Nalandian Raveen leads SL under-19 team to England-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Raveen de Silva ( Captain ) and Shevon Daniel (V. captain ) Source:Dailynews All rounder Raveen de Silva of Nalanda College Colombo will lead the Sri Lanka under 19 team for the England tour which will commence on August 14 . The one month duration tour consists of two Youth Test Matches and three Youth ODIs and they will play one and only three day practice game before the four day test match which will commence on August 16. The Sri Lanka team will land in England after making good preparations under the head coach Jehan Mubarak and his supporting staff .The junior selection committee headed by its chairman former National off spinner Ranjith Madurusinghe and his team has selected the best team for this UK tour . The prolific stroke maker and useful leg spinner Raveen de Silva is ...

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Sakuna keeps Sri Lanka Under 19s aloft Source:Island Lumbini College batsman Sakuna Liyanage kept Sri Lanka Under 19s aloft with a valuable knock to help them reach 209 after the top order failed to impress in the opening encounter of the ICC Under 19 World Cup against Scotland in Georgetown Guyana yesterday. Liyanage top scored with 79 runs and anchored the middle and late order batting to rescue the team which was in trouble at one stage. Liyanage needed to launch the rescue act after the otherwise consistent batsmen including Pawan Pathiraja and Ranuda Somaratne were dismissed cheaply after Sri Lanka decided to bat first. ...

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Raveen and Pawan guide SL U19 to series win-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Raveen de Silva (left) and Pawan Pathiraja who put on 111 runs fifth wicket stand making a run. (Pic. courtesy SLC) Source:Dailynews Raveen de Silva made a fine all round performance while Pawan Pathiraja hit superb knock of 60 as Sri Lanka under 19’s recorded a comprehensive 126 runs victory over England under 19’s in their fourth ODI cricket fixture played at SSC grounds yesterday. This win also ensured Sri Lanka’s youth team series win 3-1 lead with one game to spare . The visitors chasing a target of 244 runs were 83 for three wickets in 20.4 overs but their last seven wickets were struggling with just adding 38 runs to be all out in 33.3 overs. The opener George Thomas top scored 40 in 61 balls with five fours back to the pavilion with a run out ...

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Team work key to Lanka Youth team’s success-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Sri Lankan under 19 cricket team pose for a picture after receiving champion trophy to win the series 5-0 Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka under 19 team led by Dunith Wellalage showed fighting spirit and they surprised everyone by not only winning the five-match series at Dambulla but whitewashing Bangladesh under 19 team 5-0, the first time they have achieved this feat in history at this level. It was a team effort and all the Sri Lankan youth cricketers were ahead in all three departments .The team spirit was very high and until the last ball of the game youth players were very keen to fight back to win the game. Bangladesh were the reigning under 19 world champions and they came to play Sri Lanka matches after a 3-2 match series win against Afghanistan. Actually Bangladesh were favourites before the Sri ...

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