ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 : India beat New Zealand by 9 runs to reach the final-Cricket, Sports

India beat New Zealand by 9 runs to reach the final of U-19 World Cup 2012 on Thursday. India will now face defending champions Australia in the title clash on Sunday. Harmeet Singh was once again the hero with the ball. He took the wickets of Horne and Young, both dangerous batsmen.

Indian top order set up a solid base after New Zealand chose to bowl, and despite a middle-order slump, India were able to get past 200, a total that has been difficult to chase at Tony Ireland Stadium.

New Zealand fought hard, though, consolidating after losing top-order wickets in a clutch, and steered themselves to a position from where they could launch an assault at the end, much like they did in the quarterfinal against West Indies.

India Under-19 209 for 9 (Chopra 52, Horne 3-28) beat New Zealand Under-19 200 for 9 (Fletcher 53, Harmeet 2-30) by 9 runs

Full Score Card :


India Under-19s innings (50 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Chopra	c Young b Nuttall	52	104	5	1	50.00
U Chand*	b Neynens	31	44	5	0	70.45
B Aparajith	c Young b Sodhi	44	61	2	0	72.13
GH Vihari	c Carter b Horne	22	38	2	0	57.89
VH Zol	c Horne b Duffy	0	5	0	0	0.00
AD Nath	c & b Horne	11	16	1	0	68.75
SK Patel†	not out	15	17	1	0	88.23
Harmeet Singh	c Carter b Horne	6	7	0	0	85.71
K Passi	c Neynens b Quinn	0	1	0	0	0.00
Ravikant Singh	b Quinn	0	1	0	0	0.00
Sandeep Sharma	not out	7	6	0	0	116.66
Extras	(lb 6, w 15)	21

Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	209	(4.18 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-51 (Chand, 13.4 ov), 2-132 (Chopra, 33.2 ov), 3-138 (Aparajith, 35.5 ov), 4-139 (Zol, 36.5 ov), 5-169 (Nath, 43.3 ov), 6-183 (Vihari, 45.5 ov), 7-198 (Harmeet Singh, 47.6 ov), 8-198 (Passi, 48.1 ov),9-199 (Ravikant Singh, 48.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Duffy	8	0	37	1	4.62	(3w)
EJ Nuttall	8	1	22	1	2.75	(4w)
MR Quinn	10	1	36	2	3.60	(3w)
C Neynens	8	0	37	1	4.62	(2w)
IS Sodhi	10	0	43	1	4.30	(1w)
BJ Horne	6	0	28	3	4.66


New Zealand Under-19s innings (target: 210 runs from 50 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MSJ Davidson	c Ravikant Singh b Passi	6	25	1	0	24.00
JF Carter	c Nath b Ravikant Singh	30	54	3	0	55.55
BJ Horne	c Nath b Harmeet Singh	10	19	1	0	52.63
WA Young*	c Aparajith b Harmeet Singh	5	4	1	0	125.00
RR O’Donnell	c & b Aparajith	29	58	1	0	50.00
CD Fletcher†	b Sandeep Sharma	53	89	3	0	59.55
C Neynens	b Ravikant Singh	14	20	1	0	70.00
IS Sodhi	c Harmeet Singh b Sandeep Sharma	3	8	0	0	37.50
JA Duffy	not out	21	16	2	0	131.25
EJ Nuttall	run out (†Patel)	9	5	0	1	180.00
MR Quinn	not out	2	2	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 6, w 10)	18

Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	200	(4.00 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-29 (Davidson, 9.5 ov), 2-53 (Horne, 15.4 ov), 3-55 (Carter, 16.3 ov), 4-63 (Young, 17.5 ov), 5-119 (O’Donnell, 36.6 ov), 6-155 (Neynens, 43.2 ov), 7-163 (Sodhi, 45.3 ov), 8-173 (Fletcher, 47.2 ov),9-192 (Nuttall, 48.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Sandeep Sharma	10	2	36	2	3.60	(1w)
K Passi	10	0	48	1	4.80	(7w)
Ravikant Singh	10	0	49	2	4.90	(1w)
Harmeet Singh	10	2	30	2	3.00	(1w)
B Aparajith	10	1	29	1	2.90

Match details

Toss New Zealand Under-19s, who chose to fieldSeries India Under-19s advanced

Umpires
JD Cloete (South Africa) and PR ReiffelTV umpire
REJ Martinesz (Sri Lanka)Match referee
RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)Reserve umpire
PJ Nero (West Indies)