Match Drawn – Another Few Players Perform Well
England Lions Tour of Sri Lanka 2023 – 02nd Unofficial 04 Day Test – Galle International Stadium, Southern Province – concluded after 04 days
Sri Lanka A electing to bat, 332 all out – ( 88.1 Overs ) Lasith Croospulle 128 ( 3×6, 16×4, 130 balls ), Skipper Nipun Dhananjaya 61, Lakshitha Manasinghe 43, Lasith Embuldeniya 42, Nishan Madushka 22, Nuwanidu Fernando 22 – 03 batters dismissed without scoring – Nishan Madushka / Lasith Croospulle involved in a 59 run opening stand, Lasith Croospulle / Nuwanidu Fernando added 83 runs for the 02nd wicket, Lasith Croospulle / Nipun Dhananjaya put on 62 runs for the 04th wicket – lost 03 wickets for the addition of 08 runs in the middle of the innings, the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 24 runs – Josh Tongue 5 / 76, Sam Cook 2 / 69, Matthew Fisher 2 / 83, Tom Abell 02 catches & 356 all out – ( 74.1 Overs ) Nishan Madushka , Kamindu Mendis 67, Lahiru Igalagamage 63, Lasith Croospulle 47, Lakshitha Manasinghe 43 – Nishan Madushka / Lasith Croospulle involved in a 88 run opening stand, Nishan madushka / Kamindu Mendis put on 100 runs for the 03rd wicket, Lahiru Igalagamage / Lakshitha Manasinghe added 76 runs for the 08th wicket – lost the last 03 wickets for the addition of 01 run – Jack Carson 4 / 94, Josh Tongue 3 / 77, Jamie Smith 02 victims.
England Lions in reply, 405 all out – ( 76.4 Overs ) Jamie Smith 126 ( 8×6, 13×4, 82 balls ), Alex Lees 97, Josh Bohannon 54, Matthew Fisher 35no, Josh Tongue 29, Liam Patterson-White 24 – Extras 16 – Alex Lees / Josh bohannon added 105 runs for the 03rd wicket, Alex Lees / Jamie Smith put on 169 runs for the 04th wicket – lost theu last 05 wickets for the addition of 98 runs – Chamika Karunaratne 4 / 84, Vishwa Fernando 3 / 83, Praveen Jayawickrama 2 / 59, Lahiru Igalagamage 03 victims, Nishan Madushka & Kamindu Mendis 02 catches each & 173 / 7 – ( 39 Overs ) Skipper Haseeb Hameed 47, Josh Bohannon 34no, Matthew Fisher 22, Tom Abell 20, Extras 12 – Haseeb Hameed / Tom Abell added 46 runs for the 03rd wicket, Josh Bohannon / Matthew Fisher put on 31 runs for the 07th wicket – Lakshitha Manasinghe 5 / 61, Kusal Perera 02 victims.
Most Runs :
364 – Nishan Madushka
219 – Nipun Dhananjaya
202 – Jamie Smith
187 – Josh Bohannon
185 – Lakshitha Manasinghe
Best Batting :
241 – Nishan Madushka
128 – Nipun Dhananjaya, Lasith Croospulle
126 – Jamie Smith
118 – Tom Haines
114 – Oshada Fernando
Most Wickets :
09 – Lakshitha Manasinghe, Jack Carson
08 – Josh Tongue, Matthew Fisher
07 – Liam Patterson-White
Best Bowling :
5 / 34 – Matthew Fisher
5 / 61 – Lakshitha Manasinghe
5 / 76 – Josh Tongue
4 / 84 – Chamika Karunaratne
4 / 94 – Jack Carson
4 / 173 – Jack Carson
Most Catches :
05 – Nishan Madushka
03 – Kamindu Mendis, Liam Patterson-White
Best Fielding :
03ct – Nishan Madushka
Most Dismissals :
08 ( 07ct,01st ) – Jamie Smith
04 ( 04ct ) – Sadeera Samarawickrama
Best Wicket Keeping :
06 victims ( 05ct, 01st ) – Jamie Smith
03 victims ( 03ct ) – Lahiru Igalagamage
Highest Partnerships :
219 runs for the 04th wicket Nishan Madushka / Nipun Dhananjaya
203 runs for the 01st wicket Nishan Madushka / Oshada Fernando
169 runs for the 04th wicket Alex Lees / Jamie Smith
Highest Total :
663 / 9 dec ( 157.1 Overs ) – Sri Lanka A
Lowest Total :
136 all out ( 35.4 Overs ) – Sri Lanka A
Report assisted by srilankacricket.lk
Photos courtesy SLC Media