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
| 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 | |
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