Davies and Denly set up England win
Steven Davies and Joe Denly provided the impetus with a 160-run opening partnership as England's Under-19s pulled off a relatively comfortable five-wicket victory at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata to keep alive their hopes in the five-match ODI series
Cricinfo staff
11-Feb-2005
England Under-19s 222 for 5 (Davies 82, Denly 71, Chawla 3-46) beat India Under-19s 221 for 7 (Shukla 85, Ali 3-46) by 5 wickets, and trail 1-2 in the series
Scorecard
Scorecard
Steven Davies and Joe Denly provided the impetus with a 160-run opening partnership as England's Under-19s pulled off a relatively comfortable five-wicket victory at Eden Gardens in Kolkata to keep alive their hopes in the five-match one-day series. Chasing 222 for the win, Davies made 82, and Denly a sedate 71 before Piyush Chawla nipped in with three quick wickets to put a few seeds of doubt in English minds. But Michael O'Shea and Tom Smith ensured that victory would be achieved with four balls still remaining.
The damage had been done much earlier in the day, with India Under-19s slumping to 72 for 5. Moeen Ali bowled both Ankit Rawat and Gaurav Dhiman, and with Mayank Tehlan - who led the side to victory in the last game - being run out, it was left to the lower order to restore some pride.
They did that with some purpose, as Ravikant Shukla, a left-hander from Uttar Pradesh, smashed 85 from just 93 deliveries, including two big sixes. He was superbly supported by Andimoni Pradeep (34) and Chawla, who made 22 not out. Ali was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 46.