COLOMBO: Sri Lanka wrapped up a comfortable 10-wicket win in the one-off Test match against Afghanistan in Colombo on Monday.
After bowling out Afghanistan for 296 in their second innings, Sri Lanka required 56 to win the contest, and the openers swiftly knocked off the target before tea on the fourth day.
Earlier, a maiden Test hundred by Ibrahim Zadran helped Afghanistan recover in Colombo, as the tourists ended day three on 199-1 on Sunday.
Afghanistan showed fight after being shot out for 198 in their first innings to concede a lead of 241.
Ibrahim went past his previous best Test score of 87 and then completed his maiden Test hundred in the last over of the day with a single to covers, finishing unbeaten on 101.
It is only the fourth Test hundred by an Afghan though the 22-year-old opening batsman was given two reprieves.
The first was on 39 when Prabath Jayasuriya put down a tough return catch, and then again on 63 when Nishan Madushka at short mid-off dropped a catch off Jayasuriya’s bowling.
A record 106-run stand for the first wicket between Ibrahim and Noor Ali Zadran set the platform for Afghanistan’s second innings.
That improved on the 53-run stand between Ibrahim and Javed Ahmadi against West Indies in 2019.
