Sri Lanka ‘A’ face an uphill task against Ireland ‘A’

Ireland ‘A’ Tour of Sri Lanka 2019 | 2nd Unofficial Test – Day 2

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Ireland ‘A’ (Ireland Wolves) extended their dominance over hosts Sri Lanka ‘A’ in the 2nd day’s play of the 2nd Unofficial Test which is being played at the Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota. The home team ended the day with a massive 409 runs behind the visitors.

Lockran Tucker and Neil Rock resumed their unbeaten 88-run stand this morning taking their team score past 300 and also bringing up the century stand between them. With Tucker inching towards a well-deserved century, Sri Lanka ‘A’ skipper Ashan Priyanjan trapped him LBW, with his part time off spin, to provide Sri Lanka with the much needed breakthrough.

Ireland Wolves find their mojo against Sri Lanka ‘A’

Following Tucker’s dismissal for 80 runs Rock too perished for 85 missing out on a century. It was Lasith Embuldeniya’s 2nd wicket which also broke the 46-run stand between Rock and Mark Adair. Chamika Karunaratne then dismissed Adair in the very next over leaving Ireland 367/7, just 7 overs before lunch.

Number 9 batsman James Cameron-Dow and 18-year old Jonathan Garth then started to put Sri Lanka under tremendous pressure. The duo took their team to lunch with 3 wickets in hand and continued to bat 20 more overs even after the break. The pair added 108 frustrating runs before Garth was dismissed by Embuldeniya.

Garth had scored 45 runs and Ireland were on 475/8 when he got out. After batting for a few more overs the Irish declared their innings and let the hosts start their 1st innings with just 4 overs before the tea break.

Cameron-Dow remained unbeaten on 76 facing 95 deliveries which included 10 boundaries and a six. The Irish 1st innings score read 508/8.

The Sri Lankan bowling looked mediocre. Lasith Embuldeniya and Chamika Karunaratne were quite successful with 3 wickets each while Mohamed Shiraz and Ashan Priyanjan chipped in with 1 wicket each. Returning Tharindu Kaushal ended with disappointing figures as he went for 85 runs in 20 wicket-less overs.

Trailing by a mammoth 508 and with just 4 overs before a break, Sri Lanka started in the worst way they could have dreamt of. Star batsman Pathum Nissanka was undone by seamer Craig Young, a bowler with 13 ODIs and 16 T20Is for Ireland.

Sri Lanka cap Avishka Fernando was dismissed soon after tea, also by Young. Sri Lanka were reeling at 18/2 when Captain Ashan Priyanjan was joined by his deputy Angelo Perera. Seeing off the Irish seam threat cautiously the experienced pair gradually pulled Sri Lanka out of danger.

Angelo Perera went on to reach a well-constructed half century in 62 balls with 7 boundaries. It was just the following delivery, Sri Lanka once again were put on the back seat as the 18-year old Garth dismissed Ashan Priyanjan for 27 runs.  Play too was stopped due to bad light with that prize wicket for the Irish.

Sri Lanka will start day 3, trailing by 409 runs with Angelo Perera on the crease unbeaten on 50. He is expected to be joined by youth sensation Kamindu Mendis.

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Full Scorecard

Ireland A

508/8 & 89/3

(24 overs)

Result

Sri Lanka A

303/10 & 468/7

(105.1 overs)

match drawn

Ireland A’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
JNK Shannon c M Sarathchandra b C Karunarathne 13 13
JA McCollum c K Mendis b M Shiraz 72 105
S Doheny c M Sarathchandra b C Karunarathne 58 103
H Tector c C Karunarathne b L Embuldeniya 8 18
L Tucker lbw by A Priyanjan 80 171
N Rock c P Nissanka b L Embuldeniya 85 198
MR Adair c T Kaushal b C Karunarathne 32 38
JJ Garth c S Ashan b L Embuldeniya 45 85
J Cameron-Dow not out 76 95
J Little not out 11 11
Extras
28 (b 10, lb 5, nb 9, w 4)
Total
508/8 (138 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-24 (JNK Shannon, 4.2 ov), 2-134 (JA McCollum, 32.5 ov), 3-151 (H Tector, 37.3 ov), 4-158 (S Doheny, 40.1 ov), 5-321 (L Tucker, 96.2 ov), 6-367 (N Rock, 105.4 ov), 7-367 (MR Adair, 106.4 ov), 8-475 (JJ Garth, 134.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Chamika Karunarathne 25 1 99 3 3.96
Mohamed Shiraz 25 1 88 1 3.52
Lasith Embuldeniya 43 10 142 3 3.30
Tharindu Kaushal 20 1 85 0 4.25
Kamindu Mendis 7 0 38 0 5.43
Ashan Priyanjan 14 2 25 1 1.79
Angelo Perera 1 0 2 0 2.00
Shammu Ashan 3 0 14 0 4.67

Sri Lanka A’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Pathum Nissanka c Tucker b Young 4 11
Avishka Fernando c Adair b Young 13 18
Ashan Priyanjan c Young b Garth 27 50
Angelo Perera c Tucker b Young 127 161
Kamindu Mendis c Shannon b Cameron-Dow 17 16
Sammu Ashan c Young b Cameron-Dow 72 118
Manoj Sarathchandra c Hector b Garth 9 22
Chamika Karunarathne c Adair b Cameron-Dow 13 20
Tharindu Kaushal c Hector b Cameron-Dow 0 3
Mohomed Shiraz lbw by Cameron-Dow 9 24
Lasith Embuldeniya not out 0 3
Extras
12 (b 2, lb 2, nb 6, w 2)
Total
303/10 (73.1 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-9 (P Nissanka, 2.4 ov), 2-18 (WIA Fernando, 6.2 ov), 3-99 (SMA Priyanjan, 22.6 ov), 4-137 (PHKD Mendis, 29.4 ov), 5-227 (AK Perera, 50.1 ov), 6-247 (DM Sarathchandra, 58.1 ov), 7-270 (C Karunaratne, 63.5 ov), 8-282 (PHT Kaushal, 65.4 ov), 9-298 (M Shiraz, 71.4 ov), 10-303 (S Ashan, 73.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
CA Young 15 2 76 3 5.07
Joshua Little 10 2 44 0 4.40
Mark Adair 11 1 25 0 2.27
James Cameron-Dow 25.2 1 99 5 3.93
Jonathan Garth 12 1 55 2 4.58

Sri Lanka A’s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
Pathum Nissanka c Rock b Garth 217 274
Avishka Fernando c Tucker b Little 15 14
Manoj Sarathchandra lbw by Garth 28 47
Ashan Priyanjan c Garth b Cameron-Dow 7 27
Angelo Perera lbw by Garth 19 25
Kamindu Mendis c Young b Adair 53 106
Shammu Ashan c & b Adair 14 18
Chamika Karunarathne not out 100 106
Tharindu Kaushal not out 6 19
Extras
9 (lb 3, nb 5, w 1)
Total
468/7 (105.1 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-29 (WIA Fernando, 4.3 ov), 2-80 (DM Sarathchandra, 19.2 ov), 3-98 (SMA Priyanjan, 26.6 ov), 4-139 (AK Perera, 35.1 ov), 5-293 (PHKD Mendis, 70.2 ov), 6-315 (S Ashan, 74.6 ov), 7-417 (P Nissanka, 95.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Joshua Little 11 0 49 1 4.45
Mark Adair 18 1 65 2 3.61
James Cameron-Dow 24 1 115 1 4.79
CA Young 11 0 57 0 5.18
Jonathan Garth 33.1 1 140 3 4.23
Harry Tector 4 0 11 0 2.75
S Doheny 2 0 10 0 5.00
JA McCollum 2 0 18 0 9.00

Ireland A’s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
JNK Shannon lbw by L Embuldeniya 0 2
JA McCollum not out 45 65
S Doheny c K Mendis b A Priyanjan 18 12
H Tector c P Nissanka b L Embuldeniya 0 6
L Tucker not out 22 60
Extras
4 (lb 3, nb 1)
Total
89/3 (24 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-0 (JNK Shannon, 0.2 ov), 2-27 (S Doheny, 3.5 ov), 3-28 (H Tector, 4.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Lasith Embuldeniya 10 1 37 2 3.70
Mohamed Shiraz 1 0 9 0 9.00
Ashan Priyanjan 4 1 5 1 1.25
Tharindu Kaushal 6 0 17 0 2.83
Kamindu Mendis 2 0 9 0 4.50
Angelo Perera 1 0 9 0 9.00