Under-19 World Cup Group matches 1st round

No surprises in tournament openers

Group A
Bangladesh beat New Zealand by three wickets
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Bangladesh began their World Cup campaign in confident fashion, sweeping past New Zealand by three wickets in their opening encounter at Colombo. New Zealand were bowled out for 175, with Suhrawadi Shuvo (3 for 36) and Mehrab Hossain (4 for 29) doing the damage with their left-arm spin. In conditions suiting the bowlers, Bangladesh also suffered a wobble in their reply, stumbling to 5 for 2 and 123 for 6 before Mehrab Hossain's unbeaten 38 saw them home by three wickets.

Group B
Australia beat South Africa by 175 runs
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Group C
Sri Lanka beat Scotland by four wickets
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Group D
Zimbabwe beat Ireland by 118 runs
Scorecard
Zimbabwe humbled Ireland in Group D's opening match to win the crushing margin of 118 runs. Ireland inserted Zimbabwe who responded with a confident opening stand of 55 between Donald `Kuda' Samudera (61) and Friday Kasteni (21), while others made brief but useful contributions at the other end. Zimbabwe's eventual 215 for 7 proved far too many for Ireland, especially when their openers - Gareth McKee and Fintan McAllister fell for single figures. Keagan Meth was the pick of Zimbabwe's seamers, grabbing three economical wickets to help dismiss Ireland for 97.

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Players/Umpires

Todd Astle

Mehrab Hossain jnr

Keegan Meth

Tissara Perera

Greg Thompson

Series/Tournaments

ICC Under-19 World Cup

Under-19s World Cup Warm Up Match

Teams

Australia

Bangladesh

Ireland

New Zealand

Scotland

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe