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Best performances - Batsmen

Usman Khan
75(85) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %96%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 16 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
0 6 3 8 12 17 19 10
Ahmed Hussain
47(92) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %92%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 12 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
1 4 5 7 3 12 11 4

Best performances - Bowlers

Ali Raza
O10
M0
R37
W4
Eco3.7
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
Momin Qamar
O9
M0
R46
W3
Eco5.11
RHB
OFFLEG
1W2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan Under-19s , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

9.30 start, First Session 9.30-13.00, Interval 13.0-13.30, Second Session 13.30-17.00

Match days

19 January 2026 (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Pakistan Under-19s 2, Scotland Under-19s 0

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Rashad Mahbub

That concludes our coverage of the match for today. Thank you for tuning in. This is Rashad Mahbub, signing off on behalf of Andrew Fidel Fernando and Sudeep Poojar. Goodnight!

Farhan Yousaf: "All the guys played very well in this game. We lost the last match, but the management was very supportive of the boys. They gave 100% in this match. [Bowling unit] It is great to have so many pace bowlers like Ali Raza. Ali bowled very well in the last match and this one. All the bowlers are very good and have a lot of pace; I really enjoy managing the bowling during the game. [Watching Usman and Hussain bat] Yes, it is a very good sign for the next matches. Ahmed and Usman are the backbone of the team. I really appreciate their effort because they helped us recover from the collapse in the top order. We will look to carry that into the next match."

Thomas Knight: "Coming out on the wrong side is never ideal, but the amount of fight we showed, especially with the ball to take it as deep as we did, is certainly a positive. It shows what we are about as a group: taking it to the end and just competing. [Halfway point discussion] The plan was simple: restrict, restrict, restrict. We wanted as many dots and singles as possible to build pressure and get our wickets that way. The aim was to go as deep as we could, and if we reached a point where we had a chance to win, that would be great. We pushed hard and took it to the 44th over, so we are delighted with that. [Facing the fast bowlers] It was tough. They are at the quicker end of bowlers that any of us have faced. But the way a lot of us stood up and fought was a good summary of what we are like as a unit and a good reflection on ourselves. [Expectations for the next match] Maybe just a little bit more from the bat. We've had a few good starts, but if someone can kick on and get a 70 or 80, it makes all the difference; that turns the total into 220 or 230 in no time. That is probably what we will look into. However, I couldn't be much happier with how everyone performed in the second half; everyone worked so hard for each other."

Player of the Match, Usman Khan: "[Conditions in the middle] They were slightly slower, so we waited for the bad ball and focused on rotating the strike. It wasn't easy to put together a 100-plus partnership. [Discussion between Hussain] We trusted each other and followed the process of picking up singles and waiting for the loose deliveries as planned. [Batting unit overall] We are working hard on our process during matches and practice sessions on rest days. The team is aiming to win the World Cup and knows everyone needs to improve in certain areas, specifically their batting. We need to build more partnerships and be more aggressive at the crease."

4:50 pm Pakistan began their chase with steady confidence, putting on an opening stand of 43 before Baloch was bowled by Jones in the 10th over. Minhas was handed a life when Knight dropped him on 27, but the error wasn't costly; he was dismissed by Jones in the very next over, undone by the angle as he played a false stroke. Following the quick loss of both openers, Hussain and Usman stepped in to stabilize the innings. The batting pair barely put a foot wrong, absorbing the pressure and rotating the strike effectively to keep the scoreboard ticking. Usman Khan anchored the chase brilliantly, reaching his half-century off 59 balls and eventually falling for a vital 75 off 85 balls, caught at long on. Hussain also contributed a solid 47 before being caught at short third while attempting a reverse sweep. The Scottish bowlers performed excellently, executing precise lines to suppress scoring and supported by smart fielding. However, the under-par total on the board proved too low to defend, as they struggled to break through during the game's key moments. Jones and Saraswat finished with two wickets apiece. Post-match presentations will follow shortly.

Pakistan Under-19 won by 6 wickets

43.1
4
Saraswat to Farhan Yousaf, FOUR, Edged and through! Looped up a widish fuller length ball outside off, plays the slog sweep away from the body and splices it over short third, the ball trickles away to the boundary ropes. The two-time Under-19 World Cup champions have secured their first points of the tournament with a well-fought victory!

END OF OVER:
43 | 1 Run | PAK19: 186/4 (2 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 4.32, RRR: 0.28)

  • Huzaifa Ahsan0 (9b)
  • Farhan Yousaf14 (10b)
  • Finlay Jones9-0-37-0
  • Manu Saraswat9-1-42-2
42.6
0
F Jones to Huzaifa Ahsan, no run, Pace off fuller length ball around off, driven softly to the cover fielder. Ahsan is struggling to find the gap at the moment.
42.5
0
F Jones to Huzaifa Ahsan, no run, good length ball attacking the stumps, walks forward to negate the ball into the gap, tickles off the outside edge to point
42.4
0
F Jones to Huzaifa Ahsan, no run, length ball pats it down to the point fielder
42.3
0
F Jones to Huzaifa Ahsan, no run, length ball flighted outside off, pushes to backward point
42.2
0
F Jones to Huzaifa Ahsan, no run, full and overpitched ball pokes it back to the bowler

PAK Under-19 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st43Sameer MinhasAli Hassan Baloch
2nd5Usman KhanSameer Minhas
3rd111Ahmed HussainUsman Khan
4th26Farhan YousafAhmed Hussain
5th5Farhan YousafHuzaifa Ahsan

Under-19s World Cup

Super Sixes, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
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SL1922040.404
AFG1921121.796
WI1921120.033
SA192020-1.119
IRE192020-2.4
Super Sixes, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND1922042.62
ENG1922041.952
PAK1921120.936
BAN192112-0.371
NZ192020-2.361
ZIM192020-2.78
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS1933062.929
SL1932141.113
IRE193122-1.005
JPN193030-2.408
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND1933062.976
BAN1931130.327
NZ193012-6.143
USA193021-1.72
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG1933062.87
PAK1932140.651
ZIM193021-2.916
SCO193021-2.986
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
AFG1933062.487
WI1932140.23
SA1931221.64
TZA193030-5.446