Australia are made to wait by tailenders

Australia U-19 164 and 315 England U-19 115 and 196 Australia U-19 win by 168 runs

A defiant last-wicket stand of 82 by England's Liam Plunkett and Danny Broadbent failed to prevent Australia levelling the under-19 Test series at 1-1 with a 168-run victory here at Jubilee Park yesterday.

Chasing an unlikely target of 365 on the final day of four, England fell well short, being dismissed for 196 despite a battling 49 from Plunkett and an unbeaten 22 from Broadbent

England began the day on 22 for 2 and soon knew they were in for an unequal struggle when the nightwatchman, Dave Stiff, went and he was quickly followed by the captain, Bilal Shafayat, who scored 108 and 66 in the first Test, for a duck.

Aaron Bird, 4 for 31, did most damage as England fell to 114 for 9 before Plunkett and Broadbent came together. They remained at the crease for almost 50 overs until Plunkett finally fell to a catch by Theo Doropoulos off the medium pace of Michael Bright. He faced 178 balls, while the No 11 Broadbent survived 151 deliveries.

Final day of four; Australia Under-19 won toss

AUSTRALIA UNDER-19 – First Innings 164 (S R Patel 4-33, D A Stiff 4-32).

ENGLAND UNDER-19 – First Innings 115 (A C Bird 4-26).

AUSTRALIA UNDER-19 – Second Innings 315 (M J Bright 127, A C Bird 50).

ENGLAND UNDER-19 – Second Innings

(Overnight: 22 for 2)

D A Stiff c Nevill b Sullivan 2

S R Patel c Harrison b Bird 1

*B M Shafayat c Bright b Sullivan 0

R S Bopara c Nevill b Bird 34

ÝA J Hodd lbw b Sullivan 18

L J Wright lbw b Bright 3

T T Bresnan c Kelly b Bright 8

L E Plunkett c Doropoulos b Bright 49

D L Broadbent not out 22

Extras (b19 lb16 w5 nb5) 45

Total (119 overs) 196

Fall (cont): 3-24 4-30 5-30 6-7, 7-82 8-96 9-114.

Bowling: Bird 27-14-31-4; Kelly 19-5-22-0; Sullivan 21-7-36-3; L R Davis 13-5-22-0; Bright 29-16-41-3; Skewes 7-5-3-0; Doropoulos 3-0-6-0.

Umpires: A J Soulsby and J W Ward.