The junior Lions posted 278 for the loss of seven wickets and bowled out Australia for 198 with 29 deliveries to spare.  Right arm fast bowler Keshan Wijeratne had an impressive match bag of 4 for 38, Charith Asalanka had figures of 3 for 32. The first two games ended in no results and Sri Lanka won the third game by 23 runs.  The fifth and re-scheduled Youth ODIs will be played on Friday (3) at the P. Sara Oval and on Saturday (4) at the SSC in Colombo.

Brief Score:

Sri Lanka U19 278 for 7 wickets (50) (Avishka Fernando 127, Pasindu Isira 29, Chamika Karunaratne 35n.o, Sam Grimwade 2/37, Izaac Boylan 2/46)

Australia U19 198 all out (45.1) (Sam Harper 35, Patrick McKenna 33, Jonte Pattison 25, Keshan Wijeratne 4/38, Charith Asalanka 3/32)

(SLC/KH)