Sri Lanka Under 19 Team’s Tour of Bangladesh

Miraz · #1 March 25, 2009, 09:52 AM

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
17April 2009	Arrival of SL U 19 in Dhaka
18April 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

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Tigers_eye · #2 March 25, 2009, 10:16 AM

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

nycpro96 · #3 March 25, 2009, 10:41 AM

rubel is in too right?

bdchamp20 · #4 March 25, 2009, 12:04 PM

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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?

BANFAN · #5 March 25, 2009, 01:26 PM

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 · #6 March 25, 2009, 02:07 PM

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

bujhee kom · #7 March 25, 2009, 03:42 PM

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 · #8 March 25, 2009, 04:43 PM

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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 · #9 March 25, 2009, 08:25 PM

Nasir Hossain

sbsash · #10 March 25, 2009, 08:44 PM

Hope BD does well.Go BANGLADESH!!!

nsd3 · #11 March 25, 2009, 09:54 PM

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....?

al Furqaan · #12 March 25, 2009, 10:08 PM

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 · #13 March 25, 2009, 10:30 PM

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 · #14 March 26, 2009, 12:28 AM

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 · #15 March 26, 2009, 01:01 AM

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 · #16 March 26, 2009, 04:14 AM

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 · #17 March 27, 2009, 03:51 AM

I thought they are halting sports?

bujhee kom · #18 March 27, 2009, 09:18 AM

Quote:

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!

LateCut · #19 March 27, 2009, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nycpro96
rubel is in too right?

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

Antora · #20 March 28, 2009, 04:18 AM

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

Tahmid_Ctg · #21 March 28, 2009, 04:30 AM

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

bujhee kom · #22 March 28, 2009, 04:32 AM

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

Green Tea · #23 March 28, 2009, 10:40 AM

Sri Lanka Under 19 Team is always strong. It will be a very good experience for our young cricketers.

Rifat · #24 March 28, 2009, 06:11 PM

looking forward to it.

Shruwadi Shuvo graduated.

my boy Nasir Hossain should definitely get a call up, i know Gowza is excited too, as am i

Gowza · #25 March 28, 2009, 07:53 PM

yes gowza is excited, will be interesting to see who is selected for this series (wondering if it will be a superstar team or a totally new look team). some of the older guys from the last team might still be eligible but they've done some good things in the domestic comps and internationally (rubel), not sure whether it would be the right move to play them in the u19 team.