
Tags: Cricket, Afghanistan U19, Antigua, Australia U19, England U19, Icc U19 World Cup, India U19, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
England advanced to the final of the ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup with a nail-biting 15-run win over Afghanistan in their Super League semi-final at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua today.
In the rain-affected 47-overs per side encounter, England set a score of 231-6 off their 47 overs.
George Bell with 56 not out off 67 balls and Alex Horton with 53 not out off 36 balls were the main contributors for the English.
Opener George Thomas also got a half-century for England, 50 off 69 balls.
Naveed Zadran and Noor Ahmad took two wickets each for Afghanistan.
Afghanistan looked comfortable for the majority of their chase, reaching 94-2 in the 24th over before a flurry of wickets put them in a spot of bother.
The Asian outfit continued to battle and found themselves needing 18 off two overs with four wickets in hand before England leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed took three wickets in the penultimate and 46th over to pretty much end all hopes for the Afghans.
Eventually, Afghanistan ended 215-9 off their 47 overs.
Allah Noor with 60 and Mohammad Ishaq with 43 were the top scorers for Afghanistan against Ahmed’s 4-41 off six overs.
England will now face the winners of tomorrow’s second semi-final between Australia and India in the final to be played on February 5th.
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