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Little known left-arm fast bowler Thilina Thushara slammed an exciting 32 off 15 balls including three sixes off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan in the one-day practice match played between Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka 'A' at the NCC grounds yesterday.

Thushara's cameo late in the Sri Lanka 'A' innings enabled them to top 200 off 50 overs, but it was not enough to stop Sri Lanka from beating them by four wickets.

Despite the harsh treatment he received at the hands of the left-hander Muralitharan yet finished with respectable figures of one for 33 off 10 overs. Kumar Dharmasena, another off-spinner recalled to the Sri Lanka side took one for 35 off 10 overs.

Thushara then undid all the good work with the bat when he bowled 24 wides to concede 70 runs in nine overs as the Sri Lankan batsmen led by Marvan Atapattu with 42 off 50 balls (7 fours) successfully overhauled the target in the 39th over. Extras were second top scorer with 39.

Sri Lanka play Pakistan in the opening match of the ICC Champions trophy at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Thursday.

Scores: Sri Lanka 'A' 200-9 (50 overs) (M.G. Van Dort 31, J. Mendis 43, T.T. Samaraweera 32, T. Thushara 32, P. Gunaratne 3 for 41)

Sri Lanka 201-6 (38.4 overs) (K.C. Sangakkara 25, M.S. Atapattu 42, D.P.M. Jayawardene 28, R.P. Arnold 28, U.D.U. Chandana 13 n.o., W.P.U.J.C.Vaas 19 n.o., C. Gamage 2 for 26, T.P.N. Ranjith 2 for 57) - [S.T.]

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