Sri Lanka beat Papua New Guinea comprehensively in the 2nd Warm-up game ahead of ICC T20 World Cup.
Batting first Sri Lanka made 162 for 5 in 20 overs. Pathum Nissanka came back into runs with 76 runs while Avishka Fernando continued his good form making a quick 61 in 37 balls.
In return, Papua New Guinea ended up scoring 124 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 7 wickets. Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga bagged two wickets each, while Chamika Karunartne, Dasun Shanaka, and Maheesh Theekshana took a wicket each.
With this win, Sri Lanka go into the ICC T20 World Cup qualifiers in a positive mindset, winning all the preparation games played. Sri Lanka plays Namibia on the 18th in the opening match of the ICC T20 World Cup qualifiers.
SL – 162/5 (20)
Pathum Nissanka 76 (58)
Avishka Fernando 61 (37)
PNG – 124/7 (20)
W Hasaranga 4-0-16-2
D Chameera 4-1-20-2
D Shanaka 1-0-5-1
C Karunaratne 4-0-30-1
M Theekshana 4-0-34-1
L Kumara 3-0-15-0
Live Match updates
- PNG 124/7 in 20 overs
- 121/7 in 19th over
- Wicket for Lahiru Kumara
- 116/7 in 18th over
- 108/6 in 16 over
- Two wickets for Wanindu, One for Theekshana
- PNG 105/5 in the 15th over
- Wicket for Lahiru Kumara
- PNG 89/3 in 13 overs :74 needed in 7 overs
- PNG 84/3 – 13th over underway
- PNG 61/2 after 10 overs
- Wicket for Dasun Shanaka
- PNG 45/2 in 8 overs
- PNG 30/1 in 5 overs
- PNG 14/1 in the 3rd over
- Wicket for Chameera
- Sri Lanka 162/5
Pathum Nissanka 76 (58)
Dhananjay De Silva 01
Charith Asalanka 08
Avishka Fernando 61 (37)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Dasun Shanaka
Chamika Karunaratne
- 162/5 in 20 overs (Pathum 76, Avishka 61)
- 150/5 in 19 overs
- 149/5 in 18.5 overs
- Pathum Nissanka out o
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa out
- 145/3 in 19th over
- Avishka Fernando gets out
- 128/2 – 17th over
- 112/2 in the 16th over
- SL passes 100 in the 15th over, still two down
- 86/2 in the 13th over
- 77/2 in the 12th over
- Fifty for Pathum Nissanka
- 70/2 11th over underway
- 61/2 after 10 overs, Nissanka 43*
- 55/2 ninth over underway
- 50/2 eight over underway
- Charith Asalanka gets run out
- 40/1 sixth over
- 29/1 – Fifth over
- 19/1 after 4 overs
- 12/1 DDS first wicket
- Sri Lanka 4/0 after 1st over
Sri Lanka is batting first against PNG in the 2nd Warmup game currently under way.
Sri Lanka team
- Dananjaya De Silva
- Pathum Nissanka
- Charith Asalanka
- Avishka Fernando
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa
- Dasun Shanaka
- Wanindu Hasaranga
- Chamika Karunaratne
- Dushmantha Chameera
- Maheesh Theekshana
- Lahiru Kumara