Afghanistan U19 vs Ireland U19: The 9th match of Under-19 World Cup Super-6 was played between Afghanistan Under-19 and Ireland Under-19. In which Afghanistan’s Under-19 team entered the semi-finals by defeating Ireland by a huge margin of 191 runs. This is the first time that the Afghanistan team has entered the semi-finals in the Under-19 World Cup. Australia team has already reached the semi-finals along with Afghanistan in Group A.

Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first in the ninth match of Super-6 played at Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe. However, batting first, Afghanistan had a very poor start. Opener batsman Khalid Ahmedzai was out after scoring 1 run. After that Usman Sadat also returned to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs. After that, Faisal Shinozada made a partnership of 75 runs with Uzairullah Niazi for the third wicket and took the team beyond 100.

Faisal Shinozada’s century innings

However Niazi was out after scoring 26 runs. At one end, Faisal Shinozada stood firm and completed his century. Faisal made a partnership of 188 runs with captain Mehboob Khan for the fourth wicket. Thanks to the partnership of these two, the team reached close to 300. Faisal was out after scoring 163 runs. Mehboob Khan played an inning of 89 runs in 79 balls with 2 sixes and 5 fours, taking the team to 315 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. For Ireland, Ruben Wilson and Oliver Riley took 3-3 wickets. Thomas Ford took 1 wicket.

Ireland team limited to 124 runs

The Irish team, which came to chase the big target of 316 runs, was all out for just 124 runs. Afghanistan won this match by a huge margin of 191 runs. Ireland also had a very bad start. Freddy Ogilvie was out without opening the account. After that Adam Lecky returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. James West walked out after scoring 15 runs. Marco Bates, the highest scorer for Ireland, was out after scoring 34 runs. Ruben Wilson was out of the pavilion after scoring 31 runs. For Afghanistan, Akil Khan took 3 wickets, Abdul Aziz took 3 wickets, Omarzai took 1 wicket and Ruhallah Arab took 1 wicket.