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

Alex French to Aryan Sharma, FOUR, consecutive fours. It's a good length delivery on off, Aryan Sharma comes down the track and flat-bats it powerfully, wide of Alex French and well wide of mid-off. Was in the air and just past the outstretched left hand of the bowler

Alex French to Aryan Sharma, FOUR, full and in the slot just outside off, Aryan Sharma gets forward and lofts on the rise, wide of cover and even though it was in the air, it flies away

Alex French to Oliver Peake, 1 run, full on off, Oliver Peake gets forward to drive it wide of mid-off who dives to his left and keeps it to one

Alex French to Aryan Sharma, 1 run, good length on off, Aryan Sharma dabs late and to the right of Thomas Rew for a quick single

Alex French to Oliver Peake, 1 run, 50 for Oliver Peake. Full outside off, Peake gets forward and drives well to sweeper cover. He needs to be there till the end to win this for his side

Alex French to Aryan Sharma, leg byes, 1 run, short of length on off and middle, Aryan Sharma goes on the back foot and pulls, hit on the ribs, they take one, given as a legbye

Alex French to Oliver Peake, 1 run, good length and angling into the left-hander on middle and leg, Oliver Peake goes on the back foot and turns it to deep backward square-leg for one, they wanted two but happy with one in the end

Alex French to Aryan Sharma, 3 runs, fantastic effort from sweeper cover, runs and dives to his right to save one. Full around off, Aryan Sharma gets forward and lofts powerfully, over cover and it is racing away, sweeper cover runs at full-pelt and throws himself at the ball to save one

Alex French to Aryan Sharma, no run, short of length outside off, Aryan Sharma goes on the back foot and cuts, misses, kept a bit low

Alex French to Aryan Sharma, 2 runs, full just outside off, Aryan Sharma gets forward and opens the face of the bat to steer wide of square third man for two

Alex French to Oliver Peake, 1 run, full outside off, Oliver Peake gets forward to drive and picks out sweeper cover

Alex French to Oliver Peake, no run, short of length and nips back in to middle, Oliver Peake goes on the back foot and turns to mid-wicket

Alex French to Steven Hogan, no run, French goes fuller, gets it to shape away and Steven Hogan is drawn forward into a defensive push. The ball whistles past the outside edge

Alex French to Steven Hogan, no run, back of a length holding its line outside off, Hogan fiddles and belatedly pulls his bat inside the line. Beaten!

Alex French to Steven Hogan, no run, steep bounce from a fullish length outside off, Steven Hogan shuffles across and shoulders arms

Alex French to Steven Hogan, no run, full ball outside off and that's been pushed to cover

Alex French to Steven Hogan, no run, short of length, punched to point

Alex French to Steven Hogan, wide, short of length outside off, Steven Hogan cuts and misses. Wided for line

Alex French to Nitesh Samuel, 1 run, back of a length, steered behind square on the off-side

Alex French to Steven Hogan, no run, full and angled in, pushed to mid-on

Alex French to Steven Hogan, no run, beaten! Hard length, seams away and squares up the new batter who fiddles his bat at it. Lucky not to nick off

Alex French to Will Malajczuk, out Lbw!! That's a cracking yorker from Alex French! From round the wicket, the tall pacer bowls an inswinger. It's right in the blockhole and Malajczuk is beaten for pace. Late to bring his bat down and Malajczuk gets hit on the left leg adjacent to the stumps. That's plumb! England get the breakthrough. Will Malajczuk lbw b Alex French 15(12) [4s-1 6s-1]

Alex French to Nitesh Samuel, 1 run, fullish delivery, push-driven to the left of mid-off for a quick single

Alex French to Nitesh Samuel, no run, French hurls this fuller, Nitesh Samuel misses the flick to get hit on the front pad. LBW appeal turned down. It's the inswinger and would have gone down leg

Alex French to Nitesh Samuel, no run, in-seamer, decent bounce from a length, hits Samuel high on the bat as he nudges it to midwicket

Alex French to Will Malajczuk, no run, length ball outside off, Malajczuk was probably looking to play the same shot again. At the last moment, he changes his mind and clips it to midwicket

Alex French to Will Malajczuk, SIX, that's an audacious shot. Short of length outside off, Malajczuk stays back and waits, swivels across and pulls it fiercely with one leg off the ground. Dispatches it over deep backward square leg

Alex French to Will Malajczuk, no run, French bowls this wider on a good length, Malajczuk has a waft at it and misses

Alex French to Will Malajczuk, FOUR, short of length, Malajczuk swings hard across the line. Looks to pull through square leg, gets a thick inside edge and the ball races away to the backward square leg fence

Alex French to Will Malajczuk, no run, full outside off, Malajczuk drives to cover who makes a tumbling stop

Alex French to Will Malajczuk, no run, back of a length outside off, Malajczuk shapes to pull and misses as he's beaten by the lack of bounce

Alex French to Will Malajczuk, no run, fullish ball outside off, Malajczuk leaves it alone

Alex French to Nitesh Samuel, 1 run, in-seaming back of a length delivery, Nitesh Samuel pushes it towards point

Alex French to Nitesh Samuel, no run, dug in short, Nitesh Samuel ducks under it

Alex French to Nitesh Samuel, no run, full and down the leg-side, Nitesh Samuel goes for the flick and misses. Thomas Rew appeals for a catch and the umpire shakes his head. Not sure why it wasn't wided

Alex French to Will Malajczuk, 1 run, length ball, Malajczuk pushes at it and outside-halves towards backward point

Alex French to Will Malajczuk, 2 runs, shortish ball wide of off, Malajczuk pulls over midwicket with one leg off the ground. Deep midwicket sprints across to cut it off

Alex French to Will Malajczuk, wide, round the wicket, full and curling away wide outside off, Malajczuk decides to leave it alone and that's been wided