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Sri Lanka close in on series win despite Johnson’s ton

West Indies U19 tour of Sri Lanka 2023

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West Indies U19 tour of Sri Lanka 2023

Jordan Johnson smashes his second Youth Test century to delay Sri Lanka’s series win after the home side claimed 8 wickets of the visitors’ second innings on the second day of the 2nd Youth Test between the sides played today (13th September) at Dambulla International Cricket Stadium.

Sri Lanka resumed day two in a strong position with a score of 191/4 on the board but had a shaky start in the morning session, losing 3 quick wickets for 42 runs, including the overnight batters Dinura Kalupahana (33) and Sharujan Shanmuganathan (36).

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However, Sri Lankan tail-enders didn’t give up as Malsha Tharupathi and Vihas Thewmika built a quick-fire 81-run stand for the 8th wicket to rejuvenate the innings. Tharupathi came up with a batting assault, scoring 70 runs off 49 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes to put the opposition on the back foot.

Sri Lanka’s No. 9 batter Thewmika, also contributed with a useful 31 runs as Sri Lanka posted 326 runs for their first innings. Nathan Sealy was the pick of the bowlers for West Indies as he grabbed 4 wickets for 82 runs.

West Indies began their second innings 199 runs behind, and once again, Jordan Johnson had to play a lone warrior act with the bat for the visitors as the rest of the batters had no answers to Sri Lanka’s disciplined bowling effort.

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Johnson, who made a century in the last game, went on to score another brilliant ton as the visitors posted 251/8 at the end of the second day’s play with just a 52-run lead. The off-spinner Vihas Thewmika continued to impress with the ball, scalping 3 more wickets after claiming a five-fer in the first innings.

Result


Sri Lanka U19
326/10 (77.5) & 81/3 (18.4)

West Indies U19
127/10 (36.4) & 277/10 (68.5)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Stephan Pascal lbw b Vihas Thewmika 28 69 4 0 40.58
Steve Wedderburn c Pulindu Perera b Vihas Thewmika 24 45 3 0 53.33
Joshua Dorne run out (Sharujan Shanmuganathan) 3 10 0 0 30.00
Jordan Johnson c Pulindu Perera b Vihas Thewmika 52 49 6 2 106.12
Mavendra Dindyal c Sineth Jayawardena b Kaveesha Piyumal 0 12 0 0 0.00
Devonie Joseph st Sharujan Shanmuganathan b Vihas Thewmika 0 2 0 0 0.00
Nathan Sealy lbw b Malsha Tharupathi 2 9 0 0 22.22
Tarrique Edward c Sineth Jayawardena b Vihas Thewmika 0 6 0 0 0.00
Isai Thorne lbw b Malsha Tharupathi 1 16 0 0 6.25
Deshawn James c Rusanda Gamage b Malsha Tharupathi 0 1 0 0 0.00
Tamarie Redwood not out 0 1 0 0 0.00


Extras 17 (b 8 , lb 9 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0)
Total 127/10 (36.4 Overs, RR: 3.46)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Ruvishan Perera 5 3 9 0 1.80
Dinura Kalupahana 2 0 10 0 5.00
Kaveesha Piyumal 13 3 32 1 2.46
Vihas Thewmika 11.4 1 43 5 3.77
Malsha Tharupathi 5 1 16 3 3.20
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Pulindu Perera run out (Devonie Joseph) 41 47 6 1 87.23
Sineth Jayawardena c Nathan Sealy b Deshawn James 0 8 0 0 0.00
Ravindu De Silva c Nathan Sealy b Isai Thorne 43 77 5 1 55.84
Rusanda Gamage lbw b Nathan Sealy 58 52 10 0 111.54
Dinura Kalupahana lbw b Nathan Edward 33 74 1 0 44.59
Sharujan Shanmuganathan lbw b Nathan Edward 36 105 2 0 34.29
Diniru Abeywickramasinghe c Devonie Joseph b Isai Thorne 1 4 0 0 25.00
Malsha Tharupathi c Nathan Edward b Nathan Sealy 70 49 6 4 142.86
Vihas Thewmika not out 31 38 3 0 81.58
Kaveesha Piyumal b Nathan Sealy 1 4 0 0 25.00
Ruvishan Perera lbw b Nathan Sealy 6 10 1 0 60.00


Extras 6 (b 1 , lb 4 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0)
Total 326/10 (77.5 Overs, RR: 4.19)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Isai Thorne 20 3 64 2 3.20
Deshawn James 10 2 39 1 3.90
Tarrique Edward 17 2 75 2 4.41
Nathan Sealy 20.5 1 82 4 4.00
Tamarie Redwood 8 1 53 0 6.62
Mavendra Dindyal 1 0 5 0 5.00
Jordan Johnson 1 0 3 0 3.00
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Stephan Pascal c Sharujan Shanmuganathan b Kaveesha Piyumal 25 30 4 0 83.33
Steve Wedderburn c Sineth Jayawardena b Vihas Thewmika 37 84 4 1 44.05
Jordan Johnson not out 157 163 20 1 96.32
Mavendra Dindyal c Sharujan Shanmuganathan b Ruvishan Perera 15 39 1 0 38.46
Devonie Joseph c & b Vihas Thewmika 16 18 3 0 88.89
Joshua Dorne lbw b Malsha Tharupathi 16 35 2 0 45.71
Nathan Sealy c & b Vihas Thewmika 1 7 0 0 14.29
Tarrique Edward c Sharujan Shanmuganathan b Malsha Tharupathi 0 5 0 0 0.00
Isai Thorne lbw b Kaveesha Piyumal 1 9 0 0 11.11
Tamarie Redwood run out (Sharujan Shanmuganathan) 2 22 0 0 9.09
Deshawn James run out (Sharujan Shanmuganathan) 0 2 0 0 0.00


Extras 7 (b 0 , lb 6 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0)
Total 277/10 (68.5 Overs, RR: 4.02)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Kaveesha Piyumal 16 5 57 2 3.56
Vihas Thewmika 21.5 2 63 3 2.93
Sineth Jayawardena 8 1 31 0 3.88
Dinura Kalupahana 2 0 26 0 13.00
Malsha Tharupathi 12 2 51 2 4.25
Ruvishan Perera 9 0 43 1 4.78


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Pulindu Perera run out (Nathan Sealy) 3 11 0 0 27.27
Sineth Jayawardena c Nathan Sealy b Isai Thorne 30 14 5 1 214.29
Malsha Tharupathi c Isai Thorne b Nathan Edward 2 7 0 0 28.57
Rusanda Gamage not out 21 43 3 0 48.84
Ruvishan Perera not out 17 37 1 0 45.95


Extras 8 (b 8 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0)
Total 81/3 (18.4 Overs, RR: 4.34)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Isai Thorne 6 1 29 1 4.83
Deshawn James 1 0 14 0 14.00
Tarrique Edward 6.4 0 16 1 2.50
Nathan Sealy 5 1 14 0 2.80