{"id":63341,"date":"2025-01-27T07:35:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T05:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=63341"},"modified":"2025-01-27T07:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T05:35:21","slug":"five-star-mokoena-hands-sa-u19-advantage-on-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=63341","title":{"rendered":"Five Star Mokoena hands SA u19 advantage on day one"},"content":{"rendered":"
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STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA – JANUARY 26: Nqobani Mokoena of South Africa celebrate taking a fifer during the first day of the 1st Youth Test Series match between South Africa U19 and England U19 at Coertzenburg Cricket Club on January 26, 2025 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman\/Gallo Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

STELLENBOSCH. –\u00a0Nqobani Mokoena claimed five wickets on the opening day to give South Africa Under-19 Men the advantage over England in the first Youth Test at Coetzenburg Oval in Stellenbosch on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The right-arm seamer claimed five for 49 in 21 overs, seven of which were maidens, as the hosts restricted their visitors to 275 for eight at stumps.<\/div>\n
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Mokoena was helped by Raeeq Daniels (2\/39) and Martin Khumalo (1\/34) with almost all of the junior Proteas\u2019 bowlers disciplined for the home side, who entered the series on the back of a 2-1 victory in the Youth One-Day International series that concluded on Wednesday.<\/div>\n
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After winning the toss and opting to bowl first, Mokoena struck in his first over when he dismissed England captain Archie Vaughan, caught behind by wicketkeeper\u00a0Lethabo Phahlamohlaka for a duck.<\/div>\n
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The South Africa star was then on a hat-trick when he trapped Kesh Fonseka leg before wicket, also without troubling the scorers, with the first delivery of his next over.<\/div>\n
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And when Ben Dawkins (10) was out to the same bowler in the 12th\u00a0over, the tourists found themselves at 21 for three. That became 27 for four after\u00a0Aaryan Sawant (9) was cleaned up by Khumalo \u2013 the South Africans celebrating their commanding start to the game.<\/div>\n
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England then hit back thanks to Ben Mayes (37) and Thomas Rew (43), though the pair fell by the 48th\u00a0over to leave their side precariously placed at 120 for six.<\/div>\n
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However, they were rescued further by Farhan Ahmed (90 off 150 balls, 9 fours, 1 six) and Jack Home (63 off 116 balls, 6 fours, 2 sixes) as the pair added 153 for the seventh wicket, before the home side finally struck to remove both before the close.<\/div>\n
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That allowed them to wrestle back the advantage and end the day in the ascendancy.<\/div>\n
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SA u19 Men\u2019s Youth ODI Squad against England U19<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n
Bennie Hansen (captain, Western Province), Daniel Bosman (Western Province), Raeeq Daniels (Western Province), Divan de Villiers (Titans), Carl Fryer (North West), Paul James (Western Province), Enathi Khitshini (Garden Route Badgers), Adnaan Lagadien (Western Province), Chad Mason (KZN Inland Tuskers), Bandile Mbatha (Dolphins), Nqobani Mokoena (Dolphins), Lethabo Phahlamohlaka (Titans), Semal Pillay (Dolphins), Jason Rowles (Lions), and Ntando Soni (Dolphins).<\/div>\n
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SA u19 Men\u2019s Youth Test Squad against England U19<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n
Bennie Hansen (captain, Western Province), Daniel Bosman (Western Province), Muhammad Bulbulia (North West), Raeeq Daniels (Western Province), Divan de Villiers (Titans), Paul James (Western Province), Martin Khumalo (Eastern Storm), Adnaan Lagadien (Western Province), Chad Mason (KZN Inland Tuskers), Nqobani Mokoena (Dolphins), Lethabo Phahlamohlaka (Titans), Nathan Rossouw (North West), Jason Rowles (Lions), Jorich van Schalkwyk (Titans), and Sandiswa Yeni (Dolphins).<\/div>\n
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SA u19 Men\u2019s Tour against England U19\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n
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Youth ODI Series<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n
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Friday, 17 January<\/b>\u00a0at 10:00<\/b><\/div>\n
South Africa u19 lost to England u19 by 5 wickets – Western Province Cricket Club, Cape Town<\/div>\n
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Sunday, 19 January at 10:00<\/b><\/div>\n
South Africa u19 beat England u19 by 5 wickets – Western Province Cricket Club, Cape Town<\/div>\n
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Wednesday, 22 January at 10:00<\/b><\/div>\n
South Africa u19 beat England u19 by 4 wickets – Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch<\/div>\n
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Youth Test Series<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n
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26 \u2013 29 January at 10:00\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
South Africa u19 vs England u19 – Coetzenburg Oval, Stellenbosch<\/div>\n
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03 \u2013 06 February at 10:00\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
South Africa u19 vs England u19 – Western Province Cricket Club, Cape Town<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STELLENBOSCH. –\u00a0Nqobani Mokoena claimed five wickets on the opening day to give South Africa Under-19 Men the advantage over England in the first Youth Test at Coetzenburg Oval in Stellenbosch on Sunday. The right-arm seamer claimed five for 49 in 21 overs, seven of which were maidens, as the hosts restricted their visitors to 275 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":63343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}