BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Opener Assad Fudadin and skipper Kirk Edwards smashed centuries as West Indies `A’, responding to Sri Lanka `A’s 472 all out, reached 496 for five in their first innings at the close of the third day of the first four-day “Test” at Warner Park here yesterday.
Edwards struck 189 and Fudadin 145 as the West Indies `A’ overhauled the visitors first innings score.
Guyana’s Leon Johnson was also eyeing a century ending yesterday’s play on 80 not out while West Indies test discard Kraigg Brathwaite made 37.
Scores: SRI LANKA A 472 (Chathuranga de Silva 109, Dimuth Karunaratne 101, Ashan Priyanjana 65, Kithruwan Vithanage 62, Udara Jayasundara 57; Nikita Miller 6-141)
WEST INDIES A 496 for five (Kirk Edwards 189, Assad Fudadin 145, Leon Johnson 80 not out, Kraigg Brathwaite 37)