Sri Lanka A beat Afghanistan A by an innings & 26 runs with more than two sessions to spare
Afghanistan A Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 – Only Unofficial Test P Sara Oval, Colombo, Western Province – concluded on the 04th & last day
Sri Lanka A electing to bat, 435 all out – ( 101.3 Overs ) Sonal Dinusha 145 ( 16×4, 193 balls ) – career best, Wanuja Sahan 75 – career best, Lahiru Udara 65, Vishad Randika 63, Oshada Fernando 32, Ahan Wickramasinghe 27, Extras 18 – Oshada Fernando / Lahiru Udara 84 run opening stand – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 22 runs – Sonal Dinusha / Ahan Wickramasinghe 65 runs for the 05th wicket, Sonal Dinusha / Vishad Randika 115 runs for the 06th wicket, Sonal Dinusha / Wanuja Sahan 119 runs for the 08th wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 25 runs – 03 batters dismissed without scoring – Zia-ur-Rehman 6 / 127, Naveed Zadran 2 / 94, Abdul Hadi 03 victims, Mohammad Ibrahim 02 catches
Afghanistan A in reply, 198 all out – ( 67.5 Overs ) Imran Mir 62, Abdul Hadi 45, Ijaz Ahmad 28, Bahir Shah 23 – Imran Mir / Bahir Shah 55 runs for the 02nd wicket, Ijaz Ahmad / Abdul Hadi 58 runs for the 05th wicket – 05 batters dismissed leg before wicket – the last 06 wickets fell for the addition of 33 runs – Wanuja Sahan 5 / 58, Nishan Peiris 3 / 37 & 000 / 0 – ( 00.0 Overs ) Ijaz Ahmad 54, Imran Mir 53,Naveed Zadran 34, Skipper Ihsanullah Janat 27 – Ihnasullah Janat / Imran Mir 49 run opening stand, Imran Mir / Ijaz Ahmad 54 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the next 04 wickets for the addition of 42 runs – Ijaz Ahmad / Naveed Zadran 41 runs for the 07th wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 08 runs – Nisala Tharaka 6 / 42, Nishan Peiris 2 / 63, Vishad Randika 04 victims.
Rain curtailed play on the 02nd day.
Afghanistan A : Captain – Ihsanullah Janat
Head Coach – Nawroz Mangal
Coach – Qiyamudin Kakar
Batting Coach – Pradeepkumar Mewada
Fielding Coach – Shane McDermott
Manager – Menhajuddin Raz
Sri Lanka A : Captain – Pasindu Sooriyabandara
Head Coach – Avishka Gunawardene
Bowling Coach – Sajeewa Weerakoon
Fielding Coach – Anton Roux
Manager – Vinothen John
Photos courtesy SLC Media