20/01Result

16th Match, Group A, ICC Men's Under-19 World Cup at Windhoek, Jan 20 2026

Japan Under-19sJapan Under-19sJPN19
201/8
Australia Under-19sAustralia Under-19sAUS19
204/2 (29.1/50 ov)

AUS Under-19 won by 8 wkts (125b rem)

Player of the Match

Will MalajczukAustralia Under-19s

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

W Malajczuk

102(55) 12x4 - 5x6

Control %83%

Productive Shot
pull
22 runs
2x4 - 2x6

H Tani-Kelly

79(135) 6x4 - 0x6

Control %69%

Productive Shot
cover drive
21 runs
3x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

N Cooray

O10

R31

Eco3.1

RHB
OFFLEG
		1W


	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF



		1W

W Byrom

O10

R32

Eco3.2

RHB
OFFLEG



	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF


		1W

Match Details

Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek

Series

ICC Men's Under-19 World Cup 2026

Toss

Japan Under-19s , elected to bat first

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

20 January 2026 (50-over match)

Youth ODI debut

Naden Cooray

Montgomery Hara-Hinze

Skyler Cook

Umpires

Forster Mutizwa

Virender Sharma

TV Umpires

Nitin Bathi

Reserve Umpire

Deighton Butler

Match Referee

Neeyamur Rashid

Points

Australia Under-19s 2, Japan Under-19s 0

Scorecard Summary

JAPAN UNDER-19S 201/8(50 OVERS)

Hugo Tani-Kelly*79 (135)
Nihar Parmar33 (67)

Will Byrom2/32 (10)
Naden Cooray3/31 (10)

AUSTRALIA UNDER-19S 204/2(29.1 OVERS)

Will Malajczuk102 (55)
Nitesh Samuel*60 (73)

Charlie Hara-Hinze1/50 (7)
Nihar Parmar1/35 (8)

Scorer: K Vairavan

29.1

G Hara-Hinze to T Hogan, FOUR,

END OF OVER:
29 | 5 Runs | AUS19: 200/2 (2 runs required from 21 overs, RR: 6.89, RRR: 0.09)

Tom Hogan15 (26b)
Nitesh Samuel60 (73b)

Nihar Parmar8-0-35-1
Gabriel Hara-Hinze1-0-6-0

28.6

1lb

Parmar to T Hogan, 1 leg bye,

28.6

Parmar to T Hogan, 1 wide,

28.5

Parmar to T Hogan, no run,

28.4

Parmar to Samuel, 1 run,

28.3

Parmar to Samuel, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Will Malajczuk's 51-ball century helps Australia blow Japan away
New Zealand, meanwhile, suffered another washout after their game against Bangladesh was rained out

AUS Under-19 INNINGS		R	B
W Malajczuk	caught	102	55
N Samuel	not out	60	73
S Hogan	caught wk	15	20
T Hogan	not out	19	27
OJ Peake
J Draper
Aryan Sharma
N Cooray
B Gordon
K Barton
W Byrom
EXTRAS	(lb 2, w 6)
TOTAL	204 (2 wkts; 29.1 ovs)

JPN Under-19 BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
Nikhil Pol	4.0	36	0	9
C Hinze	7.0	50	1	7.14	(1w)
K Kato-Stafford	4.0	29	0	7.25	(1w)
M Hara-Hinze	3.0	18	0	6	(2w)
H Tani-Kelly	2.0	24	0	12
N Parmar	8.0	35	1	4.37	(1w)
G Hara-Hinze	1.1	10	0	8.57

AUS Under-19 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	135	W Malajczuk	N Samuel
2nd	25	S Hogan	N Samuel
3rd	44	T Hogan	N Samuel

Under-19s World Cup

Super Sixes, Group 1
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS19	2	2	0	4	1.164
SL19	2	2	0	4	0.404
AFG19	2	1	1	2	1.796
WI19	2	1	1	2	0.033
SA19	2	0	2	0	-1.119
IRE19	2	0	2	0	-2.4
Super Sixes, Group 2
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
IND19	2	2	0	4	2.62
ENG19	2	2	0	4	1.952
PAK19	2	1	1	2	0.936
BAN19	2	1	1	2	-0.371
NZ19	2	0	2	0	-2.361
ZIM19	2	0	2	0	-2.78
Group A
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS19	3	3	0	6	2.929
SL19	3	2	1	4	1.113
IRE19	3	1	2	2	-1.005
JPN19	3	0	3	0	-2.408
Group B
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
IND19	3	3	0	6	2.976
BAN19	3	1	1	3	0.327
NZ19	3	0	1	2	-6.143
USA19	3	0	2	1	-1.72
Group C
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
ENG19	3	3	0	6	2.87
PAK19	3	2	1	4	0.651
ZIM19	3	0	2	1	-2.916
SCO19	3	0	2	1	-2.986
Group D
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AFG19	3	3	0	6	2.487
WI19	3	2	1	4	0.23
SA19	3	1	2	2	1.64
TZA19	3	0	3	0	-5.446