Second win for Sri Lanka Blind cricketers
View(s):Sri Lanka Visually Handicapped cricketers scored their second win over the touring Australian Visually Handicapped cricketers by 8 wickets in their limited Over cricket match played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium yesterday.
Batting first Australians amassed a healthy total of 336 for the loss of 6 wickets in their allotted 40 overs. P.Wilson top scored with a century while Suranga Lakmal was the most successful bowler to claim 2 for 40.
An unfinished 217 run stand for the third wicket by Chandana Deshapriya (117 n.o.) and Ruwan Wasantha (101 n.o.) helped Sri Lanka to get past the Aussie total in just 29.4 overs.
Australia V/H XI 336 for 6 in 40 overs (P. Wilson 115, Mathew Mapparphi 51, Corrie 64, Suranga Sampath 2 for 40, Chandana Sooriyarachchi 1 for 58)
Sri Lanka V/H XI 337 for 2 in 29.4 overs (Chandana Deshapriya 117 n.o., Ruwan Wasantha 101 n.o.)
– LR