Sri Lanka U-19 beat England
Keep final hopes alive:
CHRIS DHAMBARAGE
The Sri Lanka under 19 team bounced back into recognition with a fine
all round performance as they trounced the England under 19 by 158 runs
in their Tri Series limited overs cricket match worked off at the SSC
ground in Maitland Place yesterday.
The Lankans rattled up a huge 312 for 7 from their 50 overs after
electing to bat first and then skittled out their opponents for just 154
runs from 35 overs.
This was no doubt a tremendous improvement by the Sri Lanka under 19
team following their crushing nine wicket defeat at the hands of their
Pakistan counterparts on Sunday. Their success have also kept their
hopes alive of qualifying into the final with two victories from four
outings.
Sri Lanka’s second straight win against England was fashioned by a
brilliant unbeaten century from their vice captain Dinesh Chandimal and
all rounder Sachith Pathirana. The former hit an unbeaten 112 from 132
deliveries with the help of one six and ten boundaries.
The elegant wicket keeper batsman held the Sri Lankan batting
together after they had lost two early wickets and added a superb 132
runs for the third wicket along with Kusal Janitha Perera.
This partnership set the pace for a good total with Perera stroking a
fluent 55 from 73 deliveries with eight boundaries.
Chandimal was associated in another 84 run stand for the sixth wicket
from just seven overs together with all rounder Sachith Pathirana who
hit a 30 ball 55 inclusive of two sixes and eight boundaries.
Pathirana also had a good game with the ball claiming three wickets
as England under 19 were shot out for a modest 154 runs in 35 overs.
They never looked lime making a match of it from the moment they lost
a wicket in the very first over of the innings and were completely out
of the contest by the 20th over as they slumped to 85 for 5.
However the last pair of the England under 19 team Harris and Woakes
delayed Sri Lanka’s victory march with a stubborn stand of 46 runs from
ten overs.
SCOREBOARD
SRI LANKA UNDER-19
D. Munaweera c Wood b Harris 06
D. Chandimal not out 112
L. Thirimanne c Wood b Harris 06
K. Perera c ST Finn b Dawson 55
A. Priyanjan run out 16
R. Silva c Brown b Woakes 08
S. Pathirana b Wakely 55
T. Perera c and b Harris 12
I. Jayaratne not out 12
EXTRAS (lb 5, w 21, nb 4) 30
TOTAL for 7 wickets in 50 overs 312
Did not bat: D Fernando and N Kavikara
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-12, 2-23, 3-155, 4-186,
5-199, 6-283, 7-296
BOWLING: JAR Harris 9-0-66-3 (6w), CR Woakes 10-0-53-1 (2nb, 2w),
LA Dawson 10-0-52-1 (2nb), JE Goodman 8-1-48-0 (2w),
T. Westley 10-0-52-0 (1w), DJ Redfern 1-0-13-0, AG Wakely 2-0-23-1
ENGLAND UNDER-19
AG Wakely c Thirimanne b T Perera 00
BC Brown c Priyanjan b Fernando 12
JWA Taylor st Chandimal b Pathirana 25
DJ Redfern c Kavikara b T Perera 07
SA Northeast lbw b Kavikara 32
T Westley lbw b Pathirana 05
GL Wood st Chandimal b Pathirana 08
LA Dawson b Kavikara 09
JE Goodman run out 02
JAR Harris lbw b Kavikara 22
CR Woakes not out 22
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 1, w 6, nb 2) 10
TOTAL all out in 35 overs 154
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0, 2-16, 3-30, 4-76, 5-85,
6-89, 7-105, 8-108, 9-108
BOWLING: T. Perera 7-1-25-2 (2w), D. Fernando 4-0-22-1 (2w),
I. Jayaratne 4-0-19-0 (2nb), L. Thirimanne 4-0-16-0 (1w),
S. Pathirana 9-0-42-3 (1w), N. Kavikara 7-1-28-3 |
