Young Chanderpaul leads Windies into quarterfinals
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CMC) – Tagenarine Chanderpaul missed his century by seven runs in another thrilling batting display, as West Indies romped to a comfortable 63-run win over Canada in their group C match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup here at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

Chanderpaul scored 93, his second consecutive Player-of-the-Match, winning performance, to lead West Indies into the knockout stage of the competition after his unbeaten 84 on Sunday to steer his team to a crushing 167-run win over Zimbabwe.
The young Guyanese batsman struck five fours and a single six and shared in three half-century partnerships that powered the Caribbean side to 289 for four before bowling out the Canadians for 226.
Chanderpaul added 62 for the first wicket with Shimron Hetmyer who was run-out for 39 after hitting four fours and a six.
He further strengthened his team’s position with a 95-run stand for the second wicket with Jeremy Solozano who smashed three fours in an even 50 before he was trapped lbw.
The West Indies run rate slowed after the loss of Solozano and Jonathan Drakes in quick succession.
However Nicolas Pooran resumed the run flow smashing an unbeaten 67 off 41 balls, hitting three fours and four sixes.
Pooran added 77 for the fourth wicket with Chanderpaul in 10.1 overs, before unleashing the big shots including three fours and four sixes and pushing West Indies’ total up by 31 in the last 10 balls.
Canada, who lost the toss and were asked to field, were off to an encouraging start losing just two wickets before crossing the 100-mark.
The Canadians scored slowly with Nikhil Dutta (62) and Tahla Shaikh (45) putting on 88 for the fourth wicket, but once Shaikh was run-out, the next six wickets tumbled for only 29 runs.
Captain Ramaal Lewis, Ray Jordan and Jerome Jones picked up two wickets each while Gudakesh-Motie-Kanhai picked up one.
Yesterday’s results mean that from Group C, South Africa and West Indies have progressed to the Super League quarter-finals while Canada and Zimbabwe will feature in the Plate Championship and from Group D, Sri Lanka and England will appear in the Super League quarter-finals while New Zealand and the UAE will play in the Plate Championship.
Today, the winner of Pakistan-Scotland match will join defending champions India in the Super League quarter-finals from Group A, whereas any of the two teams from Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh can qualify for the Super League quarter-finals from Group B.
Scores in brief from matches:
In Group C, West Indies beat Canada by 63 runs at Abu Dhabi Oval 1.
West Indies 289-4, 50 overs (Tagenarine Chanderpaul 93, Nicolas Pooran 67 not out, Jeremy Solozano 50, Shimron Hetmyer 39; Keenan Tinto 2-64)
Canada 226 all out, 49.3 overs (Nikhil Dutta 62, Nitish Kumar 50, Talha Shaikh 45, Sudeepta Aurka 23; Ramaal Lewis 2-44, Ray Jordan 2-44, Jerome Jones 2-57)
Man of the match – Tagenarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)
In Group C, South Africa beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets at Zayed Cricket Stadium.
Zimbabwe 198 all out, 50 overs (Luke Jongwe 55, Kieran Geyle 39, Malcolm Lake 22; Justin Dill 4-35, Kagiso Rabada 2-47)
South Africa 199-3, 39 overs (Aiden Markram 120 not out; Yaseen Valli 53 not out)
Man-of-the-match – Aiden Markram (South Africa)
In Group D, England beat New Zealand by 115 runs at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
England 229-8, 50 overs (Ryan Higgins 83, Joe Clarke 33, Will Rhodes 31, Harry Finch 30; Brett Randell 3-57)
New Zealand 114 all out, 36.1 overs (Raki Weerasundara 41, Shawn Hicks 21; Matthew Fisher 3-18; Jack Winslade 2-23; Rob Sayer 2-21; Rob Jones 2-33)
Man-of-the-match – Matthew Fisher (England)
In Group D, Sri Lanka beat the UAE by eight wickets at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
UAE 205 all out, 47.5 overs (Shorye Chopra 69, Chirag Suri 24, Shivank Vijayakumar 24, Dan D’Souza 23, Shiv Mehra 22, Moaaz Qazi 20; Binura Fernando 2-38, Harsha Rajapaksha 2-40, Anuk Fernando 2-43)
Sri Lanka 206-2, 43.1 overs (Hashan Dumindu 113 not out, Kusal Mendis 45, Hashen Ramanayake 34 not out)
Man-of-the-match – Hashan Dumindu (Sri Lanka)

WEST INDIES UNDER-19s innings
S. Hetmyer run-out (Kapoor) 39
T. Chanderpaul c Rao b Tinto 93
J. Solozano lbw b Kumar 50
J. Drakes c Aurka b Tinto 16
N. Pooran not out 67
B. King not out 5
Extras: (lb-3, w-14, nb-2) 19
Total (4 wickets) 289
Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-157, 3-181, 4-258.
Bowling: Tinto 10-0-64-2, Rajasingam 6-0-39-0, Shaikh 5-0-30-0, Kumar 8-0-37-1, Dutta 10-0-50-0, Manoosingh 3-0-18-0, Malik 8-0-48-0.
CANADA UNDER-19S innings
S Aurka run out (Solozano) 23
Y Rao c Solozano b Jordan 15
N Kumar lbw b Motie-Kanhai 50
N Dutta run-out (Motie-Kanhai) 62
T Shaikh run-out (Pooran) 45
K Tinto b Lewis 1
A Kapoor c Pooran b Lewis 0
T Manoosingh c Motie-Kanhai b Jones 7
A Joshi lbw b Jones 0
Farhan Malik b Jordan 4
S Rajasingam not out 1
Extras: (b-4, lb-6, w-8) 18
Total: (all out) 226
Fall of wickets 1-35, 2-56,), 3-109, 4-197, 5-200, 6-200, 7-219, 8-219, 9-221.
Bowling: Jones 10-0-57-2, Jordan 9.3-0-44-2, McSween 10-0-42-0, Moti kanhai 10-0-29-1, Lewis 10-0-44-2.
Points – West Indies Under-19s 2, Canada Under-19s 0