1951dThe Bulletin by Peter English

Hazlewood takes Australia to World Cup win

Australia followed the lead of their senior team as they shut down Pakistan's challenge to claim their third Under-19 World Cup trophy

Match Centre

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan Under-19s , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Australia Under-19s won the 2009/10 ICC Under-19 World Cup

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.30 start, First Session 10.30-14.00, Interval 14.00-14.45, Second Session 14.45-18.15

Match days

30 January 2010 (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Australia have won this tournament for the third time. Big cheers from a tiny Australian contingent in the crowd, and the players mob Hazlewood's who's taken four wickets and delivered the final blow. The families of the cricketers are part of the crowd, and the players celebrate with them. Pakistan were favourties coming into this game, and at 69 for 1, it seemed they were on their way to another title. But the introduction of Doran into the attack turned the tables, and Hazlewood returned to inflict further damage and shut Pakistan out. A close encounter nevertheless, quite unlike what their senior teams have managed Down Under. The wicket of Hammad Azam, of course, was critical. Hazlewood is my bet for Man of the Match, but we'll just wait and see. Join us for the presentation in a bit.

The match officials get their medals first.

The runners-up Pakistan get their medals now. The names are being called out in alphabetical order.

Azeem Ghumman: "They played very well. We were 70 for 1, but lost from there on. It was very disappointing. The top order did well, and the middle order which has been winning the matches for us so far didn't click today. But I'm very proud of our performance in the tournament and I thank the people of Pakistan and our fans here for supporting us. Congratulations to Australia."

Josh Hazlewood is the Man of the Match for his four-for.

Hazlewood: "Very happy with out performance. It was great pressure, the boys stepped up. We had posted a par score, we have definitely peaked at the right time in the tournament. We'll have a typical Australian celebration tonight."

Dominic Hendricks, the highest run-getter this tournament, from South Africa, is the Man of the Tournament. He's not there to pick up the award.

The winning team, Australia, is being awarded the medals now.

Mitchell Marsh: "There were plenty of nerves. It's not everyday you get to play in a World Cup final. The boys stuck to their guns. We were in a bit of trouble there but the middle order stepped up and 207 proved enough. Everyone had their moments throughout the tournament. We're going to have a fellowship and celebrate with our parents tonight."

He holds aloft the Under-19 World Cup and the rest of the team joins in and poses for the camera. That's all we have from here. Thanks for tuning in. On behalf of Binoy George , who was the commentator for the bulk of this game, and Gopi Rangarajan on the scoring desk, this is Sid Talya signing off. Adios

46.4
W
Hazlewood to Raza Hasan, OUT, Australia have won the World Cup! Lands on a good length outside off, tries to swing it over midwicket, gets a faint inside edge straight through to the keeper

Raza Hasan c †Triffitt b Hazlewood 10 (11m 7b 2x4 0x6) SR: 142.85

46.3
1
Hazlewood to Fayyaz Butt, 1 run, full toss, makes room and guides it wide of point for a single
46.2
1
Hazlewood to Raza Hasan, 1 run, bowls it full, drives it wide of mid-off for a single
46.1
4
Hazlewood to Raza Hasan, FOUR, a boundary, makes room and swings hard and Hazlewood follows him, gets a inside edge to beat fine leg, are Pakistan still in with a chance, or is there too much to get?

END OF OVER:
46 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK19: 176/9 (32 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 3.82, RRR: 8.00)

  • Raza Hasan5 (4b)
  • Fayyaz Butt3 (2b)
  • Alister McDermott8-0-50-1
45.6
1
McDermott to Raza Hasan, 1 run, pushed towards mid-on for a single to keep the strike
45.5
4
McDermott to Raza Hasan, FOUR, shot, full outside off, makes room and swats it over the bowler's head for a boundary, nicely timed, didn't involve a great deal of effort

PAK Under-19 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15Babar AzamAhsan Ali
2nd54Ahmed ShehzadBabar Azam
3rd5Azeem GhummanBabar Azam
4th36Rameez AzizAzeem Ghumman
5th1Azeem GhummanHammad Azam
6th19Azeem GhummanMohammad Waqas (2)
7th26Azeem GhummanSarmad Bhatti
8th10Usman QadirSarmad Bhatti
9th2Raza HasanUsman Qadir
10th14Raza HasanFayyaz Butt