Aussies, Lankans off to winning starts on Day 1

Georgetown (Guyana), Jan 15

Australia and Sri Lanka logged their first points at the Under-19 World Cup after registering comfortable victories over West Indies and Scotland, respectively, on the opening day here.

While Australia notched up a six-wicket win over West Indies, Sri Lanka beat Scotland by 40 runs in two Group D matches on Friday.

A disciplined Australian bowling unit first bundled out hosts West Indies for a paltry 169 and then returned to overhaul the target, scoring 170/4 four in 44.5 overs with Teague Wyllie hitting a 129-ball 86, studded with eight hits to the fence.

For Windies, skipper Ackeem Auguste top-scored with a 67-ball 57.

In the other match, Sri Lanka, opting to bat, were all out for 218 in 45.2 overs but their bowling unit led by Dunith Wellalage (5/27) rose to the occasion to bundle out Scotland for 178 with 8 balls to spare.

Brief scores: West Indies: 169 all out in 40.1 overs (Auguste 57; Whitney 3/20, Connolly 3/17); Australia: 170/4 in 44.5 overs (Wyllie 86, Nivethan Radhakrishnan 31; Layne 1/19); Sri Lanka: 209 all out in 45.2 overs (Liyanage 79, Fischer-Keogh 3/56); Scotland: 178 all out in 48.4 overs (Jarvis 55; Wellalage 5/27) — PTI

Dhull’s 82 overwrites India’s poor start

georgetown: Skipper Yash Dhull helped India recover from a poor start and post 232 against South Africa in their opener here today. Dhull’s solid 82 off 100 balls laid the cornerstone of India’s fighting total. The start of play was delayed by around 40 minutes due to rain and amid the prevailing conditions, South Africa decided to put India in to bat. Left-arm pacer Aphiwe Mnyanda rocked the Indian top-order by trapping in-form opener Harnoor Singh (1) and his partner Angriksh Raghuvanshi (5) in front of the stumps. With India in trouble, skipper Dhull and Shaik Rasheed (31)) got together to resurrect the innings. They shared a 71-run stand before Rasheed missed a sweep shot off left-arm spinner Liam Alder to be adjudged LBW.