The second unofficial Test between Sri Lanka ‘A’ and Pakistan ‘A’ ended in a draw today (21St November) at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Sri Lanka ‘A’ resumed their second innings on Day 4 at 157 runs for 4 wickets and went on to add another 103 runs for the fifth wicket before declaring the innings.
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Sonal Dinusha and Pavan Rathnayake struck brilliant centuries and the duo managed to build an unbeaten stand of 214 runs for the fifth wicket.
Dinusha scored 116 runs off 184 balls with 10 fours while Rathnayake hit 100 runs off 198 balls with 8 fours.
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The hosts were set a target of 284 runs to win and they managed to post 156 runs for 3 wickets before the close of play on the final day.
Brief Scores
Sri Lanka ‘A’ – 310 (79)Sonal Dinusha 85*, Wanuja Sahan 63, Isitha Wijesundara 51, Pavan Rathnayake 35, Ahan Wickramasinghe 30, Dinura Kalupahana 30, Khurram Shahzad 6/30, Ahmed Safi 2/100 & 260/4d (76) Sonal Dinusha 116*, Pavan Rathnayake 100*, Ahmed Bashir 2/65
Pakistan ‘A’ – 287 (98) Abdul Faseeh 59, Mohammed Suleman 40, Ahmed Safi 39, Haider Ali 35, Ali Zaryab 32, Hussain Talat 25, Wanuja Sahan 5/74 & 156/3 (45) Mohammed Suleman 66*, Haider Ali 43*, Ali Zaryab 31
Result – Match Drawn
