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Hilfenhaus, George star in big win

Australia A 208 and 318 beat Sri Lanka A 103 and 316 (Silva 58, Chandimal 54, Hilfenhaus 5-63, George 5-84) by 107 runs
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Ben Hilfenhaus completed a promising comeback from a knee injury with a five-wicket haul to confirm Australia A's 107-run victory over Sri Lanka A in Brisbane. Hilfenhaus' maiden first-class half-century had helped set up a huge lead for Australia before Sri Lanka capitulated to the pace of Hilfenhaus and Peter George.

Set 424 for victory, Sri Lanka had been pegged back by George, who had left them in trouble at 224 for 5 at the end of the third day. On the fourth morning, Australia were made to wait by the overnight pair of Chamara Silva (58) and Kosala Kulasekara (33), who extended their partnership to 90 before Hilfenhaus struck.

Kulasekara was caught by captain George Bailey, his first of three in the innings, and Hilfenhaus cleaned up the rest, including Silva, facing hardly any resistance. The last five wickets fell for 28, squandering an encouraging start by the Sri Lankan batsmen, who had promised to make a fight of their chase of an imposing target.

"It's a very, very good result, it was a pretty different wicket here and I haven't really played on a wicket like that at AB Field before," Bailey said after the game. "It was a little bit tacky and soft on days one and two and it was a very different game, but it is good play in those sometimes.

"I thought it was a pretty good performance from us. I think nearly everyone contributed at some stage. I think all our bowlers bowled well during the match. When they got away from us yesterday I thought Peter George and Andrew McDonald bowled a really good spell for us.

"It's funny how it can roll one way for a bowler and once they start getting a few wickets they can end up with a handful. Hilf bowled really well for us today but once again I thought Peter George bowled really well and Mitchell Starc bowled pretty well as well."

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Sri Lanka A 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st57NT ParanavitanaHDRL Thirimanne
2nd34NT ParanavitanaLD Chandimal
3rd86JK SilvaLD Chandimal
4th9LPC SilvaJK Silva
5th12LPC SilvaBMAJ Mendis
6th90LPC SilvaCKB Kulasekara
7th19LPC SilvaKTGD Prasad
8th0KTGD PrasadSMSM Senanayake
9th9KTGD PrasadCW Vidanapathirana
10th0CW VidanapathiranaANPR Fernando