After a disappointing defeat in their first warm-up match, Sri Lanka have bounced again strongly and defeated Ireland by 41 runs in their second follow match on the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida.
After being requested to bat first, Sri Lanka suffered a double whammy as they misplaced their wicketkeeper-batter Kusal Mendis and Kamindu Mendis in the fourth over of the sport.
Before the Lankan Lions may compose themselves, the Irish bowling assault made additional inroads to scale back them to 97/6 in 13.1 overs.Â
However, Sri Lanka’s decrease center order scripted a late resurgence as skipper Wanindu Hasaranga (26 off 21 balls), Angelo Mathews (32 off 30 balls) and Dasun Shanaka (23 off 15 balls) mixed to take their staff out of the outlet and posted 163 on the board.
In reply, each single batter in the Irish high and center order received begins however failed to convert them into huge totals as Sri Lanka’s disciplined bowling assault by no means allowed them to break the shackles.
Ireland ultimately received bowled out for 122 in 18.2 overs. Shanaka was the decide of all of the Sri Lankan bowlers as he bagged figures of 4/23 and was supported effectively by Hasaranga (2/40) and Maheesh Theekshana (2/14).
Afghanistan beat Scotland
Playing on the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, Afghanistan elected to bat first after profitable the toss and posted 178 runs on the board for the lack of eight wickets towards Scotland.
Former skipper Gulbadin Naib was the star with the willow in hand for the Afghans. He scored 69 off simply 30 balls with the assistance of 5 fours and 6 sixes at a strike price of 230.00 and launched an onslaught on the Scotland bowlers.
Emerging allrounder Azmatullah Omarzai performed a superb supporting act and scored 48 off 36 deliveries.
Barring Chris Sole, who bagged 3/35 in his four-over spell and Bradley Currie (2/26), not one of the different Scottish bowlers made an impression.
In response, Scotland by no means received going in the chase and will solely handle to rating 123 in their 20 overs.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman (2/23) and Karim Janat (2/13) have been the stand-out performers with the ball in hand for Afghanistan.
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