Sri Lanka Under 19 beat England Under 19 by 03 wickets, Lead the 02 match series 1 – 0
Sri Lanka Under 19 Tour of England 2022 – 01st Youth Test Chelmsford, Essex, England – concluded after 04 days
England Under 19 electing to bat, 387 all out – ( 78.3 Overs ) George Bell 107 ( 16×4, 96 balls ) – maiden century in Youth Tests – Ross Whitfield 86 – career best in Youth Tests – Bertie Foreman 58 no – career best in Youth Tests – Skipper Ben McKinney 33 – career best in Youth Tests – Harry Singh 27 – career best in Youth Tests – Harry / Ben involved in a 55 run opening stand, Ross / George added 185 runs for the 03rd wicket – then lost 04 wickets for the addition of 19 runs in the middle of the innings – the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 87 runs – Duvindu Ranathunga 4 / 100 – on debut – Wanuja Kumara 2 / 56 & 03 catches, Samuditha Rajapaksa 2 / 105 – on debut – Lahiru Dawatage 03 victims – career best in Youth Tests – Vinuja Ranpul 02 catches & 292 all out – ( 75.5 Overs ) Ross Whitfield 110 ( 1×6, 12×4,134 balls ) – maiden century in Youth Tests – Skipper Ben McKinney 56 – career best in Youth Tests – Matthew Hurst 39 – career best in Youth Tests – George Bell 29, Ben / Ross added 149 runs for the 02nd wicket – then lost the last 08 wickets for the addition of 94 runs – 03 ubatters were dismissed bowled – Wanuja Kumara 4 / 89 – career best in Youth Tests, Duvindu Ranathunga 3 / 34, Skipper Raveen De Silva 2 / 70, Vinuja Ranpul 02 catches.
Sri Lanka Under 19 in reply, 407 all out – ( 141.1 Overs )Asitha Wanninayake 132 ( 19×4, 315 balls ) – maiden youth test century, Ranuda Somarathne 65 – career best – Skipper Raveen De Silva 62, Vinuja Ranpul 42, Pawan Pathiraja 32, Shevon Daniel 22, Extras 27 – Asitha / Pawan added 83 runs for the 03rd wicket, Asitha / Ranuda put on 137 runs for the 04th wicket, Raveen / Vinuja involved in a 76 run stand for the 07th wicket – lost the last 04 wickets for the addition of 20 runs – 04 batters dismissed lbw, 03 others were out bowled – Bertie Foreman 4 / 94 – career best – Eddie Jack 2 / 62, Benjamin Cliff 2 / 68, Thomas Aspinwall 2 / 98 & 276 / 7 – ( 57.1 Overs ) Ranuda Somarathne 120no ( 1×6,12×4, 115 balls ) – maiden century in Youth Tests – Lahiru Dawatage 49, Wanuja Kumara 23no – career best in Youth Tests – Asitha Wanninayake 22, Skipper Raveen De Silva 22 – recovered from 98 / 5 – Ranuda / Raveen added 50 runs for the 05th wicket, Ranuda / Lahiru put on 89 runs for the 06th wicket, Ranuda / Vinuja involved in a 42 run partnership for the 07th wicket, Ranuda / Winuja associated in an unbroken 47 run stand for the 08th wicket – 03 batters dismissed lbw – Thomas Aspinwall 4 / 67 – career best in Youth Tests – Dominic Kelly 2 / 52.