Ireland U-19 are favorites to win
Ireland U-19 will take on USA U-19 at the Manguang Oval, Bloemfontein in Match 1 of the 2024 Under-19 World Cup. This match gets underway at 09:45 local time on Friday 19th January, 2023.
The surface at the Manguang Oval will see the ball come onto the bat with good pace but will also offer some sideways movement, particularly for the quicks.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Ireland vs USA, U19 World Cup 2024
London born right-hander Philippus le Roux will be the skipper of Ireland U-19s in this year’s tournament. In the last Under-19 World Cup, two years ago in the West Indies, Ireland finished in third place in the group stage before losing in the Plate Final.
Ireland U-19s have a powerful middle order with captain le Roux expected to be joined alongside the keeper-batter Kian Hilton and 18 year old Macdara Cosgrave. At the top of the order, Jordan Neill will be tasked with taking the attack to the USA U-19 bowlers.
Right-arm off-spinner Scott MacBeth comes into this opening match of the tournament in strong form as seen in a warm-up fixture when he bowled two maidens and took 2/32 from his 10 overs. Left-arm quick Matthew Weldon will swing the new ball.
Ireland U-19 come into this tournament opener in Bloemfontein after losing three of their last five matches.
Jordan Neill, Ryan Hunter, Gavin Roulston, Kian Hilton (wk), Philippus le Roux (c), Macdara Cosgrave, Scott MacBeth, John McNally, Harry Dyer, Reuben Wilson, Matthew Weldon
Under the captaincy of Rishi Ramesh, USA U-19 will come into this match and the tournament with no pressure as they are not thought of as one of the cricketing powerhouse. They come into this fixture after impressing in a warm-up defeat to Zimbabwe U-19s.
The success of USA U-19s in this campaign will have plenty to do with how their openers get on. Prannav Chettipalayam and Aryaman Suri are not overly attacking but both have the talent to build a long innings in this format of the game.
USA U-19s come into this game with good variety in their bowling line up which does include some pace as well as spin options. A specific bowler to watch will be 16 year old Arya Garg who took an impressive 3/11 and bowled two maidens in a warm-up game.
USA U-19 have not played a full T20 since 2010 but have been competitive in warm-up fixtures ahead of this tournament.
Rishi Ramesh (c), Aryaman Suri, Prannav Chettipalayam, Bhavya Mehta, Siddarth Kappa, Amogh Arepally (wk), Utkarsh Srivastava, Arya Garg, Ateendra Subramanian, Aaryan Batra, Rayaan Bhagani.
There will be plenty of nerves in both teams ahead of them kicking the tournament off on Friday morning. USA U-19s look like this competition may be a couple of years too early for their new wave of players and we are backing Ireland U-19s to win this match.
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