Sri Lanka `A' beats Namibia and Canada

Sri Lanka `A' notched up two successive victories in the ICC Six Nations' Challenge Tournament 2001/02, being played in Windhoek, Namibia, defeating Namibia by 7 wickets and Canada by 117 runs.

Ruchira Perera snapped up five wickets for 16 runs off only 4.2 overs, and Avishka Gunawardena scored a whirlwind 83 off 66 balls including 12 fours and a six, as Sri Lanka `A' cruised past Namibia's total of 182 with 14.2 overs to spare on Sunday.

Namibia innings (50 overs maximum)                              R   M   B  4 6
R Walters                                b ?                   48  52  57  4 1
S Burger              c ?                b ?                   27  71  73  1 1
D Keulder             run out                                  41  32  61  1 1
BG Murgatroyd         c ?                b ?                   14  41  29  0 0
*DB Kotze             c ?                b ?                    1   4   4  0 0
JB Burger             c ?                b ?                    1   9   8  0 0
+M van Schoor         c ?                b ?                   20  67  45  1 0
BL Kotze              c ?                b ?                    4   6   6  0 0
JL Louw               c ?                b ?                    9  15  12  0 0
G Snyman                                 b ?                    2   9   5  0 0
RJ van Vuuren         not out                                   0   1   0  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 4, w 5, nb 4)                   15
Total                 (all out, 49.2 overs)                   182

FoW: 1-77 (Walters), 2-103 (Burger), 3-104 (D Kotze), 4-109 (JB Burger), 5-113 (Murgatroyd), 6-? (Keulder), 7-167 (B Kotze), 8-175 (van Schaar), 9-182 (Louw), 10-182 (Snyman).

Bowling O M R W PDRL Perera 9.2 2 16 5 (3w, 1nb) Liyanage 7 0 33 0 (1w) Wijekada 8 1 30 1 (1nb) Herath 9 0 42 2 (1nb) Samaraweera 10 2 37 1 (1w) Mubarak 6 1 18 0 (1nb)

Sri Lanka 'A' innings (target: 183 from 50 overs) R M B 4 6 DA Gunawardena run out 83 53 66 12 1 J Mubarak c ? b ? 0 3 3 0 0 G Wijekoon c ? b ? 10 77 43 0 0 WMB Perera not out 29 59 49 2 1 HMNC Silva not out 45 55 53 7 1 Extras (b 6, lb 1, w 9) 16 Total (3 wickets, 35.4 overs) 183

DNB: *TT Samaraweera, +P Jayawardene, CU Jayasinghe, DK Liyanage, HMRKB Herath, PDRL Perera.

FoW: 1-1 (Mubarak), 2-107 (Gunawardena), 3-107 (B Perera).

Bowling O M R W B Kotze 8 0 47 1 (3w) van Vuuren 4 0 31 0 Keulder 1 0 15 0 (1w) Burger 7 0 23 1 (2w) Snyman 3.4 0 23 0 (3w) Louw 6 2 12 0 D Kotze 6 0 25 0 The scorecard of Monday's Sri Lanka `A' versus Canada match has not yet been received, and will be forwarded when it is available. Sri Lanka `A's next match is versus Zimbabwe `A' on Wednesday. (BCCSL media release)