North lost six wick­ets for 23 runs and that al­lowed South to cap­tured the Un­der 13 North South Clas­sic tro­phy by nine wick­ets over North at the Na­tion­al Crick­et Cen­tre in Bal­main, Cou­va on Wednes­day.

North cap­tain Justin Pam­phille was asked to bat first by South cap­tain Reyad Jerome.

North was on the back foot, los­ing Ab­diel Boland for no runs. Pam­phille then joined Isa­iah John­son (27) and to­geth­er they put on a 45-run part­ner­ship to take the score to 49 for two in 14 and a half overs.

Pam­phille was dis­missed for 15 when the score was 67 and when Davis Guer­ra was trapped in front of the stumps for 13, the score was 75 for four and it trig­gered a col­lapse as North lost their next six wick­ets for 23 runs as they were bowled out for 98 in 36.2 overs.

Skip­per Jerome, Jaden Seu­rat­tan and Ni­tyum Mon­gru took two wick­ets apiece.

South made light work of the tar­get as open­ers Reyad Jerome made 45 from 73 balls and Jaden Seu­rat­tan scored 29 not out from 58 balls guid­ed South over the line.

They were coast­ing and look­ing like reg­is­ter­ing a ten-wick­et win, but with 10 runs to go for the win, Jerome was caught by Davis Guer­ra off the bowl­ing of Za­heer Ali at 89 for one.

But that was the on­ly bump in the oth­er­wise smooth road as South cap­tured the Un­der 13 North-South Clas­sic to add to the Un­der 15 and 17 clas­sics.

Rayad Jerome was named best bats­man for his 45, while Bradley Jag­ger­nauth, who took one catch and ef­fect­ed a run-out was the best field­er and Jaden Seu­rat­tan for his fig­ures of two for sev­en runs was named the best bowler.

BRIEF SCORES

North 98 (36.2 overs) (Isa­iah John­son 27, Justin Pam­phille 15, Jaden Seu­rat­tan 2-7, Reyad Jerome 2-11, Ni­tyum Mon­gru 2-10) vs

South 99 - 1(24.2 overs) (Reyad Jerome 45, Jaden Seu­rat­tan 29 not out, Za­heem Ali 1-6).

South won by 9 wick­ets.