Sri Lanka ‘A’ beat Australia ‘A’ by 4 wickets in the 2nd Unofficial ODI to draw the 2-match series 1-1.
Australian skipper Henry Hunt won the toss and opted to bat first for the 2nd consecutive time at SSC Grounds in Colombo.
Wicket-keeper batter Josh Philippe and Travis Head opened the batting for Australia and provided a quick start putting on 83 runs in 9.1 overs. The opener Head built another half-century stand with number 4 batter Marcus Harris for the 3rd wicket as the visitors set the perfect platform for a big score on the board.
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Head continued to put pressure on Sri Lankan bowlers with a wonderful batting display as he notched up his 11th List-A century to propel Australia to 312 runs in the allotted 50 overs.
For Sri Lanka, it was the speedster Pramod Madushan who impressed with the ball picking up 4 wickets for 50 runs while the speedster Nisala Tharaka and off-spinner Sahan Arachchige bagged 2 wickets each.
In reply, Niroshan Dickwella and Oshada Fernando opened the innings for Sri Lanka and provided a solid start adding 43 runs for the first wicket. Dickwella then joined by number three batter Kamindu Mendis and built a match-winning 116-run partnership for the 2nd wicket putting the hosts in driving seat at the halfway stage of the innings.
After the Dickwella-Mendis partnership, Sri Lanka witnessed a chaotic period in the middle losing 3 quick wickets for 46 runs giving some edge to the visitors at 205/5. However, Sri Lanka capped middle-order batter Ashen Bandara coming to bat at 6, held his nerves to guide Sri Lanka home scoring a match-winning 73 runs off 65 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes at a strike rate of 112.30
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Philippe | c Oshada Ferenado b Pramod Madushan | 34 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 136.00 |
| travis head | c Oshada Fernando b Sahan Arachchige | 110 | 86 | 15 | 2 | 127.91 |
| Matt Renshaw | b Dhananjaya de Silva | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Marcus Harris | c & b Sahan Arachchige | 31 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 96.88 |
| Nic Maddinson | lbw b Jeffrey Vandersay | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 88.89 |
| Henry Hunt | c Ashen Bandara b Nisala Tharaka | 40 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 75.47 |
| Aaron Hardie | c Niroshan Dickwella b Janith Liyanage | 58 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 116.00 |
| Mark Steketee | b Nisala Tharaka | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 73.33 |
| Todd Murphy | b Janith Liyanage | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Matthew Kuhnemann | b Janith Liyanage | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tanveer Sangha | not out | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | 11 (b 0 , lb 3 , nb 0, w 8, pen 0) |
| Total | 312/10 (48.4 Overs, RR: 6.41) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nisala Tharaka | 7 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 6.86 | |
| Pramod Madushan | 8.4 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 5.95 | |
| Sahan Arachchige | 8 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 7.25 | |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 5.60 | |
| Janith Liyanage | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 6.83 | |
| Jeffrey Vandersay | 9 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 6.56 | |
| Dunith Wellalage | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niroshan Dickwella | c travis head b Matthew Kuhnemann | 83 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 113.70 |
| Oshada Ferenado | c Henry Hunt b Matthew Kuhnemann | 24 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Kamindu Mendis | c & b Tanveer Sangha | 40 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 75.47 |
| Dhananjaya Lakshan | c Josh Philippe b Matthew Kuhnemann | 30 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 115.38 |
| Janith Liyanage | c Henry Hunt b Tanveer Sangha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ashen Bandara | not out | 73 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 115.87 |
| Sahan Arachchige | c Aaron Hardie b Nic Maddinson | 31 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 72.09 |
| Dunith Wellalage | not out | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 212.50 |
| Extras | 17 (b 0 , lb 3 , nb 0, w 14, pen 0) |
| Total | 315/6 (48.5 Overs, RR: 6.45) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Steketee | 7 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 7.43 | |
| Matthew Kuhnemann | 10 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 4.30 | |
| Todd Murphy | 9 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 7.56 | |
| Matt Renshaw | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | |
| Aaron Hardie | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 6.40 | |
| Tanveer Sangha | 9.5 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 7.58 | |
| Nic Maddinson | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5.00 | |
