Sri Lanka A beat South Africa A by 160 runs with a day to spare – Lead the 02 match series 1 – 0
South Africa A tour of Sri Lanka 2023 – 01st Unofficial 04 Day Game – Pallekele, Kandy, Central Province – concluded on the 03rd day
Sri Lanka A electing to bat, 325 all out – ( 83 Overs ) Lasith Croospulle 98 ( ( 4×6, 11×4, 119 balls ), Ramesh Mendis 78 ( 12×4, 89 balls ), Udara Igalagamage 42, Kamindu Mendis 28, Milan Rathnayake 23no – Lasith Croospulle / Udara Igalagamage 66 run opening stand – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 88 runs, then 03 wickets fell for the addition of 09 runs in the middle – Ramesh Mendis / Lasith Embuldeniya 55 runs for the 08th wicket – the last 03 wickets added 53 runs – Senuran Muthusamy 7 / 122, Kwena Maphaka 2 / 43 – on debut & 151 all out – ( 38.4 Overs ) Ramesh Mendis 46, Kamindu Mendis 35, Lasith Embuldeniya 10, Extras 20 – recovered from 76 / 7 – Ramesh Mendis / Lasith Embuldeniya 35 runs for the 08th wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 40 runs – Senuran Muthusamy 5 / 53, Lizaad Williams 2 / 16, Gerald Coetzee 2 / 31, Sinethemba Qeshile 03 victims.
South Africa A in reply, 131 all out – ( 40 Overs ) Matthew Breetzke 59no ( 5×4, 93 balls ), Keegan Petersen 19, Dewald Brevis 16 – Toni de Zorzi / Matthew Breetzke 22 runs for the 02nd wicket, Matthew Breetzke / Keegan Petersen 35 runs for the 03rd wicket – the first 05 wickets fell for the addition of 66 runs, lost the last 05 wickets for the addition of 38 runs – Lakshitha Manasinghe 5 / 19, Dilshan Madushanka 3 / 31, Lasith Embuldeniya 2 / 61, Kamindu Mendis 03 catches, Udara Igalagamage 02 victims & 185 all out – ( 50 Overs ) Keegan Petersen 29, Senuran Muthusamy 29, Sinethemba Qeshile 23, Dewald Brevis 20, Lizaad Williams 19no, Extras 12 – Keegan Petersen / Senuran Muthusamy 49 runs for the 04th wicket – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 108 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 51 runs – Lakshitha Manasinghe 2 / 36 & 03 catches, Lasith Embuldeniya 2 / 36, Ramesh Mendis 2 / 50.
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