Sri Lanka Under 19 beat West Indies Under 19 by 07 wickets with more than 05 sessions to spare, Win the 02 match series 1 – 0
West Indies Under 19 Tour of Sri Lanka 2023 – 02nd 04 Day Unofficial Youth Test – Dambulla, North Central Province concluded on the 03rd day
West Indies Under 19 electing to bat, 127 all out – ( 36.4 Overs ) Jordon Johnson 52 ( 2×6, 6×4, 49 balls ), Stephan Pascal 28, Steve Wedderburn 24, Extras 17 – Stephan Pascal / Steve Wedderburn 57 run opening partnership – then lost all 10 wickets for the addition of 70 runs – 04 batters dismissed without scoring – Vihas Thewmika 5 / 43, Malsha Tharupathi 3 / 16, Skipper Sineth Jayawardene & Pulindu Perera 02 catches each & 277 all out – ( 68.5 Overs ) Jordon Johnson 157no ( 1×6, 20×4, 163 balls ), Steve Wedderburn 37, Stephan Pascal 25 – Stephan Pascal / Steve Wedderburn 39 run opening stand, Steve Wedderburn / Jordon Johnson 71 runs for the 02nd wicket, Jordon Johnson / Mavendra Dindyal 48 runs for the 03rd wicket, Jordon Johnson / Devonie Joseph 34 runs for the 04th wicket, Jordon Johnson / Joshua Dorne 45 runs for the 05th wicket – lost the last 06 wickets for the addition of 40 runs – Vihas Thewmika 3 / 63, 02 catches & 02 run out assists, Malsha Tharupathi 2 / 51, Kaveesha Piyumal 2 / 57 – on debut – Sharujan Shanmuganathan 03 victims.
Sri Lanka Under 19 in reply, 326 all out – ( 77.5 Overs ) Malsha Tharupathi 70 ( 4×6, 6×4, 49 balls ), Rusanda Gamage 58 ( 10×4, 52 balls ), Ravishan De Silva 43, Pulindu Perera 41, Sharujan Shanmuganathan 36, Dinura Kalupahana 33, Vihas Thewmika 31no – Pulindu Perera / Ravishan De Silva 51 runs for the 02nd wicket, Ravishan De Silva / Rusanda Gamage 72 runs for the 03rd wicket, Dinura Kalupahana / Sharujan Shanmuganathan 61 runs for the 05th wicket – then lost 03 wickets for the addition of 21 runs – Malsha Tharupathi / Vihas Thewmika 81 runs for the 08th wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 12 runs – Skipper Nathan Sealy 4 / 82 & 02 catches, Isai Thorne 2 / 64, Tarrique Edward 2 / 75 & 81 / 3 – ( 18.4 Overs ) Skipper Sineth Jayawardene 30, Rusanda Gamage
21no, Ravishan De Silva 17no – Pulindu Perera / Sineth Jayawardene 33 run opening stand – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 06 runs – Rusanda Gamage / Ravishan De Silva 42 runs unbroken for the 04th wicket – Tarrique Edward 1 / 16, Isai Thorne 1 / 29.
Player of the Match : Vihas Thewmika – Sri Lanka U19
Player of the Series : Jordon Johnson – West Indies U19
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