Sri Lanka ‘A’, India ‘A’, Pakistan ‘A’ and India ‘B’ win on third day
Sri Lanka ‘A’, India ‘A’ and Pakistan ‘A’ were undefeated at the end of the third day of the 8th Lawyers Cricket World Cup being played in Sri Lanka. India ‘B’ won their second game from three outings. Ahansul Siddiqui, Aman Shastri scored centuries for India ‘B’ while Sajwal Javaid scored a century for Pakistan ‘A’.
Of the five games scheduled to be played today the game between Bangladesh ‘A’ and Pakistan ‘B’ at the LRDC ground in Nawala was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
At the FTZ ground in Katunayaike Sajwal Javaid Butt scored 100 off 90 balls with 12 boundaries and 2 sixes and Muzaffer Hussain chipped in with an unbeaten 76 off 52 balls with eight boundaries and two sixes for Pakistan ‘A’ after which their bowler restricted Sri Lanka ‘B’ to 120/7 to register their third win in the tournament.
An unbeaten half ton by Saurabh Ahuja and a four wicket haul by Aditya Kumar Achirya helped India ‘A’ register their third win of the tournament defeating Barristers of England and Wales by 8 wickets at Thurstan ground.
Thusith Paliwatta starred with bat and ball (64 and 2-28) to see Sri Lanka A register their third win within three days by defeating the Commonwealth team by six wickets at the Air Force ground Katunayaike.
Batting first the Commonwealth team scored 180 runs and Sri Lanka A won the game with six wickets and 40 balls to spare.
Centuries by Ahsanul Siddiqui (111 off 79 4×4 and 6×9) and Aman Shastri (100 off 55 4×9 and 6×6) and three wicket hauls from Madhusudan Kalantri and Sayan Mukherjee saw India B post 305/8 which was sufficient to overcome Bangladesh ‘B’ by a mammoth 220 runs at the MCA ground
Scores:
*At Thurstan ground: India A conquer Barristers of England and Wales by 8 wickets
Barristers of England and Wales 113 in 34.2 overs (Rameez Dar 46; Bhavik Shah 3-20, Aditya kumar Achirya 4-13)
India A 114/2 in 17.2 overs (Saurabh Ahuja 61*, Amit N Ganpule33*;Charles Prior 1-21)
* At MCA: India B crush Bangladesh B by a mammoth 220 runs
India B 305/8 in 35 overs (Ahsanul Siddiqui 111, Sankalp Singh 29, Aman Shastri 100; MD Enayet Uallah Shafique 3-38, Abrahm Khan 3-57)
Bangladesh B 85 in 21.4 overs (S M Foysal 26; Anvesh Reddy 2-11, Madhusudan Kalantri 3-22, Sayan Mukherjee 3-11)
* At Air Force ground in Katunayaike: Sri Lanka A win by 6 wickets
Commonwealth 180/8 in 35 overs (Jagadish Rahul 38, Druhmi Shah 20, Achit Shigwan 20, Vinod Dhangi 20, Jaidesh Bar 24, Duba Karanthi Kumar 23; Thusith Paliwatta 2-28, Thusitha Ranathunga 3-31)
Sri Lanka A 181/4 in 28.2 overs (Thusith Paliwatta 64, Sisuru Samarasinghe 38, Mohamed Shamir 30*; Ashwarth Nair 2-30)
* At FTZground Katunayaike: Pakistan A defeat Sri Lanka B by 135 runs
Pakistan A 255/4 in 35 overs (Sajwal Javaid Butt 100, Zia Ul Saboor 34, Muzaffar Hussain 76*, Kashif Sohail 21; Deshan Wimalarathne 1-36)
Sri Lanka B 120/7 in 35 overs (Priyantha Rajapakshe 36, Kanchana Weerabahu 21, Isuru Abeygunasekera 28; Asif Hussain 2-27, Safdal Ali 2-14)
n At LRDC ground Nawala: Match between Pakistan B and Bangladesh A abandoned without a ball being bowled due to wet outfield.
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