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Sri Lanka ‘A’ cruise to innings win
Sri Lanka ‘A’ cruised to an innings and 26 runs victory over Afghanistan ‘A’ as Nisala Tharaka produced a six-wicket haul to restrict the visitors to 211 runs in their second innings in the unofficial Test at the P Sara Oval on Tuesday.
Commencing from the overnight total of 108 for two wickets the visitors could add only 103 runs as Tharaka ripped through the batting line up.
Scores: Sri Lanka ‘A’
435 (Ishada Fernando 32, Lahiru Udara 65, Ahan Wickramasinghe 27, Sonal Dinusha 145, Vishad Randika 63, Wanuja Kumara 75; Zia Ur Rahman 6/127)
Afghanistan ‘A’
198 all out in 67.5 overs (Imran 62, Abdul Hadi 45; Wanuja Kumara 5/58, Nishan Peiris 3/37) and 108 for 2 overnight 211 all out in 62.3 overs (Imran 53, Ijaz Ahmad 54: Nisala Tharaka 6/42, Nishan Peiris 2/63)