Australia U19 vs England U19, 1st Semi-Final: England won by 27 runs against Australia in the Semi-Final 1 of the Under 19 World Cup 2026 played at the Queens Sports Club on Tuesday. With this, the English team has secured a place in the final match to be played on 6 February, where it will face the winning team of the semi-final 2 match between India and Afghanistan.

The England team, which won the toss and came to bat at Queen’s Sports Club on Tuesday, scored 277 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated overs. This team had lost the wicket of Ben Dawkins (1) on the score of just 3. After this, Ben Mayes made a partnership of 54 runs with Joseph Moores for the second wicket. Joseph was out after scoring 25 runs in 33 balls with 1 six and 1 four, while Mayes scored 24 runs in 33 balls.

Thomas Rave’s century innings

This team had lost 3 wickets by the score of 60. From here, Caleb Faulkner put the team in a strong position by making a partnership of 135 runs for the fourth wicket with captain Thomas Rave. Captain Thomas scored 110 runs in 107 balls. His innings included 1 six and 14 fours, while Falconer played an inning of 40 runs with 4 fours. Apart from these, Farhan Ahmed remained unbeaten after scoring 28 runs. From the opposition camp, Hayden Schiller and Naden Cooray took 2 wickets each, while Will Byrom and Aryan Sharma took 1 wicket each.

Australia limited to 250 runs

In response, the Australian team was reduced to just 250 runs in 47.3 overs. This team had lost two wickets till the score of 47. From here, captain Oliver Peak along with Nitish Samuel took charge of the team by scoring 62 runs for the third wicket, but as soon as this partnership broke, the Australian camp faltered again.

Captain Oliver scored 100 runs in 88 balls with 1 six and 10 fours, while Nitish scored 47 runs. Apart from these, Aryan Sharma contributed 34 runs, but could not take the team to the final. From the English camp, Sebastian Morgan, James Minto, Manny Lumsden and Ralphie Albert took 2-2 wickets, while Alex French and Farhan Ahmed took 1-1 wicket.