The Under-19 World Cup series is underway in England. In this, the Afghanistan U-19 team and the New Zealand U-19 team clashed in the 11th league match held in East London. Afghanistan U-19 team won the toss and elected to bat first.Afghanistan U-19 Innings: In Afghanistan U-19 team who fielded first, only two players scored double digit runs. Apart from opener Jamshid Jordan 22 (32) and Arab Gul Mohammed 10 (20), the others added single-digit runs. As a result, the Afghanistan U-19 team scored only 91/10 in 21.3 overs. In this match, New Zealand bowlers were able to score 17 wickets. The opener, the one-down batter, and the fourth-place batter gave a shock to the dugout. Following this, captain Jackson 26 (45) and Stackpole 12 (11) scored some runs in the middle order. After that, with successive wickets falling, the New Zealand team was stifling at 90/8. Mankat: When the New Zealand team was 90/8, they needed only 2 runs to win. New Zealand scored 90/9 as Naseer Khan dismissed Ewalt for 5 (11). While New Zealand needed 2 runs, Afghanistan needed just one wicket. Then New Zealand U-19 batsman Matt Rau scored two runs as New Zealand posted 92/9 in 28.2 overs for a thrilling one-wicket win.
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