17 Aug 2012

NZ under 19 cricket side beaten

5:54 am on 17 August 2012

The New Zealand Under-19 Cricket Team has been beaten by Pakistan by 5 wickets in their third and final Group B pool match at the World Cup in Queensland.

Pakistan managed to chase down New Zealand's total of 152 in the 32nd over.

Despite the loss New Zealand will still go through to the quarter-finals where they will face the West Indies on Monday.

In the other quarter-final matches South Africa play England, Australia play Bangladesh and Pakistan play India.