Three matches were played in the Under-19 Men’s World Cup on Sunday. England defeated Zimbabwe by 8 wickets to achieve their second consecutive win. Whereas 2016 champion West Indies had to face defeat from Afghanistan in the group stage. The third match between New Zealand and America remained inconclusive. England won in 28 overs. The Group C match was played between the home team and England in Harare. Batting first, Zimbabwe scored 208 runs losing 9 wickets. Captain Simbarashe Mudzengerere scored 45, Tatenda Chimugoro scored 30, Dhruv Patel scored 36 and Kian Blignaut scored 33 runs. Manny Lumsdon took 3 wickets from England. Ralphie Albert and Farhan Ahmed got 2-2 wickets. Luke Hands and Alex French took 1 wicket each. Against 209 runs, England lost 2 wickets in the first powerplay. Ben Dawkins was out after scoring 11 runs and Joseph Moores was out after scoring 19 runs. Ben Mayers and captain Thomas Reu again made a century partnership and led the team to victory in 28 overs. Riu remained not out after scoring 86 runs and Mayers 77 runs. Shelton Mzvitorera took both the wickets for Zimbabwe. Afghanistan also got its second victory. Group D match was played between Afghanistan and West Indies in Windhoek. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 262 runs losing 6 wickets. Osman Shadat scored 88 runs and captain Mehboob Khan scored 86 runs. Khalid Ahmedzai was out after scoring 34 runs and Azizullah Miakhil was out after scoring 21 runs. Jakeem Pollard and Vittel Losses took 3 wickets each from West Indies. West Indies had a very poor start against a strong target. The team lost 3 wickets for 21 runs. Tanez Francis 9, Zachary Carter 3 and captain Joshua Dorn were out without opening the account. Wicketkeeper Jul Andrew took one end and scored a fifty. Still wickets kept falling in front of him. Andrew was also out after taking the team to 101 runs. The last batsmen showed fight, but West Indies were reduced to 124 runs. Nuristani Omarzai took 4 wickets from Afghanistan. Wahidullah Zadran and Khatir Stanikzai got 3 wickets each. Afghanistan won the second consecutive match and secured the first position in the points table. New Zealand-America match ended inconclusively. The match between New Zealand and America ended inconclusively. Batting first in Bulawayo, America scored 253 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. Nitish Sudini scored a century from the team. Adit Kappa scored 40 runs and Shiv Shani scored 33 runs. From New Zealand, Flynn Mori took 4 wickets and Mason Clarke took 3 wickets. Callum Samson and Snehit Reddy got 1-1 wicket. A batter was also run out. New Zealand had scored 12 runs without loss after one over. Then it started raining and the match could not be restarted. For this reason the match remained inconclusive. With this result, New Zealand is at first place in Group B and America is at second place.
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