Freddie McCann, the young Lions’ opener against Sri Lanka U19s, just missed his second century of the summer in the inaugural Men’s Youth Test at Wormsley due to rain.
After partnering with Keshana Fonseka for 160 runs at the second wicket to secure a solid response with the bat after Sri Lanka was all out for 324, McCann was stumped on 92.
Alex French, a fast bowler from Surrey Academy, was the best of the England U19s bowlers with 81 for 4, while Dinuru Kalupahana, the captain of Sri Lanka U19s, had previously achieved his first international century.

The hosts lost three late wickets, McCann being shortly followed back to the pavilion by skipper Hamza Shaikh and Noah Thain, but Fonseka held strong as they finished on 193 for 4, needing a little more work with one day left.
In the second Youth ODI at Hove last week, McCann struck a record-breaking 174 from only 139 balls to help win victory. He also bowled well, reaching a half-century almost at run-a-ball against the foreigners.
Following Jaydn Denly’s early exit from England by dragging Nathan Caldera straight at Praveen Maneesha, McCann and Fonseka seized center stage, scoring at a rate of more than four runs per over.
After agreeing to a three-figure agreement with Nottinghamshire last November, McCann was undone when a ball from Vihas Thewmika kept low as he moved closer to the wicket.
Soon after, Shaikh dismissed Sheshan Marasinghe off Thewmika, and Thain returned a ball that Maneesha had kept a little low and slid into his stumps.
Along with new man and Lancashire team-mate Rocky Flintoff, Fonseka finished undefeated at 72, leaving England U19s 131 runs down at the end.
The standout player of the first half of the day was Sri Lanka skipper Kalupahana, who scored his historic century. The 19-year-old appeared at relaxed with the circumstances, as seen by the stroke that marked the start of his century, which involved easing French backward of point and to the rope.
In celebration of reaching the milestone, Kalupahana sprang into the air and raced towards his teammates.
The captain mistimed a drive to Flintoff in front of point, allowing Diniru Abeywickramasingha to become the first of five batters caught in the ring throughout the day. The two had shared a 99-run partnership.
Then, for the second time in the match, Alex Green of Leicestershire grabbed the prize wicket of Kalupahana by trapping him leg before wicket on the crease with the opening delivery of his new stint.
when a 45-run eighth-wicket partnership with Caldera, who was last man out when he too mis-hit a drive that Shaikh held to give French his fourth wicket, Thain persuaded Thewmika to drive to Flintoff at wide mid-on.
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