After being sent into bat first Australia posted 207 for the loss of nine wickets with Kane Richardson notching up a rapid 44, Tim Armstrong adding 37 and Jason Floros 35. The match appeared evenly poised when Pakistan, two-times winner of the tournament, started the 43rd over of their reply needing 51 runs with four wickets in hand. But the collapse started when offspinner Floros bowled Pakistan captain Azeem Ghumman for 41.
It was Floros' sole wicket in the final but provided an important breakthrough as the remaining three Pakistan wickets tumbled within four overs for the addition of only 26 more runs. Australian had earlier started their innings shakily and were 23-3 and then 82-5 before Richardson put steel into the performance with his run-a-ball cameo to ensure Australia passed the psychological 200 mark.
Pakistan made an excellent start when Nic Maddinson was lbw to Fayyaz Butt on the fifth ball and in the next over Tom Beaton glided Sarmad straight to Babar, who took a sharp catch above his head at second slip. Australia soon had even more problems following the departure of the captain Marsh (7) after he prodded defensively to a Fayyaz outswinger and was caught behind by Waqas. Pakistan made a steady start to their reply and were 110-4 after 30 overs but aside from Ghumman and 36 from Ahmad Shahzad there was no batting of significance.
Ahmed Shehzad and Ghumman threatened to take their team to victory but both fell after solid displays to allow Australia the advantage. Ghumman had accumulated cleverly with 41 off 90, willing his team to victory over the second half of the innings, but when he was bowled by the offspinner Floros in the 43rd over the end was near.
Shehzad, who has played six limited-overs games for the senior outfit, showed his class with some smart boundaries early in the chase, but he was slow to leave with 38 off 48 after pushing forward to the left-arm spinner Doran and being given out lbw. Babar Azam, the 15-year-old opener, followed for 28 two overs later with an under-edge to give Doran his second and bring the Australians back into the contest. Babar was also unhappy and Pakistan were edgy at 74 for 3, adding five runs in five overs. Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood took the man-of-the-match award with four for 30.
SCOREBOARD:
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AUSTRALIAN INNINGS:
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NJ Maddinson lbw b Fayyaz Butt 0
TM Beaton c Babar Azam b Sarmad Bhatti 5
MR Marsh c Mohammad Waqas b Fayyaz Butt 7
AR Keath c Rameez Aziz b Raza Hasan 25
JS Floros run out (Hammad Azam) 35
TJ Armstrong b Sarmad Bhatti 37
TIF Triffitt c Mohammad Waqas b Babar Azam 21
KW Richardson c Ahmed Shehzad b Sarmad Bhatti 44
JR Hazlewood run out (Usman Qadir/Sarmad Bhatti) 5
LA Doran not out 9
AC McDermott not out 3
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Extras: (lb 2, w 14) 16
Total: 207
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Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-10, 3-23, 4-80, 5-82, 6-127, 7-189, 8-189, 9-199.
Bowling: Fayyaz Butt 7-0-37-2, Sarmad Bhatti 8-0-33-3, Raza Hasan 10-3-21-1, Hammad Azam 2-0-23-0, Usman Qadir 10-0-35-0, Ahmed Shehzad 7-0-22-0, Babar Azam 6-0-34-1.
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PAKISTAN INNINGS:
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Babar Azam c Triffitt b Doran 28
Ahsan Ali c Beaton b Hazlewood 2
Ahmed Shehzad lbw b Doran 36
Azeem Ghumman b Floros 41
Rameez Aziz b Doran 23
Hammad Azam c Triffitt b Hazlewood 0
Mohammad Waqas c Hazlewood b Keath 13
Sarmad Bhatti b Hazlewood 10
Usman Qadir c Triffitt b McDermott 9
Raza Hasan c Triffitt b Hazlewood 10
Fayyaz Butt not out 4
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Extras: (w 3, nb 3) 6
Total: 182
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Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-69, 3-74, 4-110, 5-111, 6-130, 7-156, 8-166, 9-168, 10-182.
Bowling: JR Hazlewood 8.4-1-30-4, AC McDermott 8-0-50-1, KW Richardson 7-1-20-0, TJ Armstrong 2-0-13-0, LA Doran 10-1-32-3, JS Floros 8-1-19-1, AR Keath 3-0-18-1
Toss: Pakistan, who chose to field
Result: Australia Under-19s won the 2009/10 ICC Under-19 World Cup
man of the match: JR Hazlewood of Australia
man of the series: DA Hendricks
Umpires: Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and RA Kettleborough (England)
TV umpire: BG Jerling (South Africa)
Match referee: JJ Crowe
Reserve umpire: NA Malcolm (West Indies)