Sunday, August 12, 2012

SA U-19 shock Bangladesh

A blistering 95 off 93 by opener Q de Kock which was well-supported by TB de Bruyn helped South Africa U-19 to seal a 133-run victory over Bangladesh at Brisbane in Australia on Sunday.
Put to bat first, South Africa scored a competitive total of 294 losing eight wickets in allotted 50 overs in the fifth match of ICC Under-19 World Cup.
TB de Bruyn scored 63 from 54 balls as Bangladeshi bowlers Noor Hossain and Nasum Ahmed grabbed three wickets respectively while Naeem Islam jnr and Soumya Sarkar took one wicket each.
Bangladesh faced early batting jolt when they lost both their openers - Soumya Sarkar and Liton Das early at only 25 runs.
Chasing the target of 295 runs, Bangladesh obtained only 133 runs as they bundled out for 161 runs at 34.3 overs.
Earlier, Bangladesh earned their first victory stunning Sri Lanka by 25 runs in their opening match at Brisbane on Saturday.

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