Australia Under-19 vs Japan Under-19 LIVE: Hello and a really warm welcome to our coverage of the sixteenth match within the U19 World Cup 2026. Japan were blown away by Sri Lanka of their opening encounter and now they face one of the formidable teams within the tournament, Australia. Can they put up a greater fight?
Toss: Japan won the toss and opted to bat.
Playing 11
Japan U19: Nikhil Pol, Nihar Parmar, Hugo Kelly, Taylor Waugh, Charles Hinze, Kaisei Doggett, Kazuma Kato Stafford (c), Montgomery Hara Hinze, Chihaya Sekine (wk), Gabriel Hara Hinze and Skyler Nakayama Cook
Australia U19: Will Malajczuk, Nitesh Samuel, Steven Hogan, Oliver Peake(c), Tom Hogan, Jayden Draper(w), Aryan Sharma, Naden Cooray, Ben Gordon, Kasey Barton and Will Byrom