England U19 v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 U19 – Youth One Day International Series - 6th ODI – Match Recap
South Africa Under-19 177 (45.2 overs) v England Under-19 181(36 overs) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 Under-19s won by 2 wickets (with 84 balls remaining)
In the ongoing Youth One Day International (ODI) series between England Under-19 and South Africa Under-19, the Poms beat the Proteas by two wickets as they reached the required tally with 84 deliveries remaining in the 6th match of the series
played at St http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canterbury-c775, England.
After winning the toss, England decided to field first hoping to have a clear target to chase while batting second against the formidable South African bowling arsenal. The South African openers provided an opening stand of 31 runs to their side as both
batsmen Quinton de Kock and Keaton http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 Jennings exhibited tremendous batting temperament against the English rivals.
Skipper Jennings, after facing 14 deliveries managed to score five runs before he was caught by wicketkeeper Samuel Kelsall off a delivery by left-arm pacer Adam James Ball.
The left-handed batsman Gihahn Love Cloete, who had come at number three failed to stand against the English pacers as he perished after scoring just a run.
However, the South Africans managed to control the situation when Shaylin Pillay came on the crease as he alongside Quinton de Kock managed to form a dangerous partnership, giving the English a run for their money as the batsmen smacked remarkable shots
all around the park.
Kock with a flamboyant attitude scored 40 runs off 44 which that included hitting five fabulous boundaries which left the bowlers in dismay. The batsman was removed by Brett Alan Hutton who shattered his stumps by bowling a superb delivery.
Shaylin Pillay then lost his wicket after playing an inspirational knock of 30 runs off 70 deliveries as he edged a delivery by Peter Burgoyne for wicketkeeper Kelsal to pounce on.
Just when things seemed to be going awry for the Proteas, Arthur James Norman Price pulled off a stunning innings by 48 runs off 64 deliveries, preventing his side from a total collapse. In the end the South Africans could manage to post only 177 runs on
the board to defend against the hosts.
England, having bowled astoundingly well, were eyeing an easy win against the Proteas because of an unimpressive tally at hand. The openers Daniel James Bell-Drummond and Samuel Kenneth http://www.senore.com/Cricket/William-Wood-c98018 took the batsmen to task right from the first ball as they
displayed superb hitting all around the park.
However, the Proteas managed to halt the early onslaught by grabbing the wicket of James Bell-Drummond, who after scoring eight runs was caught by wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lizaad-Williams-c73045.
Number three batsman Samuel Kelsall after scoring just two runs was trapped right in front of stumps by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Williams-c98034.
Before England could recover from the loss of earlier wickets, Ramanpreet Singh also fell to his demise after scoring just four runs off four deliveries. His wicket was also snatched by Williams. On the next delivery the bowler struck timber as the English
skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Ball-c41883 completely failed to stop the ball from hitting the stumps.
With the skipper gone on nil, things were certainly looking bad for the home side, however, the late heroics by Kishen Shailesh Velani saved the day for England as he smacked 54 runs off 68 deliveries.
In the end Jamie Overton (25) and Reece James William Topley (4) saw their side to victory as England posted 181 runs in response to the South African total.
England now need a victory in the final match of the seven-match series to draw the tournament which South Africa are leading by 3-2.
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