Bowler Isai Thorne claimed a three-for on debut, while Andel Gordon and McKenny Clarke took two each but the Windies U-19s found few answers to their English counterparts in a 166 runs loss in the first match of the Rising Stars U19 ODI tour of England.
After winning the toss and choosing to field, England posted 289-9 in their allotted 50 overs. The total was built around half-centuries by captain Jacob Bethell (69), James Rew (59) and wicket-keeper Alex Horton (53).
Bethell and Rew added 87 for the third wicket before the partnership was broken by the 16-year-old Thomas, who bowled with good pace throughout his 10-over spell. He later returned to get the wicket of Horton, who played a late cameo which included four fours and a six, as England scored 85 runs in the last 10 overs.
In reply, the West Indies total of 123 had its main contributions from openers Anderson Amurdan (33) and Matthew Nandu (21) who gave the West Indies a 46 run opening stand in the initial 10 over power play. Amurdan faced 47 balls and hit five boundaries, while left-hander Nandu faced 28 balls and hit two fours. But led by a five-wicket haul from off-spinner Tom Prest (6-2-18-5), who was well supported by the leg-spin of Rehan Ahmed (3-22) and left-arm orthodox Fateh Singh (1-28), they combined effectively to bowl out the visitors in the 30th over.
Rickelton and Kumara impress in even start to Gqeberha Test
Ryan Rickelton hit his maiden ton for South Africa, but some impressive bowling from Lahiru Kumara ensured day one of the second Test versus Sri Lanka was an even affair.
South Africa reached stumps at 269-7, propelled by Rickelton's first century in eight red-ball appearances and a speedy 78 from captain Temba Bavuma.
The hosts were left teetering on 44-3 in the morning session after choosing to bat first, with Kumara trapping Aiden Markram (20) lbw for his 100th Test wicket, then dismissing Tristan Stubbs (4) four overs later.
Bavuma restored a sense of calm with his third successive half-century, but South Africa were rocking again at 186-5, Asitha Fernando having Bavuma caught for his second wicket of the day before Prabath Jayasuriya dismissed David Bedingham for six.
However, Rickelton and Kyle Verreynne put on 77 for South Africa's sixth wicket of the day, before Sri Lanka star Kumara ended the former's landmark outing when his outside edge found Pathum Nissanka, and Marco Jansen (5) was cleaned out by Vishwa Fernando with the final ball of the day.
Verreynne (48 not out) and Keshav Maharaj will now resume at the crease on day two, with Sri Lanka bidding to halt a three-match losing streak against the Proteas.
Data Debrief: Landmarks for Rickelton and Kumara
South Africa and Sri Lanka each had a player with something to celebrate on the opening day of the Gqeberha Test.
Rickelton's previous high score in Tests was a knock of 42 versus Bangladesh on the same ground in April 2022, but his watchful 101 off 205 deliveries – featuring 11 fours – dragged the hosts out of some early trouble.
Kumara was the man to end his time at the crease, having earlier reached a century of Test wickets. He became the ninth man to take 100 wickets for Sri Lanka in the format, with 87 of those coming away from home.
Victoria through to Global Super League final after 75-run demolition of Hampshire Hawks
Victoria became the first team to advance to the final of the inaugural staging of the Global Super League thanks to a 75-run win over the Hampshire Hawks at Providence in Guyana on Thursday.
Sanjay Krishnamurthi and Blake Macdonald starred to lead the Australian side to 170-4 from their 20 overs after being put in to bat by Hawks skipper Chris Wood.
Krishnamurthi led the way with 77 off 49 balls including seven fours and four sixes while opening partner Macdonald made 59 off 43 balls including five fours and two sixes as the pair put on 137 in 15 overs for the first wicket.
Pacer Sonny Baker took 2-29 from his four overs while the other two wickets came from Benny Howell and Liam Dawson.
In reply, the Hawks were skittled out for just 95 in 12.1 overs at Callum Stow ripped through the batting line-up with his left-arm wrist spin on the way to figures of 4-17 from 3.1 overs.
Jackson Smith supported with 2-28 from three overs.
Six Hampshire batsmen reached double figures but none were able to carry on to a big score, the highest being Joe Weatherley’s 18.
After three wins out of their four games, Victoria will now have the chance to be the first champions of the Global Super League when they play the final on Friday.
Their opponent in the final will be determined later today when the Lahore Qalandars take on the Rangpur Riders.
The Qalandars and Riders are currently third and fourth on the points table with four points and two points, respectively, while the Guyana Amazon Warriors currently occupy second with four points and a superior net run rate to Lahore.
The Amazon Warriors have already played their four games.
Maposa's last-over heroics wins T20I thriller for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe pulled off a thrilling two-wicket victory in the final fixture of their three-match T20I series against Pakistan on Thursday.
Tinotenda Maposa helped the hosts chase a target of 133 with his last-over showing, ensuring that Zimbabwe did not suffer a series whitewash.
After electing to bat first, Pakistan found themselves three wickets down after three overs, with Omair Bin Yousuf (0), Sahibzada Farhan (four) and Usman Khan (five) falling early on.
Salman Ali Agha top-scored for Pakistan with 32 runs from 32 deliveries before he was run out by Brian Bennett in the 14th over to leave the tourists 92-6.
Knocks from Qasim Akram (20), Arafat Minhas (22) and Muhammad Abbas Afridi (15) saw Pakistan reach a below-par 133-8 at the end of their 20 overs.
Zimbabwe started impressively in their run chase, with Bennett's effort of 43 from 35 balls sending the tourists on their way before he was dismissed by Sufiyan Muqeem (1-19).
But a middle-order collapse spearheaded by Afridi (3-24) and Jahandad Khan (2-30) set up a nervy finish, with Zimbabwe needing 12 runs from the final over to win.
And it was debutant Maposa who proved to be the unlikely hero, sealing the win with 11 of the 12 required runs in the final over to conclude their three-match series in Bulawayo.
Data Debrief: Chevrons on the board
After disappointing showings in the first two matches, Zimbabwe put on an impressive display to make sure they had something to show for this series, which Pakistan won 2-1.
The hosts have now won nine of their 20 T20Is in 2024 (L12); only in 2022 (W12) and 2023 (W9) have they logged more victories in a calendar year in the history of the format.
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