Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2004/05 and 2005

WESTERN PROVINCE v CENTRAL PROVINCE Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, February 5, 6, 7, 2005. Central Province won by seven wickets. (Points: Western Province 2.905, Central Province 15.625) WESTERN PROVINCE 1 M.G.Vandort lbw b Zoysa 0 c Sudarshana b M.D.K.Perera 21 2 G.I.Daniel c Sangakkara b Zoysa 7 c Sangakkara b Dilhara 37 3 W.U.Tharanga c W.M.B.Perera b Zoysa 0 c W.M.B.Perera b Dilhara 35 4 R.P.Arnold c Sangakkara b P.D.R.L.Perera 9 c Sangakkara b Dilhara 6 5 H.P.Tillakaratne b P.D.R.L.Perera 3 c Sangakkara b Zoysa 85 6 †T.R.Peiris b P.D.R.L.Perera 0 c Sangakkara b Dilhara 18 7 M.Pushpakumara c M.D.K.Perera b P.D.R.L.Perera 0 (8) c Sangakkara b Lakshitha 30 8 *W.P.U.J.C.Vaas c Dilhara b Zoysa 15 (7) c P.D.R.L.Perera b Lakshitha 16 9 M.T.T.Mirando c Kandamby b Zoysa 5 c Sangakkara b Lakshitha 0 10 C.R.D.Fernando not out 2 c M.D.K.Perera b Zoysa 4 11 D.Hettiarachchi b Zoysa 0 not out 8 Extras lb 2 2 b 4, lb 1, nb 13 18 —— —— 43 278 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-0 (3), 3-9 (2), 4-14 (5), 5-14 (6), 6-14 (7), 7-25 (4), 8-39 (8), 9-42 (9), 10-43 (11) FoW (2): 1-24 (1), 2-91 (3), 3-101 (4), 4-108 (2), 5-136 (6), 6-156 (7), 7-229 (8), 8-233 (9), 9-240 (10), 10-278 (5) CENTRAL PROVINCE 1 T.K.D.Sudarshana c Hettiarachchi b Vaas 26 c sub b Fernando 13 2 M.D.K.Perera lbw b Fernando 5 c Tillakaratne b Fernando 10 3 S.I.Fernando c Pushpakumara b Mirando 18 not out 64 4 *†K.C.Sangakkara c Arnold b Vaas 2 c Daniel b Fernando 69 5 T.T.Samaraweera c Peiris b Vaas 27 not out 14 6 W.M.B.Perera c Vandort b Mirando 19 7 S.H.T.Kandamby c Pushpakumara b Mirando 17 8 L.H.D.Dilhara c Daniel b Hettiarachchi 1 9 D.N.T.Zoysa c Peiris b Hettiarachchi 5 10 M.K.G.C.P.Lakshitha not out 1 11 P.D.R.L.Perera st Peiris b Hettiarachchi 4 Extras lb 2, w 1, nb 5 8 nb 22 22 —— —— 133 (3 wickets) 192 FoW (1): 1-8 (2), 2-32 (3), 3-35 (4), 4-80 (1), 5-83 (5), 6-119 (7), 7-120 (8), 8-126 (9), 9-128 (6), 10-133 (11) FoW (2): 1-23 (2), 2-51 (1), 3-161 (4) Central Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Zoysa 9 3 12 6 25.2 5 64 2 3nb P.D.R.L.Perera 9 2 21 4 (4) 18 2 61 0 8nb Lakshitha 3 0 7 0 (2) 16 1 54 3 Dilhara 2 1 1 0 (5) 17 2 71 4 2nb M.D.K.Perera (3) 6 2 23 1 Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Vaas 14 3 27 3 12 1 52 0 5nb Fernando 13 1 50 1 1w,2nb 13 0 81 3 13nb Mirando 11 2 32 3 3nb (4) 3 1 23 0 Hettiarachchi 8.5 5 22 3 (5) 2 0 12 0 Pushpakumara 1 1 0 0 (3) 6 1 24 0 Umpires: A.G.Dissanayake and P.G.Liyanage. Referee: C.T.M.Devaraj. Toss: Western Province Close of Play: 1st day: Western Province (2) 32-1 (Daniel 9*, Tharanga 0*, 6 overs); 2nd day: Central Province (2) 14-0 (Sudarshana 8*, M.D.K.Perera 4*, 3 overs). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. 66