Australia U19 prevail in last-ball thriller

Australia U19 prevailed over traditional rivals England U19 with a thrilling last-ball two-wicket win in the ICC U19 World Cup encounter played at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley, South Africa yesterday.  

Australia U19’s win came on the back of an unbeaten 48-run partnership in just 26 balls for the ninth wicket between Connor Scully and Todd Murphy.  
With Australia U19 needing ten runs in the last over the pair saw their side through with Scully sneaking a single in the last ball.  

Australia U19 in their run chase lost their first wicket on 19 but recovered through two partnerships involving skipper Mackenzie Harvey who scored 65 -- first a second-wicket partnership of 51 runs with Sam Fanning and then a third-wicket stand of 83 runs with Lachlan Hearne.  

Meanwhile West Indies U19 ended the league campaign with an unbeaten record with a massive 246-run win against the hapless Nigeria U19 side.  

Results:  

At Diamond Oval Kimberley – Australia U19 won by two wickets  

England U19 252 for 7 in 50 overs (Ben Charlesworth 82, Jack Haynes 31, Jordan Cox 25, Joey Evison 21, Dan Mousley 51 n.o., Kasey Aldridge 32 n.o.: Connor Sully 2 for 39)  
Australia U19 253 for 8 in 50 overs (Mackenzie Harvey 65, Lachlan Hearne 45, Sam Fanning 31, Tanveer Sangha 21, Connor Sully 35 n.o., Todd Murphy 16 n.o.: Lewis Goldsworth 2 for 24, Hamidullah Qadri 2 for 35, Blake Cullen 2 for 68)  

At Kimberley – West Indies U19 won by 246 runs  

West Indies U19 303 for 8 in 50 overs (Matthew Patrick 68, Kimani Mellius 65, Joshu James 43, Kevlon Anderson 25: Peter Aho 2 for 53, Sylvester Okpe 2 for 66)  
Nigeria U19 57 in 21.4 overs (Abdulrahman Jimoh 17: Jayden Seales 4 for 19, Ashmead Nedd 3 for 11, Matthew Patrick 2 for 16)  

-MSA