Pakistan vs Scotland Live Score, U19 World Cup 2026: Pakistan opt to bowl against Scotland

Mohammad Sayyam to Thomas Knight, Good length and ono ff, Thomas Knight gets behind the line of it and blocks it out.

Mohammad Sayyam to Thomas Knight, A big appeal for LBW, but turned down! Pitched up and on middle, swinging in sharply, Thomas Knight fails to clip it away and gets hit on the pads. That is clearly going down the leg side, but it is good energy from the Pakistan Under-19 players here.

Mohammad Sayyam to Thomas Knight, Bangs in a bouncer now, on middle, Thomas Knight ducks under it.

Mohammad Sayyam to Thomas Knight, Back of a length and around off, angling away, Thomas Knight lets it go to the keeper.

Mohammad Sayyam to Thomas Knight, Mohammad Sayyam begins with a fuller one, on middle and leg, shaping in, Thomas Knight flicks it through mid-wicket for a brace.

An eventful first over from Ali Raza and Scotland Under-19 are in early trouble here. Mohammad Sayyam will take the other new ball. Also, Rory Grant comes out to the middle.

Ali Raza to Max Chaplin, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Ali Raza with the double strike in the first over, and this is a beauty as well. He goes just a bit fuller and on middle, threatens to angle in but nips away a bit off the surface. Max Chaplin stays back to block it out, but gets squared up completely as the ball sneaks past the outside edge and hits the top of the middle stump. Dream dismissal for any fast bowler. Scotland Under-19 are 12/2 after 1 over.

Ali Raza to Max Chaplin, Pitched up and angling into the pads, Max Chaplin clips it through mid-wicket for a brace.

Ali Raza to Max Chaplin, Hits the legnth hard and on off, Max Chaplin stays back and keeps it out to the off side.

Ali Raza to Max Chaplin, WIDE! Short of a length angling down the leg side again. Max Chaplin leaves it alone, and this time, Hamza Zahoor manages to grab it with a leap to his left. Wided.

Ali Raza to Max Chaplin, BEAUTY! Good-length delivery, on middle and off, straightens off the deck, Max Chaplin has a poke at it but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Ali Raza to Max Chaplin, FIVE WIDES! Free runs for Scotland Under-19! Ali Raza bangs in a bouncer but way down the leg side, takes off as well. Max Chaplin leaves it alone and the keeper, Hamza Zahoor, leaps to his left but it goes well over and races to the fine leg fence for a boundary.

Max Chaplin walks out to bat at number 3.

Ali Raza to Theo Robinson, OUT! CASTLED! A fantastic response from Ali Raza, and he draws first blood here. This is a fine yorker, on middle, swings inward in the air. Theo Robinson is not expecting that, gets his front foot across but even before the bat comes down, the ball goes through and rattles the stumps behind. A boundary and out for Robinson. Scotland Under-19 are 4/1.

Ali Raza to Theo Robinson, FOUR! Gets off the mark with a boundary! Ali Raza starts with a full delivery but strays onto the pads. Theo Robinson brings his wrists into play and flicks it away with good timing through square leg for four runs.

Done with the pre-match formalities! We can see the Pakistan Under-19 spread out and take up their respective field positions. Theo Robinson and Thomas Knight are the two openers for Scotland Under-19. Ali Raza has the new ball in hand and is raring to go. Two slips in place as well. Let's play...

We are not far away from the start of the game, but before that, the players from both sides make their way out to the middle and line up for their respective national anthems. It will be Scotland's first, followed by that of Pakistan.

PITCH REPORT - Tino Mawayo is pitchside. He says that the good-length are will be trouble the batters, but there is a bit of a dry patch ahead of it, and he does not expect that much movement from there. Says that there was some overnight rain, and the outfield will be slow.

Thomas Knight, the captain of Scotland Under-19, says that they would have bowled first as well. Adds that there is moisture on the pitch, but if they can get through the first hour, there are runs to be had on this game. Mentions that the preparations have been great, they came here 2-3 weeks before the tournament, had some training in Potchefstroom, South Africa, and a couple of good warm-up matches against India and Bangladesh. Ends by saying Rory Grant and Ollie Jones will be the ones to watch out for in this game.

Farhan Yousaf, the skipper of Pakistan Under-19, says the two reasons to bowl first are that there is moisutre on the pitch and the overcast conditions. Says that they have kept the last game out of thier minds and are only focused on this game. Informs that they have made a couple of changes in the team.

Scotland Under-19 (Playing XI) - Theo Robinson, Thomas Knight (C/WK), Max Chaplin, Rory Grant, Ollie Jones, Finlay Carter, Manu Saraswat, Finlay Jones, Ethan Ramsay, Jake Woodhouse, Shlok Thaker.

Pakistan Under-19 (Playing XI) - Sameer Minhas, Ali Hasan Baloch (In place of Mohammad Shayan), Usman Khan, Ahmed Hussain, Farhan Yousaf (C), Huzaifa Ahsan, Hamza Zahoor (WK), Abdul Subhan, Momin Qamar, Mohammad Sayyam (In place of Umar Zaib), Ali Raza.

TOSS - The coin flip is happening on time which is a good sign. It lands in favour of Farhan Yousaf and Pakistan Under-19 have elected to BOWL first.