LONDON: Dasun Shanaka completed a century against Leicestershire on the second day of the islanders’ final warm-up match before next week’s first Test against England.

But at stumps on Saturday, Leicestershire were well-placed on 304 for five in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings 367, a deficit of 63 runs heading into the third and final day at Grace Road.

Shanaka was 91 not out in an overnight total of 318 for eight and the first 7.1 overs of Saturday’s play saw the tourists add 49 runs. The scoring included

Shanaka completing a 122-ball century, while Rangana Herath — who showed his worth as a lower-order batsman during Sri Lanka’s victorious tour of England in 2014 — made a fifty as the pair took their ninth-wicket stand to 174.

Summarised scores (day two of three):

SRI LANKA 367 (M.D. Shanaka 112, B.K.G. Mendis 65, H.M.R.K.B. Herath 55, J.K. Silva 38, L.D. Chandimal 30, R.J. Sayer 2-41, R.M.L Taylor 2-55, J.K.H. Naik 2-61, T.J. Wells 2-72); LEICESTERSHIRE 304-5 (M.G.K. Burgess 98, T.J. Wells 53 not out, A.M. Ali 46, A.J. Robson 39, L.J. Hill 30, E.J.H. Eckersley 21; H.M.R.K.B. Herath 2-39, T.A.M. Siriwardana 2-57).

Published in Dawn, May 16th, 2016