Sri Lanka A finish tour with dull draw
3-DAY TOUR MATCH, Chester-le-Street, day three
Sri Lanka A 351 & 226/5 drew with Durham 341
Sri Lanka A finished their tour of England with a dull bore draw in Durham. Sri
Lanka were only half way through their 2nd innings before the umpires called
time on day three. Gunawardene and Samaraweera both hit nineties in the game
to finish on a positive note before heading back to Sri Lanka.
20 year old Luke Evans took four wickets in the first innings to help bowl Sri
Lanka out for 351. Gunawardene hit 93 from 189 balls on a damp Chester-le-Street
pitch, Warnapura also hitting a fifty with 70 in 96 balls.
Durham looked in trouble when they lost early wickets but a 62 from Garry Park
and 40 from keeper Goddard made sure they would not be bowled out cheaply.
Welegedera took the best figures of the match, beating Evans, with 4 wickets
for 87 runs.
Sri Lanka continued good batting form, this time captain Samaraweera hitting
a fine 92* to make sure of a draw. Opening batsmen Perera hit 87 to add to
his 97 against Lancashire earlier in the tour. Over all a good tour for the Sri
Lanka A team, losing just the one match at Old Trafford.
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