Sri Lanka wrap up two-match series

Published July 7, 2006

AMSTELVEEN, July 6: Sri Lanka's Kaushal Lokuarachchi claimed a four-wicket haul to help his side beat Holland by 56 runs in the second One-day International to wrap up a 2-0 series victory.

Leg-spinner Lokuarachchi's final figures of 4-44 were his best in ODIs as the Dutch, chasing 314 to win, were dismissed for 258, with Dilhara Fernando also weighing in with three wickets.

Upul Tharanga had top-scored with 72 as Sri Lanka piled up 313-8.

The Sri Lankans had hit a One-day International world record total of 443-9 as they crushed the Dutch by 195 runs in the first encounter of this two-match series on Tuesday.

Scoreboard

SRI LANKA:

W.U. Tharanga c Smits b Borren 72

C.K. Kapugedera c Seelaar b Reekers 38

K.C. Sangakkara c van Troost b de Leede 28

R.P. Arnold b Reekers 42

T.M. Dilshan c Reekers b van Troost 66

M.F. Maharoof lbw Stelling 17

K.S. Lokuarachchi not out 25

D.P.M.D. Jayawardene c and b Stelling 0

C.M. Bandara b Reekers 11

C.R.D. Fernando not out 2

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-4, NB-2) 12

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 313

FALL OF WKTS: 1-68, 2-134, 3-153, 4-246, 5-266, 6-278,7-278, 8-299

BOWLING: Stelling 10-0-91-2; Reekers 10-0-54-3; de Leede 10-1-50-1; Borren 10-0-44-1; Seelaar 4-0-26-0; van Troost 6-0-42-1.

HOLLAND:

B. Zuiderent lbw Fernando 29

D.J. Reekers b Fernando 45

E.S. Szwarczynski b Fernando 10

D.L.S. van Bunge b Loku’chi 33

T.B.M. de Leede c Arnold b Loku’chi 3

A.N. Kervezee c Loku’chi b Bandara 18

L.P. van Troost st Sangakkara b Loku’chi 40

P.W. Borren c Fernando b Loku’chi 34

W.F. Stelling not out 13

J. Smits lbw Maharoof 1

P.M. Seelaar b Maharoof 0

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-10, W-9, NB-4) 32

TOTAL (all out, 49 overs) 258

FALL OF WKTS: 1-66, 2-97, 3-103, 4-122, 5-144, 6-165, 7-223, 8-252, 9-256.

BOWLING: Perera 8-1-36-0; Maharoof 9-0-39-2; Fernando 9-0-50-3; Bandara 10-1-38-1; Lokuarachchi 10-0-44-4; Dilshan 3-0-32-0.

UMPIRES: S.A. Bucknor (West Indies) and Shahul Hameed (Indonesia).

MATCH REFEREE: C.H. Lloyd (West Indies).—AFP