Amla and Gunawardene star in drawn match

Sri Lanka A 206 (Tharanga 72) and 266 (Gunawardene 111) drew with South Africa A 254 (Rudolph 83, Werakoon 6-66) and 127 for 5 (Amla 64*)
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An unbeaten 64 from Hasim Amla ensured that South Africa drew their three-day game against Sri Lanka A at Dambulla. Requiring 219 in their second innings to pull off a victory, the South Africans lost their first five wickets for only 53, but recovered to finish on 127 for 5.

Earlier, Avishka Gunawardene, the left-handed opener, scored 111 to lift the Sri Lankans to 266 in their second innings. Gunawardene added 39 to his overnight score of 72 in an innings which included 16 fours.

The South Africans will now play a warm-up one-day match in Kurunegala on September 19 before the start of the one-day tri-series in which New Zealand A is the third team. Robin Peterson, Loots Bosman and Albie Morkel will be added as reinforcements to the one-day squad, while Hashim Amla and Paul Adams will return home. The South Africans' first match is against Sri Lanka A in Colombo on September 21.

South Africa A one-day squad
Jacques Rudolph (capt), Thami Tsolekile (wk), Loots Bosman, Johan Botha, Zander de Bruyn, Tyron Henderson, Garnett Kruger, Albie Morkel, Justin Ontong, Robin Peterson, Andrew Puttick, Dale Steyn, Johan van der Wath, Monde Zondeki.