da wazamba: Sri Lanka Under-19 captain Charith Asalanka and their pacers starred in a drawn Youth Test they dominated against Pakistan Under-19 in Hambantota
da prosport bet: ESPNcricinfo staff06-Oct-2015
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsSri Lanka Under-19 captain Charith Asalanka and their pacers starred in a drawn Youth Test they dominated against Pakistan Under-19 in Hambantota. Asalanka’s double-hundred in the first innings helped his side take a first-innings lead of 138 runs to later set Pakistan a target of 350, and the visitors put up 142 for 3 in reply on the last day.Sri Lanka opted to bat and their score of 347 for 9 was built around Asalanka’s 200 as no other batsman scored more than 40. From the Pakistan side that fielded 11 debutants, Shadab Khan took 6 for 89 to put a check on Sri Lanka’s score. Pakistan’s reply was similar, led by a hundred from Umair Masood (102) as the next-best score was 29 in their total of 209. Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara and Thilan Nimesh took three wickets each.Sri Lanka then declared on 211 for 3 after 54 overs, with fifties from Avishka Fernando (63) and Shammu Ashan (54*), with hopes of bowling out Pakistan in less than two sessions but the visitors’ top order resisted with strong partnerships as opener Zeeshan Malik scored a brisk 55 off 63 and they batted for over 40 overs.







