Mathew, Wellalage spin Sri Lanka Under 19 to final

Sri Lanaka U19 recoded a 22-run win over Pakistan U19

By M. Shamil Amit

Spinners Treveen Mathew and skipper Dunith Wellalage shared seven wickets between them to guide Sri Lanka to record a 22-run win over Pakistan in the semi-final encounter of the Under 19 Asia Cup cricket tournament played at Dubai yesterday to advance to the the final. 

 
The low scoring encounter saw Sri Lanka Under 19 taking first lease of the wicket being bowled out for 147 runs and Sri Lanka Under 19’s spin duo Mathew and Wellalage combined with effect to bundle out the Pakistan Under 19 for a low score of 125 runs.  

In the other semi final between India Under 19 and Bangladesh Under 19 the former coasted to a comfortable 103-run win to advance to the final. India Under 19 will face Sri Lanka Under 19 in the final scheduled to be played today.  

Traveen Mathew was named Player  of the Match 

Results:

At Dubai – Sri Lanka U19 won by 22 runs
Sri Lanka Under 19 147 in 44.5 overs (Matheesha Pathirana 31, Yasiru Rodrigo 31 n .o.: Zeeshan Zameer 4 for 32, Ahmed Khan 2 for 26, Awais Ali 2 for 27)  
Pakistan Under 19 125 in 49.3 overs (Ahmed Khan 36, Muhammad Shehzad 30, Qasim Akram 19: Treveen Mathew 4 for 14, Dunith Wellalage 3 for 31)  
At Sharjah – India U19 won by 103 runs
India Under 19 243 for 8 in 50 overs (Yash Dhull 26, Raj Bawa 23, Angkrish Raghuvanshi 16, Rajvardhan Hangargekar 16, Harnoor Singh 15, Shaik Rasheed 90 n.o., Vicky Ostwal 28 n.o.: Rakibul Hasan 3 for 41)  
Bangladesh Under 19 140 in 38.2 overs (Arful Islam 42, Mahfijul Islam 26, Rakibul Hasan 16, Ashiqur Zaman 15: Ravi Kumar 2 for 22, Vicky Ostwal 2 for 25, Raj Bawa 2 for 26, Rajvardhan Hangargekar 2 for 36)