COLOMBO, Sept 3: Pakistan under-19 cricketers ended their tour of Sri Lanka on a losing note, going down by seven wickets in the fifth and last one-day game at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium on Wednesday.
However,the tourists won the series 4-1, after winning the first four matches. Put into bat, the tourists were dismissed for 183 in 37.4 overs.
Salman Qadir (43), Riaz Afridi (34) and skipper Khalid Latif (26) were the major contributors.
The home side in reply reached the revised target for the loss of three wickets.
Pakistan, however, had the honour of winning the ‘Man of the Series’ award which was jointly shared by Jahangir Mirza and Riaz Afridi.
Scoreboard
Pakistan Under-19 (38 overs maximum)
Khalid Latif c Perera b Kottehewa 26
Nasir Jamshed c Ratnayake b Maharoof 7
Jahangir Mirza c Tharanga b Kottehewa 10
Shahid Yousuf lbw b Kottehewa 9
Shahid Siddiq c Masmulla b Soysa 4
Salman Qadir b Ratnayake 43
Mohammad Altaf c de Silva b Soysa 22
Naeem Ahmed c Ratnayake b Soysa 9
Riaz Afridi c Soysa b Ratnayake 34
Adeel Malik c de Silva b Ratnayake 3
Hidayatullah Khan not out 1
Extras (b 5, lb 1, w 7, nb 2) 15
Total (all out, 37.4 overs) 183
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-31,3-44,4-55,5-68,6-117,7-128,8-163,9-178,10-183
Bowling: O M R W Maharoof 8 2 36 1 (2nb, 2w) Chanaka 7 2 14 0 (3w) Kottehewa 8 0 48 3 (1w) Soysa 8 0 40 3 Ratnayake 5.4 0 29 3 (1w) Navela 1 0 10 0
Sri Lanka Under-19s (target: 191 runs from 38 overs)
WU Tharanga lbw b Hidayatullah 55
TSM Masmulla lbw b Riaz 8
NP Navela c Naeem b Altaf 8
JK Silva not out 63
MF Maharoof not out 44
Extras (lb 4, w 8, nb 1) 13
Total (3 wickets, 36.3 overs) 191
DNB: RWMGA Ratnayake,GT de Silva, PUM Chanaka, MAIM Perera, DT Kottehewa, S Soysa.
Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-38,3-96
Bowling: O M R W Riaz Afridi 7.3 1 29 1 (3w) Adeel Malik 2 0 22 0 Mohammad Altaf 3 0 27 1 (1nb, 1w) Salman Qadir 8 0 34 0 (2w) Shahid Yousuf 3 0 18 0 (1w) Hidayatullah Khan 8 0 38 1 (1w) Jahangir Mirza 5 0 19 0—APP