Sri Lanka `A' notched up two successive victories in the ICC Six Nations' Challenge Tournament 2001/02, being played in Windhoek, Namibia, defeating Namibia by 7 wickets and Canada by 117 runs.

Ruchira Perera snapped up five wickets for 16 runs off only 4.2 overs, and Avishka Gunawardena scored a whirlwind 83 off 66 balls including 12 fours and a six, as Sri Lanka `A' cruised past Namibia's total of 182 with 14.2 overs to spare on Sunday.

Namibia innings (50 overs maximum)                              R   M   B  4 6
R Walters                                b ?                   48  52  57  4 1
S Burger              c ?                b ?                   27  71  73  1 1
D Keulder             run out                                  41  32  61  1 1
BG Murgatroyd         c ?                b ?                   14  41  29  0 0
*DB Kotze             c ?                b ?                    1   4   4  0 0
JB Burger             c ?                b ?                    1   9   8  0 0
+M van Schoor         c ?                b ?                   20  67  45  1 0
BL Kotze              c ?                b ?                    4   6   6  0 0
JL Louw               c ?                b ?                    9  15  12  0 0
G Snyman                                 b ?                    2   9   5  0 0
RJ van Vuuren         not out                                   0   1   0  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 4, w 5, nb 4)                   15
Total                 (all out, 49.2 overs)                   182

FoW: 1-77 (Walters), 2-103 (Burger), 3-104 (D Kotze),
     4-109 (JB Burger), 5-113 (Murgatroyd), 6-? (Keulder),
     7-167 (B Kotze), 8-175 (van Schaar), 9-182 (Louw),
     10-182 (Snyman).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
PDRL Perera                  9.2    2     16      5 (3w, 1nb)
Liyanage                     7      0     33      0 (1w)
Wijekada                     8      1     30      1 (1nb)
Herath                       9      0     42      2 (1nb)
Samaraweera                 10      2     37      1 (1w)
Mubarak                      6      1     18      0 (1nb)

Sri Lanka 'A' innings (target: 183 from 50 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
DA Gunawardena        run out                                  83  53  66 12 1
J Mubarak             c ?                b ?                    0   3   3  0 0
G Wijekoon            c ?                b ?                   10  77  43  0 0
WMB Perera            not out                                  29  59  49  2 1
HMNC Silva            not out                                  45  55  53  7 1
Extras                (b 6, lb 1, w 9)                         16
Total                 (3 wickets, 35.4 overs)                 183

DNB: *TT Samaraweera, +P Jayawardene, CU Jayasinghe, DK Liyanage,
     HMRKB Herath, PDRL Perera.

FoW: 1-1 (Mubarak), 2-107 (Gunawardena), 3-107 (B Perera).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
B Kotze                      8      0     47      1 (3w)
van Vuuren                   4      0     31      0
Keulder                      1      0     15      0 (1w)
Burger                       7      0     23      1 (2w)
Snyman                       3.4    0     23      0 (3w)
Louw                         6      2     12      0
D Kotze                      6      0     25      0

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