Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2004/05 and 2005

WESTERN PROVINCE v SOUTHERN PROVINCE Played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, February 23, 24, 25, 2005. Western Province won by ten wickets. (Points: Western Province 15.89, Southern Province 2.885) SOUTHERN PROVINCE 1 S.T.Jayasuriya c Bandaratilleke b Vaas 13 lbw b Daniel 25 2 *M.S.Atapattu c Gajanayake b Mirando 11 c Peiris b Mirando 106 3 A.S.Polonowita b Mirando 17 lbw b Vaas 35 4 H.E.Vithana c Gajanayake b Mirando 46 c Gajanayake b Mirando 4 5 W.S.Jayantha c Warnapura b Mirando 2 lbw b Vaas 8 6 S.I.de Saram lbw b Vaas 2 lbw b Vaas 0 7 †H.A.P.W.Jayawardene c Peiris b Fernando 16 c Peiris b Vaas 45 8 M.M.M.Suraj c and b Vaas 5 lbw b Vaas 0 9 I.S.Gallage c Tillakaratne b Fernando 0 lbw b Vaas 0 10 S.D.C.Malinga b Vaas 0 lbw b Vaas 0 11 S.L.Malinga not out 1 not out 0 Extras lb 4, w 4, nb 13 21 lb 3, w 1, nb 16 20 —— —— 134 243 FoW (1): 1-28 (1), 2-35 (2), 3-51 (3), 4-58 (5), 5-75 (6), 6-127 (7), 7-127 (4), 8-133 (9), 9-133 (8), 10-134 (10) FoW (2): 1-38 (1), 2-98 (3), 3-111 (4), 4-122 (5), 5-122 (6), 6-226 (7), 7-228 (8), 8-232 (9), 9-238 (10), 10-243 (2) WESTERN PROVINCE 1 W.A.D.A.P.Perera c de Saram b Polonowita 21 2 G.I.Daniel c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 40 not out 27 3 J.Mubarak lbw b Suraj 7 (1) not out 29 4 M.K.Gajanayake lbw b S.D.C.Malinga 1 5 H.P.Tillakaratne lbw b Suraj 29 6 †T.R.Peiris c Jayawardene b S.D.C.Malinga 16 7 B.S.M.Warnapura c Vithana b Suraj 7 8 *W.P.U.J.C.Vaas c Jayantha b Suraj 130 9 M.R.C.N.Bandaratilleke c Atapattu b S.L.Malinga 15 10 M.T.T.Mirando b S.L.Malinga 25 11 C.R.D.Fernando not out 0 Extras b 6, lb 16, w 1, nb 3 26 lb 1, nb 4 5 —— —— 317 (no wicket) 61 FoW (1): 1-34 (3), 2-39 (4), 3-80 (2), 4-112 (6), 5-116 (5), 6-133 (7), 7-170 (9), 8-258 (1), 9-317 (10), 10-317 (8) Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Vaas 10.5 1 39 4 (5) 15 0 54 7 Fernando 9 3 29 2 1w,5nb (1) 9 0 60 0 1w,9nb Mirando 12 1 46 4 3w,6nb (2) 15.3 2 49 2 2nb Bandaratilleke 6 2 16 0 1nb 21 1 58 0 4nb Daniel (3) 3 2 3 1 Warnapura (6) 5 1 16 0 Southern Province Bowling O M R W O M R W S.L.Malinga 19 6 44 2 2nb 5 0 35 0 4nb Gallage 10 1 38 0 S.D.C.Malinga 20 1 78 2 1w (2) 4 0 16 0 Suraj 31.3 5 77 4 1nb (3) 1.5 0 9 0 Jayasuriya 25 11 39 1 Polonowita 3 0 12 1 (4) 1 1 0 0 Jayantha 5 2 7 0 Umpires: P.G.Liyanage and R.Martinesz. Referee: C.T.M.Devaraj. Toss: Western Province Close of Play: 1st day: Western Province (1) 120-5 (Warnapura 3*, Vaas 1*, 49 overs); 2nd day: Southern Province (2) 93-1 (Atapattu 25*, Polonowita 34*, 23 overs). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. W.P.U.J.C.Vaas’s 130 took 205 balls and included 16 fours. M.S.Atapattu’s 106 took 205 balls and included 9 fours. W.A.D.A.P.Perera retired hurt in the Western Province first innings having scored 10 (team score 10-0) - he returned when the score was 170-7. 70