SA-U19 vs SCO-U19 Match 21 Results

2:33 PM IST Right then South Africa Under-19 seals a spot in the Super Six by defeating Scotland Under-19 by 7 wickets. The next game of the Under-19 World Cup will be played between India Under-19 and USA Under-19 on 28th January. The game will be live from 1.30 pm IST (8 am GMT) but you can join us an hour early for the build-up. Till then cheers!

2:32 PM IST Juan James the winning captain of South Africa Under-19 says he is pleased he did not have to bat because he was nervous. He adds that they spoke about going for the win and thought Scotland scored a bit too much but Steve played the way he did and Dewan finished the game off well. He further adds that after 15 overs in the chase, they decided to go at it and had nothing to lose. He talks about finishing on the top of the table and playing in this venue which is also a home game kind of advantage with 5 games in a row and hopefully uses it to their advantage. He then says that he knows the batting lineup is capable of doing things like this game and is pleasing that it came off. He concludes that getting the spinners some game time in this game was good and thanks the crowd for the support.

2:27 PM IST The losing skipper of Scotland Under-19 Owen Gould says that it's a bitter pill to swallow and hats off to South Africa Under-19 for a special chase. Adds that when a player is in such a mood it is hard to get him out as he sees the ball like a beach ball and this was the case with Stolk today. Mentions that today they played a good game of cricket in the first half but were taken apart in the second. Credits Jamie Dunk's hunger to score runs and adds that he is an asset to the side and teams love such talents.

2:26 PM IST Steve Stolk is the Player of the Match for his outstanding knock of 86 of 37 balls. He says he is feeling very ecstatic and says it was a team effort. Adds that Scotland batted well and posted a good total but they had no plans of getting it done so fast but he was feeling good and got the push from his opening partner Lhuan-dre Pretorius. He then adds that they needed the net run rate to go high and it was a great chase. He then says it's an amazing feeling for him to be doing it for the nation. He concludes that he is very proud of the team and the way they played and if they keep going like this they can bring the trophy home.

2:21 PM IST Earlier in the day, after being asked to bat first Scotland Under-19 managed to post a challenging total in front of the young Proteas, thanks to a brilliant knock of 97 by skipper Owen Gould and 91 runs by a gun batter in Jamie Dunk. The duo added 115 for the 3rd wicket partnership in just 125 deliveries. Uzair Ahmad played a crisp cameo of 23 off just 8 deliveries as well. The bowlers did not have a good outing and were hammered all around the park after the first 10 overs. Kwena Maphaka and Riley Norton took 3 a piece while Sipho Potsane took a wicket as well.

2:19 PM IST The bowlers of Scotland Under-19 did not start well and were blown away in the hurricane named Steve Stolk. Qasim Khan went for plenty as he was hammered away for 34 in an over from Steve Stolk and couldn't catch up from that as he gave away 54 in his 3 overs. The bowling overall wasn't up to the mark and they were given a harsh check on the difference between the quality of the two sides. Nikhil Koteeswaran did manage to pick up a couple while Adi Hegde took 1 as well.