Tarrique Edward continues to impress on the West Indies Rising Stars Under 19 tour of Sri Lanka on Wednesday. The off-spinning allrounder bowled with great control and took three wickets as West Indies tried to stem the flow of runs by Sri Lanka Under 19 on the second day of the first Youth Test.

Edward ended with 3-99 from 23 overs as the home team made 432-8 declared at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. Early in the second day twice to remove wicketkeeper Sharujan Shanmuganathan (17) and Vishwa Rajapaksha (9) as West Indies U19s had reduced the hosts to 215-6 at one stage.

West Indies finished on 27-1 in their first innings, still 405 runs behind heading into the penultimate day. Joshua Dorne will resume on six along with opener Stephen Pascal on five.

Earlier resuming the morning on 163-3 following the rain-hit opening day, Sri Lanka built their eventual total courtesy of Dinura Kalupahana’s unbeaten 150, with Malsha Tharupathi chipping in with a breezy 65 and Vihas Thewmika, a patient 35 in the lower order. Kalupahana faced 229 balls and struck 16 fours and two of sixes.

West Indies made a strong start to the day when fast bowler Isai Thorne (2-58) bowled Ravishan Nethsara with the third delivery of the morning before he had added to his overnight 31, and with a single run added to the total.

Kalupahana, resuming the morning on 15, then held the innings together, first in a 103-run, seventh wicket partnership with Tharupathi and then in a 114-run, eighth wicket stand with Thewmika.

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