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Zimbabwe U19's horror of a World Cup campaign continued with a 7-wicket loss to Ireland in a rain-affected match. Put into bat after Ireland won the toss, Zim managed to post just 102 before being bowled out in their final over, with Peter Moor (28), Natasi Mushangwe (24) and Nathan Waller (17) the only players to reach double figures. Craig Young did most of the damage, taking 4/14 from his seven overs. Set a Duckworth-Lewis target of 110 to win from 27 overs, Ireland handily reached the target with 6 overs and 7 wickets to spare, led by Paul Stirling's 65. The loss sees Zimbabwe relegated to the 13-place playoffs, where they'll meet USA in the semi-finals. Full scorecard below the cut.
Zimbabwe 102 (26.2/27 overs; Moor 28, Young 4/14), Ireland 110/3 (20.2/27 overs; Stirling 65, Mugava 1/18). Ireland U19 win by 7 wickets. (D/L Method)

Zimbabwe Under-19s innings (27 overs maximum)  	
                                                        R  	M  	B  	4s  	6s  	SR
G Chirimuta 	c †Poynter b Young 	                3 	3 	5 	0 	0 	60.00
N Mushangwe 	c Thompson b Young 	                24 	39 	25 	1 	1 	96.00
D Mazhawidza† 	c Stirling b Getkate 	                0 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0.00
A Lindsay 	c Nelson b Young 	                1 	4 	2 	0 	0 	50.00
DR Higgins* 	c Balbirnie b Getkate 	                9 	37 	32 	0 	0 	28.12
PJ Moor 	c Stirling b Balbirnie 	                28 	66 	48 	2 	0 	58.33
TC Mutombodzi 	c †Poynter b Young 	                0 	6 	4 	0 	0 	0.00
N Waller 	c Getkate b Dockrell 	                17 	46 	32 	0 	0 	53.12
SM Mugava 	run out (Balbirnie) 	                0 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0.00
CW Price 	c Nelson b Dockrell 	                5 	6 	5 	0 	0 	100.00
T Chitara 	not out 	                        4 	5 	2 	1 	0 	200.00
	Extras 	(lb 2, w 8, nb 1) 	                11 					
	Total 	(all out; 26.2 overs; 110 mins) 	102 	(3.87 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Chirimuta, 0.6 ov), 2-7 (Mazhawidza, 1.4 ov), 3-8 (Lindsay, 2.1 ov), 
4-38 (Mushangwe, 8.6 ov), 5-43 (Higgins, 11.2 ov), 6-49 (Mutombodzi, 12.4 ov), 7-90 (Waller, 24.1 ov), 
8-93 (Mugava, 24.6 ov), 9-93 (Moor, 25.1 ov), 10-102 (Price, 26.2 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
CA Young 	7 	2 	14 	4 	2.00 	(1w) 	
SC Getkate 	7 	0 	40 	2 	5.71 	(1nb, 4w) 	
SR Thompson 	4 	0 	15 	0 	3.75 	(3w) 	
PR Stirling 	5 	0 	17 	0 	3.40 		
G Dockrell 	2.2 	0 	7 	2 	3.00 		
A Balbirnie 	1 	0 	7 	1 	7.00 		
	

Ireland Under-19s innings (target: 110 runs from 27 overs) 	
                                                        R 	M 	B 	4s 	6s 	SR
SR Thompson 	c †Mazhawidza b Chitara 	        7 	9 	9 	0 	0 	77.77
LT Nelson 	c Price b Mugava 	                13 	30 	19 	1 	0 	68.42
PR Stirling 	c Chirimuta b Price 	                65 	62 	50 	7 	1 	130.00
A Balbirnie* 	not out 	                        20 	46 	44 	0 	0 	45.45
JNK Shannon 	not out 	                        0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	-
	Extras 	(b 3, lb 1, w 1) 	                5 					
	Total 	(3 wickets; 20.2 overs; 76 mins) 	110 	(5.40 runs per over)

Did not bat: BJ Ackland, SW Poynter†, GF McDonnell, G Dockrell, SC Getkate, CA Young

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Thompson, 2.2 ov), 2-45 (Nelson, 7.3 ov), 3-108 (Stirling, 19.6 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
T Chitara 	3 	0 	19 	1 	6.33 	(1w) 	
CW Price 	4 	0 	30 	1 	7.50 		
N Waller 	3 	0 	18 	0 	6.00 		
SM Mugava 	6 	0 	18 	1 	3.00 		
N Mushangwe 	1 	0 	9 	0 	9.00 		
DR Higgins 	3.2 	0 	12 	0 	3.60