South Africa 103 for 1 (Pretorius 53*, Stolk 37, Kamuriwo 1-31) beat Zimbabwe 102 (Ronak 32, Maphaka 5-34, Luus 3-25) by 9 wickets
Left-arm fast Kwena Maphaka picked up 5 for 34, together with three of the highest 4 batters, as South Africa crushed Zimbabwe in the Tremendous Sixes of the Beneath-19 World Cup. Maphaka’s spell helped bundle Zimbabwe out for 102, with the hosts’ high order looking down the goal in lower than 14 overs.
Zimbabwe had been diminished to 16 for 4 at the beginning of the fifth over, and three of these wickets had gone to Maphaka. He had struck first in the third over of the innings, eradicating each Brandon Sunguro and Campbell Macmillan with out scoring. That’s when Ronak Patel and Ryan Kamwemba received down for a restore job with a half-century stand.
However right-arm fast Tristan Luus ensured that partnership did not final too lengthy, as he began the sixteenth over by dismissing Ronak for a better-than-a-run-a-ball 32, which included 5 boundaries. 4 balls later, Luus struck once more to get the opposition captain Matthew Schonken for a duck. That began one other slide for Zimbabwe, who misplaced 6 for 33 in a center and lower-order collapse.
Maphaka returned to nab two lower-order wickets, as he and Luus wrapped the tail up.
South Africa’s chase received off to a flyer, with openers Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Steve Stolk pumping boundaries frequently. The primary 4 overs fetched 42, whereas the powerplay ended with 86 runs already getting knocked off. Subsequent ball, Anesu Kamuriwo received Stolk for 37, however Pretorius continued in a rush, attending to his fifty off 38 balls to finish the twelfth over.
Come the 14th over, David Teeger hit the profitable runs, as South Africa received with loads to spare. The victory put South Africa at second place in Group 2, with the margin of victory giving their web run price a massive enhance.
Borson, Jibon the celebrities as Bangladesh take down Nepal
Bangladesh 170 for 5 (Ariful 59*, Alam 55, Bhandari 5-44) beat Nepal 169 (Bikram 48, Borson 4-19, Jibon 3-34) by 5 wickets
After opting to bat, Nepal didn’t have an excellent begin and misplaced three wickets for simply 29 runs. Captain Dev Khanal and Bishal Bikram KC stabilised the innings by including 62 off 115 balls for the fourth wicket. The stand was damaged when Jishan Alam dismissed Khanal for 35.
Bikram and Gulsan Jha had steered the aspect to 121 for 4 when Jibon triggered a collapse that had Nepal dropping 5 wickets in 21 runs. He dismissed Jha and Dipak Bohara in his successive overs earlier than Borson cleaned up Bikram, for 48, and the tail. Regardless of the final wicket including 27, Nepal had been all out for 169 on the penultimate ball of their innings.
Nepal’s hopes of a comeback had been dashed by Alam, who raced to 55 off simply 43 balls on the high of the order. After he received out, Ariful Islam took over and smashed an unbeaten 59 off 38 to take Bangladesh over the road in the twenty sixth over.
For Nepal, offspinner Subash Bhandari made common strikes and took all 5 wickets that Bangladesh misplaced however there weren’t sufficient runs on the board.
