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Lankans juniors square series 1-1:
Nimesh bowls Sri Lanka Under-17 to 52-run win over England
by Sajeewa Jayakody
Sri Lanka Under-17 spinner Thilan Nimesh took a five-wicket haul to
restrict touring England Under-17 to 127 as the home team squared the
three-match series 1-1 at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo yesterday.
Nimesh, the Prince of Wales right arm off-spinner took five wickets
for 25 including two maiden overs in his eight over spell.
During the last summer, Nimesh, who toured with the Lankan Under-17
squad, won the player-of-the-series for his outstanding bowling. Nimesh
was well supported by Trinity College spinner Raveen Sayer with a
brilliant economical spell. Sayer gave away just 29 runs in 8.3 overs.
Chasing a 179-run target, England juniors lost their first wicket at
nought. Nalanda College opening bowler Malinga Amarasinghe removed
opener Harry Dearden for nought and right arm paceman conceded only
eight runs in his four-over spell.
Earlier, electing to bat, Sri Lanka Under-17 were dismissed for 179.
Right arm paceman Ben Green bowled a stunning spell removing six Lankan
batsmen. The Somerset seamer ripped through the home team middle order
taking six wikets for 40 runs.
England bowlers conceded 30 wides out of 34 extras under the overcast
conditions at R Premadasa Stadium. The outfield was wet and Lankan
spinners did the rest on a slow wicket.
The thid and final one-day match, will be played at the same venue on
April 21 (Monday).
Scoreboard
Sri Lanka under 17 innings
Charith Asalanka b Taylor 27
Sangeeth Sammuganathan c wk Hosein b Green 34
Kavin Bandara b Green 30
Avishka Fernando c and b Taylor 27
Kamindu Mendis lbw Green 25
Malinga Amarasinghe run out (Green) 11
Wanindu Hasranga ct (wk) Hosein b Green 00
Navindu Nirmal c and b Green 24
Damith Silva c Hosein b Walton 19
Ranveen Sayer c Hosein b Green 04
Thilan Nimesh not out 04
Extras (b1, lb 2, nb 1, w 30) 34
TOTAL (all out; 41.1 overs) 179
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Sammuganathan), 2-22 (Bandara)
3-58 (Asalanka), 4-73 (Fernando)
5-101 (Mendis), 6-101 (Hasaranga)
7-116 (Amarasinghe), 8-170 (Silva)
9-170 (Nirmal), 10-179 (Sayer)
Bowling: Joe Weatherley 4-0-22-0
Simon Walton 6-0-29-1
Aarthur Godsal 6-0-30-0
Ben Green 8.1-1-40-6
Matt Taylor 8-0-25-0
Brad Taylor 9-1-30-2
England under 17 innings
Harry Dearden c Nirmal b Amarasinghe 00
Tom Moores run out (Bandara) 13
Haseed Hameed lbw b Nimesh 34
Aneurin Donald c Silva b Nimesh 05
Harvy Hossein c and b Nimesh 07
Joe Weatherley c Asalanka b Silva 23
Ben Green lbw b Nimesh 00
Simon Walton c Nirmal b Sayer 25
Athur Godsal b Silva 00
Matt Taylor b Nimesh 08
Brad Taylor not out 01
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 8) 11
TOTAL (all out; 39.3 overs) 127
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Dearden), 2-35 (Moores)
3-51 (Donald), 4-62 (Hosein)
5-71 (Hameed), 6-71 (Green)
7-112 (Weatherly), 8-113 (Godsal)
9-125 (M Taylor), 10-127 (Walton)
Bowling: Malinga Amarasinghe 4-1-8-1
Charith Asalanka 9-0-24-0
Damith Silva 8-0-31-2
Wanindu Hasaranga 2-0-7-0
Ravin Sayer 8.3-0-29-1
Thilan Nimesh 8-2-25-5 |
