A bold declaration and aggressive cricket seems to have enabled SL Under 19 to upstage Australia in theri single Test Match at the SSC grounds: Editor, Cricketique
ONE = News Item in ISLAND, 13 January 2019
Tissa Central, Kalutara spinner Rohan Sanjaya and Richmond’s Sandun Mendis took four wickets each to restrict Australia Under-19s to 151 runs in the second innings as Sri Lanka Under-19s pulled off three wickets victory in the three-day Youth match at the SSC grounds on Saturday. Commencing from the overnight score of 287 for seven wickets in the morning the hosts declared their innings after three overs with a lead of 40.In their second essay the visitors batted for 66 overs but could muster only 151 as Sanjaya and Mendis bowled the bulk of overs. The duo bowled almost 50 overs and provided the key for victory.
The hosts reached the target in 20 overs with skipper Nipun Dananjaya scoring 35 runs in 32 balls. He scored three fours and a six. Mohamed Samaaz and Chamindu Wijesinghe added valuable 20s.
Scores:
Australia U19s 269 for 9 decl and 151 all out in 65.4 overs (Lachlan Hearne 23, Tanveer Sangha 25, Jarrod Freeman 52n.o.; Rohan Sanjaya 4/37, Sandun Mendis 4/56)
Sri Lanka U19s 287 for 7 overnight 309 for 8 decl. in 98 overs (Kamil Mishara 105, Mohamed Samaaz 43, Nipun Dananjaya 20, Chamindu Wijesinghe 39, Sandun Mendis 22, Rohan Sanjaya 19n.9.; Zak Evans 2/57, Tanveer Sangha 2/61, Jarrod Freeman 3/82) and 114 for 7 in 19.4 overs (Mohamed Samaaz 22, Nipun Dananjaya 35, Chamindu Wijesinghe 29; Zak Evans 6/44)
TWO: ESPNcricinfo DETAILS
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Australia Under-19s 1st Innings
BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras12 (b 5, lb 6, nb 1)TOTAL269/9d (83.2 Overs, RR: 3.22)Did not bat: I CarlisleFall of wickets: 1-22 (S Fanning, 8.1 ov), 2-103 (K Oates, 37.2 ov), 3-120 (CB Hunter, 41.3 ov), 4-125 (O Davies, 43.4 ov), 5-151 (L Hearne, 54.4 ov), 6-235 (BJ Holt, 76.3 ov), 7-245 (JA Freeman, 79.2 ov), 8-264 (Z Evans, 82.5 ov), 9-269 (T Sangha, 83.2 ov)BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB R Peiris 10 1 40 2 4.00 0 0 C Wijesinghe 13 3 30 0 2.30 0 1 R Sanjaya 32.2 3 94 5 2.90 0 0 ST Mendis 22 5 57 1 2.59 0 0 V Viyaskanth 6 0 37 1 6.16 0 0
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Sri Lanka Under-19s 1st Innings
BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras16 (b 8, lb 5, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL309/8d (98 Overs, RR: 3.15)Did not bat: R PeirisFall of wickets: 1-93 (TA Kahaduwaarachchi, 26.2 ov), 2-177 (Mohamed Samaaz, 53.3 ov), 3-215 (ND Perera, 73.2 ov), 4-215 (K Mishara, 74.4 ov), 5-223 (GS Dinusha, 79.4 ov), 6-279 (C Wijesinghe, 91.1 ov), 7-283 (C Kalindu, 93.6 ov), 8-297 (ST Mendis, 96.6 ov)BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB Z Evans 18 5 57 2 3.16 0 1 JA Freeman 32 9 82 3 2.56 0 1 T Sangha 16 3 61 2 3.81 0 0 I Carlisle 17 3 47 1 2.76 1 0 J Kann 4 1 16 0 4.00 0 0 K Oates 6 1 15 0 2.50 0 0 O Davies 5 0 18 0 3.60 0 0
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Australia Under-19s 2nd Innings
BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras9 (lb 5, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL151 all out (65.4 Overs, RR: 2.29)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (CB Hunter, 4.4 ov), 2-18 (K Oates, 6.5 ov), 3-20 (S Fanning, 9.3 ov), 4-20 (O Davies, 10.3 ov), 5-50 (BJ Holt, 31.6 ov), 6-56 (L Hearne, 34.1 ov), 7-69 (J Kann, 37.5 ov), 8-143 (T Sangha, 57.1 ov), 9-148 (Z Evans, 62.5 ov), 10-151 (I Carlisle, 65.4 ov)BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB C Wijesinghe 7 1 19 1 2.71 1 3 R Sanjaya 31 16 37 4 1.19 0 0 ST Mendis 18.4 4 56 4 3.00 0 0 V Viyaskanth 3 0 18 0 6.00 0 0 GS Dinusha 6 0 16 1 2.66 0 0
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Sri Lanka Under-19s 2nd Innings (target: 112 runs)
BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras7 (lb 5, w 2)TOTAL114/7 (19.4 Overs, RR: 5.79)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (TA Kahaduwaarachchi, 0.2 ov), 2-19 (K Mishara, 4.4 ov), 3-38 (Mohamed Samaaz, 8.1 ov), 4-48 (GS Dinusha, 10.5 ov), 5-94 (ND Perera, 16.4 ov), 6-103 (C Wijesinghe, 18.1 ov), 7-108 (C Kalindu, 18.6 ov)BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB Z Evans 10 1 44 6 4.40 1 0 JA Freeman 8 0 51 0 6.37 0 0 J Kann 1.4 0 14 0 8.40 1 0
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- Thu, 10 Jan – day 1 – Sri Lanka Under-19s 1st innings 20/0 (TA Kahaduwaarachchi 1*, K Mishara 15*, 5 ov)
- Fri, 11 Jan – day 2 – Sri Lanka Under-19s 1st innings 287/7 (ST Mendis 22*, R Sanjaya 0*, 95 ov)
- Sat, 12 Jan – day 3 – Sri Lanka Under-19s 2nd innings 114/7 (19.4 ov) – end of match