NZ-U19 vs IRE-U19 Super Six - Match 11 Results

4:21 PM IST Right then, that is it from the game. Ireland Under-19 walked out of the tournament with their heads held high. The action in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup action continues as we have a semi-finals between India Under-19 and South Africa Under-19 on Tuesday, the 6th of February. The game will begin at  1.30 pm IST (8 am GMT) but do join us for the early build-up as well. Until then, take care, and cheers!

4:20 PM IST Philippus le Roux skipper of Ireland Under-19 says that they started their inning pretty decent and the innings of Kian Hilton and Gavin Roulston were on another level. He continues that they were confident with the target and the bowlers also reacted really well in the second innings. He also praised New Zealand Under-19 for playing really great and they pushed them to their limit as well.

4:15 PM IST Oscar Jackson, skipper of New Zealand Under-19 says that he was happy to get the bowl first and he was happy and confident with the target but he thinks that they started a bit slow and that is where they lost the match. He continues that they enjoyed the campaign and got a lot of exposure from the matches and he is sure all the players of his team enjoyed it and will learn something positive from it.

4:11 PM IST Kian Hilton wins the player of the match and says that he thought that 260 would be par but he is happy to win the match. He continues that he enjoyed the catch and he was a bit lucky out there.

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4:10 PM IST Earlier in the match, the New Zealand Under-19 team struggled with their bowling performance, initially failing to contain the Irish batters. However, they managed to pick up wickets later in the innings, with Ewald Schreuder particularly impressive by taking three wickets in a single over. The Irish Under-19 team put up a solid batting display, with Kian Hilton and Gavin Roulston leading the way. They had a strong partnership of 129 runs, with Hilton scoring 72 and Roulston scoring 82. They ended up with a total of 267 on the board.