Windies U19s lose to England

John Campbell

TOWNSVILLE, Australia, CMC– Despite a defiant century from John Campbell West Indies lost to England by 13 runs in their  fifth place play-off of the ICC under 19 World Cup yesterday.

Middle order batsman Campbell struck 105 as the Caribbean side was bowled out for 228 in 48. 3 overs chasing the 241 run target set by England.

Campbell hit eight fours and two sixes facing 105 balls and   with support from Captain Kraigg Brathwaite and Steven Katwaroo, brought young windies within sight of victory. However, when Campbell was trapped lbw to Reece Topley with three more wickets remaining West Indies prospects of a consolation win had all but vanished. Braithwaite hit two fours in his supporting knock of 30 while Steven Katwaroo got to 25 before he was run out. Kyle Mayers also tried to keep his side’s chances alive but could only muster 22 when he was lbw to Sam Wood.

John Campbell

Earlier, Sam Wood led the charge against the West Indian bowlers with a top score of 104 runs as England reached 241 for 9 in their 50 overs.

Wood hit four fours and seven sixes and faced 11 balls before Derone Davis ran him out.
Apart from Reece Topley 26 no other English batsman passed 20 runs.

Justin Greaves snared 3 for 38 to emerge as the best bowler for West Indies while Derone Davis and Kyle Mayers picked up 2 for 58 and 2 for 17 respectively.

Scoreboard
ENGLAND
D Bell-Drummond c Brathwaite b Davis                      18
S Wood run out                                                                   104
B Foakes c Khan b Davis                                                      7
+B Duckett c wkp Katwaroo b Khan                             12
C Overton c Davis b Greaves                                           18
K Velani c wkp Katwaroo b Mayers                               7
*A Ball c wkp Katwaroo b Mayers                                  4
A Kapil c Brathwaite b Greaves                                       5
B Hutton c Ambris b Greaves                                           4
T Knight not out                                                                   18
R Topley not out                                                                  26
Extras (b1, lb1, w16)                                                        18
TOTAL (9 wkts; 50 overs)                                         241
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Bell-Drummond), 2-55 (Foakes), 3-82 (Duckett), 4-168 (Overton), 5-175 (Wood), 6-178 (Velani), 7-183 (Kapil), 8-190 (Ball), 9-192 (Hutton)
Bowling: Greaves 8-0-38-3 (w7), Beaton 6-0-36-0 (w3), Davis 10-1-56-2 (w2), Khan 10-0-46-1 (w2), Hosein 10-0-46-0, Mayers 6-0-17-2 (w2)

WEST INDIES
* K Brathwaite c wkp Duckett b Overton                    30
S Ambris b Topley                                                                  0
J Campbell lbw b Topley                                                 105
A Alleyne b Wood                                                                   6
A Hosein c Bell-Drummond b Knight                              6
K Mayers lbw b Wood                                                          22
+S Katwaroo run out                                                            25
J Greaves c Knight b Hutton                                              14
D Davis b Topley                                                                       9
A Khan c wkp Duckett b Hutton                                         0
R Beaton not out                                                                       2
Extras (w8, nb1)                                                                     9
TOTAL (all out; 48.3 overs)                                         228
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Ambris), 2-73 (Brathwaite), 3-89 (Alleyne), 4-101 (Hosein), 5-152 (Mayers), 6-202 (Katwaroo), 7-206 (Campbell), 8-222 (Greaves), 9-222 (Khan), 10-228 (Davis)
Bowling: Topley 8.3-1-39-3 (w1), Hutton 8-1-34-2 (w1), Knight 7-0-44-1 (w5), Overton 10-0-46-1 (w1), Ball 5-1-13-0 (nb1), Wood 10-1-52-2.
Result: England U19s won by 13 runs.
Series: England U19s won fifth place play-off.
Toss: West Indies U19s.
Man-of-the-Match: S Wood.
Umpires: J Cloete, S Ravi.