FRIDAY, 11.30AM:
SOUTH Africa’s A cricket side, currently on tour in rain-drenched Sri Lanka, lost their eighth possible day’s play at the Asgiriya Stadium on Friday.
The second day of the first unofficial Test against a Sri Lanka A side was abandoned around 1.30pm local time, after which it stopped raining. The waterlogged outfield made play impossible, however, and the umpires called off the day’s play after inspecting the pitch.
Sri Lanka will resume their first innings at 136/2 on Saturday. The South Africans’ second warm-up tour match, against a Board Invitation XI, will start at Moratuwa on Tuesday.
Scoreboard:
Sri Lanka A, first innings:
A Jayawardena not out 11
U Fernando st Pothas b Boje 72
S Fernando b Boje 44
S Ranatunga not out 3
Extras (lb4 nb2) 6
Total (for two wickets) 136
Fall of wickets: 1/113 2/129
Bowling: Williams 8-0-34-0 (nb2); Bakkes 7-3-20-0; Dawson 9-2-30-0; Crookes 9-1-38-0; Boje 4-0-10-2.
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