Lanakn Juniors blast Hong Kong attack
Sri Lanka put up a powerful batting performance to score over 300
runs and beat Hong Kong by 88 runs in their opening warm up match of the
International Cricket Council (ICC) Under 19 World Cup cricket
tournament which commenced in New Zealand yesterday.
Two Sri Lankans scored centuries as the side ruthlessly dispatched
Hong Kong by a convincing margin at Hagley Park, Sri Lanka put in a
tremendous batting performance while posting a huge 314 for 1 after they
had won the toss and elected to bat first.
The openers Udara Jayasundera and wicket keeper batsman Andri
Berenger both scored centuries before retiring. Udara’s kncok of 102
came off 112 balls while the more cautious Andri took 127 balls for his
contribution of 113 runs.
Hong Kong was never in the running to chase down Sri Lanka’s mammoth
total despite a dogged fight. Senior Hong Kong international Irfan Ahmad
and Auckland-based 15-year old Mark Chapman put on 43 for the fifth
wicket, and Chapman was 69 not out at the finish.
SRI LANKA
U Jayasundera retired out 101
A Berenger retired out 113
B Rajapaksa b Irfan Ahmed 40
R Buddika not out 28
K Vithanage not out 2
Extras (b 7, lb 2, w 16, nb 4) 29
TOTAL (3 wickets; 50 overs) 313
Fall of wickets: 1-223, 2-223, 3-308
Bowling: Aizaz Khan 8-0-56-0, Niaz Ali 9-0-69-0, Irfan Ahmed 8-0-38-1, MC Tucker 4.1-0-17-0,
Aditya Kanthan 4.5-0-20-0, Shakeel Haq 5-0-20-0, Nizakat Khan 3-0-23-0, MS Chapman 3-0-35-0, AC Smith 5-0-26-0,
HONG KONG
Shakeel Haq c Berenger b Peiris 1
VVV Gope c Berenger b Peiris 0
JJ Atkinson b Peiris 22
Irfan Ahmed c Jayaratne b Jaleel 55
Nizakat Khan lbw b Rajaguru 21
MS Chapman not out 69
Waqas Barkat b Jayampathi 16
AC Smith b Jayasundera 12
MC Tucker b Rajaguru 1
Aizaz Khan c Fernando b Rajaguru 0
Ashish Gadhia lbw b Rajaguru 1
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 19, nb 3) 28
TOTAL (all out; 48.2 overs) 226
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-20, 3-33, 4-82, 5-125, 6-146, 7-208, 8-216, 9-216,
Bowling: C Peiris 8-1-24-3, M Jayaratne 6-1-22-0, B Rajapaksa 3-0-8-0,
S Rajaguru 8.2-0-43-4, M Gunathilleke 6-0-20-0, R Jaleel 7-0-49-1, C Jayampathi 6-0-23-1, U Jayasundera 4-0-31-1 |
