DUBAI, UAE (CMC) — West Indies failed to press home an advantage against South Africa and crashed to a 94-run defeat in their opening game of the ICC Under-19 World Cup at Dubai’s International Cricket Stadium here yesterday.

Three run-outs, in the space of four overs, reduced South Africa to 110 for seven after they were sent in by West Indies who won the toss and chose to field.

A half-century from Yaseen Valli revived the innings to 198 for nine and set the stage for a devastating spell of fast bowling from Kagiso Rabada which destroyed the Windies top-order batting as the young Caribbean cricketers were bowled out for 104.

South Africa’s batsmen were also subjected to a pace barrage from Ray Jordan and Jerome Jones as the West Indies gained the upper hand, but the Caribbean cricketers did not give a good account of themselves in the field, dropping catches and fumbling in the outfield.

Two chances were put down early, at backward point by Fabian Allen and at slip by Ramaal Lewis.

Despite the let-offs, South Africa could not capitalise and lost half their side for 98 despite a third-wicket partnership of 65 between Jason Smith and Greg Oldfield.

Jordan and Lewis picked up two wickets each for 45 and 44 runs, respectively, while Jones and Preston McSween got one each.

West Indies will play Zimbabwe in their second match of the tournament tomorrow.Scoreboard

SOUTH AFRICA UNDER-19S

innings

A Markram* c Drakes b Jordan 3

C Fortuin† c & b Jordan 4

J Smith c Moti-Kanhai b Lewis 29

G Oldfield st †Pooran b Lewis 38

Y Valli lbw b McSween 53

B Bopp run out (Drakes/Moti-Kanhai) 4

D Bruwer run out (Solozano/Lewis) 0

C Bosch run out (Allen/†Pooran) 5

K Rabada c Lewis b Jones 3

J Dill not out 34

N Sigwili not out 5

Extras (b 1, lb 12, w 6, nb 1) 20

Total (9 wickets) 198

Fall of wickets 1-3 (Markram), 2-20 (Fortuin), 3-85 (Smith), 4-88 (Oldfield), 5-98 (Bopp), 6-99 (Bruwer), 7-110 (Bosch), 8-117 (Rabada), 9-179 (Valli)

Bowling: Jones 10-1-28-1, Jordan 10-2-45-2, McSween 10-1-43-1, Moti-Kanhai 10-1-25-0, Lewis 10-0-44-2.

WEST INDIES UNDER-19S

innings

S Hetmyer c Bruwer b Rabada 0

T Chanderpaul run out (Dill) 0 –

J Solozano b Rabada 1

J Drakes c †Fortuin b Rabada 0

N Pooran† c Bruwer b Dill 12

F Allen c †Fortuin b Dill 8

R Lewis* b Bosch 37

G Moti-Kanhai b Valli 19

J Jones lbw b Bosch 0

P McSween c Bopp b Valli 15

R Jordan not out 0 –

Extras (lb 2, w 8, nb 2) 12

Total (all out) 104

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Chanderpaul), 2-1 (Hetmyer), 3-1 (Drakes), 4-16 (Solozano), 5-25 (Pooran), 6-30 (Allen), 7-79 (Lewis), 8-79 (Jones), 9-104 (McSween), 10-104 (Moti-Kanhai, 35.2 ov)

Bowling: Rabada 8-3-14-3,Sigwili 6-1-18-0,Dill 6-2-17-2, Bosch 7-1-25-2,Bruwer 7-0-24-0, Valli 1.2-0-4-2

Toss: West Indies Under-19s, who chose to field

Points: South Africa Under-19s 2, West Indies Under-19s 0

Player of the Match: JG Dill (South Africa Under-19s)

Umpires: RJ Bailey (England) and Enamul Haque (Bangladesh)

TV Umpire: SD Fry (Australia)

Match Referee: BC Broad (England)

Reserve Umpire: Sarika Prasad (Singapore)