IRE-U19 vs USA-U19 Ball by Ball Commentary

FOUR! Philippus le Roux finishes things off in style! This one is fuller on off. Philippus le Roux pulls out the reverse-sweep and finds the boundary on the deep backward point fence. Ireland Under-19 win by 7 wickets!

FIFTY FOR HUNTER! What a knock from him! A first U-19 half-century for the young man! Fuller delivery on middle. Ryan Hunter tucks it towards the long on for one.

Short and on middle and leg. Ryan Hunter glances it staying back towards the backward square leg for a double. Ryan Hunter is on 49 runs now.

Short delivery on off. Ryan Hunter gets the outer edge on the ball and the ball rolls towards the short third.

Fuller delivery on off. Ryan Hunter drives it straight to the cover.

Touch fuller on middle. Philippus le Roux blocks it back to the bowler.

Wide! Short and wide outside off. Philippus le Roux lets it pass the keeper and gets a bonus run. Ireland Under-19 one hit away from victory!

Short delivery outside off. Ryan Hunter slaps past the cover fielder for a run.

Short and outside off, drifting out. Ryan Hunter guides it toward the point. The fielder dives to his right and saves a run.

Short one now, outside off. Philippus le Roux drives it staying back towards the long off for a single.

Tossed up fuller, outside off. Ryan Hunter drives it towards the cover for single.

Flighted, full and on off, Ryan Hunter blocks it out.

Flatter, full and outside off, Ryan Hunter squeezes it to deep point for one more. Ireland Under-19 needs just 9 runs now!

Flighted, full and on off, Philippus le Roux uses his feet and eases it to long off for one.

Floated, full and on off, Ryan Hunter drills it through covers for one.

Tossed up, full and around off, Ryan Hunter drives it wide of sweeper covers for a brace.

Fuller on stumps. Ryan Hunter tucks it towards the mid-wicket for no runs.

Full toss outside off. Ryan Hunter eases it towards the cover region.

Short delivery outside off. Philippus le Roux drives it towards the point from the crease but no runs.

Short delievry on off. Ryan Hunter drives it towards the mid off for a single.

WIDE! Fuller outside off. Ryan Hunter leaves it at the end for an extrarun.

In the air... but safe! Short delivery outside off. Ryan Hunter cuts but connects the outer part of his willow. The ball is in air for a bit but falls into the gap of backward point and point. Couple taken.

Short and outside off. Ryan Hunter tries to cut but couldn't connect.

Tossed up, fuller on off. Ryan Hunter steers it towards the point.

FOUR! Not great bowling from the skipper! Tossed up, fuller outside off, half volley. Ryan Hunter drives it crisply through the cover and finds the fence for a boundary.

Fuller on off. Ryan Hunter goes down and slogs it uppishly towards the deep mid-wicket for a single.

Fuller again outside off. Philippus le Roux drives it past the cover fielder. Good effort at deep as the deep cover fielder has a race and dives to his right for saving one run of the ball.

Flatter and fuller on off, drfiting in. Philippus le Roux tries to drive on the off side but gets inner edge and rolls towards leg side.

Fuller delivery on the stumps. Ryan Hunter sweeps it towards square leg for one.

Fuller on leg. Philippus le Roux drives it on his front foot towards long on for one.

Touch fuller on the stumps. Philippus le Roux blocks it back to the bowler.

Short and around off. Ryan Hunter knocks it towards the cover fielder.

Fuller delivery on off. Philippus le Roux drives it on his front foot towards sweeper cover for one.

Fuller on middle. Philippus le Roux blocks it back tot he bowler.

FOUR! This is from the middle as well! Touch fuller on middle. Philippus le Roux gets on one knee and sweeps it towards there deep backward fence for a boundary.

Short and on middle and leg. Philippus le Roux knocks it towards the short mid-wicket.

Tossed up, fuller on middle. Philippus le Roux blocks it to the right of the bowler.

Flatter and on off. Ryan Hunter knocks it towards the cover.

Short and outside off. Philippus le Roux strides out and pushes towards the mid off and sets off for a quick single.

Short and on off. Philippus le Roux eases it to the left of the bowler.

Fuller deliver on off. Philippus le Roux drives it gently towards the mid off for a single.

FOUR! Oh... beautiful! Fuller delivery on off. Philippus le Roux goes down for a reverse sweep and connects the delivery from the middle of his bat past through point.

Tossed up fuller on stumps. Philippus le Roux blocks it down the ground.

Slower through the air, fuller on middle. Philippus le Roux takes his front foot out and tucks it towards the vacant mid-wicket for a single.

Short delivery now, on leg. Ryan Hunter holds back and pushes it towards wide long on for a single.

Fuller on middle and leg. Philippus le Roux drives it gently towards the wide long on for a single.

Tossed up, on off and middle Philippus le Roux strides and defends it down the ground.

Fuller on off. Ryan Hunter takes his front foot out and drives it towards long off for one.

Tossed up, fuller on off. Ryan Hunter prods and blocks it back tot he bowler.

A maiden over then! This is darted full and on off, Philippus le Roux knocks it back to the bowler.

Quicker again, full and on off, Philippus le Roux keeps it out to the off side.

Pushed through quicker, full and on off, Philippus le Roux strides out to drive but misses. Four dots in a row now!

Slower through the air, full and on middle, Philippus le Roux prods forward to block it out.

Flatter, full and on off, Philippus le Roux drives it towards short covers.

Floated, short and on off, Philippus le Roux steers it towards short third man.

Quicker, full and on off, Philippus le Roux drills it towards covers for one.

Flighted, full and on off, Philippus le Roux blocks it out.

Flatter, full and on off, Philippus le Roux drives it towards short covers.

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Khush Bhalala strikes in his first over! The bowling change has worked for USA Under-19 as they finally break the partnership. This is slower through the air, full and on off, turns away, Kian Hilton gets beaten in the air and goes through his drive a bit early, ends up lobbing the ball straight back to the bowler where Khush Bhalala makes no mistake. Hilton puts his head down in disappointment but has to walk back now.

Floated, full and on middle, Kian Hilton forces it back to the bowler.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Kian Hilton drills it back to the bowler.

Shorter in length and outside off, Ryan Hunter cuts it hard towards the point where the fielder gets a hand to it, that allows the fielder in the deep to get around and collect it. Two runs taken.

FOUR! Nice shot! This is flighted, full and around off, Ryan Hunter takes a big stride forward and caresses it through covers for a lovely boundary.

Flatter, full and on off, Kian Hilton knocks it towards mid off for a quick single.

Darts this one full and on leg, Kian Hilton goes down to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. Three dots in a row!

Floated, full and on middle, Kian Hilton clips it wide of short mid-wicket where the fielder dives to his left to make a good stop.

Tossed up, full and on off, Kian Hilton drills it towards mid off.

Fullish and outside off, Ryan Hunter goes for the drive but gets a bottom edge towards mid on.

Short of a length and around off, Ryan Hunter punches it sweetly but straight to cover-point.

Goes a bit fuller and on middle, Kian Hilton drives it past the bowler towards mid on for a single.

Back of a length and around off, Kian Hilton stabs it to short covers.

A slower one, on a length but way outside off, Kian Hilton heaves it alone. Wided.

Pitched up and around middle, Kian Hilton gets across and tucks it to short mid-wicket.

Full again and on middle, Kian Hilton drills it towards mid on.

Fuller one but down the leg side, Kian Hilton tries to glance it away but misses. Wided. That brings up the 50-run partnership between these two batters.

Darts this one short again, on middle, Kian Hilton forces it down the ground, Parth Patel dives and gets a hand to it and parries it to the mid on region where the short-mid-wicket fielder collects it. They cross.

Quicker, shortish and on middle, Kian Hilton stays back and tucks it to short mid-wicket.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Ryan Hunter eases it towards long on for a single.

Short again and around off, Ryan Hunter punches it towards covers.

Flatter, short and outside off, Ryan Hunter cuts it straight to point.

Parth Patel starts with a floated delivery, full and around off, Ryan Hunter slices it wide of short third man for a couple of runs.

Short delivery to finsih the over, outside off. Kian Hilton tries to perform a cut but misses the shot on the outer edge because of some extra bounce.

Fuller delivery on middle and leg. Kian Hilton tries to milk it towards the leg side but misses and thumps the pad.

Hard pitched, on off. Kian Hilton holds his stace and pushes it towards the cover fielder.

Back of a length on middle and off. Kian Hilton shows full face of bat and defends it down the ground.

Much fuller, around off. Ryan Hunter strides out and drills it towards the deep cover for one runs.

Fuller delivery on off. Ryan Hunter drives it to the cover for no runs.

Piched up on middle and off, shaping away. Kian Hilton without much footwork tries to help it to the leg side but misses it completely and hits his pad. Huge appeal from the players but nothing says the Umpire.

SHort delivery on middle. Kian Hilton blocks it back to the bowler.

Fuller now, on the stumps. Kian Hilton drives it but finds the fielder in mid on for no runs.

On a length on leg. Kian Hilton pushes it towards his leg side for a couple of runs.

FOUR! Crunched! Short delivery outside off, angling away. Kian Hilton cuts it hard towards the deep cover point for a single.

Back of a length on leg and middle. Kian Hilton stays back to milk it towards the mid-wicket but misses and thumps the upper part of his pad. Half appeal but nothing from the Umpire.

WIDE! Fuller delivery down the leg side missing the stumps. Kian Hilton flicks but misses.

Much fuller outside off. Ryan Hunter takes his front foot out and drives it towards the deep backward point for a double.

Fuller delivery on off and middle, shaping in. Ryan Hunter glances it towards the square leg for no runs.

Fuller on off. Ryan Hunter blocks it towards the cover for no runs.

Fuller on stumps. Ryan Hunter drives it towards mid on,

Back of a length on off. Ryan Hunter slaps it to the right of the point fielder for a run but a diving stop doesn't allow the batters to take any runs.

Much fuller outside off. Kian Hilton slips it crouching down towards sweeper cover for a single.

WIDE! Fuller delivery wide outside off. Kian Hilton tries to reach the delivery but misses the connection.

Short of a length and outside off, Ryan Hunter tries to cut but gets it off the toe-end as the ball goes on the bounce to first slip.

Back of a length and on off, Ryan Hunter tries to heave it away, but misses as the ball goes off his pads to the keeper.

FOUR! Poor effort in the field! Fuller delivery on middle. Ryan Hunter drives it from the middle of his bat just to the right of the mid-wicket fielder. The fielder lets it through and it costs the USA Under-19 a boundary. With that, Ireland Under-19 have now gone past the total boundaries hit by the USA Under-19 in this game.

Back of a length, on middle. Ryan Hunter blocks it down the ground.

Uppish but safe! Fuller delivery on middle and leg. Ryan Hunter tries to nudge it towards his leg side but puts his bottom hand into the shot. The ball rises and goes over the mid-wicket fielder and lands safely. Brace taken in between.

Fuller delievry on middle. Kian Hilton drives it to the wide of mid-wicket fielder for a single.

On a length, around off. Ryan Hunter knocks it towards the point.

Edged but safe! Back of a length and around off. Ryan Hunter tries to ease it towards the off side but gets an outer edge, but the ball doesn't carry towards the first slip.

Fuller one now, on off. Ryan Hunter takes his front foot out and drives it towards the cover region.

FOUR! Short of authority! This one is fuller on off. Ryan Hunter shuffles a bit to his off and slogs it towards the deep mid-wicket region for a boundary.

Back of a length around off. Ryan Hunter defends it towards the point with a full bat's face for no runs. Oh..no! It is called a No Ball for overstepping. Free Hit coming up...

Short delivery on middle yet again, Ryan Hunter stays back and blocks it to the right of the bowler.

Short delivery on middle and leg. Kian Hilton gets on top of the bounce and nudges it towards the mid-wicket region for a single.

Short of a length and on off, Kian Hilton stabs it wide of covers for one.

A bit fuller and on off, Kian Hilton blocks it out well.

EDGED AND FOUR! Almost another one for Arya Garg! This is on a hard length and around off, nips away again, Kian Hilton stays back to punch it but gets an outside edge which goes between gully and second slip to the third man fence for a boundary.

Fullish but down the leg, Kian Hilton misses his flick. Wided. USA Under-19 cannot afford to concede extras here.

Length again and around off, shaping away this time, Kian Hilton slashes at it but fails to connect.

Wow..how did that miss the stumps? Arya Garg lands this on a good length and just around off, nips back in sharply, Kian Hilton tries to play it but gets cut in half as the ball goes past the inside edge and just over the stumps. Garg has his hand on his head as this was really close.

Fuller one and on middle, shaping away, Kian Hilton looks to work it away, but gets a leading edge which falls safely in front of covers.

FOUR! Fine shot! Ateendra Subramanian lands this short of a length and outside off, Ryan Hunter accepts the width on offer, gets on top of the bounce and crunches it through cover-point for a boudnary.

On a length and on middle, angling in, Ryan Hunter blocks it out, the ball bounces on the ground and then hits the back of his bat before rolling to the off side.

Ateendra Subramanian straying in his line and bowls this full, on leg, Ryan Hunter whips it wide of fine leg for a couple of runs.

Touch fuller, on off, slower too, Ryan Hunter steers it towards gully again.

Length again and on off, Ryan Hunter tries to drive but gets an outside edge on the bounce wide of gully, the fielder dives to his left to make a good stop.

On a length and around off, Ryan Hunter pushes it wide of the diving point fielder and comes back for the second run.

Back of a length and on off, Kian Hilton keeps it out to the off side.

Fuller delivery around off. Kian Hilton drives it towards the mid off for no runs.

Pitched up and around middle, Kian Hilton flicks it away nicely towards deep mid-wicket for a brace.

FOUR! Easy pickings! Aryaman Suri goes fuller but on the pads this time, Kian Hilton glances it nicely towards the fine leg fence for a boundary.

On a length and on off, Kian Hilton pushes it towards covers.

OUT! TIMBER! Arya Garg stikes again! USA Under-19 are making things interesting here! Garg lands this on a good length and around off, nips back in sharply, Gavin Roulston lifts his bat and leaves it thinking it will go the other way, but the ball comes in and crashes on top of off pole. Garg is pumped and kisses the USA badge in celebration. Ireland Under-19 two down now!

Touch fuller, on middle, Ryan Hunter steers it with the outer half of the bat towards gully where the fielder makes a good stop.

Oh..so close! Ateendra Subramanian continues with his good length, on off, angles in and straightens a bit, Ryan Hunter prods forward to defend but once again just gets beaten on the outside edge. Too close for comfort that!

Great bowling! Ateendra Subramanian bowls this on a hard length and on off, nips away a bit, Ryan Hunter has a feel for it but the ball zips past the outside edge to the keeper. USA Under-19 players are putting in a lot of pressure by chirping at the batters.

Back of a length and outside off, Ryan Hunter leaves it alone.

BEATEN AGAIN! Ateendra Subramanian serves this full and around off again, Ryan Hunter goes for the big drive on the up, but misses as the ball goes past the outside edge again.

A beauty to start with! Ateendra Subramanian begins with a good-length delivery as well, on off, shaping away, Ryan Hunter tries to push it away but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Pitched up and on off, Gavin Roulston knocks it towards mid off.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Just the start USA Under-19 needed! Arya Garg provides an early breakthrough here. He lands this short of a length and around leg, Jordan Neill goes for the pull and connects well too, but unfortunately for him pick out the fielder at deep backward square, Ateendra Subramanian runs a bit forward and takes it comfortably in the end. Ireland Under-19 suffers an early blow here!

Pulls his length back a bit, on middle, shaping away this time, Jordan Neill gets forward and guides it off the outer half towards point.

Touch fuller and on off, Jordan Neill taps it towards short covers.

On a length and on middle, shaping in, Jordan Neill blocks it out down the pitch.

Goes fuller but down the leg side again, Jordan Neill misses his glance. Wided.

FOUR! Ireland Under-19 and Jordan Neill gets underway with a boundary! Arya Garg starts with a good-length delivery, on middle, shaping into leg, Jordan Neill just tickles it away towards the fine leg fence for four runs.