Australia, U19 World Cup Champions

[SSGPA1]

Folks there is a lot of action going on in the U-19 WC.

Pakistan has always benefitted from the players in U-19 team, current examples are Khalid Latif, Umar Akmal and Mohammed Aamer. Future potentials are Sarmad Bhatti and Azeem Ghumman

Here are the team rankings in their respective groups:

Group A

1 England U19
2 India U19

Group B

1 S Africa U19
2 Aust U19

Group C

1 NZ U19
2 S Lanka U19

Group D

1 Pakistan U19
2 W Indies U19

Pakistan is the only Asian team to top their group

New Zealand has the best NRR followed by Austrailia.

Pakistani and Indian players must be cursing IPL for creating all the tension before their crucial match on Jan 23, 2010:

26th Match, 4th Quarter-Final: Pakistan U19 v India U19 at Lincoln Jan 23 (10:30 local, 21:30 GMT)

Sons or brothers of famous crictkers:

Usman Qadir: Relation Father - Abdul Qadir, Brother - Imran Qadir, Brother - Sulaman Qadir

Most runs category is headed by Babar Azam (Pak19) with 260 runs. S Africa and WI are second and thrid respectively.

Most wickets category is headed by KPCM Peiris (Sri19) with 8 wickets.

Pakistan's Usman Qadir also have 8 wickets and holds second due to inferior BBI and Econ.

NL Buck (Eng19) is third with 7 wickets.

ICC Under-19 World Cup | Cricket news, live scores, fixtures, features and statistics on Cricinfo.com

 

[SSGPA1]

Good luck to Pakistan!!!!!!!

It is tough to play against India but I am sure that they can beat India.

 

[Hari]

^^ Not sure about the capabilities of Indian U-19 team, they were beaten by England yesterday

 

[SSGPA1]

^^ Not sure about the capabilities of Indian U-19 team, they were beaten by England yesterday

They will play in IPL

On a serious note, past performances are not that important in a Pakistan IND match because players have out performed their opast performances in many matches.

 

[RobbieS]

The Indians are defending champions, but as aptly remarked Ind-Pak games are totally different ball games. Form books are often thrown out of the window when they clash. Hope the best team wins. Hang on.. Chak de India!

 

[RobbieS]

Any idea when is the game and at what time it will be telecast?

 

[fatman17]

may the best team win - remember its just a game!!! not the end of the world. enjoy it!!!

 

[SSGPA1]

Any idea when is the game and at what time it will be telecast?

10:30 am in NZL means 4:30 pm in ON, Canada.

 

[SSGPA1]

India and Pakistan in high-pressure knockout
Cricinfo staff

January 22, 2010


Azeem Ghumman and Ashok Menaria were not yet in their teens when Sachin Tendulkar blitzed Pakistan at Centurion in the 2003 World Cup. They were merely 17 when Misbah-ul-Haq came agonisingly close to snatching the inaugural World Twenty20 from India in 2007. The pressure an India-Pakistan match in a World Cup brings is storied and, on Saturday, these two teenage leaders will experience it for the first time - when their teams clash in the quarter-final of the Under-19 World Cup in Lincoln.

Indian and Pakistani sides have traditionally been the form teams at U-19 World Cups. They enter the tournaments as favourites and rarely fall out of contention before the semi-finals. One will tomorrow. Few expected them to come up against each other so early in the competition. Pakistan won all their league games and topped their group. India won the first two but dropped their last against England. If they hadn't, they would be playing West Indies.

"We are seething after the loss [to England], and we'll take it out against Pakistan," Meenaria told the Hindustan Times. "The world comes to a standstill when an India-Pakistan match is on."

Pakistan perhaps hold the edge. They scored big against West Indies, bowled Papua New Guinea out cheaply, and held their nerve to win a thriller against Bangladesh. They have the tournament's highest run-scorer, Babar Azam - 260 runs at an average of 130, and the joint highest wicket-taker, Usman Qadir - eight at 15 apiece.

The victories India scored were against Afghanistan and Hong Kong and they ensured India's qualification even before the loss to England. Unlike the 2008 campaign, when Tanmay Srivastava and Virat Kohli led the batting charts, this time India's highest runscorer - Rahul Kannaur with 117 in three innings - is 15th on the list. Saurabh Netravalkar, their left-arm fast bowler, could prove to be key. He was exceptional against England, rattling the top order and finishing with figures of 3 for 25.

There is an external factor - and a significant one - in India's favour. They are familiar with conditions at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval, having played two group matches there. Pakistan only got to Christchurch a few days ago - their group matches were on North Island. The pitch at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval aids seam bowling, and is good for batting when the sun shines. Scoring runs, however, requires a disciplined approach as India found out the hard way against England. They must learn quickly from their errors; Pakistan, however, have no second chances.

Another external factor, an uncontrollable one, favours Pakistan. It rained all day in Christchurch on the eve of the match and although Saturday's forecast is brighter one can never be certain. Should the match end in a washout, Pakistan will go through to the semi-final because of their better group position. There is no reserve day.

Pakistan's manager, Shafqat Rana, says this side is the best U-19 Pakistan side he has seen but he's aware of the gravity of the contest. "These children have never played India, forget in a World Cup game, but have grown up watching the high-intensity clashes between the two countries," he told the Indian Express. "They are aware of the expectations back home. Be it an U-13 India-Pakistan game or a veterans' contest, it will always remain special."

And then there's the raging controversy in the subcontinent over the Pakistan players being ignored by the IPL, and maybe it would provide the contest added edge. Rana didn't think so. "They are kids, they have very little idea about IPL auction and other issues," he said. The absence of intense media coverage could also help them focus better.

Ghumman, Menaria and their team-mates will say they're approaching the contest like they would any other. They can try, but all will not succeed. Even the wealth of Tendulkar's experience in pressure situations couldn't prevent him from living the Centurion match a year in advance. And even he slept poorly for 12 nights before d-day.

U-19 World Cup: India and Pakistan in high-pressure knockout | Cricket News | ICC Under-19 World Cup | Cricinfo.com

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Match might be washed out due to rain, in which case Pakistan go through to semis by virtue of having won all their matches.

A shame if that happens though, I was looking forward to the India-Pak contest, especially in the recent 'heated' cricketing atmosphere.

 

[EagleEyes]

Was it going to be televised.. if yes how were you going to watch it?

 

[SSGPA1]

2:30pm (local time): We were all set for the game to start but what do we see, all the covers are back on and there is a drizzle. All the warm-ups have stopped, the officials are still out there, another long wait.

 

[Supersonic26]

Indian under 19 team this time is without its best players. Specially the captain of previous under 19 team who now playing for indian team. So pakistan is favorights to win 'if match starts'.

 

[SSGPA1]

Here is the first ball:

0.1 Fayyaz Butt to Kannaur, OUT, great start for Butt and Pakistan, fuller in length on the middle stump line and swings away and Rahul goes for duck as he is squared up and the ball shatters the stumps.

RL Kannaur b Fayyaz Butt 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Match has been reduced to 23 overs.

Current score:

India Under-19s 31/2 (7.0/23 ov)

Pakistan Under-19s

Pakistan Under-19s won the toss and elected to field

 

[amarnath]

Here is the first ball:

0.1 Fayyaz Butt to Kannaur, OUT, great start for Butt and Pakistan, fuller in length on the middle stump line and swings away and Rahul goes for duck as he is squared up and the ball shatters the stumps.

RL Kannaur b Fayyaz Butt 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Match has been reduced to 23 overs.

Current score:

India Under-19s 31/2 (7.0/23 ov)

Pakistan Under-19s

Pakistan Under-19s won the toss and elected to field

bad start for the indians