West Indies U19s beat South Africa U19s by four wickets to make it 2-2 in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday and take the series to a decider.
The hosts, who were looking to wrap up the series in game four, were let down by their batting as they were bowled out for just 207 after losing the toss and being asked to bat first.
Opener Matthew Breetzke continued his good form by following up his century in the previous match with 55 (83 balls, 7 fours) at the Pietermaritzburg Oval, where he lacked substantial support.
Captain Raynard van Tonder made 38 and Herman Rolfes struck 37, but those were about the only other meaningful contributions, alongside 20s from Fraser Jones (24) and Jiveshan Pillay (23), with the South Africans shot out in 48.2 overs.
Nyeem Young was the best of the bowlers with 3-42.
The home side needed early wickets if they were going to make a game of it and they got four of them too, after reducing the reigning U19 World Cup champions to 59-4 in 15.1 overs. That was thanks to Kgaudise Molefe (3-51), Jones (1-24) and Gerald Coetzee (1-27).
But Bhaskar Yadram (65 off 75 balls, 9 fours) and Alick Athanaze (66 not out, 80 balls, 9 fours, 1 six) added 99 together for the fifth wicket to get the visitors back on track.
Matthew Patrick (28) then provided some late runs to take the islanders over the line with 33 balls to spare.
The series decider takes place at the Chatsworth Oval on Wednesday.
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