By Admin 
Sri Lanka won the 13th match of the Under-19 World Cup 2026 played against Ireland by 106 runs on Monday at the Namibia Cricket Ground. With the second consecutive win, Sri Lanka has secured the top position in Group-A.
Sri Lanka had won against Japan by 203 runs in its first match. At the same time, after losing the match against Australia by 8 wickets, the Irish team, which faced defeat against Sri Lanka, is in third place.
On Monday, after winning the toss and coming to bat, the Sri Lankan team scored 267 runs after losing 5 wickets in the stipulated overs. This team had lost 2 wickets till the score of 17. From here Dulnith Sigera took over the team by making a partnership of 42 runs for the third wicket with captain Vimath Dinsara.
Dulnith was out after scoring 22 runs, after which Kavija Gamage along with Vimath added 79 runs in 111 balls to take the team to the score of 139. Kavija returned to the pavilion after scoring 49 runs with 6 fours.
Vimath made a 100-run partnership with Chamika Henathigala for the fifth wicket. Captain Vimath was out after scoring 95 runs in 102 balls with 1 six and 6 fours, while Chamika contributed 51 unbeaten runs in the team’s account.
From the opposition camp, Oliver Riley took maximum 2 wickets, while Ruben Wilson and Luke Murray took 1 wicket each.
In response, Ireland’s team was reduced to 161 runs in 40.1 overs. For this team, Callum Armstrong scored the maximum 39 runs with 3 fours, while Ruben Wilson scored 32 runs. Apart from these, captain Oliver Riley played an unbeaten inning of 31 runs in 35 balls with 2 sixes and 1 four. Dulnith Sigera took 4 wickets for 19 runs, while Rasith Nimsar took 3 wickets.