ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – An unbeaten last wicket partnership between Sonal Dinusha and Amshi de Silva propelled Sri Lanka to a nail biting one-wicket victory over West Indies in day three action of Rising Stars U19 Tri-Series.
On another difficult batting wicket, Sri Lanka sent West Indies into bat after winning the toss and immediately their bowlers made life difficult for the host.
West Indies plummeted to 67/7 in the 34th over, with new ball bowler Amshi de Silva (6-1-18-3) and leg-spinner Kavindu Nadeeshan (10-1-20-4) being the bowling architects of this batting demise.
Kelvon Anderson (43) alongside useful cameos from lower-order batsmen Ashmead Nedd (21) and Jayden Seales (23), resisted and enabled West Indies to stretch the inning to the final over.
For the third game in a row West Indies bowlers stepped up to the mantle. Led by left-arm quick Ramon Simmonds (8-1-31-3) impressing with his pace and bounce, they fought back bravely as Sri Lanka collapsed to 101 for 9.
However Ashmi de Silva (10) coming off his efforts with the ball joined Sonal Dinusha (46) and their pairs unbeaten last-wicket stand denied the West Indies.
“We believe our bowling unit is one of the areas that is firing for us. We said to them (the bowlers) the wicket is not easy to score on, so once we hit good areas and put our shoulders to the throttle we could have brought this game home”, said West Indies U19 bowling coach Kenny Benjamin.
“When we look back at game the extra wide deliveries that were given away and not being able to score another 20-25 runs are areas we all have to improve on.”
Scores:
West Indies U19: 137/9 (50) (Kevlon Anderson 43, Jayden Seales 23, Ashmead Nedd 21 n.o., Kirk McKenzie 16, Amshi De Silva 3/18, Kavindu Nadeeshan 4/20, Ashen Daniel 1/24, Sonal Dinusha 1/21)
Sri Lanka U19: 138/9 (40.1) (Ahan Wickramasinghe 13, Nipun Dhananjaya 31, Sonal Dinusha 46 n.o., Amshi De Silva 10 n.o., Ramon Simmons 3/31, Jayden Seales 2/23, Nyeem Young 2/37).
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