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Australia has recorded a dominant 10 wicket victory over Nigeria in Kimberley, South Africa, to keep its hopes of reaching the Super League stage of the 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup alive.<\/p>\n

After losing the toss and being put into the field, Australia made early inroads into Nigeria’s top order via wickets to each of Bradley Simpson (3-11) and Liam Marshall (1-17) in their respective opening overs.<\/p>\n

Two quickly became three as Simpson struck again, before the introduction of in-form leg spinner Tanveer Sangha tore the middle order apart.<\/p>\n

Sangha backed up his 4-30 against the West Indies with a brilliant spell of 5-14 from 10 overs here, demonstrating his full array of skills at the Country Club B Field.<\/p>\n

The miserly Liam Scott (0-6 from six overs) proved the perfect foil for Sangha, before off-spinner Todd Murphy (1-13) joined the party to skittle Nigeria for 61.<\/p>\n

In reply, Sam Fanning and opening game top-scorer Jake Fraser-McGurk were untroubled, chasing down the target without losing a wicket in just 7.4 overs.<\/p>\n

Fanning made the most of his inclusion after missing the XI that went down to the West Indies, cruising to 30 from 26 deliveries, while Fraser-McGurk was stylish again in his 23 from 20 balls.<\/p>\n

The result lifts Australia to second in Group B behind the West Indies, who remain undefeated after defeating England by 71 runs (DLS method) overnight.<\/p>\n

Australia plays England in what shapes as a defining showdown in the race to the Super League quarter finals on Thursday at 7:00pm AEDT. The match will be shown on FOX Sports 506 and streamed on Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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