Friday 4th February, 2011 19 Sri Lanka U-19 V England U-19 4th Youth ODI Tharanga warms up for Jayasuriya hits third consecutive fifty World Cup with century BY REEMUS FERNANDO A quick-fire 60 runs in 43 balls by Sri Lanka beat West Indies by eight wickets opener Shehan Jayasuriya was the only bright spot in the fourth Youth ODI the game,” Tharanga much under control,” he said. between Sri Lanka Under-19 and told journalists after Earlier, with gloomy conditions, Sri England Under-19 which ended without making his ninth Lanka won a crucial toss and put the providing any decision due to bad weath- ODI hundred. tourists in and both Lasith Malinga and er at NCC Ground, Colombo yesterday. The 26-year-old Nuwan Kulasekara found some assis- The match got off to a delayed start, left-hander faced tance. West Indies reached 45 without a as a 22-over-a-side affair, at 2.30 p.m. due 143 deliveries for loss before Kulasekara accounted for BY REX to wet ground conditions and was soon his chanceless 101 Adrian Barath, who made a century in reduced to a 20-over-a-side encounter as CLEMENTINE and hit seven fours. the abandoned first ODI. rain interrupted the match after just 2.5 His knock was an Then Muttiah Muralitharan forced overs. Sri Lanka took a 1-0 indication that he Chris Gayle to edge one to Thilan In reply to hosts’ 150 runs, England lead in the three-match ODI will play the Samaraweera at second slip off his very Under-19, who were given a revised tar- series against the West Indies anchor role dur- first ball. Darren Bravo and his half- get of 152 to win in 20 overs, were 41 for at the Sinhalese Sports Club ing the World brother Dwayne Bravo made 39 each and one wicket when the match was aban- grounds yesterday when Cup, a role that were shaping up well to take West Indies doned due to bad light. they won the second ODI Marvan to a comfortable total before Malinga, Opener Adam Rossington and skipper by eight wickets. one eye on the weather. We had a plan to get Atapattu fulfilled for several returning for his second spell, trapped Lewis Gregory were unbeaten on 21 and Chasing a revised to 20 overs without losing too many wickets. years. Darren leg before wicket. 10 runs respectively.Paceman target of 197 in 47 We were doing well at that stage and we did- “The team management West Indies made 203 in their 50 overs. Chathuranga Kumara, who was playing overs, opening bats- n’t take undue risks as things were pretty and the captain had a in his first Youth ODI of the series, took man Upul chat with me and said the only wicket to fall. He had opener Tharanga that what they Daniel Bell-Drummond caught behind hit an SCOREBOARD expect from me is by Lasith Abeyratne for seven. unbeaten hun- to, if I get a Put in to bat first, opener Jayasuriya dred to help Sri West Indies Innings K. Sangakkara c Gayle b Dwayne Bravo 20 start, to C. Gayle c Samaraweera b Muralitharan 28 M. Jayawardene not out 48 scored his third consecutive half centu- A. Barath lbw b Kulasekara 12 Extras: (3lb, 16w) 19 ry after posting a 55-run stand with Darren Bravo lbw b Malinga 39 TOTAL: (for two wickets) 199 Ramith Rambukwella for the first wick- R. Sarwan run out 21 Overs: 42.3. et helping Sri Lanka to post 150 runs in Dwayne Bravo b Herath 39 Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-102. 20 overs. K. Pollard b Malinga 4 Did not bat: Thilan Samaraweera, While Rambukwella hit four fours in C. Baugh not out 28 Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, his 24-ball 27 runs, Jayasuriya cracked D. Sammy run out 4 Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, five fours and a massive six in his 60 Upul Tharanga plays a shot during the second one-day international cricket match N. Miller c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 0 Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan which came in 43 balls. against West Indies in Colombo, Thursday, Feb. 3. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) R. Rampaul b Malinga 1 Bowling: Rampaul 7-0-27-1 (2w), Roach 8- Jayasuriya was also involved in a 52- K. Roach b Kulasekara 9 0-29-0 (7w), Sammy 9-0-42-0 (2w), Gayle 4- run partnership for the third wicket with Yasodha Lanka, who was the third Lanka win inside 43 overs. Extras: (1b, 8lb, 9w) 18 0-18-0 (1w), Dwayne Bravo 5-0-29-1, Miller bat 40 to 45 overs. They said they would be highest scorer of the innings with 19 After Tillekeratne Dilshan departed TOTAL: (all out) 203 6.3-0-33-0 (3w), Pollard 3-0-18-0 (1w) happy if I get 80 or 90 runs by that stage and runs. early for 11, Tharanga added 80 runs for the Overs: 50. Toss: Won by Sri Lanka that’s what I am trying to do,” he said. After top-order sizzled, the late-order second wicket with Kumar Sangakkara (20) Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-45, 3-94, 4-132, 5- Result: Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Overcast conditions threatened to dis- batsmen collapsed quickly during the and an unbroken 97 for the third wicket 138, 6-175, 7-187, 8-187, 9-192, 10-203. under D/L Method rupt Sri Lanka’s innings and, during the dying stages of the innings, against with Mahela Jayawardene, who made less Bowling: Malinga 10-0-30-3 (2w), Series: Sri Lanka leads three-match run chase, play was held up for a while due some tight fielding. Pacemen Matt Dunn than run-a-ball 48. Kulasekara 10-1-42-2 (1w), Mathews 4-0-20- series 1-0 to rain. Tharanga admitted that the Sri and Lewis Gregory shared three wickets “Why we play this series is to warm up 0, Muralitharan 10-2-42-2 (4w), Dilshan 7- Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lankans had one eye on the required runs apiece. for the World Cup. I am pretty pleased about 0-27-0 (1w), Herath 9-1-33-1 (1w) Lanka and Bruce Oxenford, Australia. according to the Duckworth/Lewis Method The fifth and the final Youth ODI is getting into form. We didn’t get a chance to TV Umpire: Ranmore Martinez, Sri during their reply.Sri Lanka had to be 55 scheduled to be played at Moors bat in the first game and the way this game Sri Lanka Innings Lanka. for the loss of one wicket at the end of 20 U. Tharanga not out 101 Match Referee: Andy Pycroft, Grounds on Saturday. was going, I had a feeling that we wouldn’t overs had the Duckworth/Lewis Method get a chance to bat again. But thankfully the T. Dilshan c Baugh b Rampaul 11 Zimbabwe. come into play. SCOREBOARD weather cleared and it’s good to finish off “There were slight drizzles and we had Sri Lanka Under-19 innings Shehan Jayasuriya lbw b Gregory 60 Ramith Rambukwella ct Dunn b Gregory 27 Bhanuka Rajapaksha bowled b Parsons 06 Yasodha Lanka ct Bell-Drummond b A. Ball 19 Introducing World Cup teams (3) Chathuranga Kumara ct Milnes b Gregory 03 Dananjaya de Silva b Dunn 12 Lasith Abeyratne ct Salter b Dunn 01 Amila Aponsu not out 04 Canada in fourth World Cup Sanitha de Mel run out (Dunn) 00 Akila Jayasundara run out (Ball) 01 BY REX CLEMENTINE wicket-keeper Pubudu Dassanayake, while runs in nine Saranga Rajaguru ct Milnes b Dunn 00 Chandika Haturusinghe, innings. He’s Extras (2b, 15w) 17 Canada are one of the ICC Associate who was part of the Sri Lankan also the high- Total (all out) 150 Members to qualify for this year’s ICC coaching set up has joined est wicket Overs: 19.5 Cricket World Cup, along with Ireland, the team as the Assistant taker for them Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-74, 3-126, 4- Netherlands and Kenya. They finished the Coach. with 12 wick- 130, 5-130, 6-132, 7-148, 8-148, 9- 2009 Qualifying Tournament as runners-up. Top order batsman ets at 26:14. 150 This will be Canada’s fourth World Cup Ruvindu Gunasekara is a 19- Against Bowling: M. Dunn 3.5-0-28-3(3w). A. appearance, having qualified for the 1979 year-old who represent- Sri Lanka Ball 4-0-29-1(1w), L. Gregory 4-0-35- tournament in England, the ed Prince of Wales Canada’s 3(4w), J. Parsons 4-0-23-1, A. Salter 2003 edition in College, Moratuwa and only World Cup 2-0-21-0(2w), T. Milnes 2 0-12-0 South Africa and St. Peter’s College, encounter England Under-19s innings the last tournament Bambalapitiya in inter- against Sri (D/L target of 152 in 20 overs) in the West Indies. school cricket. He repre- Lanka was in the Daniel Bell-Drummond ct Abeyratne b Kumara 07 They are pooled sented Canada in the 2003 tournament, Adam Rossington not out 21 in Group ‘A’ along- Under-19 World Cup last where they were Davison, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Parth Desai, Lewis Gregory not out 10 side Australia, year. shot out for 36 runs Ashish Bagai Karl Whatham, Khurram Chohan, Jimmy Extras (1b, 2w) 03 Pakistan, New Records in Paarl. That’s the Hansra, Zubin Surkari and Balaji Rao. Total (for 1 wicket) 41 Zealand, Sri Lanka, Canada’s only lowest total in World Cup history and the Overs: 07 Zimbabwe and Kenya.