By Admin 
U19 World Cup Highlights: In the Group A match of the Under-19 World Cup played at the cricket ground in Namibia, Australia defeated Japan very easily by 8 wickets. The biggest attraction of this match was young batsman Will Malazuk, who created history and scored the fastest century of the tournament. This explosive innings of Malajuk made the match completely one-sided.
Will Malajuk’s record breaking century
Will Malajuk, who came to open for Australia, showed aggressive attitude from the beginning. He completed his century in just 51 balls, which is the fastest century in the history of Under-19 World Cup. Earlier, this record was made by Pakistan’s Qasim Akram in 2022 by scoring a century in 63 balls. Malajuk showed a great mix of excellent timing and power in his innings.
Japan’s struggling batting
After winning the toss and coming to bat first, the Japanese team could not score a big score. However, Hugo Taavi Kelly held one end and played an unbeaten inning of 79 runs in 135 balls. Apart from them, Nihar Parman added 33 runs, Montgomery Hara Hinje added 29 runs and Charlie Hara-Hinje added 24 runs. With the help of extra 30 runs, Japan team put 201 runs on the board after losing 8 wickets in 50 overs. Naden Kore was the most successful bowler from Australia, who took 3 wickets.
Australia’s easy win
Chasing the target of 202 runs, Australia got a great start from Will Malajuk and Nitish Samuel. Both of them made a strong partnership of 135 runs in 15.3 overs for the first wicket, due to which the match was almost in Australia’s grasp. Malajuk scored 102 runs in 55 balls, which included 12 fours and 5 sixes. Even after his dismissal, Nitish Samuel did not lose his composure and remained unbeaten after scoring 60 runs. Australia achieved the target in just 29.1 overs and won the match in 125 balls.
status of other matches
In another match of the group, the match played between New Zealand and Bangladesh was washed out due to rain. New Zealand was playing at 51 runs in 10 overs, but the game could not proceed due to continuous rain.