{"id":16193,"date":"2024-02-02T13:29:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16193"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:29:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:29:25","slug":"pascal-johnson-and-wedderburn-lead-west-indies-u19-to-victory-in-icc-world-cup-super-six-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/pascal-johnson-and-wedderburn-lead-west-indies-u19-to-victory-in-icc-world-cup-super-six-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Pascal Johnson and Wedderburn Lead West Indies U19 to Victory in ICC World Cup Super Six Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a thrilling super six match-up against Sri Lanka at Kimberly, South Africa, the West Indies under 19, captained by Steve Wedderburn, showcased an impressive batting performance to secure victory in the ICC U19 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat, with opener Pulindu Perera making a solid start, contributing 24 runs, including four boundaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies&#8217; Nathan Edwards made key breakthroughs by dismissing Vis-hen Halam-bage for naught and Sineth Jayawardena for 11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supun Waduge and Sharun-jan Shan-muga-nathan steadied the Sri Lankan innings with scores of 31 and 53, respectively. Maisha Tharupathi added 42 runs, guiding Sri Lanka to a total of 231 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raneico Smith spearheaded the West Indies&#8217; bowling attack, picking up four wickets for 47 runs, supported by Nathan Sealy and Tarrique Edwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the West Indies began their innings with Stephen Pascal contributing 33 runs before being dismissed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Steve Wedderburn and Jordan Johnson formed a crucial partnership, with Johnson scoring 39 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pair propelled the West Indies to 147 for 2 before Sri Lanka staged a comeback, claiming four wickets for 37 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nathan Sealy&#8217;s resilient 27 runs, coupled with vital contributions from other batsmen, secured the victory for the West Indies U19 team by three wickets with three balls to spare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies will face Australia on Friday, February 2, with hopes of reaching the semifinals in the ICC U19 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thrilling encounter showcased the resilience and skill of the West Indies U19 team, setting the stage for an exciting journey in the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling super six match-up against Sri Lanka at Kimberly, South Africa, the West Indies under 19, captained by Steve Wedderburn, showcased an impressive batting performance to secure victory&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16195,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16193\/revisions\/16195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}