Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.
Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2008
Bangladesh U-19 v Bermuda U-19
Sri Lanka posted a 61 run victory over Nepal
Feb 18, 2008
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 236 for nine in 50 overs after losing the first two wickets by the fifth over. But Sachith Pathiram's 62 in 60 and captain Ashan Subasinghe's 46 in 83 balls steadied the innings.
Thisara Perera smashed 41 in 27 balls toward the end to ensure a total that proved too big for Nepal, which was all out for 175. Opener wicketkeeper Mahesh Chhetri made 39 in 69 balls but none of Nepal's other batsmen managed to cross 25.
Bangladesh U-19 v Bermuda U-19
Group C: Nepal Under-19s v Sri Lanka Under-19s at Penang
Sri Lanka Under-19s won by 61 runs.
Sri Lanka Under-19s: 236 (50 overs)
Nepal Under-19s: 175 (48.5 overs)
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
