At the Takashinga Sports Club in Harare, England locked horns with Pakistan during the fourth clash of the ICC Under 19 World Cup 2026. The started their campaign with a convincing yet dramatic 37-run victory over the opposition as the Pakistan batter’s brianfade moment goes viral around the social media platforms. 

The contest was not a straightforward one as it ended in a bizarre moment that quickly became the talking point of the competition. On the third ball of the 47th over, Momin Qamar got a single to reach the other end, but that was when his partner, Ali Raza, wanted to come back for a second.

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It was such a silly play from R as he would be wishing that the ground opens up and he could hide his face inside it. He wanted the throw to come to his way and miss the wicket keeper which would actually open the chance for his double but he did not realize that he was out of his crease which allowed the ball to go through the wicket-keeper.

Ali Raza's brianfade moment in U-19 World Cup 2026 goes viral 

England’s wicket keeper, Thomas Rew, was well aware of moment as he took the bails off by the time Raza made his way inside the crease as no one could imagine what happened in that moment. Raza would have taken a massive spray from the coaches in the dug-out.

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Earlier in the game, England were bundled out for 210 runs in the first innings with their middle order batter, Caleb Falconer, putting a decent knock of 66-run thanks to his three boundaries and two sixes with BJ Dawkins putting up 33 runs while opening the batting.

In reply Pakistan got bundled for 173 as none of the batters could cross the 20-run mark apart from their captain, Farhan Yousaf, who clubbed 65 runs, with the help of three boundaries and four sixes, which saw them losing the contest by 37 runs.

Brief Scores: England U19 210 (Caleb Falconer 66, BJ Dawkins 33, Ahmed Hussain 3/38) beat Pakistan U19 173 (Farhan Yousuf 65, James Minto 2/23) by 37 runs.