Sri Lanka Emerging Team registered a comfortable win over West Indies Academy Team in the first One Dayer of the three-match series played yesterday (21st June) in Antigua.
Batting first, West Indies Academy Team posted 237 runs on the board with Ackeem Auguste, Carlon Bowen-Tuckett and Rivaldo Clarke chipping in with fifties.
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For Sri Lanka, off-spinner Traveen Mathew and speedster Garuka Sanketh stood out with the ball, capturing 3 wickets apiece.
The visitors cruised to the target with ease as Ahan Wickramasinghe and Nipun Dhananjaya notched up match-winning knocks.
Wickramasinghe top scored with a knock of 103 runs off 79 balls with 10 fours and 2 sixes at a strike rate of 130.37. Dhananjaya hit 88 runs off 125 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes.
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Wickramasinghe and Dhananjaya built a match-winning 155-run stand for the fourth wicket to set the tone for the victory.
Brief Scores
West Indies Academy Team – 237 (46.2) Ackeem Auguste 66, Carlon Bowen-Tuckett 55, Rivaldo Clarke 51, Traveen Mathew 3/40, Garuka Sanketh 3/45
Sri Lanka Emerging Team – 238/5 (39.4) Ahan Wickramasinghe 103, Nipun Dhananjaya 88, Nathan Edward 2/44
Result – Sri Lanka Emerging Team won by 5 wickets
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