South African Invitation XI v Sri Lankans

At Potchefstroom, December 18-20, 2016 (not first-class). ‡Sri Lankans 373 (98.5 overs) (F. D. M. Karunaratne 71, J. K. Silva 80, B. K. G. Mendis 51, D. M. de Silva 62; D. Olivier 4-54, G. F. Linde 3-85) and 212-5 (47.1 overs) (M. D. K. J. Perera 51, W. U. Tharanga 50, L. D. Chandimal 60); South African Invitation XI 289 (69.5 overs) (J. L. du Plooy 142; A. N. P. R. Fernando 3-41, C. B. R. L. S. Kumara 3-36). Sri Lanka's batsmen made the most of their only warm-up match: seven reached half-centuries, and the one to miss out, Angelo Mathews, batted an hour for 37 in the second innings after a duck in the first. He also had figures of 7-2-15-2 from his first spell for more than three months. Leus du Plooy, who hit 25 fours, dominated the Invitation XI's innings; no one else reached 30. The home side chose from 13 players, and the Sri Lankans from 15