ESPNcricinfo Staff, where the title is “Jeffrey Vandersay’s six-for headlines Sri Lanka A’s series win”

Sri Lanka’s Jeffrey Vandersay drops a catch off South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis during the World T20 cricket tournament match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at The Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Ground in New Delhi on March 28, 2016. / AFP / PRAKASH SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)
While the bowling they faced was good, West Indies A would rue the fact that they collapsed from reasonably strong positions. In the first innings they had Shimron Hetmyer – 94 off 91 balls, with 17 fours – and Brooks – 54 off 100 balls – doing well before they lost eight wickets for 104 runs to concede a lead of 75. In the second innings, West Indies lost seven wickets for 70 runs to concede the match. Another measure of where West Indies A lost the match lay in the number of partnerships over 50. There were eight overall – and they contributed only two of them.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka A had begun the game with an agenda-setting 133-run stand between openers Kusal Perera (69) and Sandun Weerakkody (79) in the first innings. It was key to building a total of 318. Then fast bowler Kasun Madushanka and left-arm wristspinner Lakshan Sandakan took three wickets each and left-arm seamer Lahiru Gamage chipped in with two of his own to bowl West Indies A out for 243. All three were picked in Sri Lanka’s Test squad to play against Zimbabwe in Harare next Saturday.
Sri Lanka A swelled a lead of 75 to match-and-series-winning proportions in their second innings with Weerakkody smacking 48 off 36 balls and Asela Gunaratne collecting 69 off 126 balls. Rahkeem Cornwall was the only opposition they faced, the offspinner picking up 4 for 87 from 26 overs to finish with 23 wickets from three matches.
Sri Lanka A 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DS Weerakkody | lbw b Johnson | 79 | 105 | 10 | 0 | 75.23 | ||
MDKJ Perera† | b Johnson | 69 | 85 | 11 | 0 | 81.17 | ||
HDRL Thirimanne* | c Brooks b Cornwall | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | ||
DAS Gunaratne | c Joseph b Jacobs | 16 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 31.37 | ||
KIC Asalanka | c Powell b Cornwall | 46 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 48.42 | ||
ARS Silva | c †Hamilton b Roach | 49 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 44.95 | ||
MD Shanaka | b Cornwall | 13 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 44.82 | ||
JDF Vandersay | lbw b Jacobs | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | ||
PADLR Sandakan | lbw b Johnson | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | ||
HUK Madushanka | c Roach b Johnson | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 250.00 | ||
PLS Gamage | not out | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 171.42 | ||
Extras | (lb 3, nb 5) | 8 | ||||||
Total | (all out; 89.2 overs) | 318 | (3.55 runs per over) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KAJ Roach | 17 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 3.47 | (2nb) | |
DE Johnson | 15.2 | 3 | 65 | 4 | 4.23 | ||
RRS Cornwall | 29 | 4 | 93 | 3 | 3.20 | (3nb) | |
K Joseph | 9 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 3.77 | ||
DK Jacobs | 19 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 3.36 | ||
West Indies A 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R Chandrika | c Silva b Madushanka | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 52.38 | ||
KOA Powell | b Asalanka | 8 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 27.58 | ||
SO Hetmyer | c Thirimanne b Sandakan | 94 | 93 | 17 | 0 | 101.07 | ||
SSJ Brooks* | c Shanaka b Madushanka | 54 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 54.00 | ||
VA Singh | lbw b Gamage | 15 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 41.66 | ||
JN Hamilton† | c Shanaka b Gamage | 14 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
RRS Cornwall | lbw b Sandakan | 25 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 83.33 | ||
KAJ Roach | c †Perera b Madushanka | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 | ||
DE Johnson | lbw b Vandersay | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
DK Jacobs | not out | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
K Joseph | c Thirimanne b Sandakan | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | ||
Extras | (b 6, lb 4, w 1, nb 2) | 13 | ||||||
Total | (all out; 61.4 overs) | 243 | (3.94 runs per over) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PLS Gamage | 18 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 2.77 | ||
HUK Madushanka | 15 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 3.00 | (1w) | |
KIC Asalanka | 4 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 | ||
MD Shanaka | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | ||
JDF Vandersay | 6 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4.66 | ||
PADLR Sandakan | 11.4 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 4.62 | (2nb) | |
DAS Gunaratne | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3.80 | ||
Sri Lanka A 2nd innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DS Weerakkody | lbw b Cornwall | 48 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 133.33 | ||
MDKJ Perera† | c †Hamilton b Cornwall | 20 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 64.51 | ||
HDRL Thirimanne* | c Hetmyer b Cornwall | 27 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 35.52 | ||
DAS Gunaratne | c †Hamilton b Joseph | 69 | 126 | 10 | 0 | 54.76 | ||
KIC Asalanka | c Johnson b Cornwall | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | ||
ARS Silva | c Chandrika b Joseph | 44 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 45.36 | ||
MD Shanaka | not out | 33 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 43.42 | ||
Extras | (b 6, lb 2, w 3, nb 1) | 12 | ||||||
Total | (6 wickets dec; 74.2 overs) | 257 | (3.45 runs per over) |
Did not batJDF Vandersay, PADLR Sandakan, PLS Gamage, HUK Madushanka
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KAJ Roach | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 4.30 | (2w) | |
DE Johnson | 18 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 3.16 | ||
RRS Cornwall | 26 | 8 | 87 | 4 | 3.34 | (1nb) | |
DK Jacobs | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3.55 | ||
K Joseph | 11.2 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2.64 | (1w) | |
West Indies A 2nd innings (target: 333 runs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R Chandrika | lbw b Sandakan | 30 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 32.25 | ||
KOA Powell | lbw b Sandakan | 44 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 107.31 | ||
SO Hetmyer | c Sandakan b Asalanka | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 112.50 | ||
SSJ Brooks* | c Thirimanne b Vandersay | 46 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 61.33 | ||
VA Singh | c Gunaratne b Vandersay | 6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
JN Hamilton† | c Asalanka b Vandersay | 25 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 40.98 | ||
RRS Cornwall | lbw b Vandersay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
KAJ Roach | b Sandakan | 4 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 7.54 | ||
DE Johnson | c Gunaratne b Vandersay | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
DK Jacobs | c Asalanka b Vandersay | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 17.24 | ||
K Joseph | not out | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
Extras | (b 6, lb 1, nb 5) | 12 | ||||||
Total | (all out; 67.2 overs) | 194 | (2.88 runs per over) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PLS Gamage | 9 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 3.66 | ||
HUK Madushanka | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.66 | ||
KIC Asalanka | 8 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2.00 | ||
PADLR Sandakan | 21 | 6 | 61 | 3 | 2.90 | (5nb) | |
JDF Vandersay | 21.2 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 2.20 | ||
MD Shanaka | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.40 | ||
Match details
Series – Sri Lanka A won the 3-match series 2-1
Match referee – N Devarajan
Reserve umpire – ID Gunawardene
Close of play
- Tue, 18 Oct – day 1 – Sri Lanka A 1st innings 272/7 (ARS Silva 40*, PADLR Sandakan 0*, 80 ov)
- Wed, 19 Oct – day 2 – West Indies A 1st innings 183/4 (SSJ Brooks 43*, JN Hamilton 5*, 45 ov)
- Thu, 20 Oct – day 3 – Sri Lanka A 2nd innings 211/5 (ARS Silva 29*, MD Shanaka 7*, 61 ov)
- Fri, 21 Oct – day 4 – West Indies A 2nd