Abdul Subhan and Sameer Minhas have powered Pakistan to a comprehensive eight-wicket victory against New Zealand in the 29th match of the Men’s Under-19 World Cup.
According to details, opting to field first, the Green Shirts’ bowlers had mounted pressure on the New Zealand batters from the first delivery, with Marco William Alpe was the first batter to depart on 2. The wicket of Alpe started a downhill and it went downhill thereafter quickly. Hugo Bogue, was the only batter to show resistance with the bat, scoring 27-ball 39, lacing with six fours and two boundaries.
4️⃣-1️⃣1️⃣ in 6️⃣.3️⃣ overs 🔥
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Skipper Tom Jones was undone by Abdul Subhan on 16-ball 15. Snehith Reddy (6), Jacob Cotter (2), Brandon Mazopoulos (0), Jaskaran Sandhu (0), Callum Samson (10), Mason Clarke (17), Hunter Shore (13), Luke Harrison failed to show significant resistance with the bat.
Luke Harrison (2) remained unbeaten on 9-ball 2. The Black Caps were bundled out for 110 inside the 28th over.
For Pakistan, Abdul Subhan (4-11) spearheaded the bowling attack, scooping up four wickets. Ali Raza (3-36) took three wickets.
Mohammad Sayyam (1-35) and Momin Qamar (1-21) took a scalp each.
Ahmed Hussain (0-70 remained wicketless in the three overs he bowled.
Chasing a modest 111-run target, the Green Shirts were in hurry as they scored 61 runs in the mandatory powerplay losing Hamza Zahoor on 11-ball 8. Samaeer Minhas was brilliant with the bat and went on to treat the New Zealand bowlers with great contempt, scoring unbeaten 59-ball 76, studded with 10 boundaries and two towering sixes and a great strike rate of 128.21.
Usam Khan was removed by Luke Harrison.
Skipper Farhan Yousaf (c) and Sameer Minhas remained unbeaten to ensure the Green Shirts swept past New Zealand in the Super Six game.
