Sri Lanka, May 8 -- Match winner Riaz Hassan sweeps to the fence

By M. Shamil Amit

Opener Riaz Hassan continued his batting form as he made an unbeaten knock of 74 which guided Afghanistan 'A' to record a five wicket win against host Sri Lanka 'A' in the fifth ODI match played at the Sooriyawewa Stadium enabling them to end the five match ODI series on a winning note as Sri Lanka 'A' clinched the series 3-2.

Riaz's unbeaten knock came off in 117 balls which had five boundaries and he associated in three valuable partnerships of 71 runs for the third wicket with Darwish Rasooli 36 with four boundaries followed by 85 run stand for the fourth wicket with stand in skipper Shahadullah Kamal who chipped in with 47 including five boundaries a...