Sri Lanka meets Scotland in curtain raiser of Under-19 World Cup   Source:dailynews.lk The 14th edition of the ICC under 19 world cup cricket tournament will commence today (14) in West Indies when Sri Lanka will play their first match against Scotland in Georgetown. Guyana and host West Indies will meet Australia in Providence, Guyana. Sri Lanka under 19’s led by all rounder Dunith Wellalage will compete in Group ‘D and Scotland, Australia and West Indies are in this same group. Sri Lanka will take on Scotland today with more confidence after having back to back victories against Ireland and Uganda in their two warm-up games both played in Providence, Guyana. The two opponents were comprehensively beaten by Sri Lanka and both were one sided games dominated by Sri Lanka. Wellalage and the team defeated Ireland by 128 runs while opener Shevon Daniel made a good knock of 75 and ...

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Ashen Bandara set to raise Sri Lanka’s fielding standards by Rex Clementine   Source:-island Over the years, there’s been a few concerns about Sri Lanka’s poor fielding standards. Dropped catches have cost the national cricket team dearly with costliest of them being at the Champions Trophy in 2017 in Wales when Thisara Perera put down Sarfraz Ahmed. At the post match media briefing, the Pakistan captain rubbed salt into wounds saying, ‘I will remember it for the rest of my life and he will remember it for the rest of his life.’ Pakistan went onto win the title beating arch-rivals India in the final at The Oval. Mickey Arthur was Pakistan’s coach. Arthur desperately searches for fielding excellence and he was able to raise Pakistan’s standards. He seems like pushing for excellence in fielding with Sri Lanka too and several young players who are good fielders are being drafted into ...

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