The opening day of the fifteenth version of ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup noticed South Africa down West Indies in an in depth contest, with Kwena Maphaka’s 5/38 proving to be important for the hosts.
The younger fast bowler definitely appears to have loads of uncooked potential, and was shortly trending throughout social media as cricket lovers noticed the potential of a future star.
The left armer acquired rave critiques for his array of expertise and gorgeous yorkers that impressed the younger South Africans to an vital victory.
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Kwena Maphaka is one to look at
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After successful the toss, West Indies captain Stephan Pascal elected to bowl first. He backed his sturdy bowling line-up to do properly in opposition to South Africa. Lhuan-Dre Pretorius took cost in the preliminary phases with a flurry of boundaries, although Deshawn James managed to seize an early wicket in the type of Steve Stolk (5), who mistimed a swipe in direction of the off-side the place the alert Pascal took a straightforward catch.
On the different hand, Pretorius saved going for his pictures and even hit the first six of the match in opposition to Nathan Sealy. However, it was Sealy who had the final snicker as he cleaned up the left-hander with a magnificence in his subsequent over. David Teeger and Richard Seletswane held the fort over the subsequent few overs and regarded to rebuild the innings.
Just as the duo had been seeking to choose the tempo, Seletswane was run out off a direct hit from Tarrique Edward.
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Oliver Whitehead got here in at quantity 5, and after surviving an in depth name, helped South Africa rebuild their innings. Along with Teeger, he added 48 runs for the fourth wicket. However, he was caught at mid-on after he tried to cost James down the wicket. Sealy returned to strike twice in his ninth over, eradicating Romashan Pillay and the set Teeger to place West Indies forward.
Dewan Marais then set free a number of attacking strokes to announce his intent. This helped the skipper Juan James to settle in and go for his pictures later in the innings. With a optimistic method, the duo added essential runs in direction of the finish of the innings. Marais’ spectacular fifty got here off merely 33 balls. He completed as the innings top-scorer together with his 65 from 38.
In response, the Boys in Maroon discovered the going powerful in opposition to the younger Proteas. Left-arm pacer Kwena Maphaka ran by way of the top-order, choosing Adrian Weir, Pascal and Joshua Dorne in the first 12 balls of his spell. An aggressive Jordan Johson tried to counter-attack however ultimately fell to Riley Norton. At the finish of 10 overs, West Indies had been going at a wholesome tempo of seven.3, however had misplaced half their aspect.
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Jewel Andrew and Nathan Sealy made their intentions clear by going for his or her pictures, guaranteeing that West Indies moved forward at a brisk tempo. In the subsequent 15 overs, the duo added practically 100 runs to maintain their aspect in the sport. Just when it regarded like the two had achieved sufficient to take the sport away from South Africa, Sealy was run out from the deep by a direct hit at the rating of 190 so as to add intrigue to the contest.
Andrew saved going with help from Tarrique and Nathan Edward. However, Maphaka and Norton struck in the later overs to run by way of the West Indies lower-order. Andrew’s dismissal at 130 all however sealed the sport for the Proteas.
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