ICC U19 CWC18: Proteas beat Windies by 206 runs, ensure berth in knockouts

Tauranga (New Zealand), Jan 17 (CRICKETNMORE) - South Africa produced a superb all-round performance to defeat defending champions West Indies by 76 runs in a Group A match of the ICC U19 World Cup here on Wednesday. Asked to bat

Gerald Coetzee and Jade de Klerk then produced a couple of quickfire knocks to help South Afirca stage a late comeback and post a strong total.

In reply, the West Indies never really managed to get going as they lost wickets at regular intervals.

A 97-run stand between Alick Athanaze and Kirstan Kallicharan was the only bright spot of the defending champions' innings as five of their batsmen failed to reach double figures.

Athanaze was their highest scorer with a 100-ball knock of 76 runs which contained six hits to the fence and a six.

Kallicharan scored 44 runs off 50 deliveries with five boundaries and a six.