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Summary
Australia won U-19 world cup against Pakistan by 25 runs. Australia followed the lead of their senior team as they shut down Pakistan's challenge to claim their third Under-19 World Cup trophy. Pakistani squad had a chance to give the country some cheer when they held their opponents to 207 for 9. It proved to be too many as Josh Hazlewood and Australia's spinners took control to dismiss them for 182 to end a nervy chase. Richardson (44) and Armstrong (37) remained prominent batsmen. Sarmad Bhatti took 3 wickets while Fayaz Butt got 2 wickets. Chasing the target of 207, Green Shirts fall short of target by 25 runs. Captain Azeem Ghumman made 41 runs while Ahmed Shahzad made 36 runs.
