Sri Lanka ‘A’ who gave a good account of themselves to win the three-match unofficial test series 2-1 against West Indies ‘A’ made a disastrous start to the three-match unofficial one-day series when they were beaten rather comprehensively by 165 runs in the first match played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium yesterday.
The match was played over two days with the reserve day being used after rain had curtailed the West Indies ‘A’ innings on the first day to 69-2 in 12.5 overs on Monday.
In much better weather conditions West Indies ‘A’ continuing their innings racked up an impressive total of 267-6 in 50 overs with half-centuries from Kyle Hope (81 off 112 balls, 8 fours), skipper Jason Mohamed (58 off 71 balls, 5 fours) and Rovman Powell (55 off 35 balls, 3 sixes, 3 fours). Sri Lanka ‘A’ got off to a bad start losing opener Sandun Weerakkody to the second over of the innings. They soon slumped to 26-4 with three wickets falling at the same score. They never recovered from that disastrous start and were bundled out for 102 off 32.3 overs.
The damage to the Sri Lankan innings was done by off-spinner Trinidian off-spinner Jon-Rus Jaggesar who finished with impressive figures of 4 for 29. The second match of the series will take place at the Welegedera Stadium in Kurunegala on October 27.
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