da dobrowin： Sri Lanka A ended the second day of their three-day matchagainst a Combined XI on 120 for three, still 51 runs short ofavoiding an innings defeat in Potchefstroom on Monday
Trevor Chesterfield26-Oct-1999Sri Lanka A ended the second day of their three-day matchagainst a Combined XI on 120 for three, still 51 runs short ofavoiding an innings defeat in Potchefstroom on Monday.Earlier, Gerhardus Liebenberg steered the Combined XI, comprising ofplayers from North West, Free State and Griquas, to 270 for eight withan entertaining 126.Sri Lanka, playing their first game in a six-week tour of the country,made an awful start to their second innings. Batting after an entiresession was lost to a lunchtime storm, the tourists crashed to 11 forthree with North West quickie Jannie Dreyer claiming all three wicketsin the space of eight balls.Sajith Fernandez (55 not out) and TM Dilsnan (40 not out) restoredsome order to the innings with an unbeaten stand of 109 for the fourthwicket.