BT U19 WC Final

In an historical event in BT, today’s final marks the first time that both India and West Indies have each made it to the end match, and for India, this was their first final of any World Cup.

Matches between these two teams have always been close, even going to the last ball to decide the winner. Over the last two seasons however, West Indies have an advantage of 2-1 over India.

India won the toss in the final on a dusty pitch at Cherry boiz CG and chose to bowl. West Indies lost Clamp and Cherubin early but then Day and Ramnarais put on 65 for the third wicket. With two quick wickets, India were looking good on the field, but it was the 5th wicket partnership between Ramnarais and Warrican that gave the innings some impetus. Ramnarais was the feature of the innings with excellent running between the wickets. West Indies went on to make a very good total of 257 for 5.

In reply India’s openers, Kanojiya and Sivaprasad put on 115 before India saw wickets tumble before them. Great bowling from the West Indies bowlers kept India at bay, forcing the batsmen to take chances. The target was just too much and De Groot finished off the tail, bowling out India for 197 in 45 overs. De Groot and Thorp both took 3 wickets to end a well paced victory for West Indies.

Congratulations to West Indies and their manager Windies.
*Season 12 Under 19 World Cup Winners*

U19 World Cup Semi-Finals Report

This World Cup has continued the run of amazing matches and the semi-finals certainly did nothing to let the fans down. After two gripping matches, we now have our finalists. 

 

In the first semi-final, undefeated Pakistan took on India. After losing the toss and being sent in to bat, the openers struggled to find their feet and soon Pakistan found themselves at 85/4. Ishaq came in to steady the ship and set a very solid platform for Pakistan to reach 246 from their 50 overs. India came out to bat with an early wicket giving Pakistan hope. Kanojiya and Bokhle set up a great partnership to stay on top and reach the target with 2 wickets remaining. India brought Pakistan’s unbeaten run to an abrupt end, although a few extra runs and it could have gone the other way. 

In the second game, Australia lost the toss and the West Indies had no hesitation in sending them into bat. Three quick wickets saw Australia in dire straights. Moloto and Everton tried their best to salvage the cause but West Indies kept up the pressure by taking a steady stream of wickets. All Rounder Harley had the difficult task of trying keep the strike and get a decent total to defend for Australia.
West Indies came out to bat, knowing a win was possible against this total and despite a very early wicket, looked on track to chase down the total. Clamp and Cherubin chased hard building a huge 3rd wicket partnership to help West Indies send Australia packing. Manager Windies. was elated in stopping Butters in his tracks and miss out on a Wold Cup glory.

That leaves India taking on West Indies in the Under 19 World Cup Final, whileAustralia face Pakistan for 3rd spot.

Season 12 Under 19 World Cup

The final stages of the U19 World Cup for Season 12 is commencing tomorrow in the host country Sri Lanka. This season saw a change to previous formats, with no Group stages, but rather a straight knock-out to the Semi’s, despite some gatherings of protesters outside BT headquarters to rectify this decision. Regardless of the format, current holders Pakistan, still on an unbeaten run, will try their best to defend their title. 

he local groundsmen also tried to remonstrate their disapointment and put up an initial strike, but this was soon ended with some gentle persuasion by their chief groundsman and union rep and the dusty pitches have now been prepared.

In the first of the semi-finals, undefeated Pakistan, led by Altamash, will be taking onMegastar‘s India who only won 3 games and narrowly made it into the match.

The second semi-final match sees Butters, in his second campaign for Australia, try and beat Windies.‘ West Indies side for the second time this season and get into the final.

The 5^th vs 6^th play-off is a clash of the southern hemisphere between scienide‘sSouth Africa, and New Zealand with their recently appointed manager Shockwave.

Fighting to avoid last place in the 7^th vs 8^th play-off, England take on hosts Sri Lanka. Freaky may have set orders for England, but Sri Lanka fans are wondering if their manager whambo will be around to set theirs.

Can Pakistan be the first to make it two in a row? Will they be stopped?

Tune in to BT at 05:30 BT time on May 26^th to find out!

Battrick: SA U19 vs Eng U19

Today the South African Cricket Board Manager, Scienide unveiled the revamp itinerary at Newlands Cricket Grounds for the upcoming match against England.

Welcome to Super Sport and we have got news about the telecasting rights for the upcoming match and we are happy to announce that we, Super Sport have won the telecasting rights for the England-South Africa match. The match will be shown live on the 04th of May 2009 at 10:30 BT time.

Team Announcement 

South African’s land in England

Welcome back to Super Sport and we are bringing you the details of the squad which arrived in England this morning. After a long break the selection of the South African team was done for the match next week. The 15 member squad is still under a selection process by the selecting committee and open to discussion on the SAFE and offsite forum. Players will be chosen on the merits of their recent performances in International and Domestic level.

“This is going to be a very tough and challenging match. Its going to be difficult to beat England but not impossible as we know that they can be beaten and we saw it against the Indians. We are confident on our abilities and we will give our best shot.” Both the coach and skipper expressed their confidence on the team and the players and lets see what happens but we can assure you this to be a thrilling and a fascinating match.

England in the nets

Welcome back to Super sport, today the English were found training hard in the nets. The starting team hasn’t been decided yet and will be decided on the match day.

 

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	Hello and welcome , from me Geoffrey Boycott, to “The BT Cricket Show” where we, my guests and I will be previewing the match between England and South Africa live from The Oval, England. This is the first episode of this show and we hope with viewers help we will make this show one of the BT Shows to watch!With me today I have Robin Jackman and Tony Cozier. First to you Tony,a very important match for England as they are way down the log with South Africa and having a few problems!
	Yes, this match is going to very important for the English because they didn’t produced good cricket against India and many question were raised. But I feel the best way to answer them is winning the match against South Africa. Its going to be tough no doubt of it as the South Africans are a good side
	England surely have lots of things to prove but no doubt the South Africans will give them a very tough time. I agree it will be difficult to beat England but South Africa are in good form and haven’t lost the last 2 games, so that makes things more exciting. There is also that possible Semi final spot that they will be eying out!
	With the matches we will have different things happening. A prediction competition was successfully ran by sunrider and we are sure their will be many more! Maybe we could integrate that with this show. But for today we thought of a quick and easy contest for our viewers.  Predict the question: Q1:Who will win the toss? a)England b)South Africa   Q2:How many wickets will fall? a)0-5 b)6-12 c)13-20
	Stay Tuned as we return we will have the weather and pitch report along with the all important toss.

SA U19 – Season 11 Squad

Ryan Anthony
Steven Barker
Franny Blakeman
Marc Brush
Ged Casey
Anthony Esterhuizen
Nigel Gervaise
Roy Henning
Tim Iveson
Terry Khulekani
George Maymann
Joe Metcalf
Nick Moerkerken
Matt Morrison
Marc O’graydy
Daren Platzoeder
Carlos Swanepoel
Matt Van der walt
Craig Warren
Rodge Whitbread
Kieran Willis
Hamid Xhosa

 

And with that – i would like to thank all those involved.

It has been a hard 2 seasons for the managers, who has taken a step back for their club to put their country in front. To you all – Thank you very much and your boys are in good hands.

To managers who’s boys did not make it. Thank you for the time, willingness and all my messages that bugged you and remember that NT always needs you and your next YP could be here.

Ahead i thank all those who will be assisting me. From suggestions,NT management team, scouting, match reports & even cheerleaders (savagefox )

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight on the pitch, we shall never surrender!

Now let us go win the WC

The Armchair : Are they ready?

* An advert comes on to the TV before the introduction of Battrick SA TV, there are a few pictures of last year’s cup game…the advert slowly fades out to the presenter Ron Smith

RS: “Recently selected manager Scienide elected a team of enthusiastic young lads, hailing from all parts of the country…Hi I am Ron Smith and joining me for this show is non other than William Phillips”

WP: “Thanks for having me on this show, now the team has been selected and it’s taken the manager some time which I’m certain he needed, there’s an old saying that fools rush in where angels fear to tread, but he didn’t do that”

RS: “William, many fans around has been asking the question who will lead the team any ideas?”

WP: “It’s certainly a good question but I can’t tell you who it’s going to be as none of the others also don’t know but Tim Iveson has shown true leadership skills when I visited a few training sessions at his club, I was surely impressed by the way he took on the older chaps”

RS: Well that’s us for now…

*The camera fades away and a song from Miley Stewart’s new album entitled “See You Again” starts to play with pictures of the chosen U19 squad members starts to play*

1. Ryan Anthony – a current player for Arsenal, Anthony has shown great maturity at the crease, after being transferred from his former club Anthony has grown in to a very valuable asset.

2. Franny Blakeman – Franny turned down Australian citizenship at a young age and now will get the chance to perform with the green and gold, playing for Lynx Dragons in Australia Franny has become a very useful bowler with his 33 wickets.

3. Marc Brush – it seems like an Aussie invasion but Brush is a priceless player to have in your armoury, though many critics have criticised Brush for his lack of picking up wickets and the fact that he hasn’t scored many runs but Scienide will probably show faith in the lad, many great things are still to come from this boy.

4. Ged Casey – like his club’s name suggest Casey is a powerhouse in both forms of the game, well disciplined bowling added with that touch adventurous batting Casey is a sure chip off the old block

5. Anthony Esterhuizen – Also part of an Australian club Anthony is a high-quality batsman having added two fifties to his name in the season so far Esterhuizen has done quite well in the season considering the league he is involved

6. Roy Henning – the fact that the season is in about it’s 5th week and Henning not having any game time (OD) wise, the decision for Scienide will be hard pitting him into the line-up but Theface conceivably spared him for training and leaving him fresh for national duties.

7. Tim Iveson – Hailing from KZN, Iveson is a remarkable talent, Iveson has some good quality leader skills and can hold his own with the bat, considered an opener Iveson has shown great maturity which is hard to find in young players.

8. Terry Khulekani – is a Boland boy, in recent times Terry has been struggling with the bat, but a very good season last season helped him in the squad, he will certainly make it hard for selectors to overlook him

9. Joe Metcalf – big and strong nailing balls in at the speed of light, Metcalf bragged last season with 40 wickets and maintaining a reasonable run rate, in this form of the game wickets are essential but also keeping the rate down looks like Metcalf has the ability.
10. Marc O’graydy – the lad has had it tough in his career thus far but like they say it’s better to learn the hard way and Marc certainly had so far, the amount of experience he will take into the team will be valuable considering the demanding league in DIV 2 he is involved in.

11. Graig Warren – will have had time learning Dutch with his club manager Schorpie but walking into the national under 19 team Dutch won’t help you, but Warren knew this so when he entered he probably said “Ik ben Graig Warren” took the bat smacked a few balls and said who needs a formal introduction if the bat can do the talking “ Drunter, Drauf und Drüber”

12. Rodge Whitbread – talented bowler from England but proud to don the green and gold, Rodge will try to dazzle his opponents with speed variations he has, a very good asset to have in the middle part of the game.
13. Kieran Willis – the club this guy comes from speaks volume for itself , it’s any young cricketers or even well settled ones to be part of Argentina Basel in EP, Willis is a very economical bowler which is very needed in the form of the game keeping the rate down in crucial overs will be what the team will need and Willis will be the man to provide.

14. Hamid Xhosa – an exciting talented all-rounder very good with both bat and ball will provide the team with that extra spark, Hamid can step in to the role of being a batter and also be helpful as a bowler, Xhosa will boost the batting line-up along with his bowling skills.

So there you have it the selected 14 players so far, it will be a hard road for these youngsters but let’s have faith in them they are the chosen players to lead SA and we all salute you.

Best of luck to the newly appointed manager Scienide everybody in SA knows you can do it.

 

 

*witten by Johny Christ aka shev. – www.javakings.net*