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U-19s storm into qtrs

Play Australia on Sunday

Sports Reporter
As expected the Bangladesh Under-19s won the match against Namibia Under-19s quite
comfortably, by seven wickets yesterday, to advance to the Super League stage of the ICC U19 World Cup for the third time in the history of the competition.
Anamul Haque's team faced hardly any resistance from their lowly opponents at the Peter Burge Oval in Brisbane to accomplish their first mission of reaching the Cup competition. They are now set to face a stiff challenge when they take on hosts and defending champions Australia in the quarterfinal al the Endeavour Park in Townsville on Sunday.
The bowlers made it things clear that Bangladesh were going to play the Cup com-
petition for the third time after 2006 and 2008 as they dismissed their opponents for 151 runs after Namibia decided to bat first. Bangladesh opener Liton Das then ensured there were no hiccups against the qualifiers. Liton scored an unbeaten 70 off 115 balls that contained five boundaries to guide his team to 155 for three from 37 overs. Skipper Anamul Haque also continued his good form with a 36-ball 32 that featured five boundaries.
Earlier, a gutsy 40-run knock from Namibia captain Stephan Baard, who smashed two sixes during his 70-ball essay, was not enough to pul up a challenging total on the board.
Paceman Abu Jayed was tidy and incisive, finishing with three from 29 from eight overs while his new ball partnerTaskin Ahmed and Nayeem Islam claimed two wickets each.
Bangladesh Under-19s head coach Sarwar Imran told the Daily Star Sport over telephone that they were happy but not over-excited as it's nothing new that Bangladesh are going to play in the Cup competition.
"I'm happy with the way we so far played in the competition though we lost against South Africa badly. The boys are not overexcited, rather they are focusing on the quarterfinal game against mighty Australia," Imran.
"We achieved our primary goal and now we are looking forward to play in the semifinal. It will be tough to beat Australia in their conditions but if we can play as per our potential then nothing is impossible. There is a huge difference in the pace bowling strength between teams like Australia, South Africa and us, so we have to make sure that our batting clicks in the match against Australia," added Imran.
"The players were tired and there were some injury problems while we were taking on South Africa but now everybody is fit and hopefully the conditions will be different in Townsville," informed Imran.
Meanwhile, the quarterfinal line-up was completed on Thursday with all the Full Members except Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe progressing to the last eight.
In Group A, England defeated Nepal by 126 runs to set up a quarterfinal meeting with South Africa while in Group C India outplayed Papua New Guinea (PNG) by 107 runs to book a quarterfinal date with traditional rivals Pakistan, who defeated New Zealand by five wickets to remain unbeaten in Group B.
Both the England-South Africa and India-Pakistan quarter-final matches will be played at the Tony Ireland Stadium on Sunday and Monday, respectively.
New Zealand will play its quarter-final against the West Indies on Monday.
Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, along with Afghanistan, Ireland, Namibia, Nepal, PNG and Scotland now will regroup in Brisbane and will compete in the Plate Championship, which will also start from Sunday.
SCORES IN BRIEF
NAMIBIA UNDER-19S: 151 all out in 49.4 overs (Vuuren 20, Baard 40, Taskin 2-29, Jayed 3-29, Nayeem 2-19)
BANGLADESH UNDER-19S: 155-3 in 37 overs (Liton 70 not out, Soumya 16, Anamul 32, Asif 13, Al-Amin 17 not out; Davidson 1-19, Bolton 1-24).
Result: Bangladesh Under- 19s won by seven wickets.
Man-of-the-match: Liton Das.