{"id":250382,"date":"2025-09-18T16:03:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=250382"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:03:38","slug":"west-indies-under-19s-clinch-youth-odi-series-win-over-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/west-indies-under-19s-clinch-youth-odi-series-win-over-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Under-19s Clinch Youth ODI Series Win Over Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2215476340\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>West Indies Under-19s held their collective nerve to edge Sri Lanka Under-19s 4-3 in a rollercoaster seven-match Youth ODI series in Antigua, signalling a positive start to their preparation for next year\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>ICC Under-19 World Cup<\/strong>&nbsp;in Zimbabwe and Namibia.<\/p><div id=\"antig-602836586\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The young Caribbean side, led by head coach Rohan Nurse and captain Joshua Dorne, showed great resilience after early setbacks, but outstanding individual performances and smart batting partnerships helped them win the series with a game to spare, before Sri Lanka salvaged pride with a victory in the final fixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cricviz-westindies-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/96aab8da-db30-4db8-afe7-3447777b883f.original.jpg\" alt=\"Group Image\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>West Indies Under 19 Team &amp; Management Unit<\/em><\/strong><\/p><div id=\"antig-3026713457\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 1047w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:245\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 245w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:838\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 838w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:939\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1047\" height=\"1280\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Head coach Nurse hailed the character shown by his young players throughout the series.<\/p><div id=\"antig-4088027989\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, 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To have that resilience to perform, especially when the games got tight towards the back end of the innings and the way that they stayed calm in those situations, I thought that was quite pleasing. Those are qualities that aren&#8217;t necessarily easy to embed into a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cricviz-westindies-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/131fb07e-37d7-424f-a157-4aa79a0615d8.original.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_6653\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Head Coach Rohan Nurse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nurse was especially pleased with some individual performances especially in the batting order.<\/p><div id=\"antig-39528576\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe had the performances of the captain, Joshua Dorne, leading from the front, both on and off the field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cHis calming presence started to rub off on others, especially guys like Jonathan Van Lange who operated in the middle to lower order, and even Aidan Racha who made telling contributions. We were also able to have some impactful performances from Shaquan Belle, who was able to win us two games with his powerful stroke play.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The tone was set in the opener at Coolidge when West Indies snatched a 12-run win from the brink of defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka were cruising at 225-5 in pursuit of 257, but Jakeem Pollard\u2019s late burst (3-34) sparked a collapse and the visitors lost their last five wickets for just 19 runs.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1747725808\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"1000436969\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Jonathan van Lange\u2019s composed 83 anchored the hosts\u2019 batting innings.<\/p><div id=\"antig-4121627852\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka hit back two days later, edging a low-scoring encounter by one wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chasing 202, the visitors won thanks to Sethmika Seneviratne\u2019s late cameo of an unbeaten 20. Captain Joshua Dorne\u2019s 82 had been the feature of the West Indies\u2019 innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tourists took control in the third match, a low-scoring affair, as spinners Vigneshwaran Akash (4-19) and Chamika Heenatigala (4-33) dismissed the hosts for 138.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening batter Viran Chamuditha\u2019s unbeaten 64 steered Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket victory and a 2-1 series lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cricviz-westindies-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/b2ed031c-2492-4a99-8a61-4ebab2ea22ce.original.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7206\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A rain-affected fourth ODI saw West Indies chase down a revised target and level the series 2-2. Shaquan Belle\u2019s unbeaten 41, which followed his bowling performance of 4-35, guided them to a two-wicket win on DLS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the fifth game at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Van Lange and Aadian Racha added 28 for the ninth wicket to claim a two-wicket win and a 3-2 advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Dorne produced his defining innings of the series in the sixth ODI. With the side struggling at 125-5 chasing 288, he struck a brilliant 95, his third half-century of the series, in a 115-run sixth-wicket stand with van Lange (50) to secure a memorable three-wicket win and a 4-2 series win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cricviz-westindies-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/9c1e28a9-21d6-4f1d-9969-7f8283773892.original.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_7268\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Sri Lanka Under 19s Team &amp; Management Unit<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka dominated the seventh and final game and cruised to a 130-run DLS victory after reducing the hosts to just 62 all out in another rain-affected battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dorne was named MVP after his series-high 302 runs across the seven matches at an average of 43.14 with his highest score of 95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dorne also took the most catches by a fielder with nine. Sri Lanka\u2019s Kavija Gamage, who scored the series\u2019 only century, contributed a total of 269 runs at an average of 44.83 for his team\u2019s cause. Vigneshwaran Akash led all wicket takers with 20. 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