Sri Lanka Emerging Team registered a 75-run win over West Indies Academy Team in the first four-day game played at Coolidge Cricket Grounds.
After being 141/5 at the close of play on Day 2, the visitors lost the remaining five wickets for just 78 runs in their second innings on Day 3.
Ravindu Rasantha (65) and Shevon Daniel (50) top scored with fine half-centuries while Nathan Edward stole the limelight with the ball for the hosts with a six-wicket haul.
West Indies were set a target of 298 runs to win, but they fell 75 runs short of the target. The left-arm spinner Dilum Sudeera was the most successful bowler for the visitors as he bagged 4 wickets for 51 runs.
The left-arm seamer Dulaj Samuditha who picked up a five-fer in the first innings, once again stood out with the ball claiming 3 wickets for 46 runs. The off-spinner Ashian Daniel also bagged 3 wickets for 55 runs.
Brief Scores
Sri Lanka Emerging Team – 292 (65.4) Sohan de Livera 130, Shevon Daniel 47, Janishka Perera 38, Ravindu Rasantha 24, Kelvin Pitman 7/28, Nathan Edward 2/58 & 219 (58.2) Ravindu Rasantha 65, Shevon Daniel 50, Janishka Perera 34, Dhananjaya Lakshan 28, Sohan de Livera 26, Nathan Edward 6/23, Joshua Bishop 3/41
West Indies Academy Team – 214 (50.4) Rivaldo Clarke 42, Ackeem Auguste 41, Carlon Bowen-Tuckett 30, Dulaj Samuditha 5/57, Ashian Daniel 3/45 & 222 (50.5) Ackeem Auguste 82, Carlon Bowen-Tuckett 43, Rivaldo Clarke 36, Dilum Sudeera 4/51, Dulaj Samuditha 3/46, Ashian Daniel 3/55
Result – Sri Lanka Emerging Team won by 75 runs
