A ton from Kusal Perera and a half-century from Ashan Priyanjan guided Sri Lanka A to an eight-wicket win over Pakistan A in the first unofficial ODI in Matara.
Chasing 204, Sri Lanka’s didn’t start well as they lost Shehan Jayasuriya and Dhanuskha Gunthilaka for single digits inside six overs. Perera then had an unbeaten 152-run partnership with Priyanjan for the third wicket. He struck 114 from 88 balls including 18 fours and a six, before retiring hurt in the 30th over.
Priyanjan played second fiddle to Perera in the partnership, scoring an unbeaten 57 from 77 balls with four fours and one six. Milinda Siriwardana and Priyanjan saw Sri Lanka home after Perera retired hurt.
Pakistan A had chosen to bat and found themselves at 66 for 3 in the 17th over. Umar Amin and Fawad Alam then put on 62 for the fourth wicket, a stand that ended with the fall of Amin’s wicket, leaving them 128 for 4 in the 32nd over.
A couple of 30-plus partnerships took Pakistan past 200 but they were bowled out for 203. Their captain Alam top-scored with a 74-ball 58. Tharindu Kaushal, Lahiru Gamage and Jayasuriya picked up two wickets each while Dushmantha Chameera ended with figures of 3 for 34
Pakistan A
Mohammad Rizwan c Gunaratne b Gamage 5
Israrullah c & b Jayasuriya 25
Khurram Manzoor c †Perera b Chameera 24
Fawad Alam c Madushanka b Gamage 58
Umar Amin c & b Jayasuriya 32
Saad Nasim c Vithanage b Madushanka 2
Imad Wasim c Madushanka b Kaushal 35
Bilawal Bhatti lbw b Chameera 2
Shahzaib Ahmed c †Perera b Chameera 0
Mir Hamza c Priyanjan b Kaushal 1
Zia-ul-Haq not out 3
Extras (lb 1, w 12, nb 3) 16
Total (all out; 48.1 overs) 203
Fall of wickets 1-16 (Mohammad Rizwan, 6.3 ov), 2-47 (Israrullah, 11.5 ov), 3-66 (Khurram Manzoor, 16.6 ov), 4-128 (Umar Amin, 31.5 ov), 5-133 (Saad Nasim, 32.5 ov), 6-167 (Fawad Alam, 38.1 ov), 7-170 (Bilawal Bhatti, 39.2 ov), 8-170 (Shahzaib Ahmed, 39.3 ov), 9-171 (Mir Hamza, 40.4 ov), 10-203 (Imad Wasim, 48.1 ov)
Bowling
PLS Gamage 8-1-40-2, LD Madushanka 8-0-31-1, DSNFG Jayasuriya 10-0-49-2, PVD Chameera 8-0-34-3, PHT Kaushal 9.1-1-35-2, SMA Priyanjan 5-0-13-0
Sri Lanka A
MDKJ Perera retired hurt 114
DSNFG Jayasuriya c †Mohammad Rizwan b Mir Hamza 5
MD Gunathilaka c †Mohammad Rizwan b Zia-ul-Haq 4
SMA Priyanjan not out 57
TAM Siriwardana not out 15
Extras (lb 1, w 7, nb 1) 9
Total (2 wickets; 32.2 overs) 204
Did not batKDK Vithanage, LD Madushanka, PVD Chameera, PHT Kaushal, DAS Gunaratne, PLS Gamage
Fall of wickets 1-27 (Jayasuriya, 4.3 ov), 2-32 (Gunathilaka, 5.2 ov), 2-184* (Perera, retired not out, 29.1 ov)
Bowling
Mir Hamza 9-1-55-1, Zia-ul-Haq 7-1-36-1, Shahzaib Ahmed 7.2-0-64-0, Bilawal Bhatti 5-0-34-0, Umar Amin 1-0-8-0, Imad Wasim 3-0-6-0
MATCH DETAILS
Toss – Pakistan A, who chose to bat
Series – Sri Lanka A led the 3-match series 1-0
Umpires – ID Gunawardene and RA Kottahachchi
Match referee – M Jayasena
Reserve umpire – CM Hathurusingha
