England leave empty handed
Sports Reporter
England Under-19 team came to Bangladesh as part of their build-up for the upcoming Youth World Cup in Sri Lanka next February. But they will certainly try to forget their month-long trip after a string of demoralizing defeats.The English side finished their disastrous tour with a two-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in their last match of the under-19 tri-nation cricket tournament at BKSP yesterday. It was their sixth straight defeat in the competition after a 5-0 whitewash against Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) High Performance Squad in the warm-up series. England hopes of winning at least one game in the competition got a big boost when they posted a massive 286 for five in their allotted 50 overs with their captain Varun Chopra hammering 98 and Robert Woodman scoring 79. But Sri Lanka toppled the highest innings total in the competition with Karunaratne and Fernando leading the chase. Opener Karunaratne top scored with 75 off 80 balls and number four Fernando produced a fiery 70 off just 62 balls that featured eight fours and a six. Hamilton Brown was the most successful England bowler claiming four wickets for 36. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka play the last group match today at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium.
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