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*Official* Under 19 World Cup 2020
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Beamer
International Vice-Captain
Mental strength in tough situations. You say that but at least 3 of our Under 19 winning side from a few years ago play regularly for the senior side and they all have something about them, a certain amount of mental strength which got them through tough situations.
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
Your boys held it together far more than us this game. Tbh I thought this was a poor performance all around from us. Boneheaded shots from the lower middle order followed by lots of dropped catches and the overuse of slower balls. It was a cruel lesson in knockout match cricket for our guys who had been very impressive up until today.
I'd be surprised if Seales, Julien, Anderson and Young don't play at least A team cricket in the next 2 years or so. Forde could also be great, he's only 17. i enjoyed watching our guys and am hopeful for the future. It is now vital that Cricket West Indies put an Emerging Players team in place for 4 day cricket next year so they get some exposure at FC level.
Good luck to NZ in the next round, I hope they go on and win it.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Classic U19 result here, the kind of thing that would almost never happen at the professional level. Bad luck WI, they've looked like an immensely talented team from what I've seen so far. But really proud of the NZ boys, this is a fairly middling team by our standards but they've shown real heart in crunch situations.
nzfan
International Vice-Captain
The truth is not all under 19 players go on to play professional cricket. If 1 to 4 players can play for the senior team in the years to come and excel the job is done. Winning or losing here doesn't necessarily matter, it's only cosmetic. Seales is good man... good pace, bounce and a smart cricketer. Reminded me lot of Rabada from the 2014 world cup in UAE. He was like this then. As long as these lads don't get hammered by the lure of T20 leagues around the world and work towards playing for the nation they'll be fine.
Some of the lads won't make the cut to the next level and some will probably not play cricket after few years. This is the reality so you have to keep perspective. The only idea about under 19 is to introduce them to professional cricket at an early stage and give them a taste of it. One tournament should not make or break a player.
Just to give you a perspective, the current Black Caps players Guptill, Munro, Hamish Bennett, Tim Southee were all part of the 2006 world cup. We did so bad, we lost twice to Nepal. Probably lost most of the games in the first round, got to the plate finals and lost to Nepal. That didn't stop these guys from progressing. If majority of the 19s make it to first class the job is done. Win is icing on the cake.
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Heboric
International Debutant
Shame poor guy:
I wonder if he is related to Slasher McGurk
https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/c...-cricket-world-cup-in-sa-after-monkey-mishap/
I wonder if he is related to Slasher McGurk
Neil Young
State Vice-Captain
The monkey?
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Found some highlights of NZ-WI on the icc website.
Amazing to look out of it when they needed 86 with 2 wickets in hand, then need 44 from 23, and still do it. WI would be gutted, especially with dropped catches.
Couple of great performances from Clarke - hope he can add a bit to his (quite medium-paced) bowling over the next few years to move up to the next level.
Amazing to look out of it when they needed 86 with 2 wickets in hand, then need 44 from 23, and still do it. WI would be gutted, especially with dropped catches.
Couple of great performances from Clarke - hope he can add a bit to his (quite medium-paced) bowling over the next few years to move up to the next level.
jcas0167
International Debutant
Yeah, terrific efforts under pressure and various handy contributions from the others without anyone getting a big score. I see on that last wicket the speedball radar for Clarke showed 131 kph. Definitely looks like he will be pushing for ND selection in the next year or so.
The team have massively exceeded expectations making the semis after their pre-tournament form. Quite an achievement bearing in mind the more illustrious 2016 and 2018 squads didn't progress this far.
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GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
One thing I have noticed about Clarke is that he does collapse a bit through his delivery stride and action, if he can get a bit more upright that may help add a couple of extra kph. Already though, he does look like quite a talent with both bat and ball
AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
Looking forward to today against SA. Our chance to make it to the semis for the first time outside
Heboric
International Debutant
Nope not the monkey
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah, hopefully it motivates them to spank the Indian bowlers instead.
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
so when do the preparations end and the tournament actually start?