Sri Lanka ‘A’ – South Africa ‘A’ 1st unofficial Test

Spinners Lakshitha Manasinghe and Lasith Embuldeniya, and left-arm fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka combined to bowl out the visiting South Africa ‘A’ team for 131 on the second day of the 1st unofficial Test match at the Pallekele International Stadium.

Manasinghe bagged five scalps for just 19 runs but it was Embuldeniya, who took two wickets, and Madushanka, with three dismissals to his name, that did the early damage, reducing South Africa ‘A’ to 66 for 5.

Though Matthew Breetzke, with an unbeaten knock of 59, and Dewald Brewis put in some resistance sharing a brief stand of 27 runs for the sixth wicket, the others failed to make any impression.

Manasinghe separated the pair, and from there on took control of things, cleaning off the tail as South Africa ‘A’ lost the remaining four wickets for the addition of only 38 runs and was bowled out for 131 runs.

No play was possible after the closure of South Africa ‘A’s innings as a drizzle and bad light forced the umpires to call off the match with 48 overs of play being lost for the day. - MSA

Scores:

Sri Lanka ‘A’ 325 (Lasith Croospulle 98, Ramesh Mendis 75, Lahiru Udara 42, Kamindu Mendis 28, Lasith Embuldeniya 15, Milan Ratnayake 23 n.o.: Senuran Muthusamy 7 for 122Kwena Maphaka 2 for 43)

South Africa ‘A’ 131 (Keegan Peterson 19, Dewald Brewis 16, Matthew Breetzke 59 n.o.: Lakshitha Manasinghe 5 for 19, Dilshan Madusanka 3 for 31, Lasith Embuldeniya 2 for 61)