Sri Lanka 'A' heading for a draw

Sri Lanka 'A' wicket keeper batsman Kaushal Silva hit an unbeaten century but their 1st unofficial 4 day Test match against Pakistan 'A' was heading towards a tame draw at the Galle International Stadium yesterday.

Silva struck 15 boundaries facing 203 deliveries and also further extended his fourth wicket partnership to 153 runs with skipper Thilina Kandamby. In fact Kandamby was also nearing a century and remained unbeaten on 90 having hoisted one six and ten boundaries.

SRI LANKA 'A' - 1ST INNINGS

F.D.M. Karunaratne c Naeem Anjum b Mohammad Talha	51 
H.D.R.L. Thirimanne lbw b Junaid Khan			11 
L.D. Chandimal c Naeem Anjum b Tabish Khan		11
J.K. Silva not out				       113
S.H.T. Kandamby not out					91
Extras (b-4, lb-1, w-1, nb-5)				11
Total (for 3 wkts; 87 overs)			       288

To bat: L.J.P. Gunaratne, A.M.L. Perera, C.W. Vidanapathirana
  	B.M.A.J. Mendis, S.M.S.M. Senanayake, K.T.G.D. Prasad 
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Thirimanne), 2-45 (Chandimal), 3-99 (Karunaratne). 
Bowling): Mohammad Talha 25-2-75-1 (4nb)
 	 Junaid Khan 23-3-67-1
 	 Tabish Khan 16-3-61-1 (1w)
 	 Yasir Shah 17-3-55-0
 	 Aamer Sajjad 5-0-20-0 (1nb)
 	 Azeem Ghumman 1-0-5-0
Pakistan 'A': Azeem Ghumman, Aamer Sajjad, Abid Ali, Yasir Shah
	      Tabish Khan, Junaid Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Sheharyar Ghani
   	      Mohammad Talha, Naeem Anjum, Naved Yasin