West Indies 124 for 5 (Francis 52, Andrew 44, Mwamele 2-17) beat Tanzania (Thakrar 26, Jobanputra 19, Lawes 2-23) by 5 wickets
The West Indies defeated Tanzania by 5 wickets at Namibia’s High Performance Oval on Thursday to get their Men’s Under-19 World Cup campaign underway with a win. Vitel Lawes’ 3-wicket spell and a half-century from Tanez Francis highlighted the victory, with the Caribbean side now occupying an early place atop the standings in Group D with two points.
Openers Dylan Thakrar and Darpan Jobanputra got the Tanzanians off to a steady start, sharing in a 53-run stand before the West Indians responded with a triple strike in consecutive overs. Jonathan van Lange removed Jobanputra for 19 in the 14th over, before Shaquan Belle (2-23) dismissed Thakrar for a top score of 26 in the 15th, followed by the run-out of Ayaan Shariff for 1 in the 16th.
59 for 3 became 75 for 5 before Lawes’ introduction into the attack. The left-arm wrist spinner needed no help in his work, trapping Abdulazak Mohamedi LBW before bowling Acrey Hugo and Ally Hafidh on his way to figures of 3 for 23.
Micah McKenzie (2-15) then applied the finishing touches to the innings, removing Khalidy Juma for 12 as the Tanzanians were dismissed for 122 in 34 overs.