South Africa U19 vs Sri Lanka U19, 8th Match, Super Six Group 1 (A,D), ICC Under 19 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Vigneshwaran Akash to Michael Kruiskamp, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, Michael Kruiskamp gets forward to loft, off the thick outer half of the bat and finds long-off

Vigneshwaran Akash to Paul James, 1 run, tossed up googly on off, Paul James gets forward to defend, given as runs as Vigneshwaran Akash appeals for LBW, then they run to cover, Michael Kruiskamp makes it in as there's no direct-hit, if there was no bat, looked close for the LBW

Vigneshwaran Akash to Michael Kruiskamp, 1 run, tossed up full outside the leg-stump, Michael Kruiskamp sweeps to deep backward square-leg

Vigneshwaran Akash to Paul James, 1 run, full outside off, Paul James gets forward to drive to long-on

Vigneshwaran Akash to Michael Kruiskamp, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Michael Kruiskamp gets forward to loft to sweeper cover

Vigneshwaran Akash to Michael Kruiskamp, no run, superb googly! Just misses the outside-edge and the off-stump. Michael Kruiskamp gets forward to flick this from middle-stump and it turns away to beat the bat and off-stump. Chamarindu Nethsara fumbles too

Vigneshwaran Akash to Corne Botha, no run, quicker good length and tight on off, Corne Botha gets forward to defend to short cover

Vigneshwaran Akash to Lethabo Phahlamohlaka, out Bowled!! Lovely flipper. It's a superb delivery and skids on, beats Lethabo Phahlamohlaka for pace, he goes on the back foot to flick and misses, the ball falls on the stumps. The middle-stump is uprooted. Lethabo Phahlamohlaka b Vigneshwaran Akash 1(8)

Vigneshwaran Akash to Paul James, 1 run, full outside off, Paul James gets forward to drive to long-on

Vigneshwaran Akash to Paul James, 2 runs, direct-hit at the bowler's end would've got Lethabo Phahlamohlaka. Full on middle, Paul James gets forward to flick to deep mid-wicket, Lethabo Phahlamohlaka doesn't dive and would've been out with a direct-hit

Vigneshwaran Akash to Paul James, no run, tossed up full just outside off, Paul James gets low and sweeps, the under-edge rolls to short fine

Vigneshwaran Akash to Paul James, no run, tossed up full outside off, Paul James gets forward to defend to the right of Vigneshwaran Akash

Vigneshwaran Akash to Lethabo Phahlamohlaka, 1 run, nicely tossed up googly outside off, spins in, Phahlamohlaka doesn't pick as he gets forward to defend, the thick inside-edge rolls to deep backward square-leg

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, out Caught by Senuja Wekunagoda!! Van Schalkwyk goes for another boundary and holes out. Full toss, the centurion gets low to slogsweep, doesn't get the necessary elevation and hits it flat. Wekunagoda runs in from deep midwicket, judges it well and gets low to grab it with both hands. End of a superb knock from Van Schalkwyk. Van Schalkwyk c Senuja Wekunagoda b Vigneshwaran Akash 116(130) [4s-13 6s-2]

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, FOUR, hat-trick of fours! A drag down from Akash and Van Schalkwyk heaves it over midwicket for another one-bounce four. Van Schalkwyk has shifted gears after getting to his hundred

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, FOUR, four more! Fuller, quicker and straighter, Van Schalkwyk gets low to sweep it over midwicket. One bounce and into the fence

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, FOUR, a drag down from Akash and Van Schalkwyk punishes. Rocks back and hammers the pull through midwicket for a one-bounce four

Vigneshwaran Akash to Paul James, 1 run, googly, pad-lined, tickled to short fine leg for a quick single. There's an appeal for run-out at the keeper's end. The TV umpire is summoned and Van Schalkwyk is in

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, off-stump line, defended back. Maiden over

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, shuffles and defends this length ball towards point

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, fraction short, punched back to the bowler

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, no room on offer, Van Schalkwyk stays back to blunt it to midwicket

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, googly, Van Schalkwyk moves back and across to defend

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, stump-to-stump line, defended

Vigneshwaran Akash to Bandile Mbatha, no run, full on off, googly, Mbatha drives and inside-halves it back to Akash

Vigneshwaran Akash to Bandile Mbatha, no run, full on the stumps, Mbatha defends it to short midwicket

Vigneshwaran Akash to Bandile Mbatha, no run, googly, spins back in, Mbatha reads it off the deck and brings his bat down just in time to block it out

Vigneshwaran Akash to Bandile Mbatha, no run, flighted delivery, overpitched outside off, Mbatha leans across to jam it to point

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, 1 run, shortened length and Van Schalkwyk punches it down the pitch. Long-on tidies up

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, driven to the left of the bowler and Akash makes a diving stop

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, 2 runs, drifting in towards leg and Van Schalkwyk glances it fine of short fine leg for a couple more

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, darted in on the stumps, blocked from the crease

Vigneshwaran Akash to Jason Rowles, 1 run, looked like the googly outside off, chopped through cover-point

Vigneshwaran Akash to Jason Rowles, no run, length ball on off, defended back to the bowler

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, 1 run, fraction short outside off, cut to deep cover

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, wide, full and down leg, goes past Van Schalkwyk's sweep

Vigneshwaran Akash to Jason Rowles, 1 run, bit of width outside off and that's been forced through cover

Vigneshwaran Akash to Jason Rowles, no run, with a slip in place, Akash bowls a length ball on leg, Rowles defends off the front foot

Vigneshwaran Akash to Bulbulia, out Bowled!! Bulbulia is in disbelief as the Sri Lankans celebrate. The TV umpire has been summoned and it's OUT. It's the wrong 'un from Akash, Bulbulia thinks he has the line covered as he's half-forward to defend. Gets beaten on the outside edge and the ball kisses the off-stump. Second wicket for Akash. Bulbulia b Vigneshwaran Akash 9(10) [4s-1]

Vigneshwaran Akash to Bulbulia, no run, googly on a length, punched to cover

Vigneshwaran Akash to Bulbulia, FOUR, fullish ball wide of off, Bulbulia opens the bat-face at the last moment to dab it fine of the short third man fielder

Vigneshwaran Akash to Bulbulia, no run, leg-lined, glanced to square leg

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, 1 run, trifle short and Van Schalkwyk punches to long-off off the back foot

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, pushed through quicker, punched off the back foot and the short cover fielder makes a diving stop to his right

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, drives off the front foot and the man at short cover makes a diving stop to his right

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, wide, drifting down leg and Van Schalkwyk misses the sweep

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, 2 runs, dropped short and Van Schalkwyk heaves it over midwicket for a couple of runs

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, flicks and finds short midwicket

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, flicked to the right of short midwicket and Gamage makes a diving stop on this occasion

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, dropped! Kavija Gamage puts down a dolly. Short of length, Van Schalkwyk goes back to flick and spoons it straight to short midwicket off the bottom part of the bat. Oh dear, how costly will it be?

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, fuller ball on the stumps, played back at the bowler

Vigneshwaran Akash to Bulbulia, 1 run, fullish ball, turned to square leg

Vigneshwaran Akash to Adnaan Lagadien, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Vigneshwaran Akash provides the breakthrough for Sri Lanka. Flighted ball, googly, pitches marginally outside off and spins back in to go through the gate. Don't think Lagadien picked the wrong 'un, played well outside the line of the delivery as he had a push. The ball goes through the bat-pad gap to crash into the middle-stump. Adnaan Lagadien b Vigneshwaran Akash 46(57) [4s-6 6s-1]

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, 1 run, full ball, driven along the ground to long-on

Vigneshwaran Akash to Adnaan Lagadien, 1 run, length ball, driven to the right of the bowler and Akash can't stop it cleanly as he dives

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, 1 run, full and on the stumps, wristily driven to long-on

Vigneshwaran Akash to Adnaan Lagadien, no run, googly, Lagadien goes back to flick and misses to get hit on the pads. There's an appeal for lbw but that's missing leg

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, 1 run, goes back and wristily knocks this length ball to long-on

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, googly, spins back in, Van Schalkwyk hurriedly brings his bat down to chop it towards cover-point

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, clips this full ball to midwicket

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, no run, length ball on the stumps, played back at the bowler

Vigneshwaran Akash to Van Schalkwyk, FOUR, Van Schalkwyk greets Akash with a boundary. A drag down and the batter is quick to go back and hammer the pull over midwicket for a one-bounce four