Overseas Matches 2007/08

TAMIL UNION CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB v SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB Played at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, January 24, 25, 26, 2008. Premier Championship 2007/08 - Tier A Sinhalese Sports Club won by an innings and 104 runs. (Points: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 3.05, Sinhalese Sports Club 18) SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB 1 N.T.Paranavitana lbw b Pushpakumara 27 2 B.M.A.J.Mendis lbw b Pushpakumara 10 3 †J.K.Silva lbw b Wijesiriwardene 9 4 *T.T.Samaraweera c Sirisoma b Wijesiriwardene 125 5 S.H.T.Kandamby lbw b Pushpakumara 163 6 E.D.J.Sriyapala c Wijesiriwardene b Pushpakumara 5 7 K.S.Lokuarachchi b Dias 23 8 M.T.T.Mirando c Daniel b Maduwantha 29 9 K.T.G.D.Prasad lbw b Rupasinghe 60 10 S.M.Senanayake st G.T.de Silva b Rupasinghe 46 11 C.W.Vidanapathirana not out 2 Extras b 5, lb 9, nb 1 15 —— 514 FoW (1): 1-33 (2), 2-42 (1), 3-52 (3), 4-313 (4), 5-372 (5), 6-372 (7), 7-374 (6), 8-426 (8), 9-499 (9), 10-514 (10) TAMIL UNION CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB 1 G.I.Daniel c Silva b Vidanapathirana 8 c Paranavitana b Vidanapathirana 0 2 *H.M.Maduwantha c Kandamby b Mirando 31 c Sriyapala b Senanayake 7 3 S.I.Fernando c Samaraweera b Vidanapathirana 9 c Paranavitana b Senanayake 17 4 S.K.L.de Silva c Silva b Mirando 11 b Mirando 85 5 †G.T.de Silva c Silva b Prasad 19 b Senanayake 50 6 R.J.M.G.M.Rupasinghe lbw b Senanayake 1 lbw b Senanayake 23 7 W.J.M.R.Dias b Senanayake 8 c sub b Senanayake 6 8 M.Pushpakumara st Silva b Senanayake 72 c sub (R.D.Abeydeera) b Prasad 6 9 R.M.G.K.Sirisoma c Mendis b Prasad 5 c Mendis b Lokuarachchi 17 10 O.L.A.Wijesiriwardene not out 0 not out 3 11 K.M.Fernando absent hurt 0 absent hurt 0 Extras lb 3 3 b 12, lb 10, w 5, nb 2 29 —— —— 167 243 FoW (1): 1-18 (1), 2-32 (3), 3-54 (2), 4-65 (4), 5-78 (6), 6-80 (5), 7-104 (7), 8-147 (9), 9-167 (8) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-37 (2), 3-47 (3), 4-175 (5), 5-194 (4), 6-201 (7), 7-220 (6), 8-227 (8), 9-243 (9) Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Bowling O M R W Wijesiriwardene 22 1 102 2 Dias 19 1 86 1 Maduwantha 26 9 62 1 Pushpakumara 31 4 120 4 Sirisoma 26 4 95 0 Daniel 2 0 5 0 Rupasinghe 5.3 2 14 2 1nb S.I.Fernando 2 0 16 0 Sinhalese Sports Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Vidanapathirana 11 4 36 2 13 4 24 1 Mirando 11 0 46 2 (4) 15 2 40 1 Senanayake 12.3 3 34 3 21 3 70 5 Prasad 8 2 27 2 (2) 15 0 53 1 1w,2nb Lokuarachchi 6 1 21 0 (6) 9.2 1 33 1 Paranavitana (5) 1 0 1 0 Umpires: S.S.K.Gallage and R.D.Kottahachchi. Referee: M.C.Mendis. Toss: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Close of Play: 1st day: Sinhalese Sports Club (1) 325-4 (Kandamby 143*, Sriyapala 3*, 90 overs); 2nd day: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club (1) 151-8 (Pushpakumara 56*, Wijesiriwardene 0*, 44 overs). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. T.T.Samaraweera’s 125 took 202 balls and included 18 fours and 1 six. S.H.T.Kandamby’s 163 took 262 balls and included 21 fours and 1 six. E.D.J.Sriyapala retired hurt in the Sinhalese Sports Club first innings having scored 3 (team score 325-4) - he returned when the score was 372-5. 445 Sri Lanka in 2007/08