Captain and the match’s main wicket-taker Dunith Wellalage posted 113 for Sri Lanka as they set South Africa 233 to win.
The Proteas scored effectively however misplaced wickets cheaply as they had been bundled out for 167 as Sri Lanka arrange a gathering with both Bangladesh or Pakistan.
Sri Lanka gained the toss and skipper Wellalage selected to bat and it was not lengthy earlier than the star man was out within the center.
Openers Chamindu Wickramasinghe and Sadisha Rajapaksa may placed on solely 14 for the first-wicket stand as Kwena Maphaka bowled Rajapaksa.
The left-arm seamer then dismissed Wickramsinghe three balls later earlier than Sakuna Liyanage went for an eight-ball duck to carry Wellalage out to the center with Sri Lanka precarious on 25 for 3.
Alongside Shevon Daniel, the skipper added 62 runs earlier than forming an much more fruitful partnership with Ranuda Somarathne, placing on 130 runs for the fifth wicket.
Wellalage was finally dismissed by Maphaka however solely after hitting 113 off 130 for his first century of the match.
Somarathne would finish on 57 not out as Sri Lanka set South Africa a chase of 232, which might show an excessive amount of for the Proteas.
Opener Jade Smith was run out for one as Sri Lanka took common wickets to stint South Africa’s progress.
The normally free-flowing Dewald Brevis was subsequent to go earlier than Ronan Hermann and Gerhardus Maree added 34 and 44 respectively to maneuver South Africa to 112 for six.
The Proteas had been scoring above the required run charge however frequent dismissals hampered their progress because the Sri Lankan bowlers break up the wickets between them.
Wicketkeeper Anjala Bandara took his second stumping to dismiss Maphaka as South Africa fell 67 runs quick and can now go into the seventh place play-off.
Uganda win rain-affected match to seal Thirteenth place
The Thirteenth-place play off between Uganda and Scotland acquired off to a delayed begin in Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago as rain prevented the 2 sides taking the sphere for over an hour and the sport was initially decreased to 45 overs a facet.
Before the climate intervened, Uganda had gained the toss and chosen to bat first – a call which noticed 4 of their high 5 make scores over 30.
Ronald Lutaaya top-scored with 64 including 75 runs for the third wicket alongside captain Pascal Murungi.
Both had been finally dismissed by Jamie Cairns, two of the left arm spinner’s 4 caught and bowleds, on his technique to one of the best bowling figures of the match with six for twenty-four.
Cairns took the ultimate wicket of Edwin Nuwagaba to bowl Uganda out for 226 with 14.2 overs of their innings remaining.
Charlie Tear was out for a primary ball duck, with Muhaymen Majeed following him again to the dugout not quickly after having each been dismissed by Juma Miyaji earlier than Oliver Davidson and Tomas Mackintosh steadied the Scottish ship with a partnership of 46 runs.
Jack Jarvis then got here in to switch Mackintosh and scored shortly as he added 37 off 33 balls however rain would intervene once more with Scotland on 122 for seven and two new batters on the crease.
The climate brightened however Scotland’s activity solely acquired more durable as they had been now chasing the identical goal however solely had 11 overs by which to do it.
Captain Charlie Peet performed a cautious innings as he regarded to remain the space, however couldn’t discover a companion, as Rafay Khan fell for 10 and Cairns a duck earlier than Sean Fischer-Keogh’s dismissal left him stranded on 29 not out.
Scotland ended their World Cup 51 runs quick (D/L technique) of Uganda ending 14th within the match, that means the Baby Cranes declare Thirteenth spot on the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022.
