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- Updated: August 3, 2016
Sri Lanka U-19s 48 for 1 trail England U-19s 208 (Holden 111*, Kumara 7-82) by 160 runsScorecard
Max Holden carried his bat for an unbeaten century on an otherwise poor day for England’s Under-19s against Sri Lanka in Northampton. Holden, a left-handed opener from Cambridge who signed a three-year contract with Middlesex last winter, marked his second game as captain with a fine innings on a lively Wantage Road pitch.
He ended with 111 from 229 balls with 13 fours and became the first opener to carry his bat for the Under-19s since Surrey’s Dominic Sibley against South Africa in Paarl in January 2013.
But until Surrey spinner Amar Virdi allowed him to reach his century in a last-wicket stand of 48, he did not receive much support. After Holden and Worcestershire’s Olly Westbury had played comfortably to reach 90 without loss at lunch, England lost six wickets for 17 in the hour after lunch. The middle order from three to seven managed one run between them, and bustling Sri Lankan seamer Lahiru Kumara took five for six in one burst, ending with 7 for 82.
Reaching 208 represented a slight recovery, with Virdi doing especially well as Holden was 20 short of his century when he came in. Warwickshire seamer George Panayi then took an early wicket when Sri Lanka began their second innings, but captain Charith Asalanka steered …
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