ENG v SL (U19) 2024, ENG19 vs SL19 1st unofficial Take a look at Fit Document, July 08

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Sri Lanka U19s 324 (Kalupahana 104, Caldera 55, French 4-81) and 192 for 4 (Shanmuganathan 73) drew with England U19s 247 (McCann 92, Fonseka 86, Maneesha 6-56)

England Males Below-19s will head to Chelmsford for a chain decider after the primary Adolescence Take a look at towards Sri Lanka Below-19s led to a rain-affected draw.

Any hopes of a outcome were dulled when the second one day used to be utterly washed out, and then the vacationers managed the competition to earn a deserved 77-run first-innings lead. Sri Lanka U19s then batted out the rest of the fit to be 192 for 4 when stumps used to be referred to as at 5.30pm.

Skipper Dinura Kalupahana‘s century used to be adopted via Praveen Maneesha‘s 6 for 56 because the legspinner claimed 5 of the six Younger Lions wickets to fall at the ultimate day.

England U19s had been bowled out for 247 however will take positives forward of subsequent week’s 2d Adolescence Take a look at within the type of Freddie McCann‘s 92 on the best of the order whilst Lancashire’s Keshana Fonseka additionally fell simply in need of a century when he used to be stuck using at Sheshane Marasinghe on 86. The pair had placed on 160 for the second one wicket the day prior to this.

Surrey Academy paceman Alex French picked up 4 wickets within the first innings too – when England had diminished Sri Lanka to 37 for 4 – however they had been not able to say that early authority as Kalupahana’s elegant century shifted the momentum.

3 past due wickets remaining night time intended the Younger Lions began the day wanting to reassert themselves, however as an alternative they misplaced 6 for 54 with Maneesha’s skiddy legspin doing the vast majority of the wear.

Rocky Flintoff added one to his in a single day rating when he used to be stuck via Nathan Caldera sooner than Maneesha had Jack Carney trapped lbw pushing ahead.

Fonseka were untroubled as he struck 13 obstacles in his 149-ball keep however, like quite a lot of batters the day prior to this on a slowing pitch, he driven a power into the infield and used to be stuck via Sadew Samarasinghe.

Maneesha mopped up the rest 3 wickets in back-to-back overs to present Sri Lanka a first-innings lead they might slightly have imagined earing after their first-morning cave in.

From there the fit meandered against a draw. Farhan Ahmed picked up his first wicket of the fit when he snuck one previous Samarsinghe’s ahead prod and within the subsequent over Noah Thain held a pointy catch above his head in the beginning slip when Pulindu Perera swiped at Jaydn Denly’s 2d ball.

Sharujan Shanmuganathan used to be composed in achieving 73 sooner than swiping at Denly and being stuck within the deep via Ahmed, who additionally held the catch to take away Gayana Weerasinghe off Daavya Sharma.

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