Sri Lanka U19s registered a 9-wicket win over newbies Japan U19 in their last group game of the tournament, finishing 3rd behind India and New Zealand in Group A. The game was played at North-West University No1 Ground in Potchefstroom.
Sri Lanka were initially threatened of a wash-out which could have resulted in them finishing 4th in the group behind Japan (Japan earned a point in their wash-out against New Zealand). However, the defending plate champs of the tournament and one-time runner-up Sri Lanka were given a chance to end the group stage with some points to their name with a 22-over game.
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Sri Lanka played their Mohammad Shamaaz and Chamindu Wijesinghe in place of Kamil Mishara and Thaveesha Abhishek, making sure all 15 members of their squad got a game before the knockouts for the plate began, dominating the game from the very first ball. Dilshan Madushanka started off with a wicket and the rest were bundled out within 18.3 overs.
Japan managed to score 1 run more than what they scored against India, making this their highest total of the tournament despite none of their batsmen being able to reach double figures. Wickets were evenly divided among the Lankan bowlers, while leg-spinner Kavindu Nadeeshan was the only bowler who went wicket-less.
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With the run-chase expected to see no wickets, Sri Lanka’s Navod Paranavithana fell as Japan’s 3rd wicket of the tournament (They picked 2 against New Zealand). Ravindu de Silva then walked in and made sure no more wickets fell, while chasing down the target in 8.3 overs along with Shamaaz.
Sri Lanka will now be facing another minnow in Nigeria as the two teams meet each other in the 1st Plate Quarter-Final on the 27th January in Potchefstroom.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Thurgate | b Dilshan Madusanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Shu Noguchi | b Dilum Sudheera | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Neel Date | b Dilshan Madusanka | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Debashish Sahoo | b Dilum Sudheera | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Kazumasa Takahashi | lbw b Ashian Daniel | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Ishaan Fartyal | run out (Chamindu Wijesinghe) | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Ashley Thurgate | c Ahan Wicrkamasinghe b Ashian Daniel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kento Dobell | c Chamindu Wijesinghe b Navod Paranavithana | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36.84 |
| Max Clements | b Navod Paranavithana | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Yugandhar Retharekar | not out | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sora Ichiki | run out (Navod Paranavithana) | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Extras | 2 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 43/10 (18.3 Overs, RR: 2.32) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-0 (0.1) Marcus Thurgate, 2-11 (2.5) Neel Date, 3-15 (3.5) Shu Noguchi, 4-25 (7.5) Debashish Sahoo, 5-25 (8.1) Kazumasa Takahashi, 6-25 (8.2) Ashley Thurgate, 7-32 (10.4) Ishaan Fartyal, 8-41 (14.4) Kento Dobell, 9-42 (16.3) Max Clements, 10-43 (18.3) Sora Ichiki, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dilshan Madusanka | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4.00 | |
| Dilum Sudheera | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2.60 | |
| Ashian Daniel | 5 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2.20 | |
| Kavindu Nadeeshan | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.67 | |
| Navod Paranavithana | 2.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.87 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navod Paranavithana | b Kento Dobell | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 128.57 |
| Mohammad Samaaz | not out | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 35.00 |
| Ravindu De Silva | not out | 19 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 76.00 |
| Extras | 12 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 1, w 10, pen 0) |
| Total | 47/1 (8.3 Overs, RR: 5.53) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-9 (1.1) Navod Paranavithana, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugandhar Retharekar | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | |
| Kento Dobell | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5.00 | |
| Max Clements | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| Sora Ichiki | 1.3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5.38 | |
| Ashley Thurgate | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | |
