Will Malajczuk crashed the fastest century in the history of the ICC U19 Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup to steer Australia to a comfortable victory over Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chasing 202, the opener scored half of his team\u2019s runs with a stunning 102 from 55 balls to secure Australia’s second win of their title defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rain in Bulawayo saw the day\u2019s other game abandoned, with New Zealand and Bangladesh only 10 overs into their match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Malajczuk magic guides Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Will Malajczuk wrote his name into the history books with a blistering century from just 51 balls in Australia’s eight-wicket win over Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Having won the toss in Windhoek, Japan elected to bat and were led by the in-form Hugo Tani-Kelly, as he and Nihar Parmar put on 58 for the second wicket before Parmar was run out for 33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tani-Kelly, who made a century against Sri Lanka in his side’s opener, batted through the rest of the innings with 79 not out from 135 balls, but he was always searching for a partner, as Naden Cooray knocked over the middle to lower order on his way to three for 31 from 10 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Japan made 201 for eight from their 50 overs, and Australia quickly made headway in the chase as Malajczuk and Nitesh Samuel put on a 135-run partnership for the first wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Malajczuk was the aggressor, making the fastest fifty in U19 World Cup history with a half-century in 23 balls, before breaking the record for the quickest ton, using only 51 balls to get to three figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was eventually caught in the deep for 102, having hit 12 fours and five sixes, to leave his side needing 67 runs from 34.3 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samuel carried his bat, making 60 not out as Australia sealed victory with 20.5 overs to spare to leave Australia second in Group A, behind Sri Lanka on run rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rain halts New Zealand early<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n New Zealand were put into bat at the Queens Sports Club and lost a wicket early as Hugo Bogue was bowled by Iqbal Hossain in the second over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aryan Mann and captain Tom Jones were going steady as New Zealand reached 51 for one from 10 overs before rain called an early end to proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n New Zealand are yet to complete a match in the tournament, but their two points from two games sees them sit second in Group B, while Bangladesh have their first point on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scores in brief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Australia v Japan<\/strong> \u2013 Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia<\/p>\n\n\n\n Japan 201\/8 in 50 overs (Hugo Tani-Kelly 79 not out, Nihar Parmar 33; Naden Cooray 3\/31, William Byrom 2\/32)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Australia 204\/2 in 29.1 overs (Will Malajczuk 102, Nitesh Samuel 60; Nihar Parmar 1\/35, Charles Hara-Hinze 1\/50)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Result: Australia won by 8 wickets<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bangladesh v New Zealand<\/strong> \u2013 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe<\/p>\n\n\n\n New Zealand 51\/1 in 10 overs (Aryan Mann 20 not out, Tom Jones 16 not out; Iqbal Hossain 1\/12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Result: Match abandoned<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Will Malajczuk crashed the fastest century in the history of the ICC U19 Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-8202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-cricket"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t