DHAKA: South Africa won by eight wickets against Ireland  in the ninth Place Play-off Quarter-Final of  ICC Under-19 World Cup  at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar on Thursday.

L Smith (49     off 100 balls)     K Verreynne    (77 off    149 balls) and PWA Mulder (43 off 60 balls) helped the proteans to reach the target set by Ireland.

Earlier, Ireland scored 185-run for seven wickets in the 50-over match that started at 9:00am.
  
AD Galiem and WC Ludick bagged two wickets each for South Africa.

K Verreynne of South Africa Under-19 batsman was honored with player of the match.

Ireland Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat.

This match was the second 9th place play-off Quarter-Final of the tournament which will be played between the two teams from Group D and Group A.

BDST:  1619 HRS, Feb 04, 2016
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** Ireland set SA 186-run target