South Africa survived a nerve-jangling final over to beat Sri Lanka by one run to end their World Cup campaign on a high in the Super Six round of the ICC U19 Women’s T20I World Cup at North West University Oval in Potchefstroom on Tuesday, 24 January 2023.
Even with victory South Africa were unable to usurp India or Australia on net run rate, with only Bangladesh now able to snatch one of the qualification places from Group 1.
A composed 43 from Kayla Reyneke gave South Africa the base to build a competitive score after they had opted to bat first, with Madison Landsman (21 from 12) and Jenna Evans (22 from 15) giving a bit of impetus to the innings.
Some tidy Sri Lankan bowling kept things under control however, and a target of 135 had both teams well in the game at the interval.
The Lankans appeared to get marooned in the chase, with the scoring rate extremely slow as Miane Smit and Kayla Reyneke proved tough to get away, taking 1/13 and 2/16 from their respective four overs.
Nethmi Senarathna’s 36 had set a bit of a platform, and the acceleration came from Dewmi Vihanga Wijerathne (37 from 23) and Manudi Nanayakkara (17 from 9).
Sri Lanka required 12 off the final over to win the game, which went down to seven from the last three deliveries.
But a run out was followed by a stumping to leave new batter Rashmi Nethranjali requiring a six to win the game, and although she found the boundary, it fell short of clearing the rope, prompting jubilant celebrations from the tournament hosts.
ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Super Six Results, Tuesday, 24 January 2023:
South Africa U19 20 overs 134/7
Sri Lanka U19 20 overs 133/8
South Africa won by 1 run
New Zealand U19 20 overs 178/7
Pakistan U19 20 overs 75/7
New Zealand won by 103 runs
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