Sri Lanka 'A' to play one dayers from tomorrow

The touring Sri Lanka 'A' team will open the one day limited over leg of their tour of England in Manchester tomorrow.

They will meet England Development team in the first of a series of limited over matches to be played in Manchester tomorrow.

Their second one dayer will be against Nottinghamshire at Nottingham on Wednesday which will be followed by the three-match unofficial ODI series against England Lions to be played on August 12, 14 (both in Worcester) and 16 (in Northampton).

Sri Lanka 'A' held England 'Lions' to a draw in their one off unofficial Test concluded t North Marine Road Ground in Scarborough on Friday. Chasing a victory target of 326, Sri Lanka made a bold reply before the match was called off after 28 overs. The highlight of the final day's play was that unfinished 127-run opening partnership by Sri Lankans Malinda Warnapura (79 n.o) and Lahiru Thirimanne (36 n.o).

Chief scores:

England 'Lions': first innings 299 all out (Alex Hales 50, James Tayor 76, Jonny Bairstow 50, Samit Patel 52, Sachithra Senanayake 5 for 52, Nilanka Premaratne 2 for 51) and second innings 425 for 5 decl. (Joe Root 66, Alex Hales 42, James Tayor 98, Jonny Bairstow 109 n.o, Sachithra Senanayake 3 for 160, Sachithra Serasinghe 2 for 75).

Sri Lanka 'A': 389 all out (Malinda Warnapura 34, Dimuth Karunaratne 43, Kaushal Silva 89, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 76, Jade Dernbach 3 for 104, James Harris 3 for 97, Stuart Meaker 3 for 37) and second innings: 127 for no loss at stumps (Malinda Warnapura 79 n.o, Lahiru Thirimanne 36 n.o).