England cruise to 8 wicket victory over Namibia at U19 Word Cup
Queenstown (New Zealand), Jan 15 (CRICKETNMORE) - England rode on superb batting by Will Jacks and Harry Brook to thrash Namibia by eight wickets in a Group C encounter of the ICC U19 World Cup here on Monday. Batting first,
Their openers Jurgen Linde and Lohan Louwrens gave them a steady start before solid knocks from Sam Fouche, Petrus Burger and Nicol Loftie-Eaton helped overcome stagnation in the middle order.
But Namibia's inability to capitalise on a reasonable start proved costly in the end.
Leg-spinner Luke Hollman was the most successful among the England bowlers with figures of 3/41 in his 10 overs. Brook and Tom Scriven bagged two wickets each.
England had a steady start to their chase with their openers Savin Perera and Tom Banton scoring 55 runs between off eight overs.
