U-19 World Cup 2022: England first team to reach Super League semi-finals;
U-19 World Cup 2022: A blistering display with the bat by Jacob Bethell helped England advance to the semi-finals of the Super League in a six-wicket win over South Africa.
Bethell was one of the bowlers to restrict South Africa to 209 all out before hitting 88 to see England set up a clash with either Sri Lanka or Afghanistan.
The improvement in English white-ball cricket over the past decade has been striking, and the signs are that the next generation have the ability to keep that momentum going.
SOUTH AFRICA UNDER-19S INNINGS (50 OVERS MAXIMUM)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
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| Ethan-John Cunningham | c Bethell b Boyden | 12 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 57.14 | |||
| Valentine Kitime | c Prest b Boyden | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |||
| Dewald Brevis | c Rew b Sales | 97 | 88 | 9 | 4 | 110.22 | |||
| Gerhardus Maree † | b Bethell | 27 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 77.14 | |||
| George Van Heerden (c) | c †Horton b Rehan Ahmed | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| Andile Simelane | b Rehan Ahmed | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Michael Copeland | c Thomas b Rehan Ahmed | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| Liam Alder | c Luxton b Sales | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 42.10 | |||
| Matthew Boast | not out | 22 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 84.61 | |||
| Aphiwe Mnyanda | c Prest b Rehan Ahmed | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Asakhe Tsaka | run out (Boyden/†Horton) | 18 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 81.81 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 7, w 4) | 15 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (43.4 Ov, RR: 4.78) | 209 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Valentine Kitime, 4.2 ov), 2-21 (Ethan-John Cunningham, 6.3 ov), 3-76 (Gerhardus Maree, 18.6 ov), 4-117 (George Van Heerden, 26.5 ov), 5-129 (Andile Simelane, 28.5 ov), 6-135 (Michael Copeland, 30.2 ov), 7-168 (Dewald Brevis, 35.1 ov), 8-169 (Liam Alder, 35.3 ov), 9-169 (Aphiwe Mnyanda, 36.2 ov), 10-209 (Asakhe Tsaka, 43.4 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Boyden | 8 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 3.87 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sales | 8 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 4.12 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Prest | 7.4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4.82 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Bethell | 7 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 4.28 | 0 | 0 |
| Rehan Ahmed | 10 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Aspinwall | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | 1 | 0 |
ENGLAND UNDER-19S INNINGS (TARGET: 210 RUNS FROM 50 OVERS)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
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| George Thomas | run out (Simelane/†Maree) | 19 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 76.00 | |||
| Jacob Bethell | c Cunningham b Tsaka | 88 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 209.52 | |||
| Tom Prest (c) | lbw b Brevis | 24 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 72.72 | |||
| James Rew | lbw b Brevis | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 56.00 | |||
| William Luxton | not out | 47 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 114.63 | |||
| George Bell | not out | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 40.90 | |||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 9) | 11 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (31.2 Ov, RR: 6.76) | 212/4 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Rehan Ahmed, Alex Horton †, Thomas Aspinwall, James Sales, Joshua Boyden
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Fall of wickets: 1-110 (Jacob Bethell, 10.4 ov), 2-124 (George Thomas, 13.3 ov), 3-150 (Tom Prest, 19.3 ov), 4-169 (James Rew, 23.5 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
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| Matthew Boast | 5 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 9.40 | 2 | 0 |
| Aphiwe Mnyanda | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9.66 | 2 | 0 |
| Asakhe Tsaka | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Andile Simelane | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Alder | 10 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 4.40 | 1 | 0 |
| Dewald Brevis | 6.2 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 6.31 | 0 | 0 |