U-19 WC: South Africa enter quarterfinals, first win for England

England tched up an eight-wicket victory over Nigeria for ir first win in final Group D game of ICC U-19 World Cup on Saturday. All-rounder George Hill, playing his first game of tournament, finished with figures of 4 for 12 to help England bowl Nigeria out for only 58 in 27.5 overs. England chased down target with opener Sam Young finishing game off with a six, racing to 64 for two in just 11 overs.

Nigeria h opted to bat first, but England seamers reduced m to 19 for 3 early before bowling m out cheaply. Off-spinner Hamidullah Qri also took four wickets. In ar Group D match at Bloemfontein, South Africa defeated United Arab Emirates by 23 runs under Duckworth/Lewis method to book a quarterfinal date with Banglesh.

In a Group A game at Potchefstroom, Japan slumped to 43 all out against Sri Lanka.  In a match reduced to 22 overs a side, Sri Lanka chose to bowl, and needed only 18.3 overs to run through Japan's line-up, and 8.3 overs to complete ir chase. Four days after being bowled out for 41 by India, ne of Japan batsmen got into double figures. Zimbabwe beat Scotland by eight wickets in a Group C encounter which was reduced to 42 overs a side due to rain.