da fazobetai： Narsingh Deonarine’s best figures of 3-25 suffocated Sri Lanka A’s middle order in the second unofficial one-day match in Grenada to help West Indies A level the series at 1-1.
ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jun-2013
ScorecardNarsingh Deonarine’s best figures of 3-25 helped suffocate Sri Lanka A’s middle order, after a promising start by the openers, in the second unofficial one-day match in Grenada to help West Indies A level the series at 1-1.Set a modest target of 240 after West Indies A captain Kirk Edwards won the toss, Sri Lanka A captain Dimuth Karunaratne and wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella knocked over one-third of the target themselves with a 94-run opening partnership.Karunaratne became one of Nikita Miller’s two vicitims in the 21st over, soon after scoring his second consecutive fifty of the series. Sri Lanka A, who were maintaining a healthy run-rate of nearly five per over until then, could only add 21 runs in the next ten overs, during which Deonarine’s part-time offbreaks prised out Angelo Perera, Thilina Kandamby and Ashan Priyanjan. They were not too comfortable in the last match either, contributing 51 runs to a chase of 283.Fast bowlers Sheldon Cotterrell and Jason Holder took two wickets a piece to polish off the tail as Sri Lanka A folded for 150 in the 43rd over.West Indies A were also powered by a solid opening partnership, as Nkrumah Bonner made amends for his four-ball duck in the first match with a half-century that included five fours and a six. He and Lendl Simmons put on 89 runs before Simmons fell to left-arm spinner Chaturanga de Silva in the 23rd over. De Silva would pick up two more to finish his quota, as West Indies A lost five wickets, including the crucial run-out of Deonarine, in their last ten overs.