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Canada sneaked a 1-run victory over Zimbabwe in the opening round og the U19 World Cup earlier today, in a match that featured poor batting on both sides. Canada won the toss and opted to bat, setting a target of 201 from their 50 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. Usman Limbada (90) did most of the work, with Hiral Patel's 29 the best of the rest, while Nathan Waller topped the Zimbabwean bowling figures with 2/29.

That would have been a total that Zimbabwe would have had hoped of chasing, but once again the side's batting frailties let them dow - it's becoming a depressing habit that, despite the undoubted talent that's in the side, it seems that only one or two will ever manage a decent score in any match. Today, Dean Mazhawidza (75) and Andrew Lindsay (40) were the pair in form, but the failure of the rest of the side - 14 was the top score from the remaining batsmen - left Zimbabwe painfully short against a side that they should have beaten. Full scorecard below the cut.
Canada 201/7 (50 overs; Usman Limbada 90, Nathan Waller 2/29), Zimbabwe 191 (49.4 overs; Mazhawida 75, Zain Mahmood 3/31). Canada U19 win by 10 runs.

Canada Under-19s innings (50 overs maximum)  	
                                                R  	B  	4s  	6s  	SR  	
R Gunasekera 	c †Mazhawidza b Waller 	        20 	23 	2 	1 	86.95 	
H Patel 	c Price b Mugava 	        29 	51 	4 	1 	56.86 	
RA Bhatti*† 	c †Mazhawidza b Waller 	        2 	14 	0 	0 	14.28 	
Usman Limbada 	c Moor b Price 	                90 	114 	6 	1 	78.94 	
NR Kumar 	c †Mazhawidza b Chitara 	9 	28 	0 	0 	32.14 	
D D'Souza 	c †Mazhawidza b Chirimuta 	20 	34 	2 	0 	58.82 	
Hamza Tariq 	run out (Price) 	        11 	21 	0 	0 	52.38 	
RK Pathan 	not out 	                7 	8 	0 	0 	87.50 	
Arsalan Qadir 	not out 	                8 	8 	1 	0 	100.00 	
	Extras 	(lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 	        5 					
	Total 	(7 wickets; 50 overs) 	        201 	(4.02 runs per over)

Did not bat: Zain Mahmood, PA Desai

Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Gunasekera, 10.1 ov), 2-52 (Patel, 13.4 ov), 
3-57 (Bhatti, 16.3 ov), 4-78 (Kumar, 24.6 ov), 5-135 (D'Souza, 39.5 ov), 
6-167 (Hamza Tariq, 45.6 ov), 7-188 (Usman Limbada, 47.4 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
T Chitara 	10 	1 	46 	1 	4.60 	(1w) 		
CW Price 	10 	1 	57 	1 	5.70 	(1w) 	
N Waller 	10 	1 	29 	2 	2.90 		
SM Mugava 	10 	1 	21 	1 	2.10 	(1nb) 	
DR Higgins 	8 	0 	38 	0 	4.75 	(1w) 	
G Chirimuta 	2 	0 	9 	1 	4.50 		
	

Zimbabwe Under-19s innings (target: 202 runs from 50 overs) 	
                                                R 	B 	4s 	6s 	SR 	
SM Daly 	c D'Souza b Arsalan Qadir 	3 	9 	0 	0 	33.33 	
G Chirimuta 	run out (Usman Limbada) 	11 	18 	1 	0 	61.11 	
PJ Moor 	lbw b Zain Mahmood 	        0 	3 	0 	0 	0.00 	
D Mazhawidza† 	lbw b Desai 	                75 	119 	5 	0 	63.02 	
A Lindsay 	c Zain Mahmood b Patel 	        40 	73 	2 	0 	54.79 	
DR Higgins* 	c D'Souza b Zain Mahmood 	9 	24 	0 	0 	37.50 	
N Waller 	b Pathan 	                14 	20 	1 	0 	70.00 	
TC Mutombodzi 	run out (D'Souza) 	        4 	8 	0 	0 	50.00 	
SM Mugava 	c Hamza Tariq b Pathan 	        6 	6 	0 	0 	100.00 	
CW Price 	not out 	                7 	11 	0 	0 	63.63 	
T Chitara 	c †Bhatti b Zain Mahmood 	8 	8 	0 	0 	100.00 	
	Extras 	(b 4, lb 2, w 7, nb 1) 	        14 					
	Total 	(all out; 49.4 overs) 	        191 	(3.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Chirimuta, 3.4 ov), 2-15 (Moor, 4.3 ov), 3-19 (Daly, 5.5 ov), 
4-129 (Lindsay, 34.1 ov), 5-144 (Mazhawidza, 38.6 ov), 6-150 (Higgins, 41.4 ov), 
7-167 (Mutombodzi, 44.6 ov), 8-169 (Waller, 45.3 ov), 9-180 (Mugava, 47.6 ov), 
10-191 (Chitara, 49.4 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
Zain Mahmood 	9.4 	1 	31 	3 	3.20 		
Arsalan Qadir 	10 	1 	34 	1 	3.40 	(1nb, 4w) 	
H Patel 	10 	1 	42 	1 	4.20 		
RK Pathan 	10 	0 	44 	2 	4.40 	(1w) 	
PA Desai 	10 	1 	34 	1 	3.40 	(2w)