Green’s unbeaten century sees Australia ‘A’ take 1-0 lead

In a high scoring one-day game Australia ‘A’ rode on Cameron Green’s unbeaten innings of 119 off 111 balls and his unbroken partnership of 116 with skipper Alex Carey (52* off 51 balls) to beat Sri Lanka ‘A’ by seven wickets in the first unofficial ODI played at the SSC grounds yesterday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Green hit three sixes and nine fours as he also shared a third wicket stand of 121 with Matt Renshaw (68 off 69 balls) as Australia ‘A’ chased down Sri Lanka ‘A’s total of 297-7 to win with 14 balls to spare.

Half-centuries from Oshada Fernando (65 off 82 balls) and captain Dhananjaya de Silva (68 off 70 balls) saw Sri Lanka ‘A’ to a challenging total after being invited to bat first.

The second unofficial ODI will take place at the same venue tomorrow.

Scores:

Sri Lanka ‘A’ 297-7 (50) (Oshada Fernando 65, Kamindu Mendis 42, Dhananjaya de Silva 68, Ashen Bandara 48, Dunith Wellalage 33, Mark Steketee 2/72, Todd Murphy 2/53)

Australia ‘A’ 298-3 (47.4) (Henry Hunt 36, Matt Renshaw 68, Cameron Green 119*, Alex Carey 52*, Dunith Wellalage 2/55)