Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2004/05 and 2005

CENTRAL PROVINCE v NORTH CENTRAL PROVINCE Played at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, February 23, 24, 25, 26, 2005. Match drawn. (Points: Central Province 11.3, North Central Province 4.57) NORTH CENTRAL PROVINCE 1 D.A.Gunawardene lbw b Silva 28 b Samaraweera 120 2 S.Kalavitigoda not out 30 c Sangakkara b K.H.R.K.Fernando 15 3 †S.K.L.de Silva lbw b Lakshitha 0 c Kandamby b S.I.Fernando 175 4 *T.M.Dilshan b Silva 20 not out 200 5 D.N.Pathirana c Lakshitha b Dilhara 25 not out 23 6 H.G.J.M.Kulatunga c K.H.R.K.Fernando b Silva 93 7 L.J.P.Gunaratne c Sangakkara b Lakshitha 85 8 A.C.Wettasinghe c Perera b Silva 0 9 H.M.R.K.B.Herath lbw b Dilhara 1 10 O.L.A.Wijesiriwardene c Perera b K.H.R.K.Fernando 3 11 P.N.Ranjith lbw b Silva 5 Extras b 10, lb 7, w 3, nb 4 24 b 2, lb 5, w 3, nb 12 22 —— —— 314 (3 wickets) 555 FoW (1): 1-33 (1), 2-33 (3), 3-66 (4), 4-94 (5), 5-260 (6), 6-260 (8), 7-265 (9), 8-286 (7), 9-293 (10), 10-314 (11) FoW (2): 1-51 (2), 2-200 (1), 3-479 (3) CENTRAL PROVINCE 1 T.K.D.Sudarshana lbw b Ranjith 0 2 W.N.M.Soysa c de Silva b Ranjith 0 3 S.I.Fernando c de Silva b Wijesiriwardene 3 4 W.M.B.Perera c Wettasinghe b Wijesiriwardene 13 5 T.T.Samaraweera c Wijesiriwardene b Herath 206 6 *†K.C.Sangakkara c Dilshan b Wijesiriwardene 44 7 S.H.T.Kandamby c de Silva b Ranjith 135 8 K.H.R.K.Fernando not out 73 9 L.H.D.Dilhara c Kulatunga b Herath 35 10 M.K.G.C.P.Lakshitha lbw b Herath 0 11 R.C.R.P.Silva run out (Dilshan/Wijesiriwardene) 3 Extras b 2, lb 9, w 1, nb 21 33 —— 545 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-1 (2), 3-6 (3), 4-36 (4), 5-140 (6), 6-424 (5), 7-436 (7), 8-495 (9), 9-495 (10), 10-545 (11) Central Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Lakshitha 18 3 56 2 1w 12 1 59 0 3w Silva 22.3 2 104 5 1w,1nb 10 0 67 0 Dilhara 17 2 55 2 1w,1nb (4) 6 0 32 0 K.H.R.K.Fernando 16 1 53 1 2nb (3) 11 1 44 1 2nb Kandamby 7 1 29 0 (8) 22 0 130 0 4nb S.I.Fernando (5) 25 3 77 1 Samaraweera (6) 20 4 40 1 Perera (7) 8 0 61 0 3nb Soysa (9) 4 0 28 0 3nb Sangakkara (10) 1 0 10 0 North Central Province Bowling O M R W Ranjith 22 1 105 3 3nb Wijesiriwardene 19 1 120 3 14nb Wettasinghe 4 1 27 0 Kulatunga 8 2 17 0 1w Herath 49 5 151 3 Dilshan 20.5 3 64 0 Gunaratne 20 1 47 0 Pathirana 1 0 3 0 Umpires: A.G.Dissanayake and B.B.J.Nandakumar. Referee: A.D.N.R.de Alwis. Toss: Central Province Close of Play: 1st day: Central Province (1) 6-3 (Perera 1*, Samaraweera 0*, 2 overs); 2nd day: Central Province (1) 380-5 (Samaraweera 189*, Kandamby 109*, 92 overs); 3rd day: North Central Province (2) 184-1 (Gunawardene 110*, de Silva 51*, 36 overs). T.T.Samaraweera’s 206 took 298 balls and included 26 fours. S.H.T.Kandamby’s 135 took 247 balls and included 16 fours and 1 six. D.A.Gunawardene’s 120 took 133 balls and included 19 fours. S.K.L.de Silva’s 175 took 306 balls and included 21 fours. T.M.Dilshan’s 200 took 233 balls and included 22 fours and 1 six. S.Kalavitigoda retired hurt in the North Central Province first innings having scored 2 (team score 29-0) - he returned when the score was 265-7. 69