Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2004/05 and 2005

NORTH CENTRAL PROVINCE v SOUTHERN PROVINCE Played at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, February 5, 6, 7, 2005. North Central Province won by an innings and 157 runs. (Points: North Central Province 16, Southern Province 2.525) SOUTHERN PROVINCE 1 *M.S.Atapattu c Dilshan b Ramyakumara 7 lbw b Ramyakumara 5 2 S.T.Jayasuriya run out (Ramyakumara) 0 c Dilshan b Kulasekara 27 3 A.S.Polonowita c Chandana b Maharoof 28 c Dilshan b Chandana 62 4 W.S.Jayantha c Dharmasena b Kulasekara 15 c Dilshan b Kulasekara 0 5 S.I.de Saram b Kulasekara 0 (6) lbw b Kulasekara 53 6 R.P.A.H.Wickramaratne c Ramyakumara b Maharoof 2 (7) st Dilshan b Chandana 11 7 †H.A.P.W.Jayawardene c and b Kulasekara 6 (8) c Dilshan b Herath 19 8 G.A.S.Perera c Dilshan b Maharoof 1 (9) c Ramyakumara b Chandana 8 9 T.C.B.Fernando not out 12 (5) lbw b Maharoof 14 10 K.T.G.D.Prasad c Ramyakumara b Maharoof 0 c Ranjith b Herath 23 11 S.L.Malinga b Kulasekara 4 not out 8 Extras lb 3, nb 8 11 b 4, lb 8, nb 17 29 —— —— 86 259 FoW (1): 1-3 (2), 2-17 (1), 3-56 (4), 4-57 (5), 5-57 (3), 6-67 (7), 7-68 (8), 8-74 (6), 9-74 (10), 10-86 (11) FoW (2): 1-19, 2-42, 3-42, 4-83, 5-178, 6-195, 7-204, 8-218, 9-246, 10-259 NORTH CENTRAL PROVINCE 1 D.A.Gunawardene c Wickramaratne b Prasad 23 2 S.Kalavitigoda lbw b Jayasuriya 152 3 W.M.G.Ramyakumara b Jayasuriya 84 4 *D.P.M.D.Jayawardene st Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 25 5 †T.M.Dilshan c Wickramaratne b Fernando 34 6 U.D.U.Chandana c Prasad b Perera 56 7 H.D.P.K.Dharmasena c Atapattu b Malinga 37 8 M.F.Maharoof not out 25 9 H.M.R.K.B.Herath lbw b Malinga 8 10 K.M.D.N.Kulasekara not out 14 11 P.N.Ranjith Extras lb 9, w 3, nb 32 44 —— (8 wickets, declared) 502 FoW (1): 1-46 (1), 2-267 (3), 3-309 (4), 4-320 (2), 5-363 (5), 6-452 (6), 7-456 (7), 8-473 (9) North Central Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Ranjith 4 0 22 0 (6) 5 1 12 0 Ramyakumara 6 0 32 1 4nb 6 2 30 1 5nb Kulasekara 7.2 2 17 4 3nb (1) 19 3 68 3 10nb Maharoof 5 1 12 4 1nb (5) 11 4 26 1 Herath (3) 15.2 5 32 2 Dharmasena (4) 5 0 15 0 2nb Chandana (7) 19 4 64 3 Southern Province Bowling O M R W Malinga 29 8 73 2 2w,1nb Fernando 25 2 85 1 1w,11nb Prasad 20 2 99 1 20nb Polonowita 7 1 18 0 Perera 23 7 86 1 Jayasuriya 30 2 113 3 Jayantha 6 2 19 0 Umpires: R.Martinesz and T.H.Wijewardene. Referee: U.Warnapura. Toss: Southern Province Close of Play: 1st day: North Central Province (1) 251-1 (Kalavitigoda 126*, Ramyakumara 78*, 67 overs); 2nd day: Southern Province (2) 59-3 (Polonowita 13*, Jayawardene 3*, 15 overs). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. S.Kalavitigoda’s 152 took 280 balls and included 23 fours and 3 sixes. SEBASTIANITES CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB v GALLE CRICKET CLUB Played at Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa, February 5, 6, 7, 2005. Match abandoned without a ball being bowled. 65