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It all begins on Friday when the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup kicks off in India.
In the warm-ups, the host’s WI will be hoping to put aside their shaky record.
I will play Australia in the opening game of Group D.
There will be no more warm-ups now, and the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup will begin on Friday.
On Friday, the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup kicks off with the first match against India and Pakistan. Defending champions Australia will begin their World Cup campaign against hosts West Indies at Providence Stadium, Guyana on Thursday. India and South Africa hammered Floyd Reifer’s team in the buildup to the tournament, with both sides failing to reach the 200-run mark with the bat on both occasions.
“I think batting comes down to the mindset of the players, in terms of spending some more time at the crease and developing some more partnerships,” says the coach, who is unconcerned about his team’s capacity to score large.
To be honest, I wouldn’t put too much weight on the warm-up games that we played because they were both low-scoring. While the batting order is aware of certain goals, such as players building on strong starts, these topics are being discussed, he continued.
A bright group of cricketers and some good batters are on hand; all they need to do now is perform the one-percenters correctly and we will reply with some consistency, he asserted with confidence in the youngsters.
In spite of a nine-wicket loss to India in their lone warm-up match, Australia’s skipper Cooper Connolly remains confident about his team’s chances in Group D, which also includes Scotland and Sri Lanka, which also includes India.
For Connolly, who was on Australia’s World Cup team that fell in the quarterfinals two years ago in South Africa, “[the India loss] was a reality check against one of the strongest sides, maybe the favorites.”
“However, our team is settling in nicely, and I’m confident that we’ll be ready to play well in our first game. We can’t get off to a slow start; we must defeat the West Indies first and have a positive frame of mind throughout the game. “I hope we can knock them down,” he continued.
Despite losing to Ireland by seven wickets in their warm-up game, the Scots overcame Uganda in their first match and will be hoping to build on that momentum in the group stages.
“We are not here to make up the numbers, we are simply going to try and enjoy the experience and be the greatest versions of ourselves that we can be,” Captain Charlie Peet stated. “”
Following their excellent victories over Uganda and Ireland, Sri Lanka will pose a serious threat to everyone. They’ll be hoping to carry that momentum into Friday’s match against Scotland in Guyana.
After overcoming Zimbabwe but losing to Pakistan – the early favorites in Group C – in the build-up, Bangladesh is looking to defend the title they won in 2020.
Rakibul Hasan, who was part of Bangladesh’s successful 2020 team, claims that the team is adapting to the Caribbean climate ahead of their Group A match against England on Sunday in St. Kitts and Nevis.
Since they’ve been in St Kitts for two weeks and played two practice games, they say, “The conditions in St Kitts are not that harsh.” “We are looking forward to playing England and maybe we can get off to a good start.” says the captain.
It was a terrific start for England in the warm-up games, with 359 for seven against Papua New Guinea.
They’ll get a chance to prove themselves against teams like the United Arab Emirates and Canada in the tournament proper, where they’ll also face George Thomas and Tom Prest.
“We’ve come here with the goal of winning the tournament,” stated Prest. As a team, that’s kind of where we want to end up. For our first match, we’ll face Bangladesh, which will be a good challenge for us. In spite of their recent success, we have high hopes of making it out of the group stage and onto the next round.
India and South Africa meet on Saturday, both having beaten the tournament hosts in their pre-season practices, in the first Group B match.
On Saturday, the two heavyweights will square off against Uganda and Ireland. Tim Tector, the third Tector sibling to lead his country at this tournament, leads the Irish, who could be a surprise package.
That first game against Uganda is the most important for us, and we’re confident about that one, but you have to focus on one game at a time.” We’ve never played a game on television before, so it will be a new experience for us in and of itself.
When it comes to important games, there’s always going to be a bit of anxiety, but I think we’ll be ready to go when the time comes.” For Cricket Ireland, it would be a huge achievement if we beat Uganda in the first game and then one of the other two games, but if not we will travel to Trinidad and attempt to get as far in the plate as we can,” the captain said.
