Troughton and Panesar steer England to victory
ECB National Academy 271-5 Sri Lanka Academy XI 130 ECB Acad win by 141 runs
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Your support makes all the difference.England's Academy side clinched the one-day series 2-1 against their Sri Lankan counterparts thanks to two outstanding performances from James Troughton and Monty Panesar here yesterday.
The Warwickshire batsman Troughton cracked 100 from just 110 balls as he guided the team from 58 for 3 in the third and final one-day match at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground to a commanding 271 for 7 off 50 overs.
Panesar, the Northamptonshire left-arm spinner, dismissed the top scorer Ian Daniel, stumped by Chris Read for 60, and then ran through the lower order to finish with 5 for 20 in eight overs as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 130 with more than 10 overs to spare.
One day; ECB Academy won toss
ECB NATIONAL ACADEMY
C M W Read lbw b Fernando 6
R W T Key c Peiris b Ranjith 22
D I Stevens b Ranjith 23
G J Muchall b Dias 62
J O Troughton b Dias 100
R Clarke c Wijeratne b Dias 17
Kabir Ali b Dias 2
M A Wallace not out 9
R K J Dawson not out 5
Extras (lb13 w7 nb5 pens 0) 25
Total (for 7, 50 overs) 271
Fall: 1-11 2-50 3-58 4-226 5-237 6-246 7-257.
Did not bat: M S Panesar, C T Tremlett.
Bowling: Ranjith 10-0-48-2; Fernando 6-0-31-1; Maharoof 7-0-36-0; Dias 8-0-42-4; Mendis 10-0-48-0; Wijeratne 9-0-53-0.
SRI LANKA ACADEMY XI
D A Ranatunga c Read b Tremlett 0
G I Daniel st Read b Panesar 60
M S R Wijeratne c & b Dawson 15
S H T Kandamby c Key b Stevens 3
B M A Mendis lbw b Stevens 4
J K Silva b Panesar 7
M F Maharoof c Dawson b Panesar 15
T R Peiris c Clarke b Panesar 2
W J M Dias c & b Panesar 2
K A D Fernando not out 9
P N Ranjith lbw b Dawson 1
Extras (lb2 w8 nb2 pens 0) 12
Total (39.1 overs) 130
Fall: 1-0 2-60 3-65 4-82 5-98 6-101 7-109 8-113 9-122.
Bowling: Tremlett 7-2-15-1; Kabir Ali 10-0-39-0; Clarke 4-0-21-0; Dawson 6.1-1-18-2; Stevens 4-0-15-2; Panesar 8-2-20-5.
Umpires: J W K Boteju and B J N Kumar.
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