Sri Lanka end U19 tour on winning note

NORTH SOUND, Antigua:

Sri Lanka Under-19s produced a dominant performance to crush West Indies Under-19s by 130 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern method in the seventh and final Youth one-day International (ODI) yesterday.

With the Windies having already wrapped up the series, Vimath Dinsara and Kavija Gamage both struck half centuries in Sri Lanka's total of 180 for five after the match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium was reduced to 26 overs per side due to persistent rain.

Gamage then returned to snare four wickets to help the visitors skittle out West Indies for just 62 in 14.5 overs, after they were set 193 in 24 overs following another interruption.

Dinsara hit an unbeaten 58 off 39 balls with three sixes and three fours, while Gamage made 51 from 38 balls inclusive of six fours and one six, with the pair putting on 85 runs in just over eight overs to set a solid foundation.

Sri Lanka also received useful contributions from openers Dimantha Mahavithana and Viran Chamuditha, who scored 26 and 25, respectively.

Isra-el Morton was the Windies' best bowler with 3-30.

West Indies never recovered after losing their first two wickets with just two runs on the board.

Gamage then got in on the action by dismissing Joshua Dorne, the top scorer of 16, and also accounted for the wickets of Matthew Miller, Brendan Boodoo and Pajay Nelson to see them collapse to 57 for nine.

Gamage ended with 4-9, Vigneshwaran Akash took 2-12 and Sethmika Seneviratne 2-20.

- CMC