Jason Jaskirat Singh
Sangha ~ heard ? – does it sound something to you – he is the Aussie Captain,
in case you don’t know !!!
Watching the match –
right handed Prithvi Shaw and Manjot Kalra played so well, but missed out when
century was well in the offing as the camera zoomed on a familiar face of Steve
Waugh and his wife .. at Mount Maunganui, a holiday paradise – know for surfing, swimming and relaxing.
Mount Maunganui of
Tauranga, located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre.
It was an independent town from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga
Harbour Bridge in 1988, which connects Mount Maunganui to Tauranga's central
business district. Located across the
harbour from Tauranga, “the Mount” is almost surrounded by the Pacific Ocean,
with New Zealand’s best beach on one side of its peninsula, and the sheltered
waters of Pilot Bay on the other. Standing 232m above sea level, this iconic
landmark is treasured by Maori and it is here that the U19 World Cup match
between India and Australia is happening.
It is the 7th
match, Group B (D/N), ICC Under-19 World Cup at Mount Maunganui, Jan 14 2018 –
India won the toss and is batting – and batting well too.
The inaugural event was
titled the McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, and was held in 1988 as
part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations. It took place in South
Australia and Victoria. Teams from the seven Test-playing nations, as well as
an ICC Associates XI, competed in a round-robin format. The tournament was
notable for the number of future international players who competed. Future
England captains Nasser Hussain and Mike Atherton played, as did Indian spinner
Venkatapathy Raju, New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns, Pakistanis Mushtaq
Ahmed and Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya, and West Indians Brian
Lara, Ridley Jacobs, and Jimmy Adams.
ICC Under-19 Cricket
World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the ICC contested
by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988, as the Youth World Cup, it
was not staged again until 1998. Since then, the World Cup has been held as a
biennial event, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The first
edition of the tournament had only eight participants, but every subsequent
edition has included sixteen teams. Australia and India have both won the World
Cup three times, and India has been in the finals twice more. It won in 2000,
2008 & 2012, losing in finals in 2006 & 2016.
The 2018 ICC Under-19
Cricket World Cup is currently being held in New Zealand from 13 January to 3
February 2018. It is the twelfth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and
the third to be held in New Zealand. West
Indies are the defending champions.
In one surprise result,
Afghanistan Under-19 194 for 5 (Rasooli 76*, Khil 46) beat Pakistan U-19 - 188
(Nazir 81, Omarzai 3-34, Ahmad 3-38) by five wickets. Darwish Rasooli struck an unbeaten 78-ball 76
to lead Afghanistan to victory in their opening match of the Under-19 World
Cup, beating Pakistan by five wickets. Chasing 189, Afghanistan were reduced to
50 for 3, before Rasooli, in the company of wicketkeeper Ikram Ali Khil, staved
off Pakistan's challenge.
Australia's squad for
the Under-19 World Cup is by batsman
Jason Sangha, and include allrounder Austin Waugh - son of former captain Steve
Waugh. Another allrounder, Will Sutherland, son of Cricket Australia's (CA)
chief executive James Sutherland, is named vice-captain. Sangha had become the youngest Australian to
make a first-class century against England, scoring 133 for the CA XI in a tour
game in Townsville in the lead up to the Ashes. In July last, Sutherland, a
powerful batsman and fast-medium bowler, had chosen cricket over football,
accepting a multi-year rookie deal with Victoria rather than nominating himself
for the AFL draft.
Sangha has already led
Australia Under-19s in a bilateral series against Sri Lanka at home in April.
He made news in November when he became the youngest first-class centurion in
the country since Ricky Ponting in 1992-93. It was a pre-Ashes warm-up fixture
and Sangha was facing an attack that included Chris Woakes, Craig Overton and
Moeen Ali. He held firm to bring up a superb century, one he says gave him
oodles of belief. So much,
excitement," he says. "Indian roots. How could I not be mad about
cricket?"
Rahul Dravid is the
coach for the Indian U 19 team. Lot of
interesting things in store for the cricket fan.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
14th Jan
2018.
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