ICC Under 19 World Cup SF Highlights AUS vs PAK: India vs Australia final

Australia vs Pakistan Highlights, U-19 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Ali Raza's brilliant spell went in vain as Aussies won by one wicket in Benoni to book a ticket to the final against India on Sunday

9:34 PM

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9:28 PM

How did the Australian innings panned out?

 

Australia clinched a one-wicket thriller as they chased down 180 to win against Pakistan and book a date with India in the final on Sunday at the same venue of Willowmoore Park in Benoni. This will lead to a re-match of the final between the senior men of the two teams in during the ODI World Cup 2023. 

 

Pakistan’s Ali Raza was brilliant with the ball as he got a wicket whenever the team needed him to. The 15-year-old pacer finished with figures of 4/34 in his 10 overs and had given his team 16 runs to defend with only the last Australian wicket to get. 

 

For Australia, opener Sam Dixon scored the only fifty (50) while Oliver Peak nearly guided his team home before getting out on 49 and opening the doors for Pakistan’s entry, which could only be closed in the last over. Arafat Minhas picked two wickets for Pakistan while Naveed Khan and Ubaid Shah got one each. 

 

9:16 PM

Australia wins by one wicket

And there we have it. An under edge, a Chinese cut or whatever it is that you want to call it gives Australia the win as Ubaid Shah, the chaser behind the ball, is gutted and so is every other Pakistani player including the bowler Mohammad Zeeshan. It went for a four and Australia needed just 3 to win. 

9:13 PM

3 needed from 6 to win

3 needed from 6 to win

 

Over Summary: 1L 2 1 0 0 0; Australia 177-9 after 49 overs

Raf McMillan (15), Callum Vidler (2); Ubaid Shah 10-0-44-1

 

16 was needed from 24 balls when Raza ended his spell and Pakistan have somehow not managed to get the last wicket in the 16 balls and the runs have come down to just 3 needed now. So it would be three needed from the last over for Australia to win and Pakistan must defend those runs. 

 

9:10 PM

3 needed from 8 balls

Huge appeal from Ubaid Shah. But the umpire was unmoved as it was hitting the back pad and almost all the stumps were visible. Two runs on the length ball, cut away by MacMillan. Again the length ball and again a single. 3 needed now. 

 

Ubaid Shaha just doesn’t look threatening enough here as Vidler defends comfortably at the front foot. Has Ubaid got injured here? Somt8ing wroing with spikes it seems. 

 

9:06 PM

6 needed from 12 balls

 

Over Summary: 0 1 4 1 0 0; Australia 174-9 after 48 overs

Raf McMillan (12), Callum Vidler (2); Mohammad Zeeshan 6-0-36-0

 

The victory will not come if Australia play all the over and therefore Pakistan must get the last wicket. Now 6 are needed from 12 balls. 

 

9:04 PM

6 needed from 14 balls

Mohammad Zeeshan, the tall guy is back into the attack and it will now be he who will look to get Australia all out. There is an edge, but away from the slip fielder and Australia take a single. The target is down to 11 now. 

 

This is crimninal from Zeeshan. You can’t bowl the short ball to a tailender as MacMillan gets an edge and it flies over the keeper’s head for a four. It is Pakistan’s game to lose and they are losing it here as the skipper Saad Biag has got injured trying to collect a throw from mid-off after the Aussies scampered for a quick single. 

 

8:59 PM

Ubaid not up to the mark

 

Over Summary: 1 1 0 1 1 0; Australia 168-9 after 47 overs

Raf McMillan (7), Callum Vidler (2); Ubaid Shah 9-0-42-1

 

One wicket to go and Australia need 16 more to win as Ubaid Shah, the most successful Pakistan bowler in the competition comes to bowl the 47th. He has conceded two singles off the first two balls here. Can he keep his calm and get the wicket?  

 

Ubaid must bowl the yorker or the bouncer. Length ball will always be tackled by even the number 10 batter. But he can't and concedes four runs. 

 

8:54 PM

Fourth wicket for Ali Raza, Australia 9 down

 

Over Summary: 0 0 w 0 0 w; Australia 164-9 after 46 overs

Raf McMillan (5), Callum Vidler (0); Ali Raza 10-2-34-4

 

Can Raza finish it off in the last three balls of his spell? Yorker against Beardman and now two to go and it is two wickets for Pakistan to take to make it to the final. And Raza has kept it on the money as he goes through the pain in his run-up for one last ball to end a great spell here. 

 

Can he get one more is the question? Yes, he can, Raza you beauty! What a bowler this guy could turn out to be in two years’ time!

 

8:49 PM

Raza strikes, Australia 8 down

Two dot balls to start with from Raza. Can he continue bowling the same line is the question? Yes, he can as Raza gets Straker caught behind and Australia are now eight down. 

8:46 PM

Fortune favouring Australia

 

Over Summary: wd 0 1 0 0 1 0; Australia 164-7 after 45 overs

Raf McMillan (5), Tom Straker (3); Ubaid Shah 8-0-38-1

 

Ubaid Shah starts off with a wide. Not ideal again. And we have a single. Now just 17 are needed. Pakistan must get a wicket here. The ball keeps low but is away from the stumps. In the air, but falls short of the point fielder. 

 

Could have easily chopped it back onto his stumps, but not to be for Pakistan. Fortune not favouring the Boys in Green as of now. Again a swing and a miss. Three from the over. 

 

8:41 PM

Another dramatic over from Raza

 

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 Wd N1 1; Australia 161-7 after 44 overs

Raf McMillan (4), Tom Straker (2); Ali Raza 9-1-34-2

 

Raza, the 15-year-old continues into his 9th over. He has been brilliant in this game and gets past the edge of Straker’s bat twice in four balls. And he is getting well left in the 44th over of the innings. And he vowels a wide. Not needed at all. 

 

8:36 PM

Amazing spell from Minhas ends

 

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 1 1; Australia 157-7 after 43 overs

Raf McMillan (3), Tom Straker (1); Arafat Minhas 10-1-20-2

 

Arafat Minhas has bowled 10 overs and gone for just 20 runs while taking two wickets of well-set batters Sam Dixon and Tom Campbell. This is to go along with his fifty in the first innings. Gem of a cricketer.

 

8:33 PM

Pakistan staying in it

 

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 W 0; Australia 155-6 after 42 overs

Raf McMillan (2), Tom Straker (0); Ali Raza 8-1-30-2

 

Tom Straker, the hero with the ball for Australia, would now have to do it with the bat too. 

 

8:29 PM

Raza gets Peake, Australia 7 down

Raza starts with a bouncer first up and Pakistan needs the wicket of Peake here who is batting on 49. There is a huge appeal for caught behind from the skipper Baig, but umpire Alauddin Palekar is unmoved. Well, we have the wicket and Raza strike as the umpire gives it out this time and Peake is out for 49.