The second unofficial Test between Sri Lanka ‘A’ and England Lions continued for day two today (08th February) at Galle International Cricket Stadium.
Sri Lanka ‘A’ resumed their first innings on day two at 190/3 with Croospulle (122*) and Dhananjaya (14*) remaining unbeaten at the crease.
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Their partnership didn’t last long as Croospulle departed for 128 runs as the first wicket of the day. The hosts lost 3 quick wickets in the morning session being restricted to 219/6. But, the skipper Dhananjaya and Lakshitha Manasinghe revived the innings adding a 47-run partnership for the 7th wicket before the former was dismissed for a well-compiled 61 runs.
Manasinghe and Lasith Embuldeniya provided late impetus to the innings with crucial knocks of 43 & 42 respectively as Sri Lanka ‘A’ posted 332 for their first innings. Josh Tongue was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors as he bagged 5 wickets for 76 runs.
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Sri Lanka started pretty well with the ball picking up 2 quick wickets in the first 3 overs as seamers Vishwa Fernando and Chamika Karunaratne struck early putting the visitors onto the backfoot. However, the opening batter Alex Lees and No. 4 batter Josh Bohannon rescued their innings building a 105-run partnership for the 3rd wicket.
Lees continued to pile on the runs adding another century stand with the wicket-keeper batter Jamie Smith as the visitors ended the second day’s play in a dominant position at 234/3. The England Lions continue the ‘Bazball’ approach in this Test as well scoring at 6.68 runs per over.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishan Madushka | c Tom Abell b Josh Tongue | 22 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 52.38 |
| Lasith Croospulle | c Matt Fisher b Josh Tongue | 128 | 130 | 16 | 3 | 98.46 |
| Nuwanidu Fernando | lbw b Sam Cook | 22 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 30.14 |
| Kamindu Mendis | c Josh Tongue b Matt Fisher | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Nipun Dhananjaya | c Tom Abell b Josh Tongue | 61 | 104 | 10 | 0 | 58.65 |
| Lahiru Udara | c Josh Bohannon b Josh Tongue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chamika Karunarathne | c Alex Lees b Josh Tongue | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lakshitha Manasinghe | c Liam Patterson-White b Matt Fisher | 43 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 49.43 |
| Lasith Embuldeniya | c Jack Haynes b Jack Carson | 42 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 76.36 |
| Vishwa Fernando | b Sam Cook | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | not out | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 |
| Extras | 7 (b 4 , lb 3 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 332/10 (88.1 Overs, RR: 3.77) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Cook | 21 | 6 | 69 | 2 | 3.29 | |
| Matt Fisher | 22 | 4 | 83 | 2 | 3.77 | |
| Josh Tongue | 22 | 2 | 75 | 5 | 3.41 | |
| Liam Patterson-White | 11 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 5.09 | |
| Tom Abell | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | |
| Jack Carson | 10.1 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 2.97 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lees | c Kamindu Mendis b Praveen Jayawickrama | 97 | 113 | 10 | 0 | 85.84 |
| Haseeb Hameed | c Lahiru Udara b Chamika Karunarathne | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Tom Abell | c Nishan Madushka b Vishwa Fernando | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Josh Bohannon | c Nuwanidu Fernando b Vishwa Fernando | 54 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 87.10 |
| Jamie Smith | c Nishan Madushka b Chamika Karunarathne | 126 | 82 | 13 | 8 | 153.66 |
| Tom Haines | c Lahiru Udara b Chamika Karunarathne | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Liam Patterson-White | c Lasith Croospulle b Lasith Embuldeniya | 24 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 72.73 |
| Matt Fisher | not out | 35 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 40.70 |
| Jack Carson | b Vishwa Fernando | 6 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Josh Tongue | c Lahiru Udara b Praveen Jayawickrama | 29 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 74.36 |
| Sam Cook | c Kamindu Mendis b Chamika Karunarathne | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 16 (b 3 , lb 9 , nb 1, w 3, pen 0) |
| Total | 405/10 (76.4 Overs, RR: 5.28) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vishwa Fernando | 21 | 1 | 83 | 3 | 3.95 | |
| Chamika Karunarathne | 13.4 | 2 | 84 | 4 | 6.27 | |
| Lasith Embuldeniya | 20 | 3 | 113 | 1 | 5.65 | |
| Lakshitha Manasinghe | 5 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 10.80 | |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | 17 | 2 | 59 | 2 | 3.47 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishan Madushka | c Sam Cook b Josh Tongue | 100 | 125 | 16 | 1 | 80.00 |
| Lasith Croospulle | c Liam Patterson-White b Jack Carson | 47 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 114.63 |
| Nuwanidu Fernando | c Jack Carson b Matt Fisher | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 |
| Kamindu Mendis | c Nathan Gilchrist b Jack Carson | 67 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 88.16 |
| Lasith Embuldeniya | c Jamie Smith b Sam Cook | 13 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 25.49 |
| Nipun Dhananjaya | c Jamie Smith b Josh Tongue | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 78.95 |
| Lahiru Udara | c Josh Bohannon b Liam Patterson-White | 63 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 88.73 |
| Chamika Karunarathne | b Josh Tongue | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lakshitha Manasinghe | lbw b Jack Carson | 43 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 119.44 |
| Vishwa Fernando | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | c Tom Haines b Jack Carson | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Extras | 6 (b 3 , lb 1 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 356/10 (74.1 Overs, RR: 4.8) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Cook | 11 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3.45 | |
| Matt Fisher | 12 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 4.83 | |
| Liam Patterson-White | 12 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 6.00 | |
| Josh Tongue | 15 | 2 | 77 | 3 | 5.13 | |
| Jack Carson | 22.1 | 4 | 94 | 4 | 4.25 | |
| Tom Abell | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lees | b Praveen Jayawickrama | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 112.50 |
| Haseeb Hameed | c Kamindu Mendis b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 47 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 71.21 |
| Tom Haines | c Nishan Madushka b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 47.62 |
| Tom Abell | c Lasith Croospulle b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 20 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 52.63 |
| Josh Bohannon | not out | 34 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 68.00 |
| Jamie Smith | c b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 107.69 |
| Liam Patterson-White | c b Lasith Embuldeniya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Matt Fisher | lbw b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 22 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 115.79 |
| Jack Carson | not out | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
| Extras | 12 (b 6 , lb 1 , nb 0, w 5, pen 0) |
| Total | 173/7 (39 Overs, RR: 4.44) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vishwa Fernando | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | 8 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 5.00 | |
| Lakshitha Manasinghe | 16 | 1 | 61 | 5 | 3.81 | |
| Lasith Embuldeniya | 11 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 4.64 | |
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