Townsville: Talented Australian Under 19 Cricket team is all set to compete high spirited Indian Under 19s as they both qualifies for the all important mega tournament final scheduled to be played on 26th August here at Tony Ireland Stadium at 4:30am PST (Pakistan Standard Time).
In the semi final knock outs, India beat New Zealand by just nine runs as the batting units of India showed much-improved performance in the semi-final against the Kiwis while their bowlers maintained their performance bundling out the Kiwis at 200 in 50 overs.
On the other hand, Australia Under-19s won by 4 wickets with 9 balls remaining against much competitive South African Under 19s after a mature and well disciplined batting display by opener CT Bancroft and helpind hand by KR Patterson and WG Bosisto.
The final of the mega event will be the battle of nerves, who ever manages to control their nerves will surely be able to get through in the crunch final and lift the glorious winning trophy. Both the teams have enough talent who could lead them to glory. It is to mention here that Australia has won the event record five times.