Lanka meet B'desh in u-19 final

Sri Lanka recorded two good victories against England and Bangladesh in the Tri Nation U-19 cricket championship now in progress in Bangladesh with these two victories Sri Lanka qudified to play in the final today against Bangladesh.

Sri Lanka defeated England by two wickets and beat Bangladesh by 14 runs.

Sri Lanka beat England by 2 wickets.

England - 286 for 5 in 50 overs.

(V. Chopra - 98, R. Woodman - 79 Not out, S. Karunanayake - 2 for 52).

Sri Lanka - 288 for 8 in 49.4 overs

(D. Karunaratne - 75, Hans Fernando - 70, A. Mathews - 31, D. Cooray - 24, M. Brown - 4 for 36, H. Waters - 3 for 49).

Sri Lanka 240 for 8 in 50 overs

(Sameera Soysa - 48, S. Serasinghe - 45, Prabudha Perera - 38 n.o., M. Pushpakumara - 29 n.o., M. Hossain - 3 for 42).

Bangladesh Under 19 - 226 all out

(Tamil Iqbal - 55, Sakib Hasan - 77, A. Mathews - 2 for 35, M. Pushpakumara - 4 for 39).