Sri Lanka beat Kenya by 311 runs in ICC U19 World Cup

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Jan.23 (CRICKETNMORE) - Sri Lanka beat Kenya by 311 runs in the plate quarter-final of ICC U19 World Cup on Tuesday at Christchurch.

Match Summary

Sri Lanka 419-5 in 50 overs (Hasitha Boyagoda 191, Nisan Madushka 60, Kamindu Mendis 53, Nuwanido Fernando 35 not out, Abhishek Chidambaram 2-68).

Kenya 108 in 35.5 overs (Thomas Ochieng 45, Hareen Buddhila 4-27, Nipun Malinga 2-14).

Player of the match: Hasitha Boyagoda (Sri Lanka)

Match Report

Sri Lanka opener Hasitha Boyagoda slammed a stroke-filled 191 to establish a new mark for the highest individual score in U19s to help his side beat Kenya by 311 runs.

Sri Lanka opener Hasitha Boyagoda’s (191, 152b, 28x4, 2x6) bettered New Zealand opener Jakob Bhula’s record of 180 set earlier in the tournament, also against Kenya, to help his side rack up 419-4. Kenya were bowled out for 108 in 33.3 overs.

Boyagoda, who was out in the 45th over and missed out on a chance to become the first to notch a double-hundred in U19 cricket, helped his team complete a 311 runs victory, the joint second biggest in U19 cricket history along with Australia’s win over PNG earlier in the tournament.

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