Match Details
Post-match review: It was a must-win game for South Africa U-19 and look how they entered the pitch and dominated the Irish. South Africa U19 bundled Ireland U19 for 158/10 in just 33 overs. The Africans looked in trouble at 16/2 but boy, Brevis and captain Heerden played the best innings of their life. Brevis looked brilliant but missed out on his hundred, scoring 96. Heerden started slow but accelerated too good and was smashing sixes for fun in the end, scoring 111 off 93 balls with 8 sixes!! Copeland played a brilliant game, scoring 43 off 18 and guiding Africa to 315/7. The Irish side were given the target of 312 runs under the DLS method as the rain reduced the game to 47 overs on each side. It was a moral victory for the Africans even before the second innings began but it converted into a victory too! Ireland never looked in the run chase and there were just some beautiful cameos by their batsman which were worth appreciating. McGuire is looking solid, scoring 42 with 8 fours and 1 six, Roux played a crucial inning too but it went in vain. The African bowlers were too good for the Irishmen. The pick of the bowlers were Alder and Boast, taking 3 for 20 and 3 for 26, respectively. Tshaka and Simelane shared 2 wickets each and bowled some crucial partnerships. Wickets kept falling at regular intervals and the scoring RR never went beyond 5. South Africa U19 beat the Ireland U19 team by 153 runs!