London, January 31: Australia has won the crown of the ICC U-19 World Cup as they defeated Pakistan by 25 runs in the final at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln on Saturday.
Pakistan skipper A Ghumman won the toss and invited Australian team to bat first in the grand finale. Australia got to a bad start as they lost their first three wickets with just
23 runs on the board.
Australia scored 207 runs for loss of nine wickets in their allotted 50 overs. K Richardson was the top scorer for Australia who scored 44 runs including two towering sixes. T Armstrong also batted brilliantly as he contributed 37 runs with the bat.
S Bhatti was most successful bowler for Pakistan who took three wickets for just 33 runs in his eight overs while F Butt and B Azam picked up two and one wicket respectively.
Chasing the target of 208 runs, Pakistan batting order struggled against Australian bowling attack as they bundled out for just 182 runs on the board in 46.4 overs. A Ghumman scored 41 runs for Pakistan.
J Hazlewood took four wickets for 30 runs in his 8.4 overs while L Doran chipped in with three wickets for just 32 runs in his 10 overs.
–Agencies–