Australia has finished their ICC U19 Cricket World Cup pool matches three from three after beating Ireland by six wickets with nine overs to spare today.

Ireland won the toss and elected to bat in breezy conditions at Endeavour Park in Townsville. Ireland were restricted to 129 runs by a tight Australian bowling performance.

South Australia's Alex Gregory, who only joined the squad this week, had a magnificent opening spell taking three wickets for three run in his first six overs. Gregory finished the day with tidy figures of 8-4-3-13, averaging just 1.62 an over.

A blazing 91 from just 43 balls by opener Sunil Ambris has helped the West Indies maintain its early tournament winning form with a nine wickets win over qualifiers Papua New Guinea (PNG). The West Indies did not allow PNG a hint of a chance in a comprehensive showing at Endeavour Field No.2 in Townsville.

PNG was held to 116 from 41 overs, before Ambris blasted nine fours and seven sixes in his rapid-fire innings to sweep the West Indies to 117 for one from just 11.4 overs.

Sri Lanka bounced back from the disappointment of losing its opening round clash to Bangladesh with a clinical showing against qualifier Namibia on Monday at Allan Border Field.

A more rounded batting card, with five batsmen passing 30 and two scoring half centuries, ensured that Sri Lanka produced a highly competitive 298 for eight. All-rounder Lahiru Madushanka, who scored 45, capped off a fine match with his four for 15 from six overs helping bowl out Namibia for 103 after 35 overs.

Pakistan has stayed on track in Group B with a no-nonsense nine wicket win over qualifier Scotland at Kev Hackney Oval on the Sunshine Coast.

Scotland produced the highest score of any of the four qualifiers in action on Monday, reaching 200 before being dismissed in the final over, but Pakistan hardly missed a beat on the way to victory as it rumbled to 204 for one in 36.2 overs.

A fantastic hat-trick by New South Wales' quick Harry Conway and a ton by West Australia's Cameron Bancroft were two of the highlights of Australian Under-19's win over Nepal today as they continued their winning form at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup.

Nepalese Captain Prithu Bastoka, who was on debut for Nepal along with 9 other players in his side, won the toss and sent Australia into bat.

The experience of 12 first-class, 18 List A and 17 T20 games helped South Africa's opener and wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock to stay focussed as he helped his side to a one-sided victory over Bangladesh at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.

De Kock's knock of 95 (93b, 9x4, 2x6) was the mainstay of South Africa's total of 294 for eight but the 19-year-old from Johannesburg admitted afterwards he had been feeling the pressure coming into their opening game of the tournament.

England bounced back from its loss to Australia on the opening day of the tournament to beat Ireland by seven wickets. The Irish batting line-up failed to fire with the English bowlers making light work of its top order, dismissing the side in the 42^nd over

Tyrone Kane (28) and George Dockrell (26) were the best of the Irish batsmen, contributing over half of the modest total of 109 set for England to chase.