England make good start to Under 19 Test

England Under 19 captain Bilal Shafayat, who was totally confident of success for his side on their tour of Australia, led by example on day one of the first Test against Australia Under 19s in Adelaide. He scored 108 out of the first innings total of 331.

Nottinghamshire's Shafayat won the toss, chose to bat first and then took charge. He stroked 17 fours and two sixes in his 140-ball innings which was the cornerstone of the England innings.

No other batsman reached a fifty, although Luke Wright, batting at number eight, was the next highest contributor with 48. There were several other useful innings, with thirties from Andrew Gale, James Pearson and Samit Patel while opening bowler Trent Kelly had the best return for the Australians with four for 63.

Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan, who had been left 27 not out at the end of the England innings, then took the wicket of Australian batsmen Matthew Harrison with his third ball to ensure that England finished the day in good heart.

For connoisseurs of cricket trivia, the day began 11 minutes later than the scheduled start - because of a lost ball!