Nadun Jayalath of the Western Province Under-19 team scored a half-century in the first Twenty20 match against the touring Japanese cricket team.
The Western Province Under-19 players won by 3 wickets in this match held at the Surrey Cricket Stadium in Maggona.
Japan, who won the toss, elected to bat first and scored 153 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. In reply, Western Province Under-19 team achieved the target for the loss of only 7 wickets with 2 balls to spare.
Western Province Under-19 team
Dulnith Sigera (captain), Avisha Samash, Netula Edirimanne, Nadul Jayalath, Rishma Amarasinghe (wicketkeeper), Manasa Madubhasana, Dunik Perera, Malsha Fernando, Reed Karim, Mevan Dissanayake and Chamathka Denuwan.
Japan Cricket Team
Kendel Kadowki Fleming (captain), Declan Suzuki, Abhishek Anand, Sabaorish Ravichandran, Benjamin Ito, Alexander Shirai Patmore, Ibrahim Takahashi, Makota Taniyama, Abdul Samad, Wataru Miyauchi and Kazuma Kato – Stafford