31/01Result

3rd unofficial ODI, England Lions tour of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates at Kurunegala, Jan 31 2012

Sri Lanka A won by 6 wkts (15b rem)

Match Centre

Match Details

Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala

Series

England Lions tour of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates

Toss

England Lions , elected to bat first

Series result

England Lions led the 5-match series 2-1

Season

2011/12

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, First Session 10.00-13.30, Interval 13.30-14.15, Second Session 14.15-17.45

Match days

31 January 2012 (50-over match)

Scorecard Summary

ENGLAND LIONS 258/9(50 OVERS)

Jonny Bairstow31 (41)
Jos Buttler119 (130)

Seekkuge Prasanna3/32 (10)
Danushka Gunathilaka2/46 (10)

SRI LANKA A 263/4(47.3 OVERS)

Dimuth Karunaratne94 (119)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa72 (73)

Jack Brooks1/38 (7)
Jade Dernbach1/42 (8)

47.3

Hales to Kandamby, SIX,

47.2

Hales to Kandamby, no run,

47.1

Hales to Kandamby, no run,

END OF OVER:
47 | 8 Runs | SL-A: 257/4 (2 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.46, RRR: 0.66)

Kusal Perera18 (16b)
Thilina Kandamby49 (61b)

Joe Root8-0-45-0
Danny Briggs9-0-50-1

46.6

Root to Perera, no run,

46.5

Root to Perera, no run,

46.4

Root to Perera, SIX,

England Lions tour of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates 2011-12 News

Root ton helps England seal series
As England were spinning to defeat in the third Test against Pakistan, the next generation had just secured an encouraging victory on the subcontinent
Sri Lanka A level series against Lions
Sri Lanka A won the fourth match of their series with England Lions to draw level at 2-2 and set up a decider in Colombo on Monday
England call up Coles to Colombo
Matthew Coles, the Kent seam bowler, has been called up for the rest of the England Lions tour of Sri Lanka after Surrey's Stuart Meaker pulled out because of a lower back injury
Karunaratne, Rajapaksa set up Sri Lanka A win
Sri Lanka A battled their way back into the five-match series against England Lions with a six-wicket win in Kurunegala
Kieswetter ton helps Lions go 2-0 up
England Lions, led by Craig Kieswetter's century, registered their second successive win in the one-day series in Dambulla

Sri Lanka A INNINGS		R	B
MD Gunathilaka	lbw	0	1
ML Udawatte	caught wk	11	11
FDM Karunaratne	caught	94	119
PBB Rajapaksa	caught	72	73
SHT Kandamby	not out	55	64
MDKJ Perera	not out	18	16
S Prasanna
S Randiv
HMCM Bandara
KG Alvitigala
T Thushara
EXTRAS	(lb 5, w 8)
TOTAL	263 (4 wkts; 47.3 ovs)

Eng Lions BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
JW Dernbach	8.0	42	1	5.25	(3w)
JA Brooks	7.0	38	1	5.42
DR Briggs	9.0	46	1	5.11
SR Patel	10.0	49	1	4.90	(1w)
NL Buck	4.0	27	0	6.75	(1w)
JE Root	9.0	50	0	5.55
AD Hales	0.3	6	0	12.00

Sri Lanka A 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	ML Udawatte	MD Gunathilaka
2nd	22	ML Udawatte	FDM Karunaratne
3rd	132	FDM Karunaratne	PBB Rajapaksa
4th	82	SHT Kandamby	FDM Karunaratne
5th	27	SHT Kandamby	MDKJ Perera

Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala

Series

Toss

Series result

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Match Referee

ENGLAND LIONS 258/9(50 OVERS)

SRI LANKA A 263/4(47.3 OVERS)

END OF OVER:47 | 8 Runs | SL-A: 257/4 (2 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.46, RRR: 0.66)

Root ton helps England seal series

Sri Lanka A level series against Lions

England call up Coles to Colombo

Karunaratne, Rajapaksa set up Sri Lanka A win

Kieswetter ton helps Lions go 2-0 up

END OF OVER:
47 | 8 Runs | SL-A: 257/4 (2 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.46, RRR: 0.66)