Van Dort cracks fine century

CRICKET: Michael van Dort hit a splendid century to help Sri Lanka ‘A’ reach a formidable 298 for 5 in their first innings on the opening day of their second 4 day unofficial test match against the touring Bangladesh ‘A’ team which commenced at the CCC grounds in Maitland Crescent yesterday.

SRI LANKA ‘A’ 1ST INNINGS

K. Gunawardena c Chowdhury b Shariff 10

M. Udawatte c Chowdhury b N. Hossain 19

Michael van Dort b Haque 114

C.Kapugedera c Chowdhury b Shariff 38

Jehan Mubarak b M. Hossain 55

Kaushal Silva not out 38

Upul Chandana not out 9

EXTRAS 15

TOTAL (for 5 wickets) 298

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-15, 2-39, 3-39, 4-141, 5-215

BOWLING: N. Hossain 13-4-30-1, M. Shariff 12-4-26-2, N. Chowdhury 4-1-12-0, Mosharraff Hossain 13-1-42-0, T. Imran 7-0-21-0, Mahmudullah 6-0-29-0, E. Haque 9-0-45-1, Mehrab Hossain 13-1-42-1