Australia U19 vs England U19, 1st Semi-Final (A,D1 v B,C2), ICC Under 19 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

James Minto to Oliver Peake, out Caught by Sebastian Morgan!! Valiant effort from Oliver Peake and he can't take Australia over the line. Full and wide outside off, he opens the face of the bat to drive and can't keep it down, simple catch for backward point and that's game done. England move into the final. Oliver Peake c Sebastian Morgan b James Minto 100(88) [4s-10 6s-1]

James Minto to Oliver Peake, no run, very full outside off, Oliver Peake fails to get under that, gets forward to drive and it's off the thick inner half to deep mid-wicket. Again no run

James Minto to Oliver Peake, no run, full and wide outside off, Oliver Peake reaches for it to drive, toe-ends it back to James Minto

James Minto to Aryan Sharma, 1 run, short of length on middle and leg, Aryan Sharma goes on the back foot and turns it to the deep square-leg area

James Minto to Aryan Sharma, no run, short on the stumps, Aryan Sharma goes on the back foot and pulls, too early into the shot, hit on the right arm and doesn't carry to Thomas Rew. Anyway no bat or glove

James Minto to Aryan Sharma, FOUR, fine shot. It's a good length delivery outside off, Aryan Sharma leans back and cuts it in front of square, wide of cover, races away and gives no chance to sweeper cover

James Minto to Aryan Sharma, no run, short of length just outside off, Aryan Sharma goes on the back foot to defend to cover

James Minto to Aryan Sharma, FOUR, thick outside-edge and runs away. Beats the dive of Thomas Rew to his right. Length delivery and angled in on off, Aryan Sharma gets forward to defend, the edge is found but it doesn't carry to Rew, runs away fine

James Minto to Aryan Sharma, no run, short of length just outside off, Aryan Sharma goes on the back foot and taps it to backward point

James Minto to Jayden Draper, 1 run, short of a good length and angling into the right-hander, tucked wide of mid-wicket for a single

James Minto to Oliver Peake, 1 run, short and at the stumps, pulled down to long leg for a single

James Minto to Jayden Draper, 1 run, full and at the stumps, driven to the left of mid-on for a single

James Minto to Jayden Draper, no run, Minto shortens the length and pushes one across the right-hander, defended off the back-foot to the off-side

James Minto to Oliver Peake, 1 run, banged in short by Minto - pulled past mid-wicket for a single

James Minto to Oliver Peake, 2 runs, aggression from Oliver Peake - comes down the pitch, makes room and then slices the drive over cover, comes back for the second run

James Minto to Oliver Peake, FOUR, short of length and Oliver Peake puts it away. It's hip-high and he fetches it from outside off to pull it aerially between mid-on and midwicket. First boundary for the Australian captain

James Minto to Nitesh Samuel, 1 run, back of a length outside off, cut behind square on the off-side

James Minto to Nitesh Samuel, no run, length ball on the stumps, Nitesh Samuel knocks it to mid-on

James Minto to Nitesh Samuel, no run, chopped to the right of point who makes a running stop

James Minto to Nitesh Samuel, no run, extra bounce from a length, hits Nitesh Samuel high on the bat and the bottom hand comes off the bat handle. The ball dies down on the on-side

James Minto to Oliver Peake, 1 run, length ball, dropped in front of point for a quick single

James Minto to Nitesh Samuel, 1 run, very full, knocked to mid-on for a tight single. A direct-hit at the bowler's end would have made things interesting

James Minto to Nitesh Samuel, no run, round the wicket and full, push-driven to mid-off

James Minto to Oliver Peake, 1 run, in-slanting short of length ball, Peake tucks it to square leg for a quick single

James Minto to Steven Hogan, out Caught by BJ Dawkins!! Gone! Plenty of dot balls, Steven Hogan tries to play the release shot and perishes. Short ball wide of off, Hogan pulls and doesn't get the necessary elevation. Dawkins jumps and takes a safde two-handed catch at midwicket. Steven Hogan c BJ Dawkins b James Minto 3(23)

James Minto to Steven Hogan, no run, fraction short and just outside off, punched to point

James Minto to Steven Hogan, no run, back of a length, Steven Hogan pulls well but that's been stopped by Dawkins who dives to his right at midwicket

James Minto to Nitesh Samuel, 1 run, round the wicket again, on a good length and marginally outside off, Nitesh Samuel runs it down to third man

James Minto to Steven Hogan, 1 run, back of a length, leg-lined, tucked to square leg

James Minto to Steven Hogan, no run, over the wicket, short ball from James Minto, Steven Hogan shapes to pull and misses

James Minto to Steven Hogan, no run, keeps a bit low outside off from a short of length and Hogan pulls it to midwicket

James Minto to Steven Hogan, no run, fullish outside off, Steven Hogan moves across and gets low to try and play a square drive, doesn't connect. Beaten on the outside edge

James Minto to Steven Hogan, no run, short of length ball from round the wicket, Steven Hogan hops to defend it into the on-side

James Minto to Steven Hogan, no run, round the wicket, full and angling in towards off, Steven Hogan gets forward to push it to mid-off

James Minto to Steven Hogan, no run, on a length and wide of off, no shot offered

James Minto to Nitesh Samuel, 1 run, back of a length, guided to third man

James Minto to Nitesh Samuel, FOUR, pierces the gap! Angling away outside off, Nitesh Samuel opens the bat-face and neatly punches it through the gap between point and backward point

James Minto to Nitesh Samuel, no run, back of a length, turned to midwicket

James Minto to Nitesh Samuel, no run, over the wicket, one slip in place, length ball on off, Nitesh Samuel defends solidly into the off-side