Sri Lanka U19 294 for six (Perera 58, Shanmuganathan 57, Abeywickramasingha 52) beat England U19 229 (Thain 58, Benkenstein 51) by 65 runs
Benkenstein was the extra flamboyant, hitting two sixes in his 50-ball 51, however Thain anchored the innings with six fours in his 58 from 69 balls.
Nonetheless, when Thain and his captain departed eight balls aside after a 16-over stand, it left England going through an uphill process in chasing down 295 to win in 50 overs. They fell effectively brief with 27 balls unused.
Set to attain at simply shy of six an over, England had been up with the speed after six overs after they misplaced their openers within the area of six balls to Sri Lanka’s off-spinner pair of Vihas Thewmika and Thisara Ekanayake. Freddie McCann was bowled by one which saved low and Keshana Fonseka, who had pushed sweetly for 5 fours in his 25, chipped to brief third man.
Charlie Allison had been taking part in second fiddle to his Essex team-mate, Noah Thain, and tried to treatment it by hitting Thisara straight out of the bottom and was caught on the boundary for eight from 20 balls.
The second all-Essex partnership proved extra productive with Benkenstein launched sixes over midwicket and long-off, adopted by a basic cowl drive for 4. Benkenstein went for an additional huge heave two ball after reaching his half-century and was caught on the midwicket boundary off Hivin Kenula.
Rocky Flintoff bats on his England Beneath-19 debut•Getty Photographs
Praveen Maneesha then ripped the center out of England’s batting within the area of seven deliveries when he had Thain taking part in round one and Haydon Mustard late on one other.
Middlesex’s Cornwall claimed 3 for 54 on his ODI debut together with dismissing the Sri Lankan openers in an over after England had gained the toss and put the guests in in a green-tinged wicket of variable bounce.
Pulindu Perera had hooked fellow tempo bowler Harry Moore over the wicketkeeper’s head for six within the earlier over, however fell edging an inswinger to first slip. Thisara adopted, violently pulling Cornwell to brief nice leg.
Thain claimed the third Sri Lankan scalp when Gayana Weerasinghe hooked into deep sq. leg’s fingers and England had been within the ascendency.
Dinura led the counter-offensive, nevertheless, contributing 34 of the primary fifty in a fourth-wicket stand value 73 with Sharujan together with lofting McCann over midwicket for six. However he departed one in need of a half-century, taking part in down the incorrect line to be lbw to Benkenstein.
Sharujan had been extra tortoise to Dinura’s hare, however scampered the one that took him to a 64-ball fifty. Nonetheless, he fell seven runs later when sweeping the parsimonious off-spinner Farhan Ahmed to brief nice leg after serving to Mahith add 67 for the fifth wicket.
Mahith and Diniru placed on within the final 10 over with Mahith nudging Cornwell for the one that took him to his fifty from 55 balls. Diniru slapped Moore over sq. leg for a second most earlier than reaching his personal half-century from simply 34 balls. He turned Cornwell’s third sufferer when bowled off the penultimate ball of the innings.
