England Under 19s beat Sri Lanka Under 19s by 30 runs in a high scoring encounter, 03 match series level 1 – 1

Sri Lanka Under 19s Tour of England 2024 – 02nd Youth One Day International – Hove, Sussex, England

England Under 19 electing to bat, 360 / 7 – ( 50 Overs ) Freddie McCann 174 ( 3×6, 22×4, 139 balls ) – career best, maiden century – Noah Thain 66, Charlie Allison 46, Dominic Kelly 32no, Extras 17 – Keshana Fonseka / Freddie McCann 36 run opening stand, Freddie McCann / Noah Thain 127 runs for the 02nd wicket, Freddie McCann / Charlie Allison 133 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the last 05 wickets for the addition of 52 runs – Skipper Dinura Kalupahana 5 / 81 – career best, maiden five fer – Pulindu Perera & Mahith Perera 02 catches each. England U19s were awarded 05 runs by the umpires as a penalty for distractions on the field – mainly being too vociferous.

Sri Lanka Under 19 in reply, 330 all out – ( 49.2 Overs ) Pulindu Perera 64, Guyana Weerasinghe 57, Praveen Maneesha 38, Hivin Kenula 30, Sharujan Shanmuganathan 25, Vihas Thewmika 24no, Diniru Abeywickramasingha 22, Extras 33 – Pulindu Perera / Gayana Weerasinghe 110 runs for the 02nd wicket – then lost the next 5 wickets for the addition of 59 runs – Diniru Abeywickramasingha / Praveen Maneesha 46 runs for the 07th wicket, Hivin Kenula / Dumindu Sewmina 45 runs for the 09th wicket, Hivin Kenula / Vihas Thewmika 37 runs for the last wicket – first 10 overs : 86 / 1, 25 overs : 173 / 4, last 9.2 overs : 68 / 2 – Skipper Luc Benkenstein 4 / 77, Tazeem Ali 2 / 41, Dominic Kelly 2 / 52.