ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup Dinsara, Sigera plot Ireland defeat

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Vimath Dinsara, a captain’s knock of 95	Dulnith Sigera made inroads into the Ireland batting with 4/19

Sri Lanka went to the top of Group A with their second successive win in the ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup when they defeated Ireland by 106 runs at Windhoek yesterday.

Choosing to bat first, Sri Lanka racked up 267-5 and then dismissed Ireland for 161.

Skipper Vimath Dinsara and right-arm seamer Dulnith Sigera were the stars of the victory.

Sigera scored a superb 95 off 102 balls (6 fours, 1 six) to take the Player of the Match award. He figured in two important partnerships after Sri Lanka had lost their two record-breaking openers in their game against Japan, cheaply.

With Kavija Gamage (49 off 69 balls, 6 fours), Dinsara added 80 for the fourth wicket, and with Chamika Heenatigala (51* off 53 balls, 4 fours), 100 for the fifth wicket.

Ireland could not get any momentum going in their innings as Sri Lanka seamers Rasith Nimsara and Sigera kept getting wickets at regular intervals and they folded up in the 41st over. Nimsara took 3/29 and Sigera 4/19.

With this win, Sri Lanka are through to the next round of the tournament—the Super Six. They have one more group match to play against Australia on 23 January at Windhoek.

Scores:

Sri Lanka (U19) 267-5 (50) (Dulnith Sigera 22, Vimath Dinsara 95, Kavija Gamage 49, Chamika Heenatigala 51*, Oliver Riley 2/51)

Ireland (U19) 161 (40.1) (Callum Armstrong 39, Oliver Riley 31*, Reuben Wilson 32, Rasith Nimsara 3/29, Dulnith Sigera 4/19)