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,

Fast bowler Gerhard Lottering rekindled Namibian hopes with two wickets in back to back overs. 

Banton was the first to go when he a delivery onto his stumps. Perera was dismissed in Lottering's next over when he mistimed a pull and was caught at square leg.

Brook and Jacks then came together to produced some attacking batting and carry England to victory. 

The duo found the boundary in almost every over while the Namibia bowlers did not exactly help their team's cause by giving away 19 runs as extras.

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