Pakistan Vs Scotland Highlights, ICC U-19 World Cup: Usman-Hussain Fire Young Shaheens To 6-Wicket Win

Good morning, cricket fans! This is the start of our live blog covering the first U-19 World Cup match today, with Pakistan taking on Scotland. Stay tuned for pre-match and toss updates as they take place.

• Fixture: Pakistan U19 vs Scotland U19, Group C Match 12

• Series: ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2026

• Venue: Takashinga Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe

• Date: Monday, January 19, 2026

• Time: 1:00 PM IST

• Live Streaming: JioHotstar

• Live Telecast: Star Sports

Pakistan U19 captain Farhan Yousaf won the toss and opted to bowl first in today's U-19 Cricket World Cup match 12.

Pakistan: Sameer Minhas, Ali Hassan Baloch, Usman Khan, Ahmed Hussain, Farhan Yousaf (c), Huzaifa Ahsan, Hamza Zahoor (wk), Abdul Subhan, Momin Qamar, Mohammad Sayyam, Ali Raza.

Scotland: Theo Robinson, Thomas Knight (wk) (c), Max Chaplin, Rory Grant, Ollie Jones, Finlay Carter, Manu Saraswat, Finlay Jones, Ethan Ramsay, Jake Woodhouse, Shlok Thaker.

What an action-packed opening over that was! Theo Robinson punished Ali Raza's loose bowling with a boundary off the very first ball. The next one, however, was a bit quicker, smashing the stumps and earning Pakistan U19 their first breakthrough.

The carnage continues, though, as new batter Max Chaplin opens his account with a six off a wide delivery. Then, another wide runs away for four more. And another wide.

Then, a repeat of the first wicket as another quicker ball beats the defence of Chaplin, with the middle stump going for a toss. An expensive but effective first over from Raza.

The first powerplay comes to an end, and it has been a slow but steady start from Scotland. After losing two wickets in the first over itself, the Scots must have feared the worst. However, Grant and Knight have steadied the innings, taking their time to settle in what looks like a challenging surface to bat on.

The partnership between Knight and Grant is broken by Pakistan U19, with the latter being dismissed for 21. It was a googly from Qamar which gets a thick edge, with Minhas taking an easy catch at cover point. Finlay Carter is the new batter.

We are just past the half-way mark in the innings, and Scotland U19 have managed to crawl to 100. Pakistan U19's poor fielding and overthrows have just as much a hand in it as their opponent's batting. With Knight struggling to find the big shots, Jones has taken charge since coming on.

With 15 overs left in the innings, Scotland are really struggling, with more than half of their team already back in the dugouts. Knight and Ollie Jones saw their partnership broken as both batters were dismissed within four balls, leaving the batting side to rebuild from scratch with Finlay Jones and Saraswat. The run rate remains below four-an-over.

Another breakthrough for Ali Raza, who gets his fourth wicket of the day. Finlay Jones, who had formed an excellent partnership with Saraswat at the other end, has to go after making 33 off 56. He can't connect properly while playing a pull shot, and it's a good catch from Subhan at mid-on. Ethan Ramsay is the new batter.

Scotland U19 are ultimately unable to bat through the 50 overs, with all 10 wickets falling within 48.1 overs for 187. It's surely well below par at Harare, but considering they were 115/6 at one point, it's a pretty good turnaround. It's all up to the Scottish bowlers now.

Sameer Minhas and Ali Hassan Baloch are in the middle for Pakistan, and Shlok Thaker, Finlay Jones are sharing the new-ball duties for Scotland. The Shaheens are off to a steady start, scoring seven runs without loss in the first two overs. Conservation of wickets would be key early on, and with the target not being big, they can afford to do that at a sedate pace.

Finally, something to celebrate for the bowlers!! It was a near-perfect powerplay for Pakistan U19, who were inching towards the 50-run mark, led by a strong opening partnership between Minhas and Baloch. Ollie Jones, however, dismisses the latter, hitting the top of the Baloch's off-stump for Scotland U19's first wicket. Usman Khan comes on as the new batter.

Since the departure of Minhas at the beginning of the 12th over – Ollie Jones' second wicket of the night – Pakistan U19 have had to rebuild their chase with two new batters at the crease. Usman and Hussain have taken their sweet time, with the run rate just over three-and-half. However, the target is not that big, so PAK U19 will be happy to not lose any more wickets.

Usman and Hussain have built up a terrific, if a tad bit contrasting, partnership, which is worth 73 runs. Usman has led Pakistan U19's chase, just one run away from his half-century and batting at a strike rate of almost 90. Hussain has been much slower at the other end, batting at 24 off 61.

The chase looks like a mere formality now as it's time for drinks break. The partnership between Usman and Hussain now stands at 109 off 155 balls, with the former batting at 74. Pakistan U19 need 31 runs more to win.

The wickets of Usman and Hussain – who essentially anchored the chase and served it on a platter for Pakistan – made the game go as deep as it did. Regardless, the Young Shaheens held their nerves to seal a six-wicket win, chasing down the total with 41 balls to spare.