WORCESTERSHIRE paceman Dillon Pennington struck in each of his first three overs for England under 19s in the ICC World Cup quarter-finals but ended up on the losing side.

The County’s academy product produced a deadly spell to help reduce Australia to 28-4 in Queenstown, New Zealand, after they opted to bat and were then dismissed for 127.

But England collapsed from 47-0 to 96 all out with Aussie leg-spinner Lloyd Pope finishing with 8-35 for the best bowling figures at an Under 19 World Cup.

Pennington returned after being rested for the final group game with Canada and broke through with his second delivery as Jack Edwards (3) was trapped lbw.

In his next over, Max Bryant (16) edged a short ball through to wicketkeeper Jack Davies.

Then Param Uppal (0) nicked the final ball of his third over and Finlay Trenouth held on at second slip.

Pennington ended with figures of 8-1-27-3.

He played in the opening two group matches against Namibia and Bangladesh with his County team-mate Adam Finch called into the side against Canada.

Wickets started to tumble after Pope’s introduction to the attack and Pennington was the last wicket to fall to the bowler.