Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2004/05 and 2005

SRI LANKA A v ENGLAND A Played at Colombo Cricket Club Ground, March 7, 8, 9, 10, 2005. England A won by 197 runs. ENGLAND A 1 M.J.Powell c Jayawardene b Ranjith 7 lbw b Suraj 54 2 A.N.Cook lbw b Ranjith 63 lbw b Ranjith 18 3 *I.R.Bell b Ranjith 144 c Jayawardene b Ramyakumara 4 4 O.A.Shah lbw b Bandara 52 c Ramyakumara b Ranjith 81 5 R.Clarke c Polonowita b Suraj 4 c Polonowita b Mirando 30 6 D.S.Harrison c Polonowita b Mirando 20 7 †M.J.Prior not out 76 (6) not out 40 8 A.P.R.Gidman c Polonowita b Bandara 20 (7) not out 1 9 G.P.Swann lbw b Bandara 0 10 S.I.Mahmood c Polonowita b Bandara 14 11 J.Lewis b Bandara 0 Extras b 7, lb 6, w 4, nb 7 24 lb 5, w 1, nb 6 12 —— —— 424 (5 wickets, declared) 240 FoW (1): 1-10 (1), 2-126 (2), 3-243 (4), 4-268 (5), 5-294 (3), 6-328 (6), 7-384 (8), 8-386 (9), 9-424 (10), 10-424 (11) FoW (2): 1-25 (2), 2-34 (3), 3-120 (1), 4-180 (5), 5-229 (4) SRI LANKA A 1 D.A.Gunawardene c Prior b Mahmood 40 c Cook b Harrison 8 2 G.I.Daniel c Gidman b Harrison 8 c Shah b Mahmood 25 3 A.S.Polonowita c Prior b Mahmood 16 b Harrison 5 4 *J.Mubarak b Mahmood 10 c Prior b Gidman 24 5 S.H.T.Kandamby c and b Swann 28 c Powell b Mahmood 0 6 †H.A.P.W.Jayawardene lbw b Lewis 24 c Powell b Swann 36 7 W.M.G.Ramyakumara c Prior b Lewis 19 c Clarke b Swann 18 8 C.M.Bandara b Gidman 45 c Prior b Swann 23 9 M.T.T.Mirando c Cook b Gidman 27 c and b Swann 69 10 M.M.M.Suraj b Gidman 4 not out 17 11 P.N.Ranjith not out 0 b Swann 8 Extras b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 3 7 b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 2 6 —— —— 228 239 FoW (1): 1-12 (2), 2-65 (1), 3-76 (3), 4-77 (4), 5-123 (6), 6-130 (5), 7-182 (7), 8-224 (9), 9-225 (8), 10-228 (10) FoW (2): 1-9 (1), 2-27 (3), 3-57 (2), 4-57 (5), 5-71 (4), 6-120 (6), 7-125 (7), 8-202 (8), 9-221 (9), 10-239 (11) Sri Lanka A Bowling O M R W O M R W Ranjith 16 0 69 3 1nb 12.1 0 53 2 Ramyakumara 19 4 39 0 (3) 5 1 6 1 2nb Mirando 24 1 104 1 4w,6nb (2) 8 0 55 1 1w,4nb Suraj 28 4 89 1 (5) 13 2 47 1 Bandara 37 5 96 5 (7) 8 0 30 0 Kandamby 1 0 7 0 (8) 5 0 29 0 Mubarak 2 0 7 0 (6) 2 0 9 0 Polonowita (4) 2 0 6 0 England A Bowling O M R W O M R W Lewis 15 4 36 2 3nb 9 2 26 0 1nb Harrison 7 1 35 1 1w 10 4 20 2 1w Clarke 13 0 54 0 (4) 8 1 27 0 Mahmood 15 2 53 3 (3) 9 1 45 2 Swann 14 6 31 1 (6) 19.5 4 79 5 Shah 1 0 8 0 (7) 1 0 2 0 Gidman 3.2 0 8 3 (5) 10 2 37 1 1nb Umpires: E.A.R.de Silva and C.R.Thenuwara. Referee: A.D.N.R.de Alwis. Toss: Sri Lanka A Close of Play: 1st day: England A (1) 272-4 (Bell 128*, Harrison 1*, 90 overs); 2nd day: Sri Lanka A (1) 179-6 (Ramyakumara 17*, Bandara 30*, 51 overs); 3rd day: England A (2) 240-5 (Prior 40*, Gidman 1*, 55.1 overs). I.R.Bell’s 144 took 299 balls in 374 minutes and included 12 fours and 2 sixes. 72