Sri Lanka U-19 women lose

The Australia women’s Under 19 team scraped through with a one wicket win over Sri Lanka in the last match of the tri-series at the Ian Healy Stadium in Brisbane.

The win gave them an unbeaten run in the series to come out on top which also featured the England Under-19 women.

The home team’s win came on the back of a knock of 58 runs made by Indira Pameli.

Right arm spinner Aseni Thalagune was the most successful bowler who ended with figures of 5 for 42.

Earlier the Sri Lanka women taking first lease of the wicket had openers Sanjana Kavindu and Vimoksha Balasuriya give them a solid start of 49 runs but they lost wickets at regular intervals and slid to 114 for 6 before the last pair of Chamodi Herath and Yeshali Jithara helped them recover with a 32 runs stand to end with a score of 174.

The three teams will contest a T20 Tri-Series from April 11 to 18. 

Scores:

Sri Lanka U-19 women 174 in 49.3 overs (Vimoksha Balasooriya 25, Umayangana Peiris 20, Sanjana Kavindi 19, Shashini Gimhani 19, Yeshali Jithara 16, Chamodi Herath 20 n.o.: Mia Barwick 3/22, Ira Aery 2/29)

Australia U-19 women 175 for 9 in 43.1 overs (Indira Pameli 59, Ayla Johnson 20, Shiloh Julien 18, Emily Powell 16, Alyssa Dermody 37 n.o.: Aseni Thalagune 5/42)

-MSA