Sri Lanka U19 cricketers leave on tour for England

Sri Lanka Under-19 cricketers to the UK board the bus to the airport from Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters yesterday watched by their parents

The 18-member Sri Lanka U19 cricket team led by Raveen de Silva of Nalanda College, Colombo left for the UK in the early hours of yesterday to play England U19 in a series of two four-day Youth Tests and three Youth ODIs.

The team will commence the tour with a three-day warm-up match against Young Lions International XI at Loughborough before the Youth Tests and Youth ODIs.

The two Youth Tests will be played at Chelmsford (21-24 August) and at Derby (28-31 August). The three Youth ODIs will take place on 5 September and 8 September at Worcester and on 10 September at Leicester.

SRI LANKA UNDER-19 SQUAD TO ENGLAND

Abhishek Liyanarachchi (D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo), Pawan Pathiraja (Trinity College, Kandy), Ranuda Somaratne (Trinity College, Kandy), Sadeesha Rajapaksa (Royal College, Colombo), Shevon Daniel (St. Joseph’s College, Colombo), Anjala Bandara (Mahanama College, Colombo), Lahiru Dewatage (St. Peter’s College, Colombo), Raveen de Silva, Captain (Nalanda College, Colombo), Wanuja Sahan Kumara (St. Peter’s College, Colombo), Vinuja Ranpul (Nalanda College, Colombo), Malsha Tharupathi (Richmond College, Galle), Duvindu Ranatunga (Mahanama College, Colombo), Sahan Mihira (St. John’s College, Panadura, Colombo, Kalutara), Dulaj Samuditha (Rajapaksa Central College, Weeraketiya, Hambantota), Traveen Mathew (St. Anthony’s College, Kandy), Hasitha Amarasinghe (St. Servatius College, Matara), Caniston Gunaratnam (S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia, Colombo), Asitha Wanninayake (St. Anthony’s College, Kandy).

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Manager Jayantha Seneviratne, Head Coach Jehan Mubarak, Assistant and Bowling Coach Chamila Gamage, Fielding Coach Gayan Wijekoon, Trainer Buddhika Herath, Physiotherapist Priyantha Wickramasinghe, Department of Education Representative Jagath Senaratne.