Afghanistan A cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2024

Afghanistan A cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2024
	Sri Lanka A	Afghanistan A
Dates	28 April – 14 May 2024
Captains	Sahan Arachchige[n 1] (List A) Pasindu Sooriyabandara (First-class)	Ikram Alikhil[m 1](List A) Ihsanullah (First-class)
FC series
Result	Sri Lanka A won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Sonal Dinusha (145)	Imran Mir (115)
Most wickets	Wanuja Sahan (6) Nisala Tharaka (6)	Zia-ur-Rehman (6)
LA series
Result	Sri Lanka A won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs	Nishan Madushka (227)	Riaz Hassan (289)
Most wickets	Mohamed Shiraz (8)	Bilal Sami (9)

The Afghanistan A cricket team toured Sri Lanka in April and May 2024 to play the Sri Lanka A cricket team.^[1] The tour consist of five List A and one first-class matches.^[2] In February 2024, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed the dates for the tour.^[3]

In March 2024, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the full tour itinerary, with the one-day and four-day matches taking place at Hambantota and Colombo respectively.^[4] Afghanistan A arrived in Sri Lanka on 25 April 2024.^[5]

Squads

Afghanistan A[6]		Sri Lanka A
First-class	List A	First-class[7]	List A[8]
Ihsanullah (c) Ikram Alikhil Abdul Malik Imran Mir Bahir Shah Rahmanullah Ijaz Ahmad Mehri Abdul Hadi Mohammad Tahir Abdullah Tarakhil Khalil Gurbaz Zia-ur-Rehman Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai Naveed Zadran Naseem Mangal Sayed Shirzad	Ikram Alikhil (c) Riaz Hassan Abdul Malik Zubaid Akbari Shahid Kamal Bilal Ahmad Darwish Rasooli Mohammad Ishaq Nangialai Kharoti Farmanullah Safi Qais Ahmad Zia-ur-Rehman Saleem Safi Abdul Rahman Bilal Sami	Pasindu Sooriyabandara (c) Lahiru Udara Oshada Fernando Nipun Karunanayake Nuwanidu Fernando Pavan Rathnayake Ahan Wickramasinghe Vishad Randika Sonal Dinusha Chamika Gunasekara Nisala Tharaka Wanuja Sahan Nishan Peiris Ashian Daniel Milan Rathnayake	Sahan Arachchige (c) Nuwanidu Fernando (vc) Lahiru Udara Nishan Madushka Kamil Mishara Pavan Rathnayake Chamika Karunaratne Dushan Hemantha Chamika Gunasekera Mohamed Shiraz Wanuja Sahan Minod Bhanuka Ahan Wickramasinghe Nimesh Vimukthi

Unofficial ODI series

1st unofficial ODI

28 April 2024 Scorecard

Sri Lanka A 304/8 (50 overs)	v	Afghanistan A 277/7 (48 overs)
Nuwanidu Fernando 83 (67) Bilal Sami 4/51 (10 overs)		Riaz Hassan 100 (115) Sahan Arachchige 3/40 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by 8 runs (DLS method) Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Chandrika Amarasinghe (SL) and Nilan De Silva (SL)

• Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to field.
• Afghanistan A were set a revised target of 286 runs from 48 overs due to rain.

2nd unofficial ODI

30 April 2024 Scorecard

Afghanistan A 121 (27.2 overs)	v	Sri Lanka A 104/2 (15.2 overs)
Qais Ahmad 46 (49) Mohamed Shiraz 2/17 (7 overs)		Kamil Mishara 45* (45) Qais Ahmad 1/22 (3.2 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (DLS method) Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Chandrika Amarasinghe (SL) and Hemantha Boteju (SL)

• Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 30 overs per side due to rain.
• Sri Lanka A were set a revised target of 101 runs from 30 overs due to rain.

3rd unofficial ODI

3 May 2024 Scorecard

Afghanistan A 185 (41.2 overs)	v	Sri Lanka A 186/6 (37.3 overs)
Zia-ur-Rehman 36 (47) Mohamed Shiraz 3/31 (6 overs)		Pasindu Sooriyabandara 84* (109) Mohammad Saleem 3/32 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by 4 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Sanjeewa Fernando (SL) and Shantha Fonseka (SL)

• Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to bat.

4th unofficial ODI

5 May 2024 Scorecard

Sri Lanka A 275/7 (50 overs)	v	Afghanistan A 276/6 (49.4 overs)
Nishan Madushka 115 (127) Bilal Sami 3/54 (10 overs)		Riaz Hassan 106 (128) Dushan Hemantha 2/39 (6 overs)

Afghanistan A won by 4 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Sanjeewa Fernando (SL) and Pradeep Udawatta (SL)

• Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to field.

5th unofficial ODI

7 May 2024 Scorecard

Sri Lanka A 197 (43 overs)	v	Afghanistan A 198/5 (45 overs)
Pasindu Sooriyabandara 70 (92) Naveed Zadran 4/45 (8 overs)		Riaz Hassan 74* (117) Dushan Hemantha 2/46 (8 overs)

Afghanistan A won by 5 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Sanjeewa Fernando (SL) and Pradeep Udawatta (SL)

• Afghanistan A won the toss and elected to field.

Only unofficial Test

11–14 May 2024 Scorecard

Sri Lanka A	v	Afghanistan A
435 (101.3 overs) Sonal Dinusha 145 (193) Zia-ur-Rehman 3/127 (31.3 overs)		198 (67.5 overs) Imran Mir 62 (114) Sonal Dinusha 5/58 (17.5 overs)
		211 (62.3 overs) (f/o) Imran Mir (113) Nisala Tharaka 6/42 (11.3 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by innings and 26 runs Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Chamara de Soysa (SL)

• Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bad light prevented any further play after 87 overs in day 1.
• Only 20.4 overs of play was possible on day 2 due to rain and wet outfield.

Notes

1. Nishan Madushka captained Sri Lanka A in the 3rd, 4th and 5th unofficial ODI.

1. Shahidullah captained Afghanistan A in the 5th unofficial ODI.

References

1. "Afghanistan A cricket team to tour Sri Lanka in April". Ariana News. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
2. "Afghanistan 'A' Team to tour Sri Lanka in April". NewsWire. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
3. "Afghanistan A team to tour Sri Lanka in April for cricket matches". Amu TV. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
4. "Afghanistan 'A' Team Tour of Sri Lanka 2024". Sri Lanka Cricket. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
5. "ACB: AfghanAbdalyan set to tour Sri Lanka in April". Cricexec. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
6. "Lists of Afghan Abdalian against Sri Lanka A team". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
7. "Sri Lanka 'A' squad for the four-day series against Afghanistan 'A'". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
8. "14-Member Sri Lanka A Team Selected for First Two ODIs Against Afghanistan A Team". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo