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| Wednesday, 05 March 2003 |
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Sri Lanka 'A' bounce back by Chris Dhambarage Sri Lanka 'A' bounced back into recognition as they levelled the three match sereis one all defeating the touring ECB Academy XI by nine wicktes on the third day of the second four day unofficial test match played at the Police Park yesterday. The ECB Academy XI were dismissed for 207 runs in their second innings with Gorden Muchell hitting a top score of 40. Malinda Warnapura followed up with his fine half century in the first innings by returning the best figures of 3 for 30. He was well supported by Nisitha Rupasinghe and skipper Thilan Samaraweera who picked up two wickets each. Michael van Dort then added the finishing touches in style stroking an unbeaten half century with eight fours and one six as Sri Lanka reached their victory target of 91 runs in 24.2 overs. The third and deciding unofficial test between the two teams will commence on saturday at the Dambulla Stadium. ECB Academy: 263 and 207 (Gorden Muchell 40, G. Stephens 36, Robert Key 37, Richard Dawson 30, Kabir Ali 26 n.o, Nisitha Rupasinghe 2 for 47, Thilan Samaraweera 2 for 44, Malinda Warnapura 3 for 30) Sri Lanka 'A': 379 and 94 for 1 (Michael van Dort 58 n.o, Prasanna Jayawardena 34 n.o). |
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