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Best performances - Batsmen

S Hogan
43(73) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg_glance
  • 9 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
9 10 5 9 2 1 4 3
P James
34(60) 1x4 - 1x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • steered
  • 7 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
8 3 3 1 2 5 3 9

Best performances - Bowlers

C Lachmund
O7
M0
R29
W3
Eco4.14
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
JJ Basson
O10
M0
R41
W3
Eco4.1
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Match Details

Toss

Australia 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

25 January 2026 (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Australia Under-19s 2, South Africa Under-19s 0

Scorer: Chetan Kumar | Commentator: Madushka Balasuriya

On that note it's a wrap from us. The win takes Australia to six points in the table and it means they have one foot in the semis. For South Africa, it's elimination but still pride to play for. There's still a tight game between Ireland and West Indies currently underway, while there's a huge clash between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan tomorrow. Be sure to join us for that, but till then, on behalf of Abhijato and the rest of the team, this is Madushka signing out!

Ollie Peake: "It was a little bit different to the last few games, but I was really impressed with how Alex Lee-Young and Drapes were able to finish it off at the end. Pretty testing conditions, but were able to finish it off clinically. [Foursome as an attack?] Really strong, they started amazing again today. Anytime they get 3-4 wickets in the powerplay it's good to start the game on the front foot. And against a good opposition it was good to get into their middle order early. And then it was impressive for Aryan Sharma, Schiller and Kasey [Barton] to follow suit after that. Think today the wicket was a bit more tricky but happy to be going to a new place and new challenges. Looking forward to the next couple of weeks."

Muhammed Bulbulia: "I thought it was a brilliant effort in the second half of the game. After a hard start in the morning the boys should a really good fight in the backend and there was great energy in the fielding. [batting?] I thought around 250-260 we would have really been in the game. We just weren't able to build partnerships and then we lost wickets in clusters. [Finishing well?] Extremely important, we play with a lot of pride so the match against Sri Lanka is going to be really important for us to get those two points.

Player of the Match goes to Charlie Lachmond for his 3 for 29: "Similar to last game, the wicket was pretty good. You could afford to bowl really good balls and put them in the right areas, wear them down and get the rewards. It's pretty good [the partnership between the "Fearsome Foursome"] it's gelling quite nicely, we had things to work on in the first few group games but it's really nice to see everyone gel together and put together a complete performance to set us up for big wins."

3.14pm So a patient Australia chase finally comes to an end as they hunted down a target of 119 in 32.5 overs. Many would have thought this was a game that would have come to a close much earlier, but South Africa's seamers kept things incredibly tight as Australia themselves were not ready to risk anything in their pursuit for a crucial two points. JJ Basson was the pick of the South African bowlers with figures of 3 for 41, while Bayanda Majola bowled outstandingly for little reward - beating the edge on several occasions. The work for the South African bowlers though was always an uphill struggle after their Australian counterparts tore through the South African batting. Each of the Australian bowlers picked up wickets, with the seamers in particular proving devastating - though South Africa's batters will also be disappointed with some of their shot selection.

32.5
4
Soni to Draper, FOUR, Yes it is! At long last! Short and pulled away handsomely to the deep midwicket boundary. Australia secure a hard fought 6-wicket win!

Is this the ball?

32.4
0
Soni to Draper, no run, good length on off, defended

field comes in tight

32.3
4
Soni to Draper, FOUR, Scores are level! Full outside off, and its slashed away square. The ball starts to hold up in the surface, but eventually reaches the point boundary
32.2
2
Soni to Draper, 2 runs, full outside off, and driven through the covers. Had to reach out for it and so it came of the bottom of the bat. Fetches him a couple
32.1
0
Soni to Draper, no run, back of a length just outside off, defensive push to cover

END OF OVER:
32 | 3 Runs | AUS19: 112/4 (7 runs required from 18 overs, RR: 3.50, RRR: 0.38)

  • Alex Lee Young21 (33b)
  • Jayden Draper11 (18b)
  • Jason Rowles2-0-5-0
  • Ntando Soni6-0-26-0
31.6
2
Rowles to Lee Young, 2 runs, length on the pads, slides back and works it behind square for a couple

AUS Under-19 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7W MalajczukN Samuel
2nd38S HoganN Samuel
3rd22OJ PeakeS Hogan
4th27A Lee YoungS Hogan
5th28A Lee YoungJ Draper

Under-19s World Cup

Super Sixes, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS1922041.164
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