Thurstan spinner Vihas Thewmika continued to be a thorn in the flesh of visiting West Indies 19s as he commenced from where he stopped at the last Youth Test to restrict them to 127 runs on day one of the second Youth Test at Dambulla on Tuesday.
Thewmika picked up five wickets including the top three batsmen of the innings. He was joined by Malsha Tharupathi to rattle the middle and late order. The duo shared eight wickets between them.
Thewmika was the leading wicket taker for the hosts during the last Youth Test which ended in a draw.
In their essay, the hosts did well to take a 64 runs lead at stumps.
Skipper Sineth Jayawardena, who was dismissed for a naught was the only disappointment as others truck form.
Rusanda Gamage top-scored with 58 runs in 52 balls (10x4s). While Pulindu Perera and Ravishan de Silva made 40s, Dinura Kalupahana and Sharujan Shanmuganathan put on an unfinished stand of 40 runs for the fifth wicket.
Brief Scores:
West Indies U19s
127 all out in 36.4 overs (Stephan Pascal 28, Steve Wedderburn 24, Jordan Johnson 52; Vihas Thewmika 5/43, Malsha Tharupathi 3/16)
Sri Lanka U19s
191 for 4 in 51 overs (Pulindu Perera 41, Ravishan de Silva 43, Rusanda Gamage 58, Dinura Kalupahana 23n.o., Sharujan Shanmuganathan 21n.o.)