Ireland Under 19’s guaranteed themselves a finishing spot of at least 12th in the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup as they advanced to the semi-finals of the Plate section with a comfortable win over Namibia to set up a showdown with Sri Lanka on Wednesday
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Ireland’s bowling and fielding continued to excel as they restricted Namibia to 128 for 9 from their 50 overs thanks to the continued excellence of their spinners and a penetrating spell from Graeme McCarter. George Dockrell went at less than a run a ball as he remarkably bowled 10 overs for just 8 runs and Adam Coughlan continued his good tournament with the figures of 1 for 23 from his 10 over allocation.
Ryan Hunter set about the chase in a hurry as he smashed 42 off 37 balls including 2 sixes but the batting frailties that hurt Ireland throughout the tournament nearly cost them again as they lost 6 wickets despite having over half their overs left to bat when Tyrone Kane sealed the win for Ireland by hitting the winning runs.
Plate Championship Quarter-Finals
Ireland beat Namibia by four wickets, WEP Harris Oval, Brisbane
Namibia 128 for nine, 50 overs (Christopher Coombe 28, Jason Davidson 24; Graeme McCarter 4-32 from 10ov; George Dockrell 1-8 from 10ov)
Ireland 129 for six, 24.3 overs (Ryan Hunter 42, Jason van der Merwe 28; Jason Davidson 3-45, Shalako Groenewald 2-16)
Player of the Match: Graeme McCarter (Ireland)
Cricket Ireland
Graeme McCarter & George Dockrell had plenty to celebrate
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