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- ↑ Records / McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, 1987/88 - Sri Lanka Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages Archived 22 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
