South Africa 273 for 3 (Stolk 86, Marais 80*, Teeger 43*, Koteeswaran 2-52) beat Scotland 269 for 9 (Gould 97, Dunk 90, Norton 3-48, Maphaka 2-53) by seven wickets
Steve Stolk and Dewan Marais smashed a mixed 15 fours and 11 sixes to assist South Africa pummel Scotland in Potchefstroom.
Jamie Dunk and Owen Gould‘s 90s had taken Scotland to a aggressive 269 for 9, however Stolk’s blitz ensured their marketing campaign would not enter the Tremendous Six stage.
Stolk was within the temper for boundaries from the beginning. He kicked off the chase with three fours off Qasim Khan, and adopted it up with a 34-run over, with 5 sixes and a 4, additionally off Qasim to achieve his half-century in a outstanding 13 balls. South Africa’s fifty got here up in simply 18 balls.
Gould, who introduced himself on instead of Qasim, was caught in Stolk’s whirlwind as South Africa reached their hundred in 7.1 overs. Nikhil Koteeswaran slowed issues down a bit by eradicating each openers – Stolk and Lhuan-dre Pretorius – within the area of 11 balls. Only a non permanent slowdown.
Marais began sedately begin together with Tristan Luus, however then launched a flurry of boundaries as South Africa handed 200 in 20 overs, the goal within reach. He belted two fours and a six off Koteeswaran, 4 fours off Adi Hegde, and three off Logan Briggs as the ultimate three over of the 27-over chase went for 55 runs.
South Africa had put Scotland in to bat earlier within the day, and Dunk oversaw a sluggish however stable begin. Riley Norton bought Hegde proper after a 27-run opening powerplay, however Dunk discovered help in a 57-run stand with Alec Value adopted by a 115-run stand with Gould as Scotland reached 200 at a run charge of 4.76.
Dunk fell to Norton however Gould’s presence coupled with a cameo from Uzair Ahmad (23 in eight balls) introduced 69 runs within the final eight overs. Kwena Maphaka eliminated Gould within the ultimate over earlier than three run outs closed the innings.
Pakistan 144 for 0 (Shahzaib 80*, Shamyl 54*) beat New Zealand 140 (Stackpole 42, Minhas 3-6, Ubaid 3-30, Naveed 2-26) by ten wickets
Shahzaib Khan continued his gorgeous run of type, slamming an unbeaten 80 to take Pakistan previous New Zealand by ten wickets of their males’s Beneath-19 World Cup match in East London, however the canter was actually arrange by the bowling unit.
New Zealand, after electing to bat first, had been 28 for 3 in seven overs, Luke Watson, Tom Jones and Snehith Reddy all falling to Ubaid Shah‘s tempo. There was a little bit of a fightback, first courtesy Oliver Tewatiya (29) and captain Oscar Jackson (12), after which a extra substantial one from Tewatiya and top-scorer Lachlan Stackpole (41), including 61 runs for the fifth wicket. However New Zealand, who had recovered from their wobbly begin to attain the midway mark at a comparatively respectable 116 for 4, collapsed once more.
Stackpole and Tewatiya had been each dismissed offspiner Naveed Ahmed Khan between the twenty sixth and twenty eighth overs, and this time, there have been no fightbacks. New Zealand folded for 140, with left-arm spinner Arafat Minhas returning spectacular figures of three for six from 5 overs.
Pakistan had been unlikely to be examined an excessive amount of by that focus on, and with Participant of the Match Shahzaib hitting 80 in 86 balls, with ten fours and three sixes, and Shamyl Hussain scoring 54 in 66 with six fours and two sixes, they rushed to the goal in simply 25.2 overs. That made it three in three for Pakistan, taking them high of the Group D desk, with New Zealand in second place. Yesterday, Nepal turned the third workforce to qualify for the Tremendous Six stage from the group after an exciting win over Afghanistan.
Zimbabwe 147 for two (Taruvinga 59*, Sunguro 29, Brassell 1-24) beat Namibia 146 for 8 (Badenhorst 39*, Nyamhuri 4-21, Simbi 3-20) by eight wickets
It wasn’t essentially the most entertaining contest, however after 85.3 overs through which 293 runs had been scored and solely ten wickets claimed, Group C had its third Tremendous Six qualifier – Zimbabwe.
Namibia, who had earlier misplaced to Australia and Sri Lanka, the top-two sides within the group, however had at occasions regarded a stronger aspect than Zimbabwe, got here undone when it mattered essentially the most. Their batters simply could not get going in opposition to the likes of Ryan Simbi (3-20), Newman Nyamhuri (4-21), Kohl Eksteen (1-18) and Matthew Schonken (0-26), who mixed for returns of 8 for 85 from 38 overs.
The end result was 146 for 8 from 50 overs. It might have been worse, however Hanro Badenhorst and Woutie Niehaus mixed for 46 unbeaten runs for his or her ninth-wicket stand – in 13.1 overs! – to offer Namibia a bit greater than they could have anticipated at 100 for 8 within the thirty seventh over.
The chase was simple. Ryan Kamwemba fell with the full at 21 within the fifth over, however fellow opener Panashe Taruvinga batted by means of the chase to complete with 59 from 115 balls, and Brandon Sunguro (29) and Campbell Macmillan (10*) gave him the help he wanted to finish the job in 35.3 overs.
