Kaushal five-for gives SL A slender lead

Sri Lanka A 166 (Vithanage 54, Gabriel 5-29) and 63 for 4 (Tharanga 40) lead West Indies A 151 (Brathwaite 76, Kaushal 5-73) by 78 runs
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Offspinner Tharindu Kaushal's 5 for 73 gave Sri Lanka A a slender lead of 15 runs in the first innings after they were bowled out for 166 by West Indies A in Matara. Sri Lanka A ended the third day on 63 for 4 in their second innings.

Sri Lanka A were 137 for 6 at the start of the day but could add only 29 runs to the overnight score, with Shannon Gabriel picking up three of the last four wickets to end with 5 for 29. Kithuruwan Vithanage went on from 36 to 54 and was the last wicket to fall.

West Indies A were rocked early by Nuwan Pradeep and failed to build any substantial partnerships throughout the innings. Only opener Kraigg Brathwaite was able to resist with a fighting 76, while the remaining four of the top five batsmen managed 15 runs together. Wicketkeeper Chadwick Walton scored 25 and Sheldon Cottrell was the only other player to reach double-figures, as Kaushal ran through the middle and lower order to wrap them up for 151.

Sri Lanka A lost four wickets in their second innings, two of them taken to offspinner Jermaine Blackwood in the final over of the day. The first was Upul Tharanga, who top-scored with 40, followed by nightwatchman Vishwa Fernando for a duck. Sri Lanka A led by 78 runs at stumps.