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Watch: "Catch Of The Tournament?", South Africa's Andile Simelane's Spectacular Effort vs Sri Lanka In U-19 Cricket World Cup

South Africa crashed to a defeat against Sri Lanka in their 5th place playoff fixture of the ongoing ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup in North Sound on Sunday. Despite losing by 65 runs, the Proteas had plenty of positives to look at, especially their fielding. Andile Simelane perfectly showed South Africa's fielding skills with an outstanding catch during the match. During the ninth over of Sri Lanka's innings, Sakuna Liyanage received a short delivery from Matthew Boast which he outside edged to second slip where a jumping Simelane saw the ball bounce on his palm and then he dived backwards to catch it at the rebound. The ICC posted a video of the highlight on Instagram and also captioned it as, "Andile Simelane - catch of the tournament?"

U19 World Cup, England U19 vs Afghanistan U19, Super League Semi-Final 1: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming

The England U19 team will take on Afghanistan U19 in the first semi-final of the ongoing U19 World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound in Antigua. England defeated Bangladesh, Canada, UAE and South Africa on their journey to the semis while Afghanistan went past Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka to qualify for the last-four stage. Afghanistan recovered well after suffering a 24-run loss in their second match against Pakistan and showcased immense composure in the next games.

Unnati Hooda, 14, Claims Odisha Open Super 100 Women's Singles Title

Teenager Unnati Hooda, 14, became the youngest Indian to win a Super 100 tournament as she beat compatriot Smit Toshniwal in straight games to claim the women's singles title while unseeded Kiran George emerged triumphant in men's singles final of the USD 75,000 Odisha Open badminton tournament on Sunday. The 21-year-old George prevailed over Priyanshu Rajawat 21-15, 14-21, 21-18 to clinch the men's singles title after battling hard for 58 minutes. Before that, 14-year-old Unnati produced an excellent performance to emerge triumphant in her event. Unnati won 21-18, 21-11 to be crowned the Odisha Open champion for the first time.

Uncapped Sri Lanka Pacer Nuwan Thushara Tests Positive For Covid-19 Ahead Of Australia Series

Uncapped Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Thushara has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the team's departure for the Australia tour. The five-match series between Sri Lanka and Australia will be played from February 11-20 will be staged across three venues, the Sydney Cricket Ground, Manuka Oval, and Melbourne Cricket Ground. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) informed that along with Thushara Dilshan Fonseka, the team trainer has also tested positive for COVID-19. "Nuwan Thushara, who was included in the 20 member Sri Lanka Squad to tour Australia, has tested positive for Covid-19. Dilshan Fonseka, the team trainer, was also tested positive for Covid-19," SLC said in a statement