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Zimbabwe's youngsters picked up their first win in Malaysia with victory over Nepal in their second warm-up match. Nepal set a starget of 203 for the loss of 8 wickets from their 50 overs, with Zim captain Prince Masvaure taking 3/32 from his 10 overs. 'Keeper Tinashe Chimbambo also had a good day with the gloves, taking 6 catches. Zimbabwe chased down the required runs with just over an over to spare, led by that man Chimbambo again (49*). The win should give the side some much-needed confidence ahead of the start of the tournament proper.

Full scorecard below the cut. Zimbabwe's first group-stage match is against New Zealand on Monday (18th February).
Nepal U19 203/8 (50 overs; Malia 85, Masvaure 3/32), Zimbabwe U19 206/7 (48.3 overs; Chimbambo 49, Khadka 4/34). Zimbabwe U19 win by 3 wickets.

Nepal Under-19s innings (50 overs maximum)
MK Chhetri 	c Chimbambo b Masvaure 	                13 
AK Mandal 	c Chimbambo b Mire 	                10 
G Malla 	c Chimbambo b Masvaure 	                85 
P Khadka 	c Chimbambo b Chitongo 	                24 
AK Gupta 	c Chimbambo b Matsika 	                5 
Rom Shrestha 	run out (Masvaure) 	                22 
S Khadka 	not out 	                        9 
P Thapa 	c Chimbambo b Masvaure 	                0 
Rahul Kumar 	run out (Mire) 	                        12 
C Sawad 	not out 	                        2 
    Extras 	(lb 4, w 16, nb 1) 	                21 
    Total 	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 205 mins) 	203 

Did not bat: Raj Shrestha, A Rana, A Bhattarai

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Chhetri, 12.3 ov), 2-43 (Mandal, 16.6 ov), 
3-110 (P Khadka, 30.1 ov), 4-122 (Gupta, 33.1 ov), 
5-175 (Malla, 43.1 ov), 6-180 (Rom Shrestha, 45.4 ov), 
7-180 (Thapa, 45.5 ov), 8-200 (Rahul Kumar, 49.3 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
N Ncube 	6 	1 	14 	0 	2.33 	(4w)
KM Jarvis 	8 	1 	19 	0 	2.37 	(4w)
P Masvaure 	10 	3 	32 	3 	3.20 	(2w)
SF Mire 	7 	0 	36 	1 	5.14 	(1nb, 1w)
CT Mutombodzi 	5 	0 	29 	0 	5.80 	(2w)
T Chitongo 	10 	0 	46 	1 	4.60 	(1w)
S Matsika 	4 	0 	23 	1 	5.75 	(2w)


Zimbabwe Under-19s innings (target: 204 runs from 50 overs)
H Dinembira 	retired hurt 	                        37 
T Mashonganyika c Sawad b P Khadka 	                7 
PJ Moor 	c S Khadka b P Khadka 	                4 
JWM Gaisford 	c Rahul Kumar b Sawad 	                8 
P Masvaure 	c P Khadka b S Khadka 	                33 
T Chimbambo 	not out 	                        49 
DB Landman 	c Raj Shrestha b P Khadka 	        16 
SF Mire 	c Rahul Kumar b P Khadka 	        17 
S Matsika 	run out (Rahul Kumar) 	                5 
T Chitongo 	not out 	                        13 
    Extras 	(b 4, lb 6, w 7) 	                17 
    Total 	(7 wickets; 48.3 overs; 200 mins) 	206 

Did not bat R Nehonde, KM Jarvis, N Ncube, CT Mutombodzi

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Mashonganyika, 5.2 ov), 2-26 (Moor, 9.6 ov), 
3-42 (Gaisford, 16.5 ov), 4-89 (Masvaure, 29.4 ov), 
4-?* (Dinembira, retired not out), 5-133 (Landman, 39.2 ov), 
6-157 (Mire, 41.5 ov), 7-173 (Matsika, 44.3 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
A Bhattarai 	8 	1 	33 	0 	4.12 	(1w)
P Khadka 	9.3 	2 	34 	4 	3.57 	
C Sawad 	6 	0 	32 	1 	5.33 	(3w)
A Rana 	        3 	0 	10 	0 	3.33 	
S Khadka 	8 	1 	32 	1 	4.00 	(3w)
Rahul Kumar 	10 	1 	34 	0 	3.40 	
Raj Shrestha 	4 	0 	22 	0 	5.50