ICC U19 World Cup: South Africa enter quarterfinals, first win for England

All-rounder George Hill, playing his first game of the tournament, finished with figures of 4 for 12 to help England bowl Nigeria out for only 58 in 27.5 overs.

England notched up an eight-wicket victory over Nigeria for their first win in the final Group D game of the ICC U-19 World Cup here on Saturday.

South Africa U19 cricket team. (ICC)

All-rounder George Hill, playing his first game of the tournament, finished with figures of 4 for 12 to help England bowl Nigeria out for only 58 in 27.5 overs.

England chased down the target with opener Sam Young finishing the game off with a six, racing to 64 for two in just 11 overs.

Nigeria had opted to bat first, but the England seamers reduced them to 19 for 3 early before bowling them out cheaply.

Off-spinner Hamidullah Qadri also took four wickets.

In another Group D match at Bloemfontein, South Africa defeated the United Arab Emirates by 23 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method to book a quarterfinal date with Bangladesh.

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 their chase.

Zimbabwe beat Scotland by eight wickets in a Group C encounter which was reduced to 42 overs a side due to rain.