Sri Lanka ‘A’ make head start in UAE ‘A’ team Tri-series

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Sadeera Samarawickrama guided Sri Lanka ‘A’ to victory against Afghanistan ‘A’ with century

Dilshan Madushanka ripped through Afghanistan ‘A’ batting with four wickets

Defeat Ireland Wolves, Afghanistan ‘A’

Tharindu Rathnayake had good double (35 and 4/24) in win against Ireland Wolves

Sri Lanka ‘A’ has made a head start in the ongoing UAE ‘A’ team Tri-series winning both their opening two matches of the competition decisively at Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

In their opening game against Ireland Wolves, Sri Lanka ‘A’ strode to a 45-run win thanks largely to Player of the Match Sahan Arachchige’s knock of 78 off 96 balls (5 fours) that enabled them to total 264.

Then spinners Tharindu Rathnayake (4/24) and Dushan Hemantha (4/51) ran through the Irish batting to have them all out for 219 after they had made a good start scoring 84-1 after 17 overs.

In the second match against Afghanistan ‘A’ skipper Sadeera Samarawickrama led the way with a match-winning century (129* off 110 balls, 16 fours, 2 sixes) as Sri Lanka ‘A’ chased down a target of 249 to win by 6 wickets with 51 balls to spare.

Sri Lanka ‘A’ began their run chase badly losing Kamil Mishara and Nuwanidu Fernando for ducks to be 2-2, but Lahiru Udara joined Player of the Match Samarawickrama to add 163 for the third wicket off 138 balls to put Sri Lanka ‘A’ back on track. Udara scored a delightful 81 off 83 balls punctuated with 12 fours.

Sahan Arachchige (23) helped Samarawickrama in a further stand of 72 off 79 balls to seal the match in Sri Lanka ‘A’s favour.

Earlier, Afghanistan ‘A’ winning the toss and batting first were rocked by the left-arm pace of Dilshan Madushanka and Mohamed Shiraz, losing their first three wickets for four runs. But Darwish Rasooli played a captain’s knock of 155 off 147 balls (8 fours, 8 sixes) to give Afghanistan ‘A’ a respectable total of 248-8. Madushanka was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4/37 off his quota of 10 overs.

Today Afghanistan ‘A’ play Ireland Wolves.

Results

Sri Lanka ‘A’ beat Ireland Wolves by 45 runs.

Sri Lanka ‘A’ 264 (49.3) (Lahiru Udara 32, Sahan Arachchige 78, Tharindu Rathnayake 35, Thomas Mayes 3/40, Jordan Neill 2/70, Liam McCarthy 3/57, Scott MacBeth 2/38)

Ireland Wolves 219 (44.5) (Sam Topping 39, Cade Carmichael 37, Benjamin Calitz 25, Ross Adair 32, Jordan Neill 38*, Thomas Mayes 25, Tharindu Rathnayake 4/24, Dushan Hemantha 4/51)

Sri Lanka ‘A’ beat Afghanistan ‘A’ by 6 wickets

Afghanistan ‘A’ 248-8 (50) (Darwish Rasooli 155, Ikram Alikhil 32, Ijaz Ahmad 35, Dilshan Madushanka 4/37, Mohamed Shiraz 2/43)

Sri Lanka ‘A’ 249-4 (41.3) (Lahiru Udara 81, Sadeera Samarawickrama 129*, Sahan Arachchige 23, Khalil Ahmed 2/51)

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