Sri Lanka Under 19s win Youth Test series  

Sri Lanka Under 19s win Youth Test series  Sri Lanka Under 19s clinched the two match Youth Test series against their West Indies counterparts with seven wickets victory in the final Youth Test at Dambulla on Thursday.

After taking the last two wickets of West Indies for the addition of just 26 runs to the overnight total Sri Lanka Under 19s knocked off the win need in just 19 overs to seal the victory before the lunch break on the penultimate day.

Skipper Sineth Jayawardena smashed 30 runs off 14 balls (5x4s, 1x6s) and Rusanda Gamage and Ravishan de Silva remained unbeaten on 21 and 17 runs respectively as the hosts won the series 1-0.

Vihas Thewmika completed a match bag of eight wickets for the hosts, while Jordan Johnson was the promising batsman for West Indies. Johnson, who scored a half century in the first innings, scored an unbeaten 157 runs in the second essay.

Scores: 

West Indies U19s 127 and 251 for 8 overnight 277 all out in 68.5 overs (Stephan Pascal 25, Steve Wedderburn 37, Jordan Johnson 157n.o.; Kaveesha Piyumal 2/57, Vihas Thewmika 3/63, Malsha Tharupathi 2/51)  

Sri Lanka U19s 191 for 4 overnight 326 all out in 77.5 overs (Pulindu Perera 41, Ravishan de Silva 43, Rusanda Gamage 58, Dinura Kalupahana 33, Sharujan Shanmuganathan 36, Malsha Tharupathi70, Vihas Thewmika 31n.o.; Isai Thorne 2/64, Tarrique Edward 2/75, Nathan Sealy 4/82) and 81 for 3 in 18.4 overs (Sineth Jayawardena 30,  Rusanda Gamage 21n.o., Ravishan de Silva 17n.o.)