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Hampshire teen talents Ben Mayes and Manny Lumsden headed the ICC Under-19 World Cup batting and bowling charts, despite England losing the final by 100 runs to India, who carried off the trophy fora sixth time.
Mays' 48 runs in final edged him ahead of 14-year old India superstar Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, whose astonishing 175 effectively sealed England's fate in mid-morning.
Ben Mayes' performance in the World Cup was nothing short of remarkable. He topped the run-scorers' charts, with 444 runs in seven innings, which included 191 against Scotland, and two other 70-plus scores
He hit a breezy 48 in the cup final defeat by India, having earlier snared three catches.
Lumsden finished the tournament with 16 victims, including a five-wicket return against New Zealand.
It was no disgrace for England to lose to India. They were confronted not just by a left-handed prodigy but a sporting phenomenon. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi added a brutal 175 – from just 80 balls and including 15 sixes – to his remarkable list of achievements in his 14 years and 315 days on this planet.
Not only is he the youngest-ever signing in the IPL (aged just 13 when he was bought by Rajasthan Royals) but he then hit the first ball he received in the tournament – from Test bowler Shardul Thakar – for six in a debut innings of 34 from 20 balls.
Not long afterwards he became the youngest-ever IPL centurion (aged 14 years 32 days), getting to three figures in just 35 balls, the second fastest hundred in IPL history. And he hasn’t even started shaving.
Mays' 48 runs in final edged him ahead of 14-year old India superstar Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, whose astonishing 175 effectively sealed England's fate in mid-morning.
Ben Mayes' performance in the World Cup was nothing short of remarkable. He topped the run-scorers' charts, with 444 runs in seven innings, which included 191 against Scotland, and two other 70-plus scores
He hit a breezy 48 in the cup final defeat by India, having earlier snared three catches.
Lumsden finished the tournament with 16 victims, including a five-wicket return against New Zealand.
It was no disgrace for England to lose to India. They were confronted not just by a left-handed prodigy but a sporting phenomenon. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi added a brutal 175 – from just 80 balls and including 15 sixes – to his remarkable list of achievements in his 14 years and 315 days on this planet.
Not only is he the youngest-ever signing in the IPL (aged just 13 when he was bought by Rajasthan Royals) but he then hit the first ball he received in the tournament – from Test bowler Shardul Thakar – for six in a debut innings of 34 from 20 balls.
Not long afterwards he became the youngest-ever IPL centurion (aged 14 years 32 days), getting to three figures in just 35 balls, the second fastest hundred in IPL history. And he hasn’t even started shaving.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
