England Under 19s beat Sri Lanka Under 19s by 04 runs on the D/L method to win the 03 match series 2 – 1

Sri Lanka Under 19s Tour of England 2024 – 03rd Youth One Day International – Hove, Sussex, London, England

England Under 19 electing to bat, 268 / 9 – ( 45 Overs ) Skipper Luc Benkenstein 102 ( 5×6, 7×4, 99 balls ) – career best, maiden century – Charlie Allison 87 ( 2×6, 8×4, 85 balls ), Freddie McCann 28, Rocky Flintoff 14, Tazeem Ali 13no – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 25 runs – Charlie Allison / Luc Benkenstein 134 runs for the 04th wicket – the last 06 wickets fell for the addition of 44 runs – first 10 overs : 37 / 3, 25 overs : 120 / 3, last 05 overs : 31 / 2 – Vihas Thewmika 4 / 33 & 02 catches, Skipper Dinura Kalupahana 3 / 58.

Sri Lanka Under 19 in reply, 260 all out – ( 45 Overs ) Gayana Weerasinghe 80 ( 12×4, 76 balls ), Mahith Perera 53 ( 1×6, 3×4, 54 balls ), Pulindu Perera 38, Diniru Abeywickramasingha 19, Skipper Dinura Kalupahana 14, Hiran Jayasundara 13, Extras 20 – Pulindu Perera / Hiran Jayasundara 40 run opening stand, Pulindu Perera / Gayana Weerasinghe 43 runs for the 02nd wicket, Gayana Weerasinghe / Dinura Kalupahana 25 runs for the 04th wicket, Gayana Weerasinghe / Mahith Perera 64 runs for the 05th wicket, Mahith Perera / Diniru Abeywickramasinghe 46 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 25 runs – 03 batters dismissed run out – Freddie McCann 2 / 39 & 01 direct hit run out, Harry Moore 2 / 42, Thomas Rew 02 victims & 01 run out – on debut – Charlie Allison 02 catches.

The game was reduced to 45 overs a side after rain halted play when the home team was batting. It was gloomy when the visitors’ were chasing the target too.