A valuable all-round performance by Kamindu Mendis steered Sri Lanka to beat Afghanistan by one wicket with four balls to spare in an Emerging Team cricket encounter played at Maitland Crescent yesterday.
Afghanistan batted first and scored 210 with Karim Janat top scoring on 68 runs.
In reply Sri Lanka strolled along to score 211 for 9 in the last over. Kamindu Mendis batted best to top score with 71 runs. He grafter his runs off 98 deliveries and hit eight fours.
Scores: Afghanistan: 210 in 47.5 overs (Karim Janat 68, Shahidullah 38, Rahmanullah 31, Azmatullah 22, L. Embuldeniya 3/35, Kamindu Mendis 3/46)
Sri Lanka: 211/9 in 49.2 overs (WIA Fernando 34, Asela Gunaratne 32, Kamindu Mendis 71, S. Ashan 34, Zia-ur-Rahman 3/33, Karim Janat 2/31)