Official Under 19 World Cup thread

[chaminda_00]

Sri Lanka are gun. Get through Australia top order and they have nothing.

[TT Boy]

Results
Bangladesh 149/10 beat England 136/10 by 14 runs.
Sri Lanka 175/5 beat Australia 172/10 by five wickets
Pakistan 173/8 beat Zimbabwe86/10 by 87 runs

[duffer]

Very polished performance from India tonight. Kohli was the star of the show but their bowling and fielding after the Windies initial onslaught was excellent.

Commentators reckon this was the best Windies squad they've seen for a long time and I was impressed by a few of them too. Kieran Powell looks a real talent and I hope these guys can kick on and become International quality players in the future.

India v England - Sunday on ESPN, looking forward to it.

EDIT: Kohli needs an X-Ray on his foot, could be a doubt for Sunday.

[chaminda_00]

Originally Posted by duffer

Very polished performance from India tonight. Kohli was the star of the show but their bowling and fielding after the Windies initial onslaught was excellent.

Commentators reckon this was the best Windies squad they've seen for a long time and I was impressed by a few of them too. Kieran Powell looks a real talent and I hope these guys can kick on and become International quality players in the future.

India v England - Sunday on ESPN, looking forward to it.

Considering they made the final a couple years back and this side wont even make it past the Group Stages, I seriously doubt this is the Windies best side in a long time.

[chaminda_00]

Sri Lanka v New Zealand in the QFs. Kiwis should be favorites, but I reckon we might push them hard.

Other QFs:

India v England
Pakistan v Australia
Bangladesh v South Africa

[duffer]

They were in a very tough group though. Haven't seen any of their previous U-19's so not in a position to make that judgement but htey look a good group of youngsters.

[Flem274*]

Originally Posted by chaminda_00

Sri Lanka v New Zealand in the QFs. Kiwis should be favorites, but I reckon we might push them hard.

Other QFs:

India v England
Pakistan v Australia
Bangladesh v South Africa

When is this game?

Depends really, have a feeling it will be won by bowling. We rely too much on Williamson, Anderson and Worker for our batting. Dunno what SL batting is like but if they can cope with Southee and Boult the other bowlers might cop some pressure to take wickets.

[chaminda_00]

Originally Posted by duffer

They were in a very tough group though. Haven't seen any of their previous U-19's so not in a position to make that judgement but htey look a good group of youngsters.

Outside Simmons, Marshall, Ramdin and Rampaul the side four years ago didn't have as much talent. But they had better balance and played better as team. Marshall, Ramdin and Rampaul have some dream tournments as well.

[chaminda_00]

Originally Posted by Flem274*

When is this game?

Depends really, have a feeling it will be won by bowling. We rely too much on Williamson, Anderson and Worker for our batting. Dunno what SL batting is like but if they can cope with Southee and Boult the other bowlers might cop some pressure to take wickets.

SL bat deep but have no real stars. Batting depth is probably the best way to combat Southee and Boult it seems.

[duffer]

Originally Posted by chaminda_00

Outside Simmons, Marshall, Ramdin and Rampaul the side four years ago didn't have as much talent. But they had better balance and played better as team. Marshall, Ramdin and Rampaul have some dream tournments as well.

Yep, but the commentators seem to think that quite a few of these guys are capable of making the step up, which should be the priority of these tournaments?

[Flem274*]

Originally Posted by duffer

Yep, but the commentators seem to think that quite a few of these guys are capable of making the step up, which should be the priority of these tournaments?

Probably. I think what we must remember is only a handful from each side will play international cricket purely because all of these blokes are aged within 2-3 years of each other wheras international sides have a much bigger age range. For example Southee, Boult, Williamson etc will be playing alongside Taylor, Franklin, McCullum etc so to cut a long story short yes it should be about development though obviously you'd want to teach them the winning feeling early.

[chaminda_00]

Originally Posted by duffer

Yep, but the commentators seem to think that quite a few of these guys are capable of making the step up, which should be the priority of these tournaments?

Yeah but the big thing for me, is the fact that the South African side they lost isn't that great. If this side was that good, then they shouldn't have lost to them. But in there defense they went with a very young squad with a lot of 18yos. So they were always going to perform at a lower level.

[Flem274*]

Originally Posted by chaminda_00

SL bat deep but have no real stars. Batting depth is probably the best way to combat Southee and Boult it seems.

Well if the line up is:

Southee (fast medium)
Boult (fast)
Boam (fast)
Morgan (medium fast)
Beard (leg break?)

stonewall Boult and Southee, not sure about how good Boam is so play him as normal, target Morgan and semi-target Beard but be mindful he has a bit of Vettori about him so dmaybe not attack too much.

EDIT: Corey Anderson the allrounder will probably play instead of Boam. Might be worth targeting as well.

[gettingbetter]

So much for P. Hughes being the best u19 batsman in the world.

[luvaus]

Predict for the semis

India Vs Newzealand
Pakistan Vs Bangladesh