Northants v Sri Lanka: Tourists dominate at Wantage Road
- From the section Cricket
| Tour match, Northampton (day two of four): |
| Sri Lanka 558-8 v Northants 146-5 |
| Match scorecard |
Sri Lanka continued to dominate Northants on the second day of their only tour game before the first Test against England.
Resuming on 358-3, the tourists pushed their score to 558-8 before declaring.
Lahiru Thirimanne moved from 120 to a career-best 156, while Dilruwan Perera added impetus before lunch with 59.
Northants were then reduced to 146-5 by the close, Richard Levi making 64 before becoming pace bowler Dhammika Prasad's second victim.
The first Test against England at Lord's begins on Thursday.