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Sri Lanka U-19 World Cup Captain Dunith Wellalage celebrates a wicket on his way to an impressive four-wicket haul against Uganda
Sri Lanka’s bowlers produced a remarkable display to bowl out Uganda for just 46 with Dunith Wellalage, the Sri Lanka Captain at the 2022 ICC U-19 Men’s CWC, the pick of the bunch in Guyana on the final day of warm-up matches on Wednesday.
Wellalage finished with figures of 4/0 from his three overs as he raced through the Ugandan middle and lower order in a 231-run success.
The game had not started well for Sri Lanka, opener Chamindu Wickramasinghe bowled second ball by Pascal Murungi for a duck.
A 96-run partnership between Shevon Daniel (46) and Sadisha Rajapaksa (75 retired not out) got the innings back on track, while Yasiru Rodrigo’s unbeaten 32 helped Sri Lanka to 277/8 from their 50 overs. Rodrigo (2/6) and Wickramasinghe (2/5) then tore through the top order, reducing Uganda to 10/4 in reply.
The wickets kept coming as Wellalage came on, and despite a final wicket partnership of 17, Uganda’s innings ended after 21.2 overs.
In the other matches, South Africa edged out hosts West Indies while England and Ireland also secured convincing victories.
The Proteas earned a three-wicket win in Guyana, with England beating Papua New Guinea by 281 runs, while Ireland saw off Scotland by seven wickets.
Result:
Sri Lanka (U-19) 277/8 (50) (Shevon Daniel 46, Sadisha Rajapaksa 75*, Pawan Pathiraja 21, Sakuna Liyanage 23, Yasiru Rodrigo 32*, Pascal Murungi 2/63, Yunusu Sowobi 2/52, Joseph Baguma 2/25) beat Uganda (U-19) 46 (21.2) (Extras 17, Yasiru Rodrigo 2/6, Chamindu Wickramasinghe 2/5, Dunith Wellalage 4/0) by 231 runs.
