Australia vs Japan highlights, U19 World Cup 2026: Australia beat Japan by 8 wickets

Australia vs Japan highlights, U19 World Cup 2026: Japan U19 have won the toss and have opted to bat vs Australia U19.

Teams:

Japan U19 (Playing XI): Nikhil Pol, Nihar Parmar, Hugo Kelly, Taylor Waugh, Charles Hinze, Kaisei Doggett, Kazuma Kato Stafford(c), Montgomery Hara Hinze, Chihaya Sekine(w), Gabriel Hara Hinze, Skyler Nakayama Cook

Australia U19 (Playing XI): Will Malajczuk, Nitesh Samuel, Steven Hogan, Oliver Peake(c), Tom Hogan, Jayden Draper(w), Aryan Sharma, Naden Cooray, Ben Gordon, Kasey Barton, Will Byrom

Squads:

Japan U19 Squad: Nikhil Pol, Nihar Parmar, Hugo Kelly, Charles Hinze, Taylor Waugh, Kaisei Doggett, Kazuma Kato Stafford(c), Timothy Moore, Chihaya Sekine(w), Gabriel Hara Hinze, Kai Wall, Skyler Nakayama Cook, Montgomery Hara Hinze, Ryuki Ozeki, Sandev Waduge

Australia U19 Squad: Will Malajczuk, Nitesh Samuel, Steven Hogan, Oliver Peake(c), Alex Lee Young(w), Jayden Draper, John James, Aryan Sharma, Hayden Schiller, Ben Gordon, Charles Lachmund, Tom Hogan, Will Byrom, Kasey Barton, William Taylor, Naden Cooray

12:52 (IST) Jan 20

Kazuma Kato-Stafford, the skipper of Japan Under-19, says that it looks like a pretty good wicket. Adds that there is a bit of confidence with the batting innings from the last game and they want to repeat it. Praises Hugo Tani-Kelly for his hundred and says that they can be more positive, take the singles and doubles and keep rotating strikes. Says that it was a tough loss, but still plenty of positives to take from it. Informs that they have made a couple of changes. Timothy Moore is out with illness, and tells that all three Hara-Hinze brothers are in the team.

12:36 (IST) Jan 20

Australia Under-19 (Playing XI) - Will Malajczuk, Nitesh Samuel, Steven Hogan, Oliver Peake (C), Thomas Hogan (In place of Alex Lee Young), Jayden Draper (WK), Aryan Sharma, Naden Cooray (In place of John James), Ben Gordon, Kasey Barton (In place of Hayden Schiller), William Byrom (In place of Charles Lachmund).

12:35 (IST) Jan 20

Japan Under-19 (Playing XI) - Nikhil Pol, Nihar Parmar, Hugo Tani-Kelly, Taylor Waugh, Charles Hara-Hinze, Kaisei Kobayashi-Doggett, Kazuma Kato-Stafford (C), Montgomery Hara-Hinze (In place of Timothy Moore), Chihaya Sekine (WK), Gabriel Hara-Hinze, Skyler Nakayama-Cook (In place of Kai Wall).

12:32 (IST) Jan 20

TOSS - Japan Under-19 have won the toss and elected to BAT first.