THE WEST INDIES Under-19s were soundly beaten by the South Africans this morning in their opening match of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Dubai.
South Africa won by 94 runs, limiting the West Indies to 104 after batting first and scoring 198 for nine.
Barbadian pacer Jerome Jones went for an economical 25 runs off his ten overs, taking one wicket.
But the West Indies top order showed no resistance.
At one point, three wickets were down with only one run on the board and they could not build any meaningful partnerships.
West Indies are at the bottom of the table in Group C. Zimbabwe are in second place after beating Canada by six wickets yesterday.
Summarised scores: South Africa Under-19 198-9 in 50 overs (Yaseen Valli 53, G. Oldfield 38, J. Dill 34, J. Smith 29; R. Lewis 2-44, R. Jordan 2-45). West Indies Under-19 104 in 35.2 overs (R. Lewis 37, G. Moti-Kanhai 19, P. McSween 15, N. Pooran 12; K. Rabada 3-14, Y. Valli 2-4, J. Dill 2-17). South Africa Under-19 won by 94 runs.
