Sri
Lankans V Essex - Tour Warm-up Match - 13th May 2014
Pictures by Bandula Manage - Sesatha web
England captain
Alastair Cook hit a half-century as Essex
beat Sri Lanka by 22 runs via the
Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-affected
match at Chelmsford.
Cook scored 71 runs off 49 balls and Ben
Foakes added 51.
Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 169
off 21 overs, but only made 146-9. Dinesh
Chandimal top scored for Sri Lanka with 31,
but Kusal Perera (4), Mahela Jayawardene (6)
and Lahiru Thirimanne (5) were all dismissed
for single-figure scores.
