Sri Lanka in superb 55-44 win over Canada

Prince Gunasekara reporting from Singapore

NETBALL: Sri Lanka put up a splendid performance to beat Canada 55-44 in their Asian Invitation netball tournament match worked off at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall in Singapore yesterday.

Sri Lanka took a close 16-14 lead at the end of the first quarter and went on to lead 29-28 at half time.

In the third quarter the Lankans consolidated their position to increase their lead to 41-38 and added the finishing touches during the final quarter.

Tharjani Sivalingam did the bulk of the scoring with a superb contribution of 43 goals from 45 attempts while Shashika Samarasinghe added 12 goals from 15 attempts.