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Malaysia U19 may have scored one upset win against Zimbabwe's youngsters, but there was no repeat in the first play-off for 13th-16th places in the competition - saving Zimbabwe from the humiliation of finishing last. Batting first, Zim scored 186/6 from 34 overs (match duration reduced do to rain), with Daniel Landman scoring a rapid-fire 45. Solomon Mire (36), Peter Moor (37) and Tinashe Chimbambo (28) also made decent contributions. For the Malaysians, Nik Azril Arifin took 2/23.

Zim's bowlers, who have far outperformed the batsmen in this tournament, ripped through the Malaysian top order, leaving them in early trouble at 3/15 before Aminuddin Ramly put up a fight - he eventually scored 70, but with none of the Malaysian batsmen passing 10, it wasn't a match-winning innings. The hosts were bowled out for 142. Edzai Jaure was the best of the Zim bowlers with 3/39, while Kyle Jarvis, Daniel Landman and Stewart Matsika took two each.

Zimbabwe now meet the winner of Ireland v Namibia to decide 13th & 14th places in the tournament. Full scorecard for this match is below the cut.
Zimbabwe U19 186/6 (39/39 overs; Landman 45, Nik Azril Arifin 2/23), Malaysia U19 142 (28.5/39 overs; Aminuddin Ramly 70, Jaure 3/39). Zimbabwe U19 win by 44 runs.

Zimbabwe's Under-19 side fell to their second defeat of the U-19 World Cup in Malaysia this morning, losing to the hosts by 70 runs. Batting first, Malaysia scored 194/7, with captain Ahmed Faiz (50) top-scoring. Daniel Landman took 3/34. On paper, a target of 195 from 50 overs shouldn't have been a problem for Zim against what should have been much weaker opposition, but the boys never really got into their stride - Tendai Mashonganyika (24) and Tinashe Chimbambo (22) were the best of the bunch, but with no notable partnerships and a number of the better batsmen on the side simply failing to perform - Justin Gaisford and Solomon Mire were both out for ducks - the side were bowled out for 124 in the 39th over.

That leaves Zimbabwe bottom of Group A - if they're to progress to the Super League stage instead of the Plate competition, they now need to hope that New Zealand beat Malaysia by a wide margin tomorrow, and then beat reigning champions Pakistan on Friday - which on current form, isn't looking likely. Full scorecard below the cut.
Malaysia 194/7 (50 overs; Ahmed Faiz 50, Landman 3/34), Zimbabwe 124 (38.4 overs; Mashonganyika 24, Shahid Ali Khan 3/41). Malaysia win by 70 runs.