Sri Lanka A 315 for 6 (Dickwella 83, Bandara 73*, Kuhnemann 3-43) beat Australia A 312 (Head 110, Hardie 58, Pramod 4-50) by four wickets

Head spoiled his day when he dropped Bandara on 30 at deep midwicket in the 39th over in what proved to be a pivotal moment.

Head and Josh Philippe raced away in the powerplay and their opening stand of 83 came in nine overs before the Sri Lankans started to turn things around. Marcus Harris got set before providing a return catch while Nic Maddinson appeared unfortunate to be given lbw sweeping.

When Head fell shortly after reaching a 76-ball hundred, picking out long-off, Australia A were five down with 20 overs remaining which meant captain Henry Hunt and Hardie needed to show some caution.

Hunt fell with eight overs still to go leaving Hardie to try and nurse the lower order. The first of consecutive sixes took him to fifty before he skied Madushan with eight deliveries of the innings unused.