The South Africans did not put sufficient runs on the board to place England beneath any stress.
England beat South Africa by 36 runs on the DLS method of their U-19 Cricket World Cup match in Potchefstroom on Tuesday.
Late afternoon rain pressured the gamers from the sector with England on 137/2 chasing 231 for victory with 21.3 overs to be bowled.
Though they’d misplaced two wickets and nonetheless wanted near 100 runs to win when the rain arrived, England have been nicely set with batters Hamza Shaikh (9) and Noah Thain (63) at the crease.
Earlier captain Ben McKinney had made a formidable 48 earlier than being bowled by Romashan Pillay. The different wicket to fall was that of fellow opener Jaydn Denly for one.
Batting
Earlier the South Africans, who’d overwhelmed the West Indies of their opening recreation final week, had struggled to get to 230 all out within the closing over of their innings.
While Steve Stolk (64 off 55) and Lhuan-dre Pretorius (25 off 29) had acquired their staff off to one thing of a flier, as soon as they fell, along with quantity three batter David Teeger, for a duck, issues fell aside for the host nation.
Richard Seletswane tried exhausting to regular the ship with a strong 33 off 53 balls, and whereas he was supported by decrease order batter Dewan Marais (42 off 39) there was simply not sufficient of a contribution by the opposite batters to place any stress on the England bowling assault.
Contributions of 13, 17, 18 and 12 by the bowlers Juan James, Tristan Luus, Nqobani Mokuena and Kwena Mphaka respectively helped the South Africans submit a complete over 200 runs.
England, who beat Scotland of their opening match in Pool B, stay high of the factors desk, whereas South Africa are second, however should beat Scotland of their subsequent recreation on Saturday to face an opportunity of progressing. England face the West Indies on Friday.
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