Cariah (110 not out) steers Windies to a four-wicket win
West Indies batsman Yannic Cariah scored a magnificent unbeaten
century to guide his side to a thrilling four wickets victory over Sri
Lanka in a high-scoring third/fourth position play-off match in the ICC
U-19 Cricket World Cup 2010 at Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
yesterday.
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Denuwan Rajakaruna (94) top scorer for Sri Lanka. Getty
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The 17-year-old left-hander deservedly took the man-of-the-match
award for his match-winning knock of 110 that came off 127 balls as the
West Indies achieved the victory target of 292 runs for the loss of six
wickets with nine balls to spare.
Cariah, who walked on to the pitch in the third over after the West
Indies had lost both its openers with the scoreboard reading six runs,
struck six fours and three sixes in an intelligent and well-paced knock
that kept his side constantly in touch with the run-rate.
The West Indies� confident run-chase was all the more remarkable
given the disastrous start it got when Sri Lanka captain and opening
bowler Chathura Peiris sent back openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Trevon
Griffith in a space of six balls to finish as the pick of the bowlers
with 3-38.
Cariah settled in and featured in three crucial partnerships that led
to a comfortable victory in the end.
Cariah first combined in a third wicket partnership of 120 runs off
111 balls with John Campbell who belted six fours and four sixes in a
70-ball 77.
After the departure of Campbell at the total of 127, Cariah was
joined by Shane Dowrich (33) and the two added 49 runs for the fourth
wicket to take the score 175 before Cariah and Jermaine Blackwood (41)
put on 92 runs from 87 balls for the sixth wicket to put their side
within 12 runs of victory.
Earlier, Sri Lanka had started the day magnificently after being put
in to bat, as the opening pair of Udara Jayasundera and Denuwan
Rajakaruna saw off the new ball and survived a belligerent spell of
bowling from two metre-tall fast bowler Jason Holder. Christchurch,
Friday
SRI LANKA UNDER-19
DDM Rajakaruna b Bolan 94
MDUS Jayasundera run out (Brathwaite) 77
MD Gunathilleke c & b Cariah 6
PBB Rajapaksa not out 43
MLR Buddika c Blackwood b Bolan 34
WMC Jayampathi st Dowrich b Campbell 1
MAP Fernando b Holder 10
KPCM Peiris not out 12
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-11) 14
TOTAL(6 wickets; 50 overs) 291
Did not bat: KDK Vithanage, MR Jaleel, SN Rajaguru
FALL OF WICKETS 1-174 (Jayasundera), 2-184 (Gunathi-lleke), 3-195 (Rajakaruna), 4-242 (Buddika),
5-247 (Jayampathi), 6-272 (Fernando,)
BOWLING: JO Holder 10-1-48-1, A Bolan 10-0-74-2, K Joseph 4-0-22-0, J Warrican 6-0-36-0,
JD Campbell 7-0-51-1, Y Cariah 9-0-34-1, Y Ottley 4-0-23-0
WEST INDIES UNDER-19
KC Brathwaite lbw b Peiris 0
T Griffith b Peiris 1
JD Campbell c Rajakaruna b Gunathilleke 77
Y Cariah not out 110
SO Dowrich c Gunathilleke b Rajaguru 33
Y Ottley lbw b Rajaguru 6
J Blackwood c Jaleel b Peiris 41
JO Holder not out 7
EXTRAS:(LB-5, W-10, NB-4) 19
TOTAL: (6 wickets; 48.3 overs) 294
Did not bat: J Warrican, NA Bolan, K Joseph
FALL OF WICKETS 1-0 (Brathwaite), 2-6 (Griffith ), 3-126 (Campbell), 4-175 (Dowrich), 5-187 (Ottley), 6-279 (Blackwood )
BOWLING: KPCM Peiris 9.3-2-38-3, wMC Jayampathi 8-0-55-0, PBB Rajapaksa 3-0-23-0, MR Jaleel 6-0-45-0,
MLR Buddika 7-0-34-0, MD Gunathilleke 4-0-34-1, SN Rajaguru 10-0-41-2, MDUS Jayasundera 1-0-19-0 |
