Jorich van Schalkwyk etched his identify in cricketing historical past by changing into the primary batter within the historical past of males’s Youth ODIs to smash a double hundred. This notable milestone got here for South Africa U19 in opposition to Zimbabwe U19 within the opening sport of the U19 Tri-Nation Sequence 2025, which is at present being performed in Zimbabwe.
His splendid 153-ball 215-run knock comprised 19 fours and 6 sixes. The 18-year-old top-order batter scored nearly 56% of the full posted by South Africa within the 49.5 overs they confronted. He was finally awarded the Participant of the Match accolade for his particular knock.
Van Schalkwyk, who spent 212 minutes on the crease, broke the file for the best rating in males’s age-group cricket by Hasitha Boyagoda from Sri Lanka U19. The now-26-year-old Boyagoda had registered 191 method again in 2018. Curiously, van Schalkwyk was coming off an unbeaten 164 which was made on July 22 within the closing ODI of the bilateral collection.
Talking of the match, Jason Rowles was the second-highest scorer for the Proteas with 76 coming off 79 deliveries. Coming in at No. 5, Paul James contributed with a beneficial cameo of 41 off 22. Tatenda Chimugoro was the choose of the bowlers, ending up with figures of 6/62 in 7.5 overs.
It was an outing to overlook for the hosts on the Dawn Sports activities Membership in Harare. They ended up folding for simply 107 in 24.3 overs, granting the South Africans an enormous 278-run victory. 71 of the 107 (together with 11 extras) got here off the opening batters Nathaniel Hlabangana (31 off 28) and Kupakwashe Muradzi (40 off 48).
South Africa are scheduled to tackle Bangladesh U19 on Saturday, July 26. The match can be performed on the similar venue as this sport, slated to begin at 12:45 pm (IST).
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