By IANS
Kuala Lumpur : West Indies’ preparation for the under-19 World Cup started on a happy note as they defeated Australia by five-wickets in a warm-up match here Thursday.
Opting to bat first at Club Aman, Australia were all out for 159 runs in 48.2 overs after a brilliant display of fast bowling by captain Sharmarh Brooks, who claimed five wickets for 35 runs.
West Indies reach the target in 35.4 overs for the loss of five wickets. Kieron Powell was the top scorer with 51 while Andre Creary remained unbeaten with 45.
Having lost the toss and asked to bowl, it looked like it could be a long day in the field for Brooks and co. when Marcus Stoinis and Kumar Sarna put on 63 for the first wicket.
But wickets kept falling and Sarna (32) emerged as the top scorer. Once Jason Dawes, Veerasammy Permaul and Steven Jacobs had made the initial breakthroughs, Brooks came on to clean up the middle-order and tail.
The result never really looked in doubt from that point with Kieron Powell scoring a neat half-century.
Other results:
At Kilat Cricket Club: Sri Lanka 224 in 48.5 overs (Dinesh Chandimal 50, Lahiru Thirimanne 47; Roy Adams 2-27, Sybrand Engelbrecht 2-43); South Africa 201 in 48.5 overs (Jacobus Pienaar 39, Pieter Malan; Umesh Karunarathna 2-25, Schith Pathirana 2-25). Sri Lanka won by 23 runs
At Selangor Turf Club: Namibia 224 in 41.3 overs (Sean Silver 47, Louis van der Westhuizen 44, Ewald Steenkamp 35; Malachi Jones 4-31); Bermuda 122 in 37.4 overs (Malachi Jones 30; Helao Ya France 2-14, Tiaan Louw 2-16). Namibia beat Bermuda by 102 runs
At Royal Military College: Nepal 205-8 in 50 overs (Gyanendra Malla 85; Prince Masvaure 3-32); Zimbabwe 206-7 in 48.3 overs (Tinashe Chimbambo 49 not out, Hughes Dinembira 37; Paras Khadka 4-34). Zimbabwe won by seven wickets