-says Van Lange role key to success against Sri Lanka

YOUTH West Indies head coach Rohan Nurse speaking on back of a successful series against Sri Lanka U19’s says that the result is a clear indication of the side growing from strength to strength.

According to Nurse, speaking to the media recently, the unit is one with great potential and augurs well for the remainder of their youth calendar.

“Throughout the series, we did really well at the back end, whether it be batting or bowling. We showed that there is depth in the batting especially towards the lower order with Jonathan Van Lange playing a very important role through-out the series with (Aadian) Racha. I was quite happy with our fielding in period of the series as well as the confidence that would have grown and trust amongst the team and you would have seen in the 6th game where at 125 for 5 and the batters formulating a plan and being able to execute it.”

Vice-captain Van Lange was prolific with crucial runs through-out the 4-3 series win despite his side surrendering the final clash in on Monday at the sir Vivian Richards ground in Antigua.
Nurse was quick to point out some areas for attention, saying, “There are also quite a few things to work on, to be honest a lot of these areas ae only identified once players play at this level, so it’s been a good opportunity for us to learn from.”

In the final match, the regional boys after winning the toss put Sri Lanka U-19 to bat and the visitors recorded 180 for 5 in a match-up reduced to 26 overs after persistent rain fall.
Leading the way for Sri Lanka was Vi-math Dinsara with 58 and 51 from Kavija Gamage.
The wickets taker for the West Indies was Israel Morton with 3 for 30.

The Sri Lankans combined to dismiss the West Indies youths for 62 in 14.2 overs.
The West Indies won the 6th match by 3 wickets following up the the 4th and 5th matches by 2 wickets each and the tournament opener by 12 runs.
They lost the 2nd and 3rd matches in the series by 1 wicket and 8 wickets respectively.