Charith Asalanka stars on eventful day

South Africa Emerging tour of Sri Lanka

By
Roscoe Thattil
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The young generation of Sri Lankan batting led by Charith Asalanka, put the hosts in control on day two of their 2nd unofficial Test against the South Africa Emerging team.

Resuming day 2 on 69/3, the hosts lost the key scalp of Pathum Nissanka and later night watchman Binura Fernando to be reduced to 117/5. Former Sri Lanka under 19 players, Charith Asalanka and Sammu Ashan got together at this stage to thread a valuable 101 run partnership for the sixth wicket.

Ashan was the more aggressive of the two batsmen in the partnership as he hit 61 off just 95 balls including 8 fours and a six. When Ashan nicked off of the bowling of Nandre Burger, Sri Lanka Emerging were only two runs ahead with four wickets in hand.

Team mate at junior level cricket Kamindu Mendis (31) joined the well-set Asalanka, who decided to take control of proceedings with the duo adding 84 runs in quick time for the 7th wicket.

Asalanka reached the  magical three figure mark as the hosts went past 300, but they lost their last 4 wickets for just 17 runs to be bowled out for 319, still with a vital 103 run lead.

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For the visitors, Burger bowled with a lot of heart to capture three wickets but it was Lutho Sipamla who stood out with top figures of 4/75 to make sure the hosts didn’t get too far ahead in the game.
There were signs of the visitors crumbling in the 2nd innings ; similar to the 2nd in the opening Test. But the young Proteas openers Ryan Rickelton (20*) and Tony de Zorzi (25*) batted with a lot of courage on a tricky second evening, as the duo made sure South Africa Emerging didn’t lose a wicket and more importantly, cut down the deficit to just 56 runs with all 10 wickets in hand.








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Full Scorecard

South Africa Board XI

216/10 & 393/6

(114 overs)

Result

Sri Lanka Emerging

319/10 & 260/8

(75 overs)

Match Drawn

South Africa Board XI’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Ryan Rickelton c P.Nissanka b N.Taraka 51 58
Tony de Zorzi b L.Gamage 3 13
Kagiso Rapulana c S.Samarawickrama b K.Mendis 23 53
Raynard van Tonder lbw by L.Gamage 20 44
Matthew Breetzke b J.Vandersay 18 53
Jiveshan Pillay c S.Samarawickrama b B.Fernando 3 38
Eathan Bosch c S.Ashan b N.Taraka 18 20
Smangaliso Nhlebela lbw by K.Mendis 2 16
Gregory Mahlokwana c C.Asalanka b K.Mendis 29 46
Nandre Burger b K.Mendis 31 32
Lutho Sipamla not out 9 18
Extras
9 (b 3, lb 1, nb 4, w 1)
Total
216/10 (64.3 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-18 (T de Zorzi, 4.3 ov), 2-67 (RD Rickelton, 17.1 ov), 3-87 (K Rapulana, 23.3 ov), 4-104 (R van Tonder, 32.1 ov), 5-124 (J Pillay, 42.4 ov), 6-128 (MP Breetzke, 43.1 ov), 7-144 (E Bosch, 48.4 ov), 8-144 (S Nhlebela, 49.1 ov), 9-198 (N Burger, 59.4 ov), 10-216 (G Mahlokwana, 64.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Lahiru Gamage 12 4 32 2 2.67
Binura Fernando 12 1 46 1 3.83
Nisala Taraka 10 1 36 2 3.60
Jeffrey Vandersay 21 4 61 1 2.90
Kamindu Mendis 8.3 0 32 4 3.86
Sammu Ashan 1 0 5 0 5.00

Sri Lanka Emerging ‘s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Lahiru Milantha c E.Bosch b L.Sipamla 5 11
Kaushal Silva c R. Rickelton b E.Bosch 34 43
Sadeera Samarawickrama st R. Rickelton b G. Mahlokwana 25 33
Pathum Nissanka c R. Rickelton b L.Sipamla 4 8
Binura Fernando c K Rapulana b S Nhlebela 23 42
Charith Asalanka c R. Rickelton b L.Sipamla 100 218
Sammu Ashan c R. Rickelton b N Burger 61 95
Kamindu Mendis c R. Rickelton b L.Sipamla 31 75
Nuwan Thushara c & b N Burger 6 11
Jeffrey Vandersay c & b N Burger 4 2
Lahiru Gamage not out 3 6
Extras
20 (b 3, lb 10, nb 3, w 4)
Total
319/10 (92 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-6 (BKEL Milantha, 2.4 ov), 2-55 (JK Silva, 12.3 ov), 3-69 (S Samarawickrama, 15.5 ov), 4-73 (P Nissanka, 18.1 ov), 5-117 (B Fernando, 29.3 ov), 6-218 (S Ashan, 59.5 ov), 7-302 (PHKD Mendis, 88.2 ov), 8-303 (KIC Asalanka, 88.6 ov), 9-308 (JDF Vandersay, 89.5 ov), 10-319 (NT Gamage, 91.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Lutho Sipamla 22 3 75 4 3.41
TNandre Burger 18 3 69 3 3.83
Gregory Mahlokwana 14 2 43 1 3.07
Eathan Bosch 15 2 41 1 2.73
Smangaliso Nhlebela 14 2 52 1 3.71
Kagiso Rapulana 5 0 11 0 2.20
Matthew Breetzke 4 0 15 0 3.75

South Africa Board XI’s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
Tony de Zorzi c P Nissanka b L Gamage 103 167
Ryan Rickelton b B Fernando 37 78
Kagiso Rapulana b C Asalanka 41 82
Van Tonder not out 68 117
Mathew Breetzke lbw by K Mendis 21 62
Jiveshan Pillay c K Mendis b C Asalanka 15 26
Eathan Bosch b B Fernando 23 40
S Nhlebela not out 28 43
G Mahlokwana not out 29 48
Extras
27
Total
393/6 (114 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-83 (R Rickelton, 25 ov), 2-182 (K Rapulana, 51.4 ov), 3-200 (T Zorzi, 56.3 ov), 4-253 (M Breetzke, 73.2 ov), 5-279 (J Pillay, 82.1 ov), 6-329 (E Bosch, 96.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
PLS Gamage 22 2 68 1 3.09
NT Gamage 12 2 39 0 3.25
PHKD Mendis 29 1 95 1 3.28
JDF Vandersay 22 1 89 0 4.05
B Fernando 17 3 33 2 1.94
C Asalanka 13 1 50 2 3.85

Sri Lanka Emerging ‘s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
S Samarawickrama c Nyaku b E Bosch 19 51
K Silva st. R Rickleton b S Nhlebela 49 77
L Milantha c R Rickleton b N Burger 21 55
P Nissanka c J Pillay b N Burger 62 115
C Asalanka c L Sipamla b S Nhlebela 10 18
S Ashan c S Nhlebela b E Bosch 71 71
K Mendis c K Rapulana b N Burger 1 8
N Tharaka not out 12 34
B Fernando lbw by E Bosch 2 3
J Vandersay not out 5 20
Extras
8
Total
260/8 (75 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-56 (S Samarawickrama, 17.5 ov), 2-80 (K Silva, 24.4 ov), 3-97 (L Milantha, 33.2 ov), 4-124 (C Asalanka, 40.2 ov), 5-236 (P Nissanka, 63.2 ov), 6-240 (S Ashan, 64.5 ov), 7-241 (K Mendis, 65.5 ov), 8-244 (B Fernando, 67 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
L Sipamla 4 1 20 0 5.00
G Mahlokwana 17 1 68 0 4.00
E Bosch 16 3 49 3 3.06
S Nhlebela 20 5 70 2 3.50
N Burger 14 3 33 3 2.36
K Rapulana 4 0 19 0 4.75







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