Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2004/05 and 2005

CENTRAL PROVINCE v SOUTHERN PROVINCE Played at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, February 17, 18, 19, 20, 2005. Match drawn. (Points: Central Province 3.265, Southern Province 12.68) SOUTHERN PROVINCE 1 *M.S.Atapattu lbw b Zoysa 4 c Sangakkara b Lakshitha 5 2 S.T.Jayasuriya lbw b Dilhara 4 (5) lbw b M.D.K.Perera 32 3 A.S.Polonowita lbw b Lakshitha 65 run out 160 4 W.S.Jayantha b Dilhara 9 c and b M.D.K.Perera 148 5 S.I.de Saram b Lakshitha 44 (6) c M.D.K.Perera b Kandamby 54 6 H.E.Vithana lbw b Lakshitha 0 (2) c Kandamby b Rupasinghe 103 7 †D.W.A.N.D.Vitharana run out (M.D.K.Perera) 4 c sub b W.M.B.Perera 4 8 I.S.Gallage c Samaraweera b W.M.B.Perera 27 (9) not out 8 9 M.M.M.Suraj not out 91 (8) c sub b Rupasinghe 30 10 S.Weerakoon lbw b Dilhara 30 c Samaraweera b Kandamby 0 11 S.L.Malinga c Lakshitha b W.M.B.Perera 27 not out 10 Extras b 4, lb 16, w 2, nb 9 31 b 15, lb 9, w 7, nb 7 38 —— —— 336 (9 wickets, declared) 592 FoW (1): 1-4 (1), 2-11 (2), 3-29 (4), 4-128 (3), 5-128 (6), 6-137 (5), 7-154 (7), 8-192 (8), 9-254 (10), 10-336 (11) FoW (2): 1-6 (1), 2-229 (2), 3-336 (3), 4-406 (5), 5-507 (4), 6-513 (7), 7-573 (6), 8-575 (8), 9-578 (10) CENTRAL PROVINCE 1 T.K.D.Sudarshana c Weerakoon b Malinga 0 not out 2 2 M.D.K.Perera lbw b Malinga 4 3 S.I.Fernando c sub b Suraj 64 4 *†K.C.Sangakkara c Suraj b Malinga 6 (2) not out 6 5 T.T.Samaraweera lbw b Suraj 0 6 W.M.B.Perera b Gallage 1 7 S.H.T.Kandamby b Jayantha 144 8 L.H.D.Dilhara c Malinga b Weerakoon 0 9 N.S.Rupasinghe lbw b Weerakoon 21 10 M.K.G.C.P.Lakshitha c Jayantha b Suraj 5 11 D.N.T.Zoysa not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 3, w 5, nb 3 20 —— —— 265 (no wicket) 8 FoW (1): 1-4 (1), 2-47 (2), 3-53 (4), 4-56 (5), 5-58 (6), 6-105 (3), 7-110 (8), 8-201 (9), 9-265 (10), 10-265 (7) Central Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Zoysa 2.3 1 6 1 Lakshitha 28 5 93 3 2w (1) 20 1 86 1 Dilhara 23.3 4 88 3 3nb (2) 17 0 46 0 Fernando 6 1 12 0 (5) 33 3 79 0 1w Rupasinghe 5 0 23 0 (3) 36 4 108 2 1w M.D.K.Perera 25 8 55 0 (4) 39.1 4 153 2 1w W.M.B.Perera 7.2 0 33 2 6nb (6) 10 0 59 1 7nb Samaraweera 5 1 6 0 Kandamby (7) 9 1 37 2 Southern Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Malinga 19 5 66 3 1w,1nb 1 0 4 0 Gallage 14 1 57 1 2nb Suraj 25 6 46 3 (2) 1 0 4 0 Jayantha 1.5 0 1 1 Weerakoon 20 3 82 2 Vithana 1 0 1 0 Umpires: E.A.R.de Silva and P.T.Manuel. Referee: N.Fredrick. Toss: Central Province Close of Play: 1st day: Southern Province (1) 293-9 (Suraj 71*, Malinga 8*, 92 overs); 2nd day: Central Province (1) 251-8 (Kandamby 130*, Lakshitha 5*, 74 overs); 3rd day: Southern Province (2) 264-2 (Polonowita 124*, Jayantha 22*, 81 overs). S.H.T.Kandamby’s 144 took 231 balls and included 17 fours and 2 sixes. H.E.Vithana’s 103 took 201 balls and included 8 fours. A.S.Polonowita’s 160 took 294 balls and included 15 fours. W.S.Jayantha’s 148 took 224 balls and included 13 fours and 1 six. 67