Sri Lanka under 19 team led by Sineth Jayawardena will play their last league game against a strong Australian side tomorrow at Bloemfontein, South Africa .

Sri Lanka registered their second consecutive win in the ICC Men’s U19 World Cup 2024 as they beat Namibia by 77 runs last Wednesday at Kimberley to continue a winning mentality but Sri Lanka batters were not up to standard. Sri Lanka team scored 204 against Zimbabwe and they were bundled out for 133 in 37.5 overs in their last game against Namibia but bowlers did the needful to win both games.

The bowlers once again came to rescue Sri Lanka as they produced another brilliant show to restrict Namibia for just 56 runs. Ruvishan Perera and Vishwa Lahiru impressed with the ball for Sri Lanka claiming 3 wickets each. Supun Waduge the top order batter who was not named for first Zimbabwe game was adjudged the Man of the match with his fighting knock of 56.

Australia scored 296 for 7 wickets runs against Zimbabwe to win by 225 runs in their last under 19 world cup game while India scored 301 for 7 wickets against Ireland to win by 201 runs. In fact Australia scored 297 runs at Kimberley where Sri Lanka played their both previous matches while India scored 301 runs at Bloemfontein and now Sri Lanka is going to play against Australia at Bloemfontein and this match is very vital for both teams to come on top of the group before their next round . Meanwhile Sri Lankan head coach Jehan Mubarak said, poor quality wickets and practice facilities at Kimberley has prevented Sri Lanka from practising.

The boys even after being bundled out for 133 against Namibia the spirit of the players and the morale was high and they defended it, added head coach.