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Zimbabwe's Under-19's had their last chance for glory against two-time champions Pakistan this morning- and they almost got there, too. Batting first, Pakistan were soon in trouble, at one point being on 4/21, but Ali Asad's 71 not-out in the middle order save them from posting an embarassingly low score. As it was, Zimbabwe were able to pin the champs back to 173/8 from their 50 overs, a total which most teams would have had visions of chasing down. Kyle Jarvis took 3/40 and was the best of the Zim bowlers, who all told had a very good morning.

As has become depressingly routine in this competition, though, Zimbabwe's batting went all to pieces against the far more experienced Pakistani attack. Justin Gaisford top-scored with a platry 18 as the side collapsed to 86 all out in 29 overs, leaving Zim without a win in the group stage and destined for the Plate competition, where they'll meet Nepal - they managed to edge the Himalayan nation in the wamr-up matches, they'll be hoping to pick up their first competitive win of the tourney.
Pakistan U19 173/8 (50 overs; Ali Asad 76*, Jarvis 3/40), Zimbabwe U19 86 (29 overs; Gaisford 18, Mohammad Rameez 3/26). Pakistan U19 win by 87 runs.

Pakistan Under-19s innings (50 overs maximum) 
Umar Akmal              c Gaisford b Jarvis 	        2 
Ahmed Shehzad 	        c Jaure b Jarvis 	        8 
Umar Amin 	        c Mashonganyika b Masvaure 	5 
Shan Masood 	        c Chitongo b Masvaure 	        0 
Umair Mir 	        b Matsika 	                20 
Ali Asad 	        not out 	                76 
Usman Salahuddin 	c Jaure b Matsika 	        1 
Imad Wasim 	        lbw b Jarvis 	                22 
Mohammad Rameez 	run out (Jarvis) 	        17 
    Extras 	        (b 1, lb 2, w 19) 	        22 
    Total 	        (8 wickets; 50 overs) 	        173 

Did not bat: Adil Raza, Azhar Attari

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Umar Akmal, 4.3 ov), 2-20 (Umar Amin, 7.3 ov), 
3-20 (Ahmed Shehzad, 8.3 ov), 4-21 (Shan Masood, 9.3 ov), 
5-85 (Umair Mir, 33.2 ov), 6-90 (Usman Salahuddin, 35.3 ov), 
7-140 (Imad Wasim, 46.3 ov), 8-?

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
KM Jarvis 	9 	0 	40 	3 	4.44 	(5w)
P Masvaure 	10 	3 	53 	2 	5.30 	(5w)
ES Jaure 	10 	5 	19 	0 	1.90 	
DB Landman 	10 	2 	24 	0 	2.40 	(4w)
S Matsika 	10 	1 	27 	2 	2.70 	(3w)
T Chitongo 	1 	0 	7 	0 	7.00 	


Zimbabwe Under-19s innings (target: 174 runs from 50 overs)
H Dinembira 	b Adil Raza 	                        0 
T Mashonganyika lbw b Adil Raza 	                1 
PJ Moor 	c Ahmed Shehzad b Mohammad Rameez 	12 
JWM Gaisford 	b Imad Wasim 	                        18 
P Masvaure 	lbw b Mohammad Rameez 	                9 
T Chimbambo 	c Ali Asad b Mohammad Rameez 	        8 
DB Landman 	b Imad Wasim 	                        0 
S Matsika 	c Ali Asad b Azhar Attari 	        4 
T Chitongo 	not out 	                        5 
ES Jaure 	c Mohammad Rameez b Ahmed Shehzad 	17 
KM Jarvis 	lbw b Ahmed Shehzad 	                0 
    Extras 	(lb 1, w 11) 	                        12 
    Total 	(all out; 29 overs) 	                86 

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Dinembira, 0.4 ov), 2-17 (Moor, 3.4 ov), 
3-19 (Mashonganyika, 4.5 ov), 4-38 (Masvaure, 11.3 ov), 
5-49 (Chimbambo, 13.3 ov), 6-54 (Landman, 15.6 ov), 
7-63 (Gaisford, 19.5 ov), 8-63 (Matsika, 20.2 ov), 
9-86 (Jaure, 28.5 ov), 10-86 (Jarvis, 28.6 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
Adil Raza 	6 	0 	21 	2 	3.50 	(5w)
Mohammad Rameez 	7 	0 	26 	3 	3.71 	(3w)
Azhar Attari 	6 	1 	11 	1 	1.83 	(2w)
Imad Wasim 	7 	1 	18 	2 	2.57 	(1w)
Ahmed Shehzad 	3 	0 	9 	2 	3.00