Sri Lanka `A' head the points table in the ICC Six Nations' Challenge, currently underway in Windhoek, Namibia, after the first two rounds, with Kenya lying second and Zimbabwe `A' in third place. Both Sri Lanka `A' and Kenya have collected eight points from two wins in their two matches so far. But Sri Lanka A's net run rate of 1.70 is far ahead of Kenya's 0.67.

The six teams in the tournament are playing each other in a round robin format, with the top two teams entering the final on Sunday, April 14. Sri Lanka were next scheduled to play Zimbabwe 'A' on Wednesday. The other teams are The Netherlands, Canada and Namibia.

Sri Lanka 'A' innings (50 overs maximum)
DA Gunawardena        c van Oosterom     b Khan                 5
G Wijekoon            c Scholte          b van Troost          14
WBM Perera            c Bradley          b Zulfiqar            85
A Polonowita          c Scholte          b Khan                29
HMNC Silva            run out                                  21
CU Jayasinghe         not out                                  48
*TT Samaraweera       not out                                  20
Extras                (lb 12, w 17, nb 2)                      31
Total                 (5 wickets, 50 overs)                   253

DNB: HMRKB Herath, +P Jayawardene, K Lokuarachchi, A Ganegama.

FoW: 1-25 (Gunawardena), 2-60 (Wijekoon), 3-125 (Polonowita),
     4-181 (Silva), 5-196 (Perera).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Schiferli                   10      0     45      0
Khan                        10      0     49      2
de Leede                     8      0     20      0
van Troost                   7      0     30      1
Esmeijer                     8      0     52      0
Zulfiqar                     7      0     45      1

Netherlands innings (target: 254 from 50 overs)
*RF van Oosterom                          b Ganegama            3
A Zulfiqar            c Herath            b Ganegama            8
RRAF Bradley                              b Wijekoon            2
NA Statham            c Perera            b Lokuarachchi        8
KJ van Noortwijk      c Lokuarachchi      b Ganegama            2
LP van Troost         st Jayawardene      b Jayasinghe          0
E Schiferli           c Silva             b Lokuarachchi       29
JJ Esmeijer                           c & b Samaraweera        39
+RH Scholte           c Silva             b Samaraweera        12
KA Khan               not out                                   0
TDM de Leede          absent                                    -
Extras                (lb 4, w 7, nb 1)                        12
Total                 (all out, 38.1 overs)                   115

FoW: 1-4 (van Oosterom), 2-12 (Bradley), 3-17 (Zulfiqar),
     4-21 (van Noortwijk), 5-26 (van Troost), 6-36 (Statham),
     7-61 (Schiferli), 8-115 (Scholte), 9-115 (Esmeijer).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ganegama                     8      3     13      3
Wijekoon                     8      3     13      1
Jayasinghe                   6      0     21      1
Lokuarachchi                 7      1     24      2
Herath                       5      2     24      0
Samaraweera                  4.1    0     16      2

Points Table

Team                    P       W       T       L       NR     PTS       NRR
Sri Lanka `A'           2       2       0       0       0       8        1.70
Kenya                   2       2       0       0       0       8        0.67
Zimbabwe `A'            2       1       0       1       0       4        0.14
Netherlands             2       1       0       1       0       4       -0.82
Canada                  2       0       0       2       0       0       -0.78
Namibia                 2       0       0       2       0       0       -0.89

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