England captain Ben McKinney won the toss and opted to bowl first against hosts South Africa in the 10th match of the ongoing ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024 at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom on Tuesday. (More Cricket News)
Both sides entered the match on the back of wins in their respective opening encounters. England opened their campaign with a clinical win. After dismissing Scotland for 174, they chased down the target in 26.2 overs for a seven-wicket win with skipper hitting McKinney a Player of the Match-winning 88 off 68.
Spinners Farhan Ahmed and Luc Benkenstein returned with impressive figures of 3/22 and 3/41 from their respective 10 overs spells. A win against a power-packed Proteas side will give the 1998 champions the early bragging rights.
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South Africa, meanwhile, survived a Jewel Andrew onslaught in their tournament opener to escape with a 31-run win against the West Indies. After posting 285/9, South Africa rocked the Windies top order, reducing the 2016 champions to 73/5 inside 10 overs. But Andrew hit a sensational century, 130 off 96, to help the Windies fight back. Then Kwena Maphaka, the eventual Player of the Match, cleaned up the Windies' tail.
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South Africa U-19: Lhuan-dre Pretorius (wk), Steve Stolk, David Teeger, Richard Seletswane, Oliver Whitehead, Dewan Marais, Romashan Pillay, Juan James (c), Tristan Luus, Nqobani Mokoena, Kwena Maphaka;
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England U-19: Jaydn Denly, Ben McKinney (c), Noah Thain, Hamza Shaikh, Luc Benkenstein, Charlie Allison, Dominic Kelly, Jack Carney (wk), Eddie Jack, Farhan Ahmed, Tazeem Ali.
