The left-handers were accurate and quick through the air and the debutant off-spinner looked an honest trier with little variety to trouble batters at this level. On a pitch that got slower as the match progressed, the fast bowlers struggled to get the ball up towards the batters’ shoulders

Sonal Dinusha has been exceptionally well out there in the middle. Shouldering him is Lahiru Kumara. Earlier, Prabath Jayasuriya's knock lasted for 28 balls, in which he scored just two runs. Keshara Nuwantha played a fighting knock of 46 runs, which came in 150 balls, including four boundaries