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A stand of 164 for the fourth wicket between Durham's Gary Pratt and Ian Bell of Warwickshire enabled England to establish a healthy first innings lead over Sri Lanka on the second day of the first NatWest Under 19 Test Match at Trent Bridge

All things considered, South Africa could not have asked a great deal more of Shaun Pollock and his overhauled team than has been forthcoming in Sri Lanka over the past five to six weeks

England's Under 19 team took the NatWest International Trophy with a tense, 2 run victory over their Sri Lankan counterparts in Cardiff

At the scheduled start time of this match - 10.45 BST - there appeared little chance of any cricket taking place in Sophia Gardens after heavy overnight rain and further showers had left the outfield sodden and a vast acreage of covering over the

Karachi, July 25: Sri Lanka, displaying brilliant all-round performance, outplayed Pakistan by 57 runs to clinch the inaugural Under-17 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament at the National Stadium here on Tuesday

Karachi, July 22: Sri Lanka scored a relatively easy win over Bangladesh to cruise into the final of the Under-17 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament at the National Stadium here on Saturday

For much of this afternoon, the spectators who had crowded into Galle International Stadium sat quietly on as their side drifted towards an apparently inevitable defeat

Sri Lanka may have lost the test series against Pakistan but they remain one the world's best sides in the world when it comes to one-day cricket

Winning the toss at the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Sri Lankan captain Kanchana Gunawardana put India in to bat

For the fishing folk of Moratuwa and the touring South African's, todays warm-up match at De Soysa Stadium was a relaxed and enjoyable affair

The torrential rain that engulfed Kandy and its surroundings during the week destroyed an otherwise exciting 3rd and final test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka

The match could not commence at the schedule time on account of heavy rain that flooded the ground

The highly famed battery of Pakistan's speedsters and spinners having failed to dislodge the Sri Lanka opening pair of Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu commenced their efforts again

The match started at 2.00 pm local time for the ground being unfit to play on account of overnight rain

With a lead of 160 runs, Pakistan was in the driving seat when it resumed the innings at the score of 341 for 5

The match started with Sri Lanka having made two changes in the side from the first test

A brief history of how the games dimensions came about

Pakistan's one and only practice match was eventually abandoned after discussion between the two captains

The torrential rains that have drenched Colombo in the last few days have prevented any play on the first day of Pakistan's tour

The final of the Asia Cup was as absorbing as expected considering there was hardly anything between the two sides