21-11-2014, 23:22
(This post was last modified: 21-11-2014, 23:23 by Lord Snooty.)
Fri Nov 21: v Sri Lanka A - Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo.
England won the first match of the tour and the star of the show was once more Moeen Ali. The bearded wonder took three wickets for 29 in his 9 overs of a rain hit match that was eventually decided by Ducky Lewis. But then he starred in his new role as opening batsman. Cooky took the first over and played out a maiden, but then Fernando came on to bowl at Ali and went for 25. Six fours and a wide.
The pair put on 95 for the first wicket and by the time they got to the 25th over when bad light stopped play they were well ahead of the D/L schedule and won by 56 runs.
Scorecard
England won the first match of the tour and the star of the show was once more Moeen Ali. The bearded wonder took three wickets for 29 in his 9 overs of a rain hit match that was eventually decided by Ducky Lewis. But then he starred in his new role as opening batsman. Cooky took the first over and played out a maiden, but then Fernando came on to bowl at Ali and went for 25. Six fours and a wide.
The pair put on 95 for the first wicket and by the time they got to the 25th over when bad light stopped play they were well ahead of the D/L schedule and won by 56 runs.
Scorecard