Hampshire Sport
Lions win in Sri Lanka
4:17pm Friday 27th January 2012
Danny Briggs finished on the winning side at the beginning of the England Lions tour of Sri Lanka.
James Vince was left out of the side that beat Sri Lanka A by 68 runs in Dambullah.
In his absence, Jos Buttler (102*) and Alex Hales (94) scored the bulk of the Lions' 335-5.
Briggs (10-1-52-0) bowled in tandem with fellow slow left-armer Samit Patel (10-0-52-3) as the hotss were dismissed for 267, with Leicestershire's Nathan Buck (4-39) the pick of the attack.
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