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Incredible India

SPORTS REPORTER
Big guns of world cricket all enjoyed a fruitful day but none more than India who absolutely massacred Scotland one of the four ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup 2004 matches yesterday.
India gave a frightening display of their batting prowess when the amassed 425 for three in 50 overs against the startled Scots in a 270-run drubbing at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. It was India's first match of the competition.
Defending champions Australia coasted to a six-wicket win against Canada in Rajshahi. South Africa thrashed Uganda by eight wickets in Chittagong. Among the top teams only the West Indies landed in serious trouble against the little-known Irish in Khulna before escaping with a six run victory.
All the matches passed off without any trouble despite a countrywide general strike called by the Awami Jubo League.
INDIA V SCOTLAND
Scotland captain Kavin Coetzer played into Group C favourites India's hands when he invited them to bat first on the batting paradise of
the BNS. What happened next was a hiding Scotland will never forget.
Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan led the way by blasting the competition's first century. The main thrust was provided by southpaw Suresh Raina who made mincemeat of the opposition's bowling in a 38 ball 90 that produced 14 fours and two sixes. Before that Robin Uthappa and Dhawan gave the perfect foundation by putting on 175 in the opening stand.
Off-spinner Ian Young broke the partnership when Uthappa offered him a return catch three runs short of a hundred. The right-hander's 79-ball innings had 14 fours and a six.
Dhawan began slowly but accelerated towards the end to reach an unbeaten 155 off 138 deliveries with 15 hits to the fence and one over the ropes. Skipper Ambati Rayudu also joined in the fun with 53 off 51 balls.
Scotland to their credit, managed to last the full 50-overs and finished with for 155 for 8. Skipper Coetzer mad an a impressive 62 off 94 balls.
AUSTRALIA V CANADA Theo Doropoulos' half-century to guided the Aussies past their Group A rivals Canada's 164 at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium.
Captain Tim Paine and man-of the-match Doropoulos gave the young Kangaroos a flying start scoring 56 in 5.4 overs before the skipper was lbw for 22. Doropoulos continued and reached 57 off 55
balls inclusive of eleven fours and a six. The win came rapidly as Australia surpassed the target in 28.2 overs.
Canada's total was built around Soham Anjario's 50 off 94 balls.
SOUTH AFRICA V UGANDA
At the newly built Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Group B giants South Africa shot Uganda out for 125.
Left-arm orthodox spinner Waylain September grabbed four wickets for 14 off ten overs as 33 extras contributed highest to the Ugandan score.
Right-handed opener Andrew Birch made 56 not out off 89 balls to ease his side to victory in 28 overs.
WEST INDIES V IRELAND The best encounter of the day was the Group D clash between the West Indies and Ireland.
Kevin O'Brien's 95 almost steered Ireland to a shock win as they chased West Indies'
265 for eight. But they ran out of deliveries to end with 259 for 9.
O'Brien paired Wilson to score 93 for the third wicket that unsettled the Indies. Wilson made 64 off 92 balls.
Earlier left-handed batsman Abbas Fudadin, the hero of warmups with two centuries could make 14. ...
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only 29 but West Indies still managed a challenging total thanks to opener Xavier Marshall who scored 83.
The right-handed opener belted 15 fours and a six facing 81 balls to be adjudged man of the match.
Ireland's leg-spinner Greg Thompson was the star bowler in the match for his haul of five for 49.
SCOREBOARD
Scorecards of the four preliminary ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup matches at different venues yesterday:
India vs Scotland
Venue: Bangabandhu National Stadium
INDIA
Robin c & b Young 97
Shikhar not out 155
Rayudu c Omer b Iqbal 53
Suresh c Omer b Coetzer 90
Gaurav not out 5
Extras: (b-1, lb-1, nb-9, w-14) 25
Total: (For 3 wkts in 50 overs) 425 Fall of wkts: 1-175, 2-261, 3-392
Bowler O M R W
Anderson 7 0 56 0
Goudie 9 0 65 0
Routray 5 0 60 0
Lyons 9 0 60 0
Iqbal 7 0 70 1
Young 6 0 45 1
Coetzer 7 0 67 1
SCOTLAND
Young b Gaurav 0
Iqbal lbw b Gupta 30
Cannon run out 11
Coetzer run out 62
Omer run out 6
Farid c Gupta b Abhishek 8
Lyons c and b Abhishek 1
Routray c Abhishek b Singh 20
Goudie not out 0
Anderson not out 0
Extras: (lb-6, nb-4, w-7) 17
Total: (For 8 wkts in 50 overs) 155 Fall of wkts: 1-0, 2-36, 3-62, 4-74, 5102, 6-106, 7-151, 8-155
Bowler O M R W
Gaurav 9 1 40 1
Singh 9 2 23 1
Sunny 4 1 12 0
Gupta 10 4 16 1
Abhishek 10 0 31 2
Suresh 6 0 17 0
Rayudu 2 0 10 0
Result: India won by 270 runs.
Man-of-the-match: Shikhar
Dhawan (India)
Toss: Scotland
West Indies vs Ireland
Venue: Khulna Divisional Stadium
WEST INDIES
Marshall b Thomson 83
Maraj c Thomson b Riddles 38
Simmonds c Wells b Thomson 5
Fudadin c Porterfield b Thomson 29
Ramdin c Blakeney b Thomson 7
Augustus c Wells b Riddles 30
Khan c Riddles b Thomson 0
Sebastian not out 14
Matthew c McKee b Riddles 17
Baker not out 1
Extras: (b-4, lb-5, nb-6, w-26) 41
Total: (For 8 wkts in 50 overs) 265 Fall of wkts: 1-122, 2-128, 3-148, 4170, 5-190, 6-190, 7-239, 8-263
Bowler O M R W
O'Brien 10 0 57 0
Rankin 4 0 44 0
Morgan 9 0 48 0
Riddles 7 1 42 3
Thomson 10 2 49 5
Kidd 10 2 16 0
IRELAND
Porterfield c Marshall b Baker 15
Wilson run out 64
Morgan c Maraj b Khan 5
O'Brien c Khan b Simmonds 95 Wells b Baker 13
Riddles c Sebastian b Simmonds 12 Blakeney c Ramdin b Bachan 4 McKee run out 2
Rankin run out 3
Kidd not out 15
Thomson not out 4
Extras: (lb-12, nb-1, w-14) 27
Total: (For 9 wkts in 50 overs) 259 Fall of wkts: 1-31, 2-48, 3-141, 4188, 5-229, 6-230, 7-234, 8-238, 9245
Bowler O M R W
Matthew 10 2 47 0
Baker 10 0 55 2
Khan 2 0 13 1
Sebastian 10 0 47 0
Bachan 8 0 37 1
Simmonds 10 0 42 2
Result: West Indies won by six runs.
Man-of-the-match: Xavier
Marshall (WI)
Toss: West Indies
Australia vs Canada
Venue: Rajshahi Divisional Stadium
CANADA
Qazi c Crosthwaite b Coyte 1
G Bastiampillai c Beadle b Coyte37 T Bastiampilai c Beadle b Coyte 6 Jethi c Crosthwaite b Henriques 0 Keshvani b Henriques 0
Anjaria st Crosthwaite b Paine 50 Bhatti not out 30
Soraine run out 1
Baksh lbw b Paine 0
Carto b O'Keefe 4
Patel run out 1
Extras: (b-4, lb-5, nb-2, w-23) 34
Total: (All out in 45.1 overs) 164
Fall of wkts: 1-7, 2-19, 3-21, 4-21, 5113, 6-147, 7-151, 8-153, 9-163, 10164.
Bowler O M R W
Henriques 6.1 0 18 2
Coyte 10 1 42 3
Huckett 7 0 30 0
Mangan 6 1 20 0
Paine 10 0 29 2
O'Keefe 6 0 16 1
AUTRALIA
Paine lbw b Jethi 22
Doropoulos st Carto b Anjaria 57
Beadle b Baksh 2
Skewes c & b Keshvani 37
A Crosthwaite not out 32
Henriques not out 2
Extras: (lb-2, nb-4, w-7) 13
Total: (For 4 wkts in 28.4 overs)165 Fall of wkts: 1-256, 2-76, 3-104, 4157.
Bowler O M R W
Bhatti 3 0 26 0
Soraine 2 0 28 0
Jethi 7 1 25 1
Baksh 4 0 20 1
Anjaria 4 0 22 1
Patel 3 0 14 0
Keshvani 3.4 0 20 1
Qazi 2 0 8 0
Result: Australia won by six wickets.
Man-of-the-match: Theo
Doropoulos (Aus)
Toss: Australia.
South Africa vs Uganda
Venue: Chittagong Divisional Stadium
UGANDA
Kintu b Pennazza 12
Ondeko c Silwana b Alexander 0
Kyobe b Alexander 0
Hamza b Birch 26
Arinaitwe c Booysen b September 16
Emmanuel c Jaarsveld b September 13
Otim b Bowyer 4
Bigirwa st Silwana b September 10 Semanda c Silwana b Birch 10
Ochan st Silwana b September 0 Ruyange not out 1
Extras: (lb-6, nb-2, w-25) 33
Total: (All out in 48.4 overs) 125 Fall of wkts: 1-1, 2-2, 3-40, 4-52, 583, 6-85, 7-84, 8-108, 9-113, 10-
125.
Bowler O M R W
Alexander 9 2 23 2
Africa 7 0 28 0
Birch 8.4 2 18 2
Pennazza 10 2 26 1
September 10 4 14 4
Bowyer 4 0 10 1
SOTH AFRICA
Bowyer run out 43
Birch not out 56
Stevensen b Clive 10
Booysen not out 4
Extras: (w-13) 13
Total: (For 2 wkts in 28 overs) 126 Fall of wkts: 1-45, 2-122.
Bowler O M R W
Ochan 6 1 24 0
Ruyange 3 0 10 0
Emmanuel 4 0 21 0
Semanda 8 0 34 0
Clive 7 0 39 1
Result: South Africa won by eight wickets.
Man-of-the-match: Andrew Birch (South Africa).