HOVE (England), June 19: Sri Lanka beat West Indies ‘A’ by seven wickets in their day/night 50-overs-per-side match on Wednesday.

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES ‘A’

D. Ganga c Jayawardene b Fernando 10

D. Smith c Wickramasinghe b Zoysa 0

D. Pagon run out 2

D. Bravo lbw b Fernando 0

R. Morton lbw b Chandana 20

K. Hibbert c Sangakkara b Fernando 0

G. Breese c Sangakkara b Fernando 16

S. Benn lbw b Chandana 4

M. Black not out 3

J. Lawson run out 0

T. Best lbw b Chandana 0

EXTRAS (lb-7 w-6 nb-9) 22

TOTAL (all out, 26.1 overs) 77

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11 2-21 3-21 4-27 5-27 6-62 7-73 8-76 9-77

BOWLING: Zoysa 7-0-27-1, Fernando 9-2-30-4, Wickramasinghe 6-4-6-0, Chandana 4.1-2-7-3

SRI LANKA

S. Jayasuriya not out 23

A. Gunawardene b Black 0

K. Sangakkara c Smith b Lawson 35

M. Jayawardene b Breese 0

R. Arnold not out 7

EXTRAS (lb-1 w-8 nb-8) 17

TOTAL (for three wickets, 13 overs) 82

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3 2-61 3-62

BOWLING: Black 4-0-36-1, Best 3-0-22-0, Lawson 3-0-4-1, Breese 3-0-19-1.—Reuters

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