Sri Lanka Under 19 Team’s Tour of Bangladesh

[Miraz]

Sri Lanka Under 19 Team’s Tour of Bangladesh

Sri Lanka Cricket has announced the following squad to tour Bangladesh from 17 April to 10 May 2009.

Players
Dinesh Chandimal (Captain), Angelo Perera (Vice Captain), Udara Jayasundara, Buwanaka Ekanayake, Kusal Janita Perera, Banuka Rajapaksha, Imesh Udayange, Chathuranga de Silva, Sameera Weeerasinghe, Mathusha Perera, Rushal Jaleel, Chathura Peries, Vimanga Perera, Lahiru Jayarathne, Madushan Ekanayake

Stand by
Gayan Manishan, Dilan Chandima, Dilan Gangoda, Dinuk Jayasinghe, Malith Cooray

Officials
Sunil Wickremanayake - Manager
Roger Wijesuriya - Coach
Priyantha Wickramasinghe - Physiotherapist
Prabath Nissanka - Assistant Coach

Itinerary

Date	Schedule
17 April 2009	Arrival of SL U 19 in Dhaka
18 April 2009	Rest and Practice
19-20 April 2009	Two-Day Warm up Match
21 April 2009	Rest and Practice
22-24 April 2009	1st Three-Day Match v BD U 19
25 April 2009	Rest and Practice
26 April 2009	Rest and Practice
27-29 April 2009	2nd Three-Day Match v BD U 19
30 April 2009	Rest and Practice
01 May 2009	Rest and Practice
02 May 2009	1st One Day Match v BD U 19
03 May 2009	Rest and Practice
04 May 2009	2nd One Day Match v BD U 19
05 May 2009	3rd One Day Match v BD U 19
06 May 2009	Rest and Practice
07 May 2009	4th One Day Match v BD U 19
08 May 2009	Rest and Practice
09 May 2009	5th One Day Match v BD U 19
10 May 2009	SL U 19 leave Dhaka

Media & Communications Department, BCB

[Tigers_eye]

Go Nadimuddin, Rony, Mithun. They need to be received with lots of hospitality. Pitaiya chatu koira felaish. Ekdom tula dhuna.

[bdchamp20]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
Go Nadimuddin, Rony, Mithun. They need to be received with lots of hospitality. Pitaiya chatu koira felaish. Ekdom tula dhuna.

I think to play U19 cricket you have to be under 19 at the start of the U19 International season. AFAIK the 2009 season began in February with England U-19s tour to South Africa. Rony is 19 years 300 days old at the moment and in February he would've around 19 days 200 days old so I believe he will not be eligible to play for Bangladesh U19s. Mithun maybe eligible as he is only 19 years 40 days old and so will be Rubel Hossain and Nadimuddin, who is still 18.

I will also be looking forward to Mahmudul Hasan who is likely to be the new U19 captain, Amit Majumder and Taposh Ghosh. Shovagoto Hom is another youngster who has been performing in the DPL but does anyone know how old he is?

[nycpro96]

rubel is in too right?

[LateCut]

Originally Posted by nycpro96
rubel is in too right?

He is in if he can time travel to a more youthfull age.

[BANFAN]

Good that the U19s are having some practice out there in the field. Many of these guys are doing good in the DPL.

We also need some tours/home matches for the 'A' Team, or else good boys from the U19s will not get the chance to mature before being called for the national team. infact ATM most of our players go direct to the national team from U19 level.

[Beamer]

Have we announced our U-19 team? This should be a good contest for our boys.

[bujhee kom]

thank you dearest miraz bhiaya for this wonderful great news!!!!!
we have cricket...thank Allah!!!
i was going nuts...losing my marbles...not having any BD matches for sooo long...!
go BD u-19!!!!
Inshallah, we will play good tough cricket!!!!

we got 5 one days, 2 three-days and a warmup match! good...a lot of cricket and BC activity!!!!

[nycpro96]

Originally Posted by bujhee kom
thank you dearest miraz bhiaya for this wonderful great news!!!!!
we have cricket...thank Allah!!!
i was going nuts...losing my marbles...not having any BD matches for sooo long...!
go BD u-19!!!!
Inshallah, we will play good tough cricket!!!!

we got 5 one days, 2 three-days and a warmup match! good...a lot of cricket and BC activity!!!!

i know how u feel. starting to get pissed. no cricket for 6 months!???

[BanCricFan]

Nasir Hossain

[sbsash]

Hope BD does well.Go BANGLADESH!!!

[nsd3]

Are our U-19 on training aside from League match practices at present? Where is K.M. Shujan ...where are other officials who were involved with our training plan. The core players should have been together to build solid team approach. Are these all forgotten .....if yes since when....why....?

[FagunerAgun]

Originally Posted by nsd3
Are our U-19 on training aside from League match practices at present? Where is K.M. Shujan ...where are other officials who were involved with our training plan. The core players should have been together to build solid team approach. Are these all forgotten .....if yes since when....why....?

well stated, these incompetent officials are good at lip servicing in front of TV cameras and they get paid. Otherwise, most of the time they are good by luck and because no body can challenge them for political reasons, there are no professional competitors.

These officials are true obstacles to our cricket improvement.

Hi bujhee kom.

[bujhee kom]

Originally Posted by FagunerAgun
....
Hi bujhee kom.

Mamaaa! where have you been? Salaam mama! Missed you!!!
I will call you this weekend!

[FagunerAgun]

Originally Posted by bujhee kom
Mamaaa! where have you been? Salaam mama! Missed you!!!
I will call you this weekend!

That will be nice.

[al Furqaan]

why aren't they official U19 tests which are 4 dayers?

also, Under 19 means "under 20" really...it means 19 and under, AFAIK.

[bujhee kom]

very good point by al-furqaan/asad bhaiya...we should have 4 days official youth test matches...not these 3 days ones? why 3 days? i don't get it.

[bujhee kom]

asha kori khela khub bhalo jome uthbe ebar....!
oooohhha can't wait til the series....i am staring at the ceiling can't sleep...dreaming of our u-19 kids playing good bit of cricket there while stay awake...ooohhh can't wait till april.

[bujhee kom]

Arrival of SL U 19 in Dhaka 17 April 2009 ~ 3 more long weeks to go....21 days....540 hours..
..man...many many more sleepless nights to go!

[BANFAN]

So that's coinciding with IPL.

BK three posts in a row isn't allowed in BC I guess, except match threads, read somewhere!!

[Russell2k7]

I thought they are halting sports?

[bujhee kom]

Originally Posted by Russell2k7
I thought they are halting sports?

that's right...what about their (the SL u-19s and BD u-19s) security?
20 more days to go before their arrival!

[Antora]

yes!!! not having any BD cricket was driving me crazy!

[Tahmid_Ctg]

Cricket is back!!!!!!!! (international....lol) in Bangladesh.........yayy

[bujhee kom]

19 more days before SL u-19 team arrives at dhaka!