Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2002/03 and 2003

BURGHER RECREATION CLUB v SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB Played at Burgher Recreation Club Ground, Colombo, February 21, 22, 2003. Sinhalese Sports Club won by ten wickets. (Points: Burgher Recreation Club 2.035, Sinhalese Sports Club 15.04) BURGHER RECREATION CLUB 1 B.C.M.S.Mendis c Wickramaratne b Zoysa 5 c Samaraweera b Vidanapathirana 3 2 K.A.D.C.Silva c Fernando b Zoysa 2 c Samaraweera b Vidanapathirana 0 3 U.Hettiarachchi c W.M.S.M.Perera b A.S.A.Perera 39 c Hettiarachchi b Zoysa 6 4 B.S.M.Warnapura lbw b Samaraweera 24 c Fernando b Vidanapathirana 4 5 *C.P.Handunnettige c Wickramaratne b Samaraweera 3 (7) c Samaraweera b Hettiarachchi 21 6 C.U.Jayasinghe st W.M.S.M.Perera b Samaraweera 19 lbw b Samaraweera 14 7 V.S.K.Waragoda b Zoysa 2 (5) c Paranavitana b Hettiarachchi 20 8 S.H.S.M.K.Silva c W.M.S.M.Perera b Zoysa 1 absent hurt 9 †N.Y.S.Senanayake lbw b Hettiarachchi 2 (8) lbw b Hettiarachchi 3 10 S.Weerakoon lbw b Samaraweera 5 (9) c Samaraweera b Hettiarachchi 7 11 R.C.R.P.Silva not out 0 (10) not out 1 Extras b 6, lb 3, w 2, nb 5 16 b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 4 10 —— —— 118 89 FoW (1): 1-12 (1), 2-17 (2), 3-69 (4), 4-78 (3), 5-88 (5), 6-106 (6), 7-106 (7), 8-110 (8), 9-114 (9), 10-118 (10) FoW (2): 1-2 (2), 2-3 (1), 3-11 (3), 4-21 (4), 5-47 (6), 6-52 (5), 7-65 (8), 8-80 (9), 9-89 (7) SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB 1 N.T.Paranavitana st Senanayake b Warnapura 23 2 B.M.A.J.Mendis lbw b Warnapura 15 (1) not out 2 3 †W.M.S.M.Perera c Senanayake b R.C.R.P.Silva 33 4 *T.T.Samaraweera lbw b Weerakoon 16 5 D.N.T.Zoysa b R.C.R.P.Silva 9 6 R.P.A.H.Wickramaratne c Waragoda b Warnapura 27 7 M.R.Porage lbw b Weerakoon 12 8 A.S.A.Perera c sub b Weerakoon 12 (2) not out 23 9 W.L.P.Fernando not out 12 10 C.W.Vidanapathirana lbw b Warnapura 2 11 D.Hettiarachchi c Senanayake b Warnapura 1 Extras b 4, lb 3, nb 13 20 b 1 1 —— —— 182 (no wicket) 26 FoW (1): 1-45 (1), 2-52 (2), 3-97 (4), 4-113 (5), 5-118 (3), 6-153 (7), 7-167 (6), 8-167 (8), 9-174 (10), 10-182 (11) Sinhalese Sports Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Zoysa 15 4 33 4 1nb 5 0 15 1 1nb Vidanapathirana 8 3 19 0 6 0 17 3 1w Samaraweera 19.3 3 33 4 4nb 7 1 31 1 2nb A.S.A.Perera 7 0 22 1 1w Hettiarachchi 4 2 2 1 (4) 6.2 1 21 4 1nb Burgher Recreation Club Bowling O M R W O M R W R.C.R.P.Silva 16 2 45 2 13nb 1 0 4 0 Jayasinghe 4 1 7 0 Weerakoon 24 6 62 3 Warnapura 14.5 3 32 5 S.H.S.M.K.Silva 9 2 29 0 Waragoda (2) 1 0 21 0 Umpires: J.W.K.Boteju and P.G.Liyanage. Referee: S.P.Pasqual. Toss: Sinhalese Sports Club Close of Play: 1st day: Sinhalese Sports Club (1) 97-3 (W.M.S.M.Perera 26*, Zoysa 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 95