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Cape Town - The sixth ODI of the England Youth Series saw England's under-19s bounce back after their shock loss to South Africa earlier this week. They beat the visitors by two wickets at St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury on Thursday.
This win puts England back on track to a possible series draw if they win the final match on Saturday.
It all seemed to go right for the hosts in this match, from winning the toss to the bowlers limiting South Africa’s batsmen to a less than competitive score of 177 after being put in to bat first.
Things started to go wrong early for South Africa when they lost skipper Keaton Jennings (5) in the seventh over to the bowling of England skipper Adam Ball. An over later, Gihahn Cloete was caught behind by Sam Kelsall off Reese Topley for one leaving South Africa on 32-2.
Quinton de Kock and Shaylen Pillay set about slowing down the game and rebuilding the South African innings. They contributed a helpful partnership of 31 runs before de Kock was bowled out by Brett Hutton for 40 off 44 balls. Hutton struck again two overs later when he served a brilliant piece of bowling to trap Regardt Verster LBW for just two runs.
James Price walked onto the crease knowing he and Pillay had to build a partnership that would save the game and they produced a good partnership of 71 runs before it was eventually broken by Peter Burgoyne who served Pillay a ball that was sent straight into the keeper’s hands.
Burgoyne was a star with the ball as well as the leading wicket taker of the day, claiming four wickets for just eight runs in 6.2 overs at an economy of 1.26, impressive figures for the 17-year old from Nottingham.
South Africa were well managed and even better contained by the English bowlers and were eventually bowled out for 177 runs.
England knew better than to underestimate the spirit of the South African team and came out determined to secure a win this time around. They lost their star batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond in the fourth over for just eight runs, dismissed by Lizaad Williams who tore through the top order claiming bowling figures of 4/46 in 10 overs.
England were 25-4 after six overs when they lost Ball to Williams for a duck and looked headed for the loss that would end the series for them. But it was Kishen Velani who raised his hand to be counted and added 54 vital runs from 68 balls before Duanne Olivier put paid to his innings.
The pressure began to rise for both sides when it looked as though the audience would have yet another nail-biter of a show. England needed 17 runs with two wickets in hand and it looked very probable that South Africa could pull yet another magic trick but the English batsmen Jamie Overton and Topley kept cool heads in the face of pressure and batted their team through.
The series now stands 3-2 to South Africa.
The seventh and final match of the series takes place on Saturday, 30 July. This match will decide the series, England will do their best to make it a draw while South Africa will want to bring home the trophy.
This win puts England back on track to a possible series draw if they win the final match on Saturday.
It all seemed to go right for the hosts in this match, from winning the toss to the bowlers limiting South Africa’s batsmen to a less than competitive score of 177 after being put in to bat first.
Things started to go wrong early for South Africa when they lost skipper Keaton Jennings (5) in the seventh over to the bowling of England skipper Adam Ball. An over later, Gihahn Cloete was caught behind by Sam Kelsall off Reese Topley for one leaving South Africa on 32-2.
Quinton de Kock and Shaylen Pillay set about slowing down the game and rebuilding the South African innings. They contributed a helpful partnership of 31 runs before de Kock was bowled out by Brett Hutton for 40 off 44 balls. Hutton struck again two overs later when he served a brilliant piece of bowling to trap Regardt Verster LBW for just two runs.
James Price walked onto the crease knowing he and Pillay had to build a partnership that would save the game and they produced a good partnership of 71 runs before it was eventually broken by Peter Burgoyne who served Pillay a ball that was sent straight into the keeper’s hands.
Burgoyne was a star with the ball as well as the leading wicket taker of the day, claiming four wickets for just eight runs in 6.2 overs at an economy of 1.26, impressive figures for the 17-year old from Nottingham.
South Africa were well managed and even better contained by the English bowlers and were eventually bowled out for 177 runs.
England knew better than to underestimate the spirit of the South African team and came out determined to secure a win this time around. They lost their star batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond in the fourth over for just eight runs, dismissed by Lizaad Williams who tore through the top order claiming bowling figures of 4/46 in 10 overs.
England were 25-4 after six overs when they lost Ball to Williams for a duck and looked headed for the loss that would end the series for them. But it was Kishen Velani who raised his hand to be counted and added 54 vital runs from 68 balls before Duanne Olivier put paid to his innings.
The pressure began to rise for both sides when it looked as though the audience would have yet another nail-biter of a show. England needed 17 runs with two wickets in hand and it looked very probable that South Africa could pull yet another magic trick but the English batsmen Jamie Overton and Topley kept cool heads in the face of pressure and batted their team through.
The series now stands 3-2 to South Africa.
The seventh and final match of the series takes place on Saturday, 30 July. This match will decide the series, England will do their best to make it a draw while South Africa will want to bring home the trophy.
