Vandersay calls out with gritty show
The three day warm up match between the Sri Lanka Board President’s XI and the visiting Pakistan side saw the two teams share the honours in the drawn encounter which concluded at the Colts ground yesterday. The final days proceeding saw Pakistan resuming from their overnight score of 27 for 1 going for quick runs ending their innings on 257 for 8 declared and SLBP XI’s in pursuit of a target of 264 runs end the day on 129 for 3.
The new found leg spinner Vandersay ended up with a match bag of 8 for 167 - Pic Ranjith Perera
The Pakistan innings was studded by a knock of 69 inclusive of five boundaries and a six by opener Shan Masood who together with Azhar Ali who made a 48 putting on a valuable 113 runs for the third wicket with right arm spinner Jeffrey Vandersay who ended with a five wicket haul in Pakistan’s first innings making the breakthrough.
The young leg spinner ended the game with impressive figures of 8 for 167. Later useful knocks by skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (29), Younis Khan (35), Asad Shafiq (31 n.o.) and Wahab Riaz (24) helped Pakistan to end their innings on 257 for 9 declared off 69.4 overs.
Sri Lanka Board President’s XI in their run chase was given a solid start by openers Upul Tharanga and Dimuth Karunaratne who together put on 95 before Tharanga retired out having made a 50 off 53 balls with eight boundaries. Karunaratne who failed to make an impression in the first innings made amends as he too made a knock of that included eight boundaries before retiring out having added 25 runs for the second wicket Jehan Mubarak.
Mubarak did not last long as four runs later he was dismissed by right arm pacie Ehsan Adil for 16 before the SLBP XI’s ended their innings on 129 for 3. Pakistan will now travel to Galle to play their first Test match against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium from June 17 to 21.
Scoreboard
Pakistan 1st innings 247 (Ahmed Shehzad 82, Younis Khan 64, Asad Shafiq 27: Jeffrey Vandersay 5 for 73, Milinda Siriwardena 2 for 63)
Sri Lanka Board President’s XI 241 (Kaushal Silva 101, Upul Tharanga 35, Jehan Mubarak 28, Milinda Siriwardena 26, Dinesh Chandimal 22: Zulfiqar Babar 6 for 31, Yasir Shah 2 for 45)
Pakistan 2nd innings (27/1 overnight)
Mohammad Hafeez b Tharaka 08
Shan Masood lbw b Vandersay 69
Azhar Ali rtd out 48
Misbah-ul-Haq c Tharanga b Vandersay` 29
Younis Khan rtd out 35
Sarfraz Ahmed c Dickwella b B. Fernando 00
Wahab Riazlbw b Vandersay 24
Extras (b1, b2, nb 3, w7) 13
(Total for 6wickets declared: 69.4 overs) 257
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Hafeez), 2-130 (Masood), 3-171 (Haq), 4-213 (Y. Khan), 5-214 (Ahmed), 6-257 (Riaz).
Bowling: Vishwa Fernando 11-1-43-0, Kasun Rajith 6-1-14-0, Jehan Mubarak 12-1-39-0, Nisala Tharaka 9-3-21-1, Milinda Siriwardena 9-2-30-0, Jeffrey Vandersay 18.4-1-94-3, Binura Fernando 4-0-11-1.
Sri Lanka Board President’s XI 2nd innings
Upul Tharanga rtd out 50
Dimuth Karunaratne rtd out 54
Jehan Mubarak c I. Khan b Adil 16
Dinesh Chandimal not out 01
Milinda Siriwardena not out 04
Extras (nb3, w1) 04
Total (3 wickets: 27 overs) 129
Fall of wickets: 1-95 (Tharanga), 2-120 (Karunaratne), 3-124 (Mubarak).
Bowling: Imran Khan 8-0-53-0, Ehsan Adil 9-3-24-1, Junaid Khan 5-0-29-0, Wahab Riaz 5-0-23-0.