The hosts take the 2-match four-day series 1-0, against South Africa ‘A’ after the 2nd four-day game ended in a draw today (22nd June), at P. Sara Stadium in Colombo.
Overnight batters, Minod Bhanuka and Pasindu Sooriyabandara continued from where they left off yesterday as both of them went on to register their respective hundreds this morning. Lizaad Williams has broken that massive partnership of 254 by dismissing Bhanuka for a classical 130-run knock which came off 207 balls with 10 fours & 5 sixes.
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Meantime, Sri Lanka ‘A’ has decided to declare their innings on 327/3 & set a target of 324 for the Proteas to level the series. Sooriyabandara played such an exceptional knock on his Sri Lanka ‘A’ debut and remained unbeaten on 113 off 147 deliveries which consisted of 12 fours & 2 sixes.
However, when the match ended in a draw, the visitors managed to get only 156 runs after losing 4 wickets. Matthew Breetzke was their top scorer with 38 runs while skipper Tony De Zorzi scored 35. For Sri Lanka ‘A’ Praveen Jayawickrama stood up with a couple of wickets and Ramesh Mendis also picked up one.
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In the end, the Islanders sealed the 2-match series after winning the first game by a comprehensive margin of 160. Earlier, the visitors managed to beat Sri Lanka ‘A’ in the 3-match unofficial ODI series 2-1 as well.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishan Madushka | lbw b Senuran Muthusamy | 33 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 80.49 |
| Lasith Croospulle | st Kyle Verreynne b Senuran Muthusamy | 27 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 64.29 |
| Minod Bhanuka | c Kyle Verreynne b Senuran Muthusamy | 32 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 76.19 |
| Pasindu Sooriyabandara | b Lutho Sipamla | 41 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 78.85 |
| Kamindu Mendis | c Kyle Verreynne b Lizaad Williams | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 |
| Lahiru Udara | c Zubayr Hamza b Senuran Muthusamy | 33 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 61.11 |
| Ramesh Mendis | c Tshepo Moreki b Lutho Sipamla | 62 | 123 | 5 | 2 | 50.41 |
| Lakshitha Manasinghe | c Zubayr Hamza b Senuran Muthusamy | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 65.00 |
| Milan Rathnayake | c Kyle Verreynne b Beyers Swanepoel | 35 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 60.34 |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | c Beyers Swanepoel b Senuran Muthusamy | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Vishwa Fernando | not out | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 13 (b 1 , lb 3 , nb 7, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 290/10 (75.1 Overs, RR: 3.86) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutho Sipamla | 11 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 3.27 | |
| Lizaad Williams | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4.33 | |
| Beyers Swanepoel | 13 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 5.15 | |
| Tshepo Moreki | 16 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 2.81 | |
| Senuran Muthusamy | 26.1 | 4 | 101 | 6 | 3.87 | |
| Tristan Stubbs | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| Tony de Zorzi | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony de Zorzi | lbw b Vishwa Fernando | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Matthew Breetzke | lbw b Vishwa Fernando | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Tristan Stubbs | lbw b Vishwa Fernando | 117 | 181 | 15 | 1 | 64.64 |
| Keegan Petersen | b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 50 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 34.97 |
| Zubayr Hamza | b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 46 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 60.53 |
| Kyle Verreynne | not out | 38 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 76.00 |
| Senuran Muthusamy | lbw b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 43.48 |
| Beyers Swanepoel | c Pasindu Sooriyabandara b Praveen Jayawickrama | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Lizaad Williams | c Milan Rathnayake b Praveen Jayawickrama | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Lutho Sipamla | c & b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Tshepo Moreki | lbw b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 16 (b 5 , lb 6 , nb 4, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 294/10 (84.3 Overs, RR: 3.48) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vishwa Fernando | 13.4 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 3.36 | |
| Milan Rathnayake | 11.2 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 2.68 | |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | 29 | 3 | 102 | 2 | 3.52 | |
| Ramesh Mendis | 14 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 4.14 | |
| Lakshitha Manasinghe | 16.3 | 2 | 48 | 5 | 2.94 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishan Madushka | c Beyers Swanepoel b Tristan Stubbs | 40 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 52.63 |
| Lasith Croospulle | c Keegan Petersen b Tshepo Moreki | 30 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 41.67 |
| Minod Bhanuka | c Tony de Zorzi b Lizaad Williams | 130 | 207 | 10 | 5 | 62.80 |
| Pasindu Sooriyabandara | not out | 113 | 147 | 12 | 2 | 76.87 |
| Extras | 14 (b 4 , lb 3 , nb 3, w 4, pen 0) |
| Total | 327/3 (83.1 Overs, RR: 3.93) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyers Swanepoel | 11 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 2.55 | |
| Lizaad Williams | 10.1 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 5.15 | |
| Senuran Muthusamy | 30 | 5 | 121 | 0 | 4.03 | |
| Lutho Sipamla | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3.60 | |
| Tshepo Moreki | 13 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 2.54 | |
| Tristan Stubbs | 14 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 4.86 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony de Zorzi | run out (Pasindu Sooriyabandara) | 35 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Matthew Breetzke | c Milan Rathnayake b Praveen Jayawickrama | 38 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 35.19 |
| Tristan Stubbs | lbw b Ramesh Mendis | 12 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 60.00 |
| Keegan Petersen | c Nishan Madushka b Praveen Jayawickrama | 29 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 29.90 |
| Zubayr Hamza | not out | 24 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 32.00 |
| Kyle Verreynne | not out | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Extras | 10 (b 9 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 156/4 (60 Overs, RR: 2.6) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vishwa Fernando | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3.71 | |
| Lakshitha Manasinghe | 16 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 3.19 | |
| Milan Rathnayake | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.20 | |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | 18 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 2.39 | |
| Ramesh Mendis | 14 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1.50 | |
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