BASSETERRE [Saint Kitts]: Dunith Wellalage was once again the star for Sri Lanka as he took a 5-fer and scored 52 to guideline his aspect to a 4-wicket victory above Australia in the ICC Beneath 19 Men’s Globe Cup.
The Lions arrived out on prime in the tussle among the two unbeaten groups in Group D, with no Australian equipped to match Wellalage in Basseterre.
In the course of the match, Australia struggled to develop partnerships obtaining been place in to bat by Sri Lanka, their greatest stand coming between Campbell Kellaway and Nivethan Radhakrishnan as they put on 46 for the fourth wicket.
Kellaway was Australia’s top rated scorer with 54 runs from 77 balls as the a few-time champions slumped to 175 all out off the final ball of their innings.
The previous a few wickets fell for 8 operates as Wellalage created his 2nd double-wicket above of the match, as he also claimed his next 5-fer of the World Cup.
This time the slow still left-armer went for 1 additional run than versus Scotland to return figures of 5 for 28, which sees him five clear in the early race to major the wicket standings.
In reply, Sri Lanka held earlier mentioned the expected run rate but were being constantly pegged again by the Australian quicks.
Tom Whitney and William Salzmann took Sri Lanka’s second and 3rd wickets in the house of three balls to decrease them to 41 for a few in their chase of 176.
Wellalage yet again helped to regular the ship, this time with bat in hand, putting on a 70-run partnership with Anjala Bandara, just before Bandara was dismissed sending an exterior edge into the hands of wicketkeeper Tobias Snell.
Sri Lanka’s captain continued on to his 50 %-century, coming off 69 balls and that includes 4 fours and a single six.
With the Lions necessitating just five runs, it appeared that Wellalage would steer the team property but he was dismissed caught and bowled by Whitney and it was left to Raveen De Silva to hit the winning operates as Sri Lanka emerged the only unbeaten workforce in Group D.
The Lions arrived out on prime in the tussle among the two unbeaten groups in Group D, with no Australian equipped to match Wellalage in Basseterre.
In the course of the match, Australia struggled to develop partnerships obtaining been place in to bat by Sri Lanka, their greatest stand coming between Campbell Kellaway and Nivethan Radhakrishnan as they put on 46 for the fourth wicket.
Kellaway was Australia’s top rated scorer with 54 runs from 77 balls as the a few-time champions slumped to 175 all out off the final ball of their innings.
The previous a few wickets fell for 8 operates as Wellalage created his 2nd double-wicket above of the match, as he also claimed his next 5-fer of the World Cup.
This time the slow still left-armer went for 1 additional run than versus Scotland to return figures of 5 for 28, which sees him five clear in the early race to major the wicket standings.
In reply, Sri Lanka held earlier mentioned the expected run rate but were being constantly pegged again by the Australian quicks.
Tom Whitney and William Salzmann took Sri Lanka’s second and 3rd wickets in the house of three balls to decrease them to 41 for a few in their chase of 176.
Wellalage yet again helped to regular the ship, this time with bat in hand, putting on a 70-run partnership with Anjala Bandara, just before Bandara was dismissed sending an exterior edge into the hands of wicketkeeper Tobias Snell.
Sri Lanka’s captain continued on to his 50 %-century, coming off 69 balls and that includes 4 fours and a single six.
With the Lions necessitating just five runs, it appeared that Wellalage would steer the team property but he was dismissed caught and bowled by Whitney and it was left to Raveen De Silva to hit the winning operates as Sri Lanka emerged the only unbeaten workforce in Group D.
