Australia U19s drew first blood in the three-match youth ODI series beating Sri Lanka U19s by 7 wickets in the first match at P. Sara Oval Grounds on Thursday.
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Two left-handers from both teams notched up centuries. But, it was Australia’s Sam Fenning’s quick-fire 94-ball 108 which helped the visitors to chase down 263 with 13 balls to spare. Earlier, Sri Lanka on the back of Kamil Mishara’s century put up a decent score.
After opting to bat first, the home team got off to a solid start. The left-handed opening duo of Navod Paranavithana and Mishara added 126 runs for the first wicket before the former was stumped for 45.
After one-drop batsman Mohammed Shamaz fell cheaply, Mishara found an able batting partner in skipper Nipun Dananjaya as they went onto add a vital 98-run stand to put Sri Lanka in a strong position to launch in the final overs.
Mishara fell in the 46th over, while Dananjaya departed in the penultimate over of the innings. Mishara struck 12 fours and 3 sixes during his fine 123 which came off 157 balls.
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Dananjaya played rapidly to score at a strike rate of 106.81 and managed seven fours during his 44-ball 47.
None of the lower middle order batsmen made hefty contributions as the visitors’ bowlers made a late comeback to restrict the hosts’ final surge.
Fenning, playing his maiden youth ODI along with Corey Hunter raced to 114 before the 20-over mark to lay a perfect platform in their run-chase.
Fenning, was aggressive against the Lankan spin-attack and gave no chance for them to settle on a belter of a surface. He slammed 14 boundaries and 2 sixes as Australia coasted to victory in the 48th over to take a 1-0 lead.
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After Fenning’s dismissal, Oliver Davies made sure Australia do not run into any major hiccups scoring an unbeaten half-century.
The second youth ODI between the two teams will be played on 5th January at the same venue.
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Full Scorecard
Sri Lanka U19
262/6 & 0/0
(0 overs)
Result
Australia U19
263/3 & 0/0
(0 overs)
AUS U19 won by 7 wickets
Sri Lanka U19’s 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navod Paranavithana | st Holt b Freeman | 45 | 78 | |||
| Kamil Mishara | c Oates b Evans | 123 | 157 | |||
| Mohomed Shamaz | c Sutherland b Sangha | 3 | 4 | |||
| Nipun Dananjaya | c Willans b Kann | 47 | 44 | |||
| Avishka Tharindu | c Holt b Evans | 12 | 11 | |||
| Chamindu Wijesinghe | c Evans b Kann | 2 | 3 | |||
| Sonal Dinusha | not out | 2 | 2 | |||
| Raveen de Silva | not out | 5 | 2 | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Willans | 10 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Z Evans | 8 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 6.63 |
| J Kann | 6 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 4.50 |
| JA Freeman | 10 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 |
| O Davies | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4.75 |
| T Sangha | 8 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 5.75 |
Australia U19’s 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Hunter | b R Sanjaya | 47 | 63 | |||
| Sam Fanning | c A Tharindu b R de Silva | 108 | 94 | |||
| Keegan Oates | c & b N Paranavithana | 29 | 54 | |||
| Oliver Davies | not out | 50 | 44 | |||
| Will Sutherland | not out | 25 | 32 | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamindu Wijesinghe | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Dilshan Madushanka | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4.83 |
| Ashan Daniel | 9 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 5.78 |
| Rohan Sanjaya | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Raveen de Silva | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 5.80 |
| Navod Paranavithana | 7.5 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 5.33 |