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Sri Lanka on show today
Shamil Amit reporting from Bangladesh
Budding cricketers from sixteen countries including the ten Test playing nations will be on show - this time by it's would be future heroes testing their skills at the Fifth Under 19 World Cup tournament in Bangladesh.

The matches will be played in four different venues in a spectacle that will last for 21 days. The matches scheduled to be played today -- the opening day of the tournament are: Hosts Bangladesh taking on New Zealand at the Banghabandu National Stadium, Sri Lanka taking on Zimbabwe at the Bogra District Stadium, England playing Nepal at the M.A. Aziz Stadium, Pakistan testing their skills against Papua New Guinea at the Khulna Divisional Stadium.

Defending champions Australia will be on show tomorrow (Monday) when they take on Canada at the Rajashahi Divisional Stadium. The other games scheduled are: South Africa vs Uganda at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium, India vs Scotland at the Banghabandu National Stadium and West Indies vs Ireland at the Khulna Stadium.

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