honors and now has eight wickets on the week
to lead all bowlers at the event. USA moved to 3-0 with the win while
Argentina lost their third straight.
“I thought the wicket was a little slower and the ball was keeping
low, two paced, so I just wanted to bowl one line and vary the pace also
and I get the results,” said George.
USA won the toss for the third day in a row and elected to bat on a
brutally hot day. Sushil Nadkarni and Gowkaran Roopnarine put on 38 runs
for the first wicket in 5.2 overs before Nadkarni was bowled for 18 to
give medium pacer Gary Savage the first of his three wickets. His second
came two balls later when USA captain Steve Massiah was given out LBW
without scoring for the second day in a row after being struck on the
toe by a yorker.
Roopnarine was joined by Aditya Mishra and the pair produced a
half-century stand to reestablish control for USA. Roopnarine reached 40
and Mishra top scored with 41 before both men were bowled by medium
pacer Alejo Tissera. The 20-year-old disturbed Timroy Allen’s stumps to
claim his third, reducing USA to 124 for 5 in the 17th over as Allen
walked off for 8.
Quasen Alfred fell in the next over, caught for 11 slogging
off-spinner Donald Forrester to Pablo Ryan on the midwicket rope.
Orlando Baker was bowled by Ryan’s medium pace for 2 to end the 19th
before Akeem Dodson provided a late burst, hitting three boundaries,
until he was caught in the deep for 16 on the final ball of the innings
off the bowling of Savage as USA finished at 150 for 8.
Usman Shuja set the tone in the field for USA with a stingy opening
spell that included the first breakthrough as he trapped Hernan Williams
in front of the stumps for 11 to make it 18 for 1 in the 5th over.
Things stayed quiet for the next few overs until Bhim George put his
stamp on the game.
In George’s second over, he had Ben Precious out LBW for 13 and
followed that by bowling Alejandro Ferguson first ball to be on a hat
trick. Four balls later he wrapped up the over by bowling opening
batsman Pablo Ferguson for 17 to leave Argentina spiraling out of
control at 43 for 4 in 11 overs. It was déjà vu to start the 13th as
Forrester was bowled for 3 before Tissera was given LBW first ball to
complete George’s five-wicket haul while putting him on a hat trick once
more.
From there, Savage and Bernardo Irigoyen batted out the rest of the
overs to finish not out on 16 and 14 respectively as Argentina finished
on 84 for 6 in their 20 overs.
In the morning match, Cayman Islands recorded their first win,
defeating Suriname by 7 wickets. Suriname was bowled out for 95 before
Zachary McLaughlin led Cayman Islands chase by top scoring with 37 at
the top of the order. The target was passed on the last ball of the 19th
over. The evening match between Canada and Bermuda was still in
progress at the time this article was published.
All teams have an off day on Thursday. USA resumes play on Friday
night under the lights against Canada. The match is scheduled for a 5:30
p.m. EST start time with live coverage on DreamCricket.com beginning at
5 p.m.
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By Peter Della Penna in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Official Scorecard I Ball-by-Ball Commentary
USA all-rounder Timroy Allen took 4 for 8 in 3.4 overs to be named
Man of the Match as USA defeated Cayman Islands by 7 wickets on the
second day of the 2011 ICC Americas Division One T20 tournament at the
Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida. Allen started off
bowling pace and took two wickets in the fourth over to be on a hat
trick before returning to claim two wickets in the 20th over bowling
off-spin.
"I try to do my best," said Allen. "There's a lot of new faces in the
team and we need a lot of intensity in the team. All the new guys, they
expect somebody to lead from front and of course one of the senior
players is gonna have to play that role. I happened to step up today.
The captain's real confident in me."
USA won
the toss on a bright, sunny morning and elected to field first, using
the same XI that won on Monday against Suriname. Usman Shuja struck
first in the third over, bowling Ramon Sealy for 6 to make it 8 for 1.
Two runs later in the next over, Allen had Ricardo Roach caught behind
by Akeem Dodson for an 11-ball duck before dismissing Pearson Best in
similar fashion on the very next delivery.
Image (right) - Timroy Allen file photo. [Courtesy: Daniela Zaharia/USACA]
Steve Gordon and Cayman Islands captain Abali Hoilett pieced together
a 40-run partnership over the next 10.2 overs by working Muhammad Ghous
and Bhim George around the ground. Gordon finally fell for 26 to
George, chipping the left-arm spinner to Sushil Nadkarni at midwicket.
USA captain Steve Massiah took the first of two wickets to make it 53
for 5 in the 15th over when Conroy Wright overbalanced after missing a
drive and was stumped by Dodson for 2. Kevin Bazil was run out for 2 in
the following over before Kervin Ebanks chipped Massiah to George at
long off for 2 in the 17th over to make it 61 for 7. Hoilett left in the
19th over, holing out for 19 to Allen on the long on rope off the
bowling of Baker to make it 68 for 8. Allen finished off the innings
with two wickets in the final over, bowling Troy Taylor with a flighted
off-break before Marlon Bryan played onto his stumps three balls later
as Cayman Islands were bowled out for 72 in 19.4 overs.
Nadkarni and Gowkaran Roopnarine opened again for USA, but Roopnarine
couldn’t replicate his success from day one as Ebanks trapped him LBW
in the second over for 3. Massiah’s stay at the crease was brief after
he was rapped on the pads four balls later and joined Roopnarine in the
pavilion without scoring as USA made a shaky start at 8 for 2 in the
second over.
Aditya Mishra joined Nadkarni and the two former Ranji Trophy players
calmly constructed a 48-run partnership for the third wicket. Nadkarni
finished with four boundaries in his 26 before he spooned a catch to
Hoilett at cover to give Taylor his only wicket. Mishra continued with
Quasen Alfred until the target was reached with one ball to go in the
14th over. Alfred finished 14 not and Mishra was unbeaten on 28.
USA’s next match is against Argentina on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30
p.m. EST. Live coverage on DreamCricket.com begins at 1 p.m.
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Official Scorecard I Ball-by-Ball Commentary
Playing in his first match for the national team since 2008, Gowkaran
Roopnarine scored 59 not out to lead USA past Suriname by 50 runs on
Duckworth-Lewis Method on the first day of the 2011 ICC Americas
Division One T20 tournament at the Central Broward Regional Park in
Lauderhill, Florida.
“It was easy for me to get physically fit, but what was hard for me
was to get mentally ready,” said Roopnarine about the transformation of
his game to get back into the national team. “I’m an aggressive batsman
and sometimes I get carried away not choosing the right balls to hit.
Over the last year I’ve been working on my game basically while working
on my fitness, concentration, picking the right balls to hit, know when
to get going and when to stop, know when to rotate the strike. By
rededicating myself that way mentally besides the physical part, I
really believe my game has improved a little.”
USA won the toss and elected to bat first but moments before the
match was set to begin, a lightning detection alarm went off and sent
the players off for an 85-minute delay. The game was then reduced from a
20-over match to 13 overs.
When play finally got underway, Roopnarine and Sushil Nadkarni got
USA off to a scorching start and the team never looked back. The two
added 75 runs for the first wicket as Roopnarine reached 50 in 37 balls
with five boundaries and a six. Nadkarni did his bit to demoralize the
Suriname attack, launching Vishaul Singh over midwicket for a massive
six. Nadkarni hit 26 in 15 balls before top edging a slog to deep
midwicket where Arun Gokoel took a simple catch to give Sauid Drepaul
one of the two wickets taken by Suriname on the day.
Yet, there was no respite for Suriname at the fall of the first
wicket as Quasen Alfred unleashed a ferocious assault on debut. He
crushed Drepaul for three sixes off consecutive deliveries in the 10th
over before being bowled by Sanjay Oemraw in the 11th over for 20 in 8
balls. Timroy Allen came out to bat, in his first appearance for USA
since returning from an injury suffered at WCL Division Four last August
in Italy, and hit one six in his short stay at the crease before
walking off 10 not out as USA finished at 124 for 2 in their 13 overs.
Usman Shuja and Muhammad Ghous contained in their spells without
taking wickets as Suriname struggled to get things moving at the start
of their chase. It was USA’s fielders who did the most damage with the
ball as four runouts took place in Suriname’s innings. The first
happened in the second over as Singh pushed a Ghous delivery to Bhim
George at mid off where George fielded and fired a direct hit to send
Singh on his way for 2.
In the 9th over, George struck twice with his left-arm spin to remove
Mohindra Boodram for 25 and Drepaul for 17 while another run out took
place courtesy of teamwork between Orlando Baker and George to remove
Troy Dudnath for 1. Suriname fell from 42 for 1 to 48 for 4 and the
match was sealed for USA. Ghous and wicketkeeper Akeem Dodson teamed up
for the next runout in the 10th over before Baker and Allen combined for
the fourth runout and sixth wicket. Suriname was 58 for 6 two balls
into the 12th over bowled by Steve Massiah when the lightning alert was
sounded for the second time and the match was ended.
In the first match of the day, Bermuda beat Argentina by three
wickets. Gary Savage was the backbone of Argentina’s innings, scoring 38
before falling in the 20th over as Argentina finished at 93 for 9.
Malachi Jones was the pick of the bowlers for Bermuda, taking 3 for 10
in four overs.
Lionel Cann guided the chase from beginning to end for Bermuda,
scoring 55 not out in 42 balls with a four and three sixes. Argentina
captain Esteban MacDermott took 3 for 9 bowling off-spin. After Rodney
Trott was stumped off MacDermott charging down the track on the last
ball of the 15th over, momentum was in Argentina’s favor with Bermuda
sinking to 65 for 6. However, Cann kept cool and a series of misfields
by Argentina relieved some of the pressure at the crease. Bermuda
entered the final over needing seven runs to win but Cann hit a six off
the first ball from Donald Forrester before smacking another six over
midwicket two balls later to bring up his half-century and end the game
at once. The match between Cayman Islands and Canada was still in
progress at the time this article was published.
USA takes on Cayman Islands on the second day of the tournament in
Florida. Live coverage on DreamCricket.com begins at 9 a.m. EST with
play set to begin at 9:30 a.m.
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Randall Wilson produced the fourth century of the tournament, and the
third against the Directors’ XI, as New York stayed undefeated at the
2011 USACA U-15 National Tournament in Hartford, Connecticut. Wilson
scored 105 in the match at Keney Park while Rafeek Nazeer also scored a
half-century in New York’s total of 267 for 2. No wickets were taken in
the field as Wilson and Surendra Singh retired out. New York then bowled
out Directors’ XI for under 100.
In  the
other game at Keney Park, Atlantic held on to defeat South West by six
runs. Atlantic won the toss and batted first. Gauranshu Sharma and Haq
Khan produced a vital fifth wicket stand of 56. Sharma top scored with
31 and Khan had 28. South West needed 11 to win entering the final over
before a run out ended the match.
Image (right) - Randall Wilson file photo from his century
against Directors' XI at the 2010 USACA U-15 National Tournament in
Newark, New Jersey. [Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket]
At Riverside Park, North East notched their second win on the weekend
with a 91-run win over Central East. Jason Gobin scored 71, his second
half-century of the weekend, to lead the way for North East as they
tallied 199 batting first. Central East was bowled out for 108 in reply.
At Windsor Park, North West stayed undefeated with a six-wicket win
over South East. South East was bowled out for 98 as Rohan Khagkiwala
took 4 for 19 in eight overs. Neil Tagare top scored in the chase with
38.
North West topped Group A with a 3-0 record and will take on New York
who finished 3-0 in a rematch of the 2010 final which North West won
behind a half-century from Dave Parikh. In the third place game,
Atlantic will square off against North East after both teams finished
2-1 in their respective groups. The fifth place game will take place
between Central East and South East after both teams wound up at 1-2 in
group play while South West and Directors’ XI try to avoid ending the
tournament winless in the seventh place game.
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By Peter Della Penna in Hartford, Connecticut
North West middle order batsman Vibhav Altekar scored a
double-century on Saturday afternoon as he helped guide North West to a
249-run win over South West at Riverside Park in the 2011 USACA U-15
National Tournament. Altekar came in at number four and scored 202,
including 18 fours and 11 sixes, before retiring.
North West won the toss and batted first and suffered an immediate
setback as Dave Parikh was bowled for a duck by Gagandeep Sandhu on the
second ball of the match. Sandhu took another soon after to make it 2
for 27 before Altekar joined Neil Tagare to put on 133 runs for the 3rd
wicket. Tagare finished with 59 in 55 balls, but Altekar stayed on until
he had crossed 200 in the 36th over before walking off the field. His
monster score was achieved in just 105 balls. North West was eventually
bowled out in the 40th over for 308. In reply, Mihir Athavale took 4 for
13 in 6.1 overs as South West was bowled out for 59 in 25.1 overs.
At Windsor Park, Atlantic defeated South East by 117 runs. Dinesh
Deokie and Haq Khan put on a 60-run unbeaten fourth-wicket partnership
to boost the Atlantic total to 197 for 3 in 40 overs. Deokie finished 48
not out and Khan 37 not out. Extras top scored in the innings with 65,
including 53 wides. Atlantic then bowled out South East for 80 in 29
overs. Pranav Kanukollu took 3 for 13 in five overs.
At Keney Park,
North East opener Karan Singh scored 101 in a 192-run win over
Directors’ XI. Singh cracked six boundaries and four sixes in his knock.
He received solid support from Jason Gobin with 57 and Ryan Aravind
with 35 as North East racked up 249 for 5. Directors’ XI was then bowled
out for 57. Akhil Ghirnikar took 4 for 6 in seven overs to lead the way
in the field for North East.
Image (right) - North East batsman Karan Singh looks on after his
sixth boundary beat mid off to bring up his century, [Courtesy: Peter
Della Penna/DreamCricket]
In the other match at Keney Park, Central East got off to a solid
start against New York behind the opening batting combination of Gordon
Makin and Rohit Mogalayapalli, but in the end New York had too much
depth as they completed a 10-wicket win over Central East. Makin made 24
and Mogalayapalli 37, but Central East went from a position of 100 for 1
to be all out for 120 in 34.4 overs. Ryan Persaud took 5 for 12 to
wreck Central East. Randall Wilson scored 56 not out and Surendra Singh
29 not out as New York passed the target in 25 overs.
At the end of the second day, New York and North West are both 2-0.
Atlantic, Central East, South East and North East are 1-1. South West
and Directors’ XI are both still winless at 0-2.
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By Peter Della Penna in Hartford, Connecticut
Central East opening batsman Rohit Mogalayapalli batted through the
entire innings to score 117 not out in a 195-run win over the Directors’
XI at Windsor Park on the first day of the 2011 USACA U-15 National
Tournament. Mogalayapalli, who finished fifth overall in runs at last
year’s event in New Jersey with 148, hit four boundaries to lead his
team to a total of 274 for 5 before restricting the Directors’ XI to a
total of 79 for 9 in their 40 overs.
Central East won the toss and batted first as Mogalayapalli and
Gordon Makin produced a 182-run partnership for the first wicket. Makin
contributed 63 before he was bowled by Yash Thaker. No one else crossed
double digits off the bat as the Directors’s XI bowling unit contributed
82 extras to the total including 72 wides.
In reply, Richard Ramrattan was the only player to reach double
figures for the Directors’ XI, finishing 16 not out. Leg-spinner Nauman
Khan took 3 for 7 in 8 overs for Central East.
A complete team effort by South East helped them scrape by South West
to win by 11 runs at Keney Park. South East won the toss and batted
first, posting 142 in 37.2 overs. Extras top scored with 39 including 38
wides. South West got a major contribution from opening batsman Shekhar
Gupta who scored 42 in 60 balls with five fours and a six, but Heran
Patel was the only other player to offer any support, scoring 15 not
out. He eventually ran out of partners and despite a mounting total of
51 extras, South West was eventually bowled out for 131 in 39 overs.
Also at Keney Park, North West defeated Atlantic by 8 wickets.
Atlantic batted first and was bowled out for 76 in 33.4 overs. Rutvij
Bhise took 3 for 9 in five overs to lead North West in the field. They
chased down the target in 18.1 overs with Vibhav Altekar scoring 30 not
out and Dave Parikh 21 not out.
At Riverside Park, New York defeated North East by 4 wickets. North
East won the toss and batted first as opener Jason Gobin top scored with
29 runs. Number three batsman Ryan Aravind scored 27 but extras wound
up besting them both with 45 added to the total for a first innings
score of 135 for 9 in 40 overs. New York’s chase was also aided by a
mounting number of extras, 49 of them, as they reached the target in
34.5 overs.
The teams for this tournament are paired off in two groups with Group
A consisting of North West, South West, Atlantic and South East while
Group B has New York, North East, Central East and Directors’ XI. The
groups were intended to be aligned based on tournament standings from
last year’s tournament, with the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th place teams
placed in Group A and the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th place teams in Group B.
According to the actual results from the final day of last year’s
tournament in New Jersey, North West defeated New York in the final,
Central East defeated Atlantic in the third place game, South West
defeated South East in the 5th place game and Directors XI defeated
North East in the 7th place game. North East did not win a single game
in last year’s tournament. However, USACA General Manager Manaf Mohamed
configured this year’s tournament schedule based on a matrix which lists
the final standings from the 2010 USACA U-15 National Tournament as
North West 1, New York 2, Atlantic 3, North East 4, South West 5,
Central East 6 and South East 7 with the Central West slotted into the
8th place spot for not participating in the tournament.
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By Peter Della Penna in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ball-by-Ball Commentary
West Indies U-19 vice-captain John Campbell continued his sensational
form with yet another century as his team defeated USA U-19 by 8
wickets Thursday afternoon at the Central Broward Regional Park in
Lauderhill, Florida. Campbell scored 100 not out in 69 balls with nine
fours and six sixes as West Indies passed the target of 134 in just 18.3
overs.
“It turned out really wonderful, it’s what we set out to do,” said
West Indies U-19 head coach Roddy Estwick about the series sweep. “We
weren’t too concerned with the opposition. We knew what we wanted to do
and we were able to execute it.”
USA batted first for the only time in the series after winning the
toss on a bright sunny morning. Steven Taylor played in his more natural
aggressive manner, stroking his way to 17 in 28 balls until he was
needlessly runout on the 5th ball of the 7th over from left-arm spinner
Kavem Hodge. Cameron Mirza was on strike and pushed a full delivery to
mid off. Both men hesitated before committing to a run while Justin
Greaves fielded and threw a direct hit to the striker’s end to send
Taylor on his way with the score on 26.
The initial setback was followed by two more quick wickets as Mirza
ran himself out for 3 in Hodge’s next over. The opener drove a ball back
to the bowler that deflected off his hands and settled in between the
feet of Abhijit Joshi at the non-striker’s end. Mirza apparently lost
sight of the ball and set off believing it had gone past Joshi, but
looked on in horror as Hodge picked it up and threw to the keeper Ramon
Senior to complete the dismissal. Joshi then drove Greaves to Jerome
Jones at mid off in the 12th over to make it 36 for 3.
Amarnauth Persaud joined Greg Sewdial at the crease and the two
produced USA’s biggest partnership of the series. The pair showed
resilience against Hodge and leg-spinner Donovan Nelson, doing their
best to stay at the crease, but they also failed to turn over the strike
regularly as the dot balls piled up for USA. The team failed to score a
run off the bat for 228 of the 298 balls in the innings, more than 75%
of the deliveries. The partnership finally came to an end on 74 off the
first ball of the 30th over when Persaud spooned a simple return catch
to Nelson for 24, USA’s third highest individual score in the series.
Two more wickets fell in quick succession as Jodha Singh was clean
bowled by leg-spinner Amir Khan for 1 after missing a pull shot while
Trevor Singh was gone LBW for a 12-ball duck to Khan when he missed a
leg side flick after walking across his stumps.
Sewdial built another decent partnership with Pranay Suri, adding 36
runs for the 7th wicket, but his long stay finally came to an end when
he tried to hit the off-spin of Campbell for six and was caught on the
cover boundary by Jones for 33.
Suri was then joined at the crease by Christopher van Tull, a player
not included in USA’s 14-man squad for Ireland who mysteriously showed
up on Sunday in Fort Lauderdale to train with the team and was now
getting a chance to bat ahead of other players who are going to the ICC
U-19 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland. Suri was when he was caught for 14
by Khan at midwicket to make it 121 for 8 in the 46th over.
After surviving two missed stumping chances, van Tull finally got out
to Khan for 5, slogging against the turn to sky a top edge to Greaves
running in at mid off. The innings wrapped up three balls into the 50th
over when Hammad Shahid holed out to Joseph at long on for 7 to give
Campbell his third as USA was bowled out for 133.
Campbell  then
walked out to open with Joseph but their opening stand was cut short
when Joseph was run out for 1. Steven Katwaroo walked out at number
three and added 66 for the second wicket with Campbell before he was
caught at mid on by Mirza off Taylor for 13.
Image (right) - John Campbell finished the series with 419 runs
at an average of 139.66. [Courtesy: Peter Della Penna/DreamCricket]
Meanwhile at the other end, the Campbell juggernaut continued to
steamroll the USA bowling attack, punishing anything short and feasting
on width. His fifty came up in 34 balls and he reached his century with a
single on the penultimate ball of the chase. Greaves capped off the
week in style on the next delivery, slamming a six straight down the
ground to bring an end to the series. Estwick says that despite his
team’s dominant performance, they were not even close to performing to
100% of their capabilities and expects them to sharpen things before
their next competition.
“We were nowhere near 100% because even when we got 330 odd, there
were still 128 dot balls so that’s an area of concern to me because once
the standard gets a little bit higher and you go to bigger competition,
you can’t really allow so many dot balls so that’s something that we’ve
got to work on,” said Estwick. “We’ve got to minimize those dot balls.
If we can bring those dot balls in between 40 and 50, then I’ll think
that we’ll be near 100%. We’re still dropping catches as well and we’re
still bowling the extras that have top scored in two of the games so
we’re nowhere near 100%.”
Official Scorecard
USA U-19 vs. West Indies U-19
West Indies U-19 won by 8 wickets
USA U-19 won the toss and elected to bat
Man of the Match: John Campbell
Man of the Series: John Campbell
USA U-19 Innings
Batsman Dismissal Runs Balls Fours Sixes
S Taylor runout (Greaves) 17 28 2 0
C Mirza runout (Hodge/Senior+) 3 18 0 0
A Joshi c Jones b Greaves 6 16 0 0
G Sewdial* c Jones b Campbell 33 83 3 0
A Persaud c & b Nelson 24 60 1 0
J Singh b Khan 1 8 0 0
T Singh LBW Khan 0 12 0 0
P Suri c Khan b Campbell 14 36 2 0
C van Tull+ c Greaves b Khan 5 27 0 0
H Shahid c Joseph b Campbell 7 9 0 0
S Abdulghani not out 0 1 0 0
Total Extras 23 (0 no balls, 2 byes, 5 leg byes, 16 wides)
Team Total 133 all out in 49.3 overs)
Did not bat: M Patel, P Nair
Fall of wicket: 26/1 (Taylor, 6.5 over), 28/2 (Mirza, 8.2 over), 36/3
(Joshi, 11.4 over), 74/4 (Persaud, 29.1 over), 75/5 (J Singh, 30.3
over), 77/6 (T Singh, 33.4 over), 113/7 (Sewdial, 41.6 over), 121/8
(Suri, 45.4 over), 130/9 (van Tull, 48.3 over), 133/10 (Shahid, 49.3
over).
West Indies U-19 Bowling O-M-R-W
R Beaton 5-0-22-0
J Jones 5-1-18-0
K Hodge 10-3-19-0
J Greaves 5-1-9-1
D Nelson 10-2-26-1
A Khan 10-4-13-3
J Campbell 4.3-1-18-3
West Indies U-19 Innings
Batsman Dismissal Runs Balls Fours Sixes
J Campbell not out 100 69 9 6
K Joseph runout (T Singh/Patel/Taylor/van Tull+) 1 4 0 0
S Katwaroo c Mirza b Taylor 13 20 2 0
J Greaves not out 17 18 1 1
Total Extras 4 (0 no balls, 0 byes, 1 leg bye, 3 wides)
Team Total 135 for 2 in 18.3 overs
Did not bat: K Brathwaite*, R Senior+, S Ambris, R Beaton, K Hodge, A Khan, D Nelson, J Jones
Fall of wicket: 14/1 (Joseph, 2.4 over), 80/2 (Katwaroo, 11.6 over).
USA U-19 Bowling O-M-R-W
M Patel 3-0-24-0
S Abdulghani 4-0-23-0
H Shahid 2-0-22-0
P Suri 6.3-1-28-0
P Nair 1-0-17-0
S Taylor 2-0-20-1
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