Sri Lanka A crush England A

Sri Lanka A 225 (Jayantha 45, Arnold 42, Harrison 4-36) beat England A 166 (Shah 55) by 59 runs
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England A are on the verge of crashing out of the triangular series after slumping to a 59-run defeat to Sri Lanka A at the Colts ground in Colombo. They now need to win their last group match to progress, but this will be no easy task as they are up against Pakistan, who have already booked their place in the final courtesy of three straight wins.

Saman Jayantha (45) and Russel Arnold (42) led the charge to lift Sri Lanka to 225 after Ian Bell sent them in. David Harrison took 4 for 36 from nine overs, including the first wicket of Michael Vandort (7 for 1). But Sri Lanka recovered to set an imposing total and give themselves a lifeline of staying in the tournament.

England stumbled in their reply, losing both Matt Prior and Vikram Solanki with the score on 23. Wickets tumbled at regular intervals from thereon in, Malinga Bandara and Suraj Mohamed taking three wickets each to wrap up the England innings comfortably.

Owais Shah mounted a lone stand of 55 before Dilhara Fernando trapped him lbw. Another six batsmen managed to get into double figures, but then stalled as the wheels came off England's batting.