USA Women’s Under 19s completed a highly successful tour of the United Arab Emirates for their Women’s Under 19’s bilateral series vs UAE Women’s Under 19’s last week with a thrilling final match victory to claim a 3-2 series win in dramatic fashion. The series of 5 youth T20 Internationals gave the two teams ideal preparation for the upcoming inaugural ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup taking place in South Africa in January 2023.
The series ebbed and flowed across the five matches after it started in spectacular fashion with USA winning the first match after not one, but two Super Overs! UAE then came strongly back into the series taking the next two matches by wide margins with Theertha Satish in particular playing a starring role at the top of the order. The change of venue away from the Oceans Fair Cricet Ground brought about a reversal in fortunes though as USA won a thrilling 4th match that was moved to the Dubai International Stadium.
The series then all came down to the final match with USA posting 153 for 6 from their 20 overs and holding their nerve with the ball despite another strong start from UAE to run out victors by 10 runs and take the series trophy.
Laasya Mullapudi & Ritu Singh led the way in the run-scoring charts for Team USA with 92 and 86 runs respectively. Bhumika Bhadriraju with 7 wickets was the leading wicket-taker from either side while Aditi Chudasama was second in the wicket taking stakes for USA with 4 wickets.
To see the full statistics from the series, please visit the Cricclubs portal here.
MATCH RESULTS
Monday, 21 November 2022: UAE U19 vs USA U19 – Oceans Fair Cricket Ground USA won after Super Over
Tuesday, 22 November 2022: UAE U19 vs USA U19 – Oceans Fair Cricket Ground UAE won by 9 wickets
Thursday, 24 November 2022: UAE U19 vs USA U19 – Oceans Fair Cricket Ground UAE won by 53 runs
Friday, 25 November 2022: UAE U19 vs USA U19 – Dubai International Stadium USA won by 12 runs
Saturday, 26 November 2022: UAE U19 vs USA U19 – ICC Academy USA won by 10 runs
USA Women’s Under 19s win the 5 match series 3-2
Team USA Women’s U19 Squad
Geetika Kodali (Captain)
Anika Kolan (WK) (Vice Captain)
Aditi Chudasama
Bhumika Bhadriraju
Disha Dhingra
Isani Vaghela
Jivana Aras
Lassya Mullapudi
Pooja Ganesh (WK)
Pooja Shah
Ritu Singh
Sai Tanmayi Eyyunni
Snigdha Paul
Suhani Thadani
Tya Gonsalves
Non Travelling Squad Members
Lisa Ramjit
Taranum Chopra
Head Coach: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Team Manager: John Aaron
Team Analyst: Rohaan Gosala
Physio: Angela Mihyang Park
Selection Panel: Ritesh Kadu (Interim Chair), Jyotsna Patel, Deepali Rokade
