England post big win over Canada, Bangladesh also in Super League

: Liam Banks and Will Jacks slammed centuries as England completed a 282-run victory over Canada in a Group C match on Saturday, a result that ensured Bangladesh also qualified for the Super League at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup.

England completed the league with three wins to top the group while Bangladesh qualified as the second team after their wins over Canada and Namibia.

In other matches on Saturday, New Zealand defeated South Africa by 71 runs to top Group A, in which the Windies won their first match as they drubbed Kenya by 222 runs, while Ireland pulled off a thrilling four-run victory to deny Afghanistan a top-place finish in group D.

England, champions in 1998, were virtually assured of topping the group before this match but did not show complacency, notching 383-7.

Canada, who needed to get to the target in 37.5 overs if they were to edge Bangladesh for a place in the Super League, barely touched the three-figure mark.

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Brief scores: England 383/7 (Banks 120, Jacks 102; Jamkhandi 3/68, Pretorius 3/69) bt Canada 101 (Sisodiya 3/23, Finch 2/10, Hollman 2/21, Walker 2/25) by 282 runs

New Zealand 279/8 (Ravindra 76,

Bhula 44, Phillips 43; Molefe 2/49) bt South Africa 208 (Rolfes 108, Du Plessis 54; Ravindra 4/32) by 71 runs

West Indies 318/ 7 (Athanaze 116*, Melius 60; Desai 3/54) bt Kenya 96 (Gandhi 37, Yadram 5/18, Royal 4/25) by 222 runs

Ireland 225/8 (Tector 36; Ahmad 3/32, Wafadar 3/50) bt Afghanistan221 (Bahir 34, Stanikzai 33; Tector 3/37) by four runs.