Afghanistan 185 for five wickets (20 overs) beat Canada 96 for two wickets (12 overs) by 8 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Ireland 147 for five wickets (20 overs) lost to Sri Lanka “A” 148 for seven wickets (19 overs) by three wickets

An opening partnership of 76 runs in 9.1 overs set Afghanistan en route to a useful total of 185 for five wickets against Canada in a warm-up T20 game. Karim Sadiq eventually tallied 69 from 47 balls, his opening partner, Noor Ali, making 27. Afghan captain Nowroz Managal chipped in with a brisk 30 from 13 balls and wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad struck 24, also from 13 balls. Khurram Chohan took two wickets for 32 runs from his four overs.

Canada replied with 96 for two wickets from 12 overs, losing by 8 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method. Rizwan Cheema struck five sixes in a knock of 39 from 25 balls, and Ashish Bagai made 18 not out.

Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Seekkuge Prasanna and Jeewan Mendi each made 28 runs in the lower-middle order to carry Sri Lanka “A” to a two wicket win against Ireland. Andrew White topped the Irish batting with a knock of 39 and Gary Wilson made 28 not out. Kosola Kulasekara took three wickets for 33 runs from four overs. 

T20 Series as build up for World Cup Twenty20 Qualifier

Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland and Sri Lanka “A” commence a four-team T20 tournament in Colombo on Monday. This event forms a key part of Canada’s preparations for the ICC World Cup Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE from February 9 thru 13. That event sees Canada in an initial round-robin group with Kenya, the Netherlands and the UAE. Afghanistan and Ireland are initially grouped with Scotland and the USA. The aim for these eight ICC Associate countries is to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 Championships that are being held in the West Indies from April 30th thru May 16th.