England on Friday posted a 61-run win over a fighting West Indies team to inch closer to booking a quarter-final berth in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup.
England on Friday posted a 61-run win over a fighting West Indies team to inch closer to booking a quarter-final berth in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup. This was England’s second successive win in Group C.
Electing to bat, England made 282/7 from 50 overs and then bundled out West Indies for 221 in 43.4 overs. There were two half-centuries from Dan Lawrence (55) and Callum Taylor (59), besides useful contributions from George Bartlett (48) and Sam Curran (39).
In reply, the West Indies lost two wickets with no runs on the board as Curram took the early wickets.
Scores Group A: Scotland 159 in 36.3 overs (Owais Shah 39, Haris Aslam 31; Michael van Lingen 3/19) lost to Namibia 162/1 in 26 overs (SJ Loftie-Eaton 67*, Niko Davin 52, Zane Green 39*). England 282/7 in 50 overs (Dan Lawrence 55, Callum Taylor 59, George Bartlett 48; Gidron Pope 2/45) bt West Indies 221 in 43.4 overs (Gidron Pope 60, Keemo Paul 65; Saqib Mahmood 4/42, Sam Curran 2/23, Dan Lawrence 2/38). Fiji 81 in 27.4 overs (Wesley Madhevere 5/24, Blessing Mavuta 3/13) lost to Zimbabwe 84/3 in 18.5 overs (Brendan Sly 29*, Jeremy Ives 23).
