South Africa ‘A’ in bold reply

Results 
Sri Lanka ‘A’ (257/7 overnight) 290 (Ramesh Mendis 62, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 41, Milan Ratnayake 35, Nishan Madushka 33, Lahiru Udara 33, Minod Bhanuka 32, Lasith Croospulle 27. Ramesh Mendis 38 n.o., Milan Ratnayake 29 n.o.: Senuran Muthusamy 6 for 101, Lutho Sipamla 2 for 36)
South Africa ‘A’ 283 for 6 (Tristan Stubbs 117, Keegan Peterson 50, Zubayr Hamza 46, Kyle Verreynne 34 n.o.: Vishwa Fernando 3 for 45, Lakshitha Manasinghe 3 for 45)

By M. Shamil Amit
Tristan Stubbs cracked 117 and shared two valuable partnerships to help South Africa ‘A’ make a bold reply of 283 for 6 after host Sri Lanka ‘A’ were bowled out for 290 on day two of the second unofficial Test match played at P. Sara Stadium.
Stubbs, whose knock came off 184 balls, hit 15 boundaries and a six and came to the rescue of his side after they lost two wickets with 15 runs on the board. Stubbs associated in two valuable partnerships, first of 123 runs for the third wicket with Keegan Peterson, and then followed by an 86-run stand for the fourth wicket with Zubayr Hamza. Another productive partnership ensued between Hamza and Kyle Verreynne for the fifth wicket, worth 32 runs.

In the morning session the Sri Lanka ‘A’ pair of Ramesh Mendis and Milan Ratnayake posted their 50-run partnership with Mendis reaching his half ton.
They added another 27 run before being separated with Sri Lanka ‘A’ on 282 for 8.
Sri Lanka ‘A’ lost their last two wickets cheaply with left-arm spinner Senura Muthusamy bagging the last wicket to end with a tally of six wickets and Sri Lanka ‘A’ ending their innings on 290.
The match will be 
continued today.