Udara, Pasindu shine for Sri Lanka ‘A’

Lahiru Udara celebrates his century

 Pasindu Sooriyabandara was dismissed for 92

Lahiru Udara continued his fine form for Sri Lanka ‘A’ on their tour of South Africa scoring a fine century to help his team reach 319 on the third day of the second 4-day unofficial cricket test played at Benoni.

Udara struck 16 fours and 1 six in his knock of 129 off 192 balls. With his Captain Pasindu Sooriyabandara who missed out on a century by eight runs (92 off 166 balls, 9 fours, 1 six), Udara added 179 for the third wicket.

But once the stand was broken off-spinner Prenelan Subrayen ran through the rest of the batting to finish with figures of 6/64 off 21.5 overs.

South Africa ‘A’ with a first innings lead of 15, stretched it overall to 127 finishing the penultimate day at 112-3.

Scores: South Africa ‘A’ 334 and 112-3 at close (Jean du Plessis 45*, Deval Brevis 29*)

Sri Lanka ‘A’ 319 (o/n 134-2) (Lahiru Udara 129, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 92, Isitha Wijesundara 21, Prenelan Subrayen 6/64, Neil Brand 2/45)