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CHESTERFIELD (England), June 9: Aravinda de Silva’s half-century prevented complete embarrassment for Sri Lanka as they were bowled out for 127 on the final day of their tour match against the MCC here Saturday.
Scoreboard
MCC (1st Innings):
A.J. Strauss c Chandana b D.Fernando 32
R.W.T. Key c Tillekeratne b Chandana 77
D.P. Fulton c Jayawardene b Perera 29
O.A. Shah c Perera b D.Fernando 0
U. Afzaal not out 111
D.I. Stevens c Tillekeratne b Perera 3
C.M.W. Read c Jayasuriya b Perera 24
R.K.J. Dawson c Arnold b Perera 15
K. Dean not out 14
EXTRAS (LB-7, W-1, NB-13) 21
TOTAL (for seven decl, 85.4 overs) 326
FALL OF WKTS: 1-95, 2-148, 3-148, 4-148, 5-170, 6-238, 7-287.
DID NOT BAT: S. Jones, R.J. Kirtley.
BOWLING: Perera 20-3-66-4 (5nb, 1w); Upashantha 12-0-96-0 (7nb); C.R.D. Fernando 17.5-3-53-2; Samaraweera 15.5-5-46-0; Chandana 15-4-45-1 (1nb); Jayasuriya 5-0-13-0.
SRI LANKA (1st Innings):
S.T. Jayasuriya c Read b Kirtley 16
K. Sangakkara lbw b Kirtley 6
R.P. Arnold c Afzaal b Dean 3
H.P. Tillekeratne b Dean 0
T.T. Samaraweera c Dawson b Jones 10
U.D.U. Chandana run out 0
H.P.W. Jayawardene c Read b Dean 7
P.A. de Silva not out 54
E.A. Upashantha c Read b Jones 8
C.R.D. Fernando c Read b Kirtley 3
P.D.R.L. Perera c Jones b Dawson 5
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-8, W-1, NB-1) 15
TOTAL (all out, 35.3 overs) 127
FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-23, 3-24, 4-25, 5-30, 6-43, 7-45, 8-57, 9-116.
BOWLING: Kirtley 13-4-47-3; Dean 12-3-29-3; Jones 6-2-23-2 (1nb, 1w); Dawson 4.3-1-15-1.
MCC (2nd Innings):
D.P. Fulton not out 47
A.J. Strauss not out 37
EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-8) 9
TOTAL (for no wkt decl, 17 overs) 93
BOWLING: Perera 4-0-33-0 (5nb); Upashantha 6-0-30-0 (3nb); Samaraweera 4-0-15-0; Chandana 2-0-11-0; Tillekeratne 1-0-3-0.
RESULT: Match drawn.—AFP/Reuters
