1st Under 19 ODI at P Sara Oval :

Proteas draw first blood

In what turned out to be a low scoring game South Africa drew first blood to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match under 19 one-day international series when they beat Sri Lanka by 16 runs in the first match played at the P SaraOval yesterday.

In a game dominated by spinners South Africa came out on top defending their moderate total of 185 by dismissing the home team for a disappointing169.

The match winner for the Proteas was leg-spinner Mitchell Van Burren who captured four wickets for 38 off ten overs. Jade de Klerk another leg-spinner gave him good support with figures of one 40 off 10 overs. No batsmen made more than Raynard von Tonder’s knock of 37.

Left-arm spinners Damitha Silva and Praveen Jayawickrama shared eight wickets between them to keep the Proteas down to a reasonable total but their efforts proved to be in vain when the Lankan batting failed to counter the leg-spin of the visitors.

The second under 19 ODI will take place at the NCC grounds on July 11.