Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2004/05 and 2005

WESTERN PROVINCE v NORTH CENTRAL PROVINCE Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, February 17, 18, 19, 20, 2005. North Central Province won by ten wickets. (Points: Western Province 3.97, North Central Province 16.05) WESTERN PROVINCE 1 M.G.Vandort lbw b Welagedara 34 lbw b Welagedara 29 2 G.I.Daniel c Dharmasena b Ramyakumara 0 c Dilshan b Dharmasena 119 3 W.U.Tharanga c Jayawardene b Ramyakumara 0 c Dilshan b Kulasekara 40 4 R.P.Arnold c Dilshan b Ramyakumara 0 (5) c Dilshan b Maharoof 19 5 H.P.Tillakaratne c Jayawardene b Welagedara 42 (6) lbw b Dharmasena 42 6 J.Mubarak c Kalavitigoda b Maharoof 82 (7) c Kulatunga b Chandana 35 7 †T.R.Peiris c and b Chandana 19 (8) not out 11 8 *W.P.U.J.C.Vaas c Kulatunga b Chandana 2 (9) c Kulatunga b Chandana 1 9 K.A.D.M.Fernando not out 23 (4) c Jayawardene b Chandana 41 10 C.R.D.Fernando c Dilshan b Maharoof 3 c Jayawardene b Dharmasena 5 11 D.Hettiarachchi lbw b Maharoof 2 c Kalavitigoda b Dharmasena 0 Extras b 3, w 4, nb 14 21 b 13, lb 11, w 3, nb 17 44 —— —— 228 386 FoW (1): 1-11 (2), 2-11 (3), 3-14 (4), 4-53 (1), 5-98 (5), 6-159 (7), 7-162 (8), 8-218 (6), 9-222 (10), 10-228 (11) FoW (2): 1-95 (1), 2-181 (3), 3-255 (4), 4-271 (2), 5-304 (5), 6-368 (7), 7-370 (6), 8-371 (9), 9-380 (10), 10-386 (11) NORTH CENTRAL PROVINCE 1 D.A.Gunawardene b Vaas 209 not out 8 2 S.Kalavitigoda c Mubarak b Hettiarachchi 59 not out 0 3 W.M.G.Ramyakumara c Hettiarachchi b Mubarak 23 4 *D.P.M.D.Jayawardene c Peiris b Vaas 51 5 †T.M.Dilshan b Hettiarachchi 134 6 H.G.J.M.Kulatunga c Vandort b Vaas 2 7 U.D.U.Chandana c Peiris b Vaas 39 8 H.D.P.K.Dharmasena c Mubarak b Vaas 4 9 M.F.Maharoof c Vandort b Hettiarachchi 33 10 K.M.D.N.Kulasekara not out 0 11 U.W.M.B.C.A.Welagedara Extras b 2, lb 6, w 3, nb 42 53 nb 2 2 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 607 (no wicket) 10 FoW (1): 1-182 (2), 2-260 (3), 3-376 (4), 4-387 (1), 5-401 (6), 6-497 (7), 7-516 (8), 8-598 (9), 9-607 (5) North Central Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Ramyakumara 8 2 24 3 3w,4nb 5 0 21 0 3nb Kulasekara 11 2 47 0 1nb 19 1 83 1 10nb Maharoof 14.5 3 39 3 1nb 14 0 62 1 3w Welagedara 13 2 49 2 1w,6nb (6) 15 4 45 1 4nb Dharmasena 14 6 24 0 (4) 34.2 11 67 4 Chandana 14 0 42 2 2nb (5) 29 4 84 3 Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Vaas 31 3 98 5 8nb K.A.D.M.Fernando 25 0 133 0 1w,9nb (1) 0.2 0 10 0 2nb C.R.D.Fernando 17 1 109 0 2w,16nb Hettiarachchi 37.4 4 158 3 Mubarak 16 1 70 1 4nb Daniel 6 0 31 0 Umpires: M.G.Silva and T.H.Wijewardene. Referee: A.D.N.R.de Alwis. Toss: North Central Province Close of Play: 1st day: North Central Province (1) 68-0 (Gunawardene 37*, Kalavitigoda 19*, 13 overs); 2nd day: North Central Province (1) 458-5 (Dilshan 48*, Chandana 24*, 99 overs); 3rd day: Western Province (2) 192-2 (Daniel 94*, K.A.D.M.Fernando 2*, 54 overs). D.A.Gunawardene’s 209 took 268 balls and included 22 fours and 6 sixes. T.M.Dilshan’s 134 took 166 balls and included 18 fours and 2 sixes. G.I.Daniel’s 119 took 225 balls and included 14 fours and 2 sixes. 68