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Australia aim for second final in a row

The South Africans, meanwhile, will count on captain Aiden Markram and all rounder Yaseen Valli.

Australia will look to reach their second consecutive final of the U-19 World Cup when they take on South Africa in Dubai on Wednesday. While the Australian side has won the title thrice, if the Proteas go through, it would only be for the third time that they have reached the final. Australia will depend on Jaron Morgan to come good once again. The opener is the side’s top scorer with 213 runs in four innings.

The South Africans, meanwhile, will count on captain Aiden Markram and all rounder Yaseen Valli. In Valli, South Africa has a batsman who has impressed with his patience, shot selection and range of strokes. He has scored 208 runs with a century and two half-centuries. Captain Markram has found form towards the business end of the competition. He scored an unbeaten 120 in his side’s last league game against Zimbabwe and then hit another unbeaten ton (105 n.o) in the quarterfinal against Afghanistan. In the bowling department, medium pacer Justin Dill has taken ten wickets while left arm spinner Valli has eight wickets.

Bangla, NZ in Plate final

Bangladesh and New Zealand will play the Plate Championship final on Thursday after comfortably winning their play-off matches on Tuesday.

Bangladesh, which has previously won the Plate title in 1998, 2004 and 2010, defeated Zimbabwe by 72 runs while New Zealand recorded a comfortable five-wicket victory over the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

In the Super League fifth/sixth position semifinal, West Indies edged out Afghanistan by nine runs. West Indies will now take on India in the fifth/sixth position match.

Plate Championship semi-final

Bangladesh 265-6, 50 overs (Mosaddek Hossain 83 not out, Joyraz Sheik 58, Litton Das 47, Shadman Islam 34; Patrick Mambo 2-55) beat Zimbabwe 193-9, 50 overs (Luke Jongwe 50, Malcolm Lake 38; Mehedy Hasan 3-43, Mustafizur Rahman 2-19) by 72 runs; UAE 140 all out, 49.2 overs (Moaaz Qazi 21; Josh Finni 2-5, Jeremy Benton 2-23) lost to NZ 141-5, 30.2 overs (Ken McClure 62 not out, Raki Weerasundara 30; Justin James 2-38) by 5 wickets

PLAYOFFS

West Indies 215 all out, 49.2 overs (Fabien Allen 92, Tristan Coleman 37, Ramaal Lewis 27; Mohammad Mujtaba 3-36, Fareed Ahmed 3-37) beat Afghanistan 206 all out, 48 overs (Hashmatullah Shaidi 52 not out, Shahidullah Kamal 51; Ray Jordan 3-44, Ramaal Lewis 2-38) by 9 runs

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