{"id":387386,"date":"2026-01-24T05:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/387386\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T05:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:05:15","slug":"australia-defeat-sri-lanka-under-19-world-cup-will-byrom-five-wicket-haul-charlie-lachmund-pace-bowling-match-report-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/387386\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia defeat Sri Lanka Under 19 World Cup, Will Byrom five-wicket haul, Charlie Lachmund pace bowling, match report, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

A burgeoning Australian Under-19s pace attack has steamrolled Sri Lanka in yet another brutal World Cup display, winning by nine wickets in Namibia on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

After winning the toss and electing to field, the reigning champions smelt blood from ball one to take a trio of wickets in a six-ball stretch that left the Lions reeling at 3\/3 after just 20 balls.<\/p>\n

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Only two partnerships from there on reached double figures, and even then, none surpassed the 12 put on for the fourth wicket as Sri Lanka were bowled out for a record low of 58.<\/a><\/p>\n

Opening bowler and New South Welshman Will Byrom was Australia\u2019s main star of the show, claiming the stunning figures of 5\/14 off 6.5 overs to put Sri Lanka to the sword. <\/p>\n

Byrom leads his side off after his 5\/14 against Sri Lanka at Namibia Cricket Ground on January 23, 2026 in Windhoek, Namibia (Photo by Matthew Lewis\/ICC via Getty Images)Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n

His bowling on a fourth and fifth-stump line caused the opposition trouble all innings, and set him up well to then bowl several wicket-taking short balls.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a surprise for me, he gets me out for fun in the nets! I certainly know what he can do, and it was great for him to show the world,\u201d Australian captain Ollie Peake said post-match.<\/p>\n

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Byrom\u2019s stunning rise comes as even more of a feel-good story, considering the Northern District quick was a last-minute replacement in Australia\u2019s squad less than a week out from the tournament.<\/p>\n

The outstanding bowling from Queenslander Charlie Lachmund (2\/19 off five) at the other end no doubt played a part in his teammate\u2019s success, with the tearaway quick looking unplayable at times.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old consistently left batters short on time with his yorker, as well as inducing repeated play-and-miss outside off stump. Additionally, his use of the bowling crease gave Sri Lanka little certainty over the angle his deliveries would take.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty unbelievable. We came into the game treating it very seriously. They are (a) serious team, so it is pretty good to go out there and bowl them out for such a low total,\u201d Lachmund said during the innings break, courtesy of ESPNcricinfo.<\/p>\n

Lachmund celebrates the wicket of Dimantha Mahavithana of Sri Lanka at Namibia Cricket Ground on January 23, 2026 in Windhoek, Namibia (Photo by Matthew Lewis\/ICC via Getty Images)Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n

\u201cTo see Byrom get a five-for is just unreal. We didn\u2019t really emphasise planning too much, we just focused on bowling well, hitting the right areas, and putting the ball in a good spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow quicks Kasey Barton (2\/13) and Hayden Schiller (1\/11) inflicted the damage on the Lions\u2019 lower order, meaning the Aussies spent less than 19 overs in the field.<\/p>\n

From there, Australia\u2019s chase of the minisucle target was over and done with 38 overs to spare, but did see last game\u2019s record-setter Will Malajczuk<\/a> depart in the opening over with a corking ball from Rasith Nimsara.<\/p>\n

First-game centurion Steve Hogan (28 not out off 27) and Nitesh Samuel (19* off 40) chased down the total themselves, with the latter still yet to be dismissed this tournament after unbeaten scores of 77 and 60 in the opening two matches.<\/p>\n

Both Australia and Sri Lanka have progressed through to their respective \u2018Super Sixes\u2019 groups alongside Ireland, with only Japan eliminated so far from their Group A after going winless in the initial group stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A burgeoning Australian Under-19s pace attack has steamrolled Sri Lanka in yet another brutal World Cup display, winning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[3711,1487,146244,146241,1721,97258,146239,43988,8222,146237,146236,45894,146242,146240,54684,63823,146238,146246,146247,146243,81751,52857,101,2459,146245,56,54,55,6526,146248],"class_list":["post-387386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-africa","tag-asia","tag-bowling-crease","tag-burgeoning-australian","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-world-cup","tag-fifth-stump-line","tag-five-wicket-haul","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-initial-group-stage","tag-innings-break","tag-match-report","tag-matthew-lewis","tag-minisucle-target","tag-namibia","tag-pace-attack","tag-pace-bowling","tag-queenslander-charlie-lachmund","tag-reigning-champions-smelt","tag-six-ball-stretch","tag-southern-africa","tag-southern-asia","tag-sports","tag-sri-lanka","tag-steve-hogan","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-squad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}