Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2002/03 and 2003

SRI LANKA A v SRI LANKA BOARD UNDER-23s XI Played at Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo, April 6, 7, 8, 2003. Sri Lanka A won by 323 runs. (Points: Sri Lanka A 16.93, Sri Lanka Board Under-23s XI 3.1) SRI LANKA A 1 M.N.Nawaz lbw b Wijesiriwardene 12 b Kulasekara 115 2 W.M.G.Ramyakumara lbw b Wijesiriwardene 17 lbw b Kulasekara 65 3 H.G.J.M.Kulatunga c Peiris b Pushpakumara 50 c Kulasekara b Welagedara 5 4 A.S.Polonowita c Pushpakumara b W.D.D.S.Perera 16 not out 127 5 *T.T.Samaraweera retired hurt 21 6 B.S.M.Warnapura c Peiris b Wijesiriwardene 0 (5) c Ranatunga b Pushpakumara 17 7 †C.S.Fernando not out 28 lbw b Wijesiriwardene 13 8 W.J.M.R.Dias c sub b Pushpakumara 11 lbw b Kulasekara 0 9 C.M.Bandara b Kulasekara 1 not out 33 10 W.R.S.de Silva b Pushpakumara 2 11 K.H.R.K.Fernando lbw b Kulasekara 5 (6) lbw b Kandamby 0 12 A.B.T.Lakshitha st Peiris b Pushpakumara 3 Extras b 2, lb 5, w 3, nb 10 20 b 14, lb 7, w 3, nb 18 42 —— —— 186 (7 wickets, declared) 417 FoW (1): 1-28, 2-44, 3-81, 4-131, 5-131, 6-158, 7-159, 8-162, 9-171, 10-186 FoW (2): 1-143, 2-157, 3-262, 4-302, 5-303, 6-347, 7-348 SRI LANKA BOARD UNDER-23s XI 1 W.A.D.A.P.Perera lbw b de Silva 0 lbw b de Silva 2 2 G.I.Daniel c de Silva b Lakshitha 25 c K.H.R.K.Fernando b de Silva 0 3 M.K.Gajanayake c Nawaz b Dias 29 lbw b de Silva 0 4 *S.H.T.Kandamby b Ramyakumara 2 (5) c Polonowita b de Silva 2 5 W.D.D.S.Perera lbw b Lakshitha 9 (6) lbw b de Silva 0 6 M.Pushpakumara lbw b Lakshitha 3 (7) b Ramyakumara 79 7 †T.R.Peiris c Nawaz b K.H.R.K.Fernando 12 8 G.A.S.Perera b Lakshitha 0 c C.S.Fernando b de Silva 0 9 O.L.A.Wijesiriwardene c C.S.Fernando b Lakshitha 1 c Polonowita b Ramyakumara 7 10 K.M.D.N.Kulasekara not out 0 run out 0 11 U.W.M.B.C.A.Welagedara b Lakshitha 20 not out 4 12 D.A.Ranatunga (4) b de Silva 34 Extras lb 4, nb 28 32 b 5, lb 4, nb 10 19 —— —— 133 147 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-56, 3-63, 4-92, 5-92, 6-101, 7-107, 8-109, 9-109, 10-133 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-1, 3-14, 4-26, 5-26, 6-73, 7-95, 8-112, 9-116, 10-147 Sri Lanka Board Under-23s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Kulasekara 14 4 41 2 1w 21 5 40 3 Welagedara 10 0 43 0 18.4 1 84 1 2nb Wijesiriwardene 12 1 41 3 1w,8nb 18 1 78 1 1w,8nb W.D.D.S.Perera 10 4 13 1 2nb (8) 3 1 9 0 G.A.S.Perera 4 1 14 0 2nb (7) 17 5 61 0 2nb Pushpakumara 9 1 27 4 (4) 22 5 59 1 Gajanayake (5) 6 2 18 0 Kandamby (6) 9 0 47 1 Sri Lanka A Bowling O M R W O M R W de Silva 8 1 33 1 14nb 10 0 49 7 4nb Lakshitha 12.5 4 52 6 6nb 5 2 31 0 6nb Ramyakumara 5 0 26 1 8nb (5) 3.4 2 17 2 K.H.R.K.Fernando 7 5 3 1 2 0 23 0 Dias 9 4 15 1 2nb (3) 3 0 18 0 Umpires: J.W.K.Boteju and N.D.Withana. Toss: Sri Lanka A Close of Play: 1st day: Sri Lanka Board Under-23s XI (1) 73-3 (Gajanayake 20*, W.D.D.S.Perera 4*); 2nd day: Sri Lanka A (2) 256-2 (Nawaz 110*, Polonowita 52*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. Sri Lanka ‘A’ full substitute: C.M.Bandara for T.T.Samaraweera. Sri Lanka Board Under 23s XI full substitute: D.A.Ranatunga for T.R.Peiris. 115