Manasinghe, Madushanka and Embuldeniya bowl out South Africa ‘A’ for 131 Source:Dailymirror Sri Lanka ‘A’ – South Africa ‘A’ 1st unofficial Test Spinners Lakshitha Manasinghe and Lasith Embuldeniya, and left-arm fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka combined to bowl out the visiting South Africa ‘A’ team for 131 on the second day of the 1st unofficial Test match at the Pallekele International Stadium. Manasinghe bagged five scalps for just 19 runs but it was Embuldeniya, who took two wickets, and Madushanka, with three dismissals to his name, that did the early damage, reducing South Africa ‘A’ to 66 for 5. Though Matthew Breetzke, with an unbeaten knock of 59, and Dewald Brewis put in some resistance sharing a brief stand of 27 runs for the sixth wicket, the others failed to make any impression. ...

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Jaffna Kings – Galle Gladiators clash in LPL curtain raiser-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews The third edition of the Lanka Premier League ( LPL) cricket tournament will commence today ) at three venues Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium Hambantota, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo. This is the first time LPL the main franchise cricket tournament of Sri Lanka will be conducted at three venues Hambantota, Pallekele and Colombo and five teams will battle it out for this tournament which will commence today from Hambantota Said Tournament Director Samantha Dodanwela. Five teams Colombo Stars, Aura Dambulla ,Galle Gladiators, Jaffna Kings and Kandy Falcons will compete in this tournament which attracts several international players from West Indies, England, Afghanistan, Netherlands, Pakistan, and New Zealand. ...

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