Sri Lanka warm-up: Aravinda bangs 117 off 101 balls (29 Oct 1997)
Sri Lanka vice-captain Aravinda de Silva showed ominous signs that he was in good touch with the bat when he hit a sparkling unbeaten century (117 off 101 balls) in the second and final practice match played by the Pakistan-bound Sri Lanka team at
29-Oct-1997
Wednesday 29, October 1997
Aravinda bangs 117 off 101 balls
Daily News
Sri Lanka vice-captain Aravinda de Silva showed ominous signs
that he was in good touch with the bat when he hit a sparkling
unbeaten century (117 off 101 balls) in the second and final
practice match played by the Pakistan-bound Sri Lanka team at
the SSC grounds on Monday.
De Silva smashed four sixes and nine fours in a scintillating
display of batting to enable Sri Lanka `A' total an impressive
277 for 4 off 45 overs. Sri Lanka `B' were restricted to 142 for
8 off 39.2 overs when bad light ended the match, leaving Sri
Lanka `A' winners on a faster run rate.
Sri Lanka `A' 277 for 4 in 45 overs (S.T. Jayasuriya 36, M.S.
Atapattu 51, P.A. de Silva 117 n.o., H.P. Tillekeratne 31 n.o.).
Sri Lanka `B' 142 for 8 in 39.2 overs (D.P.M. Jayawardene 47,
Sanjeeva Silva 37 n.o., U.U. Chandana 25, U.C.J. Vaas 2 for 22,
M. Muralitharan 2 for 18, S.T. Jayasuriya 2 for 33) - [S.T.]
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)