Asalanka stars in draw against Pakistan Under-19

Sri Lanka Under-19 347 for 9 dec (Aslanka 200, Shadab 6-89) and 211 for 3 dec (Avishka 63, Ashan 54*) drew with Pakistan Under-19 209 (Masood 102, Nimesh 3-46, Kumara 3-46) and 142 for 3 (Malik 55)
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Sri Lanka Under-19 captain Charith Asalanka and their pacers starred in a drawn Youth Test they dominated against Pakistan Under-19 in Hambantota. Asalanka's double-hundred in the first innings helped his side take a first-innings lead of 138 runs to later set Pakistan a target of 350, and the visitors put up 142 for 3 in reply on the last day.

Sri Lanka opted to bat and their score of 347 for 9 was built around Asalanka's 200 as no other batsman scored more than 40. From the Pakistan side that fielded 11 debutants, Shadab Khan took 6 for 89 to put a check on Sri Lanka's score. Pakistan's reply was similar, led by a hundred from Umair Masood (102) as the next-best score was 29 in their total of 209. Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara and Thilan Nimesh took three wickets each.

Sri Lanka then declared on 211 for 3 after 54 overs, with fifties from Avishka Fernando (63) and Shammu Ashan (54*), with hopes of bowling out Pakistan in less than two sessions but the visitors' top order resisted with strong partnerships as opener Zeeshan Malik scored a brisk 55 off 63 and they batted for over 40 overs.