Sri Lanka under-19 pile up 329

By Ranjan Anandappa

CRICKET: Sri Lanka Under-19 batsmen gave a pleasing display of batting when they reached 329 all out in the last over of the day on the first day in their three day game against the touring Bangladesh Under-19 team at the Colts grounds, Havelock Park yesterday.

Winning the toss and electing to bat opener Lahiru Thirimanne (66) off 123 balls with 9 fours and Srimantha Wijeratne (31) gave a reasonable start putting on 44 runs for the first wicket in 15.1 overs. Thereafter Thirimanne with Ashan Priyanjana (61) added 110 for the second wicket off 144 balls. Priyanjana's innings contained 9 fours after facing 82 balls.

At one stage the Lankans were 248 for 5 with Nizam Mazahir (35) and Roshane Silva (27) engaging themselves in 63 run stand for the fifth wicket. Both Mazahir and Roshane Silva were out in quick succession, but the lower order of skipper Sachith Pathirana, Charith Jayampathy, Thisara Perera and Sameera Weerasinghe rallied around to take the score beyond the 300 run mark.

For the visitors skipper Mahmadul Hasan and Nasir Hossain took three wickets apiece.

SRI LANKA U-19 

Srimantha Wijeratne st. Mithun b Raihan Anas 	31 
Lahiru Thirimanne c M. Hasan b M. Hossain 		66 
Ashan Priyanjana c A. Haq b M. Hasan 		61 
Janith Perera lbw b Kibriya 			12 
Nizam Mazahir c Mithun b. Gosh			35 
Roshane Silva b M. Hasan 			27 
Sachith Pathirana c R. Hossain b U. N. Hossain 	22 
Thisara Perera c Mithun b M. N. Hossain 		21 
Charith Jayampathy c Mithun b M. Hasan 		06 
Sameera Weerasinghe St. Mithun b. Gosh 		31 
P. Y. C. Manohara not out 			00 

Extras (b5, lb3, nb4. w5) 			17 

TOTAL (All out in 92.2 overs) 			329 

FALL OF WICKETS: 44, 154, 175, 185, 248, 248, 291, 291, 305, 329. 
BOWLING: Rubel Hossain 12-0-75-0, Golam Kibriya 10.3-2-22-1, 
	Arful Haq 4-1-10-0, Raihan Anas 20-3-67-1, Taposh Gosh 11.2-1-52-2, 
	Mahmadul Hasan 22-2-73-3, Roney Talukdar 3.3-1-9-0, Nasir Hossain 9-2-13-3.