England Under 19 secure series

OLD TRAFFORD, Friday

Stuart Broad was again to the fore as England Under 19 sealed a 2-0 series win over Sri Lanka Under 19 with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory at Old Trafford. Broad and Tom Smith tore through Sri Lanka's top order on a lively pitch, reducing them to 59 for 9, and only a defiant 58 from Shalika Karunanayake, the No. 10, boosted the total past three figures.

Broad removed the top three batsmen before Smith, a Lancashire seamer, ran through the middle order in front of his home crowd. England's slip cordon was kept busy while Broad also held onto a sharp return catch to dismiss Chatura Herath. At 59 for 9 a swift conclusion was on the cards but England were held up by some unexpected resistance.

Karunanayake produced a range of shots which belied his lowly position in the order and found an able partner in Chathupama Gunasinghe, who stayed with him for an hour. The pair added 70 before Karunanayake was caught off Nicholas James. Broad finished with 4 for 29 and Smith 3 for 19.

Although England lost Joe Denly early in their chase Varun Chopra stroked a stylish 69, with 11 boundaries, to guide them home with few alarms. The second one-day match was washed out by rain. The teams now move onto a three match Test series, which begins at Shenley on Wednesday.

SRI LANKA UNDER-19S INNINGS
  
R.S.S.S. de Zoysa c Davies b Broad 		 0   
S.C. Serasinghe b Broad 			 12 
P.D.M.A. Cooray c Chopra b Broad 		 2 
T.L.T. Peiris lbw b Smith 			  1 
H.P.G. Perera c Mullaney b Smith 		  0
A.D. Mathews c Davies b Smith 			  0
A.D. Siriwardene c Chopra b Harmison 		  3
H.M.C.U. Herath c & b Broad 			  4
S.S. Pathirana c Chopra b Harmison 		 11
K.P.S.P. Karunanayake c Ali b James 		 58
C. Gunasinghe not out 				 13
Extras (b 4, lb 10, w 9, nb 2) 			 25
TOTAL (all out, 36 overs) 			129

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-5, 2-20, 3-24, 4-24, 5-24, 6-24,
                 7-36, 8-47, 9-59, 10-129.
BOWLING: Smith10-4-19-3 (1nb), Broad 9-1-29-4 (4w), 
         Harmison 7-0-28-2 (4w), Miller 5-1-27-0 (1nb), 
         Ali 2-0-3-0 (1w), James 2-0-6-1, 
         Mullaney 1-0-3-0.

ENGLAND UNDER-19S

V. Chopra not out 				 69
J.L. Denly  b Karunanayake 			  6
S.M. Davies lbw b Serasinghe 			 31
B.W. Harmison run out 				 15
K.J. Latouf not out 				  2
Extras (w 6, nb 1) 				  7
TOTAL (3 wickets, 30.5 overs) 			130

DID NOT BAT: M.M. Ali, N.A. James, S.J. Mullaney, 
             S.C.J. Broad, T.C.P. Smith, A.S. Miller.
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-23, 2-84, 3-126. 
BOWLING: Mathews 6-1-25-0 (1nb), Karunanayake 8-2-38-1, (3w) 
         Gunasinghe 3-0-11-0 (1w), Serasinghe 6-0-16-1 (1w),
         Pathirana 6-0-28-0, Perera 1-0-9-0 (1w), 
         Cooray 0.5-0-3-0.