COLOMBO, Aug 29: A magnificent allround performance by Jahangir Mirza earned Pakistan an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the Under-19 one-day contest at Galle International Stadium on Friday.

The Lahore-born 16-year-old youngster first claimed four for 24 from 6.3 overs with his nagging off-spin to spun out the home side for 188 in 48.3 overs after Pakistani skipper Khalid Latif won the toss and elected to field.

Then he showed his skills with the bat to hammer unbeaten 73 from 119 balls, hammering five fours and a six, as the visitors coasted to an easy success for their third successive victory, reaching 194 for the loss of one wickets in in 47.3 overs

Khalid also batted well, hitting a rousing undefeated 94 with the aid of five fours and as many sixes as the Pakistani pair put on highly entertaining 178 for the unbroken second wicket to pulverise the opposition bowling.

Scoreboard

Sri Lanka Under-19s

WU Tharanga c Naeem b Altaf 39

ADC Kularatne c Shahid b Altaf 18

HE Vithana c & b Salman Qadir 23

CKB Kulasekara b Shahid 28

MF Maharoof c Khalid b Shahid 7

GT de Silva c & b Jahangir 20

RWMGA Ratnayak c Riaz b Jahangir 18

WMMS Dias st Naeem b Jahangir 5

AD Mathews c Riaz b Jahangir 7

AD Abeydeera run out 1

PUM Chanaka not out 0

Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 14) 22

Total (all out, 48.3 overs) 188

FALL OF WKTS: 1-54, 2-69,3-124, 4-133,5-136,6-168,7-178,8-183,9-188, 10-188

Bowling: Riaz Afridi 7-1-18-0 (4w), Adeel Malik 6-0-31-0 (1w), Mohammad Altaf 6-1-18-2 (5w), Amir Yousaf 3-0-28-0 (2w), Salman Qadir 10-0-31-1,Shahid Yousuf 10-0-30-2 (2w), Jahangir Mirza 6.3-0-24-4

Pakistan Under-19s

Khalid Latif not out 94

Nasir Jamshed b Chanaka 10

Jahangir Mirza not out 73

Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 13, nb 2) 17

Total (1 wicket, 47.3 overs) 194

FALL OF WKTS: 1-16

DID NOT BAT: Shahid Yousuf, Salman Qadir, Naeem Ahmed, Adeel Malik, Riaz Afridi, Shahid Siddiq, Amir Yousaf, Mohammad Altaf.

Bowling: Maharoof 8-1-35-0 (6w), Chanaka 9-1-35-1 (4w), Mathews 5-2-14-0, Abeydeera 9.3-0-48-0 (1nb, 1w), Ratnayake 7-0-22-0, Dias 1-0-4- 0(1w), Kularatne 4-0-14-0 (1nb), Vithana 4-1-20-0 (1w)

Umpires: C.Thenuwara and J.R.W Vishwakula.—APP

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