Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2005/06 and 2006

SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB v TAMIL UNION CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB Played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, March 3, 4, 5, 6, 2006. Sinhalese Sports Club won by five wickets. TAMIL UNION CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB 1 N.A.N.N.Perera c Silva b Zoysa 0 (2) c Silva b Vidanapathirana 2 2 D.K.Ranaweera b Zoysa 1 (1) lbw b Zoysa 7 3 W.M.M.S.Dias c Silva b Jayaweera 13 b Lokuarachchi 33 4 K.S.D.Kumara lbw b Jayaweera 87 c Paranavitana b Lokuarachchi 9 5 K.M.Fernando c Silva b Vidanapathirana 10 c Silva b Suraj 14 6 †R.R.Tissera c Paranavitana b Suraj 28 c Fernando b Suraj 2 7 *W.J.M.R.Dias c Silva b Lokuarachchi 66 b Jayaweera 11 8 M.C.R.Fernando lbw b Lokuarachchi 25 c Mendis b Jayaweera 9 9 P.N.Ranjith run out 3 b Suraj 1 10 P.S.Jayaprakashdaran not out 7 lbw b Suraj 9 11 K.L.S.L.Dias c Jayaweera b Polonowita 0 not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 5, nb 2 16 b 4 4 —— —— 256 101 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-11 (2), 3-25 (3), 4-40 (5), 5-111 (6), 6-184 (4), 7-244 (8), 8-248 (9), 9-255 (7), 10-256 (11) FoW (2): 1-4 (2), 2-36 (1), 3-54 (3), 4-57 (4), 5-71 (5), 6-82 (6), 7-86 (7), 8-87 (9), 9-99 (10), 10-101 (8) SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB 1 R.M.Fernando b K.L.S.L.Dias 0 (3) c Ranaweera b M.C.R.Fernando 1 2 *D.A.Gunawardene b Ranjith 0 c W.M.M.S.Dias b W.J.M.R.Dias 43 3 N.T.Paranavitana lbw b W.J.M.R.Dias 47 (1) st Tissera b K.L.S.L.Dias 40 4 †J.K.Silva c Tissera b W.J.M.R.Dias 26 c W.M.M.S.Dias b K.L.S.L.Dias 5 5 A.S.Polonowita lbw b Ranjith 13 (7) not out 9 6 B.M.A.J.Mendis c Perera b Ranjith 71 not out 14 7 K.S.Lokuarachchi lbw b K.L.S.L.Dias 34 (5) b K.L.S.L.Dias 21 8 D.N.T.Zoysa c Ranaweera b K.L.S.L.Dias 6 9 M.M.M.Suraj c Tissera b W.J.M.R.Dias 7 10 C.W.Vidanapathirana lbw b Ranjith 11 11 R.A.C.G.Jayaweera not out 6 Extras b 2, lb 2 4 b 3 3 —— —— 225 (5 wickets) 136 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-2 (2), 3-43 (4), 4-86 (3), 5-86 (5), 6-137 (7), 7-151 (8), 8-174 (9), 9-210 (10), 10-225 (6) FoW (2): 1-69 (2), 2-72 (3), 3-85 (4), 4-92 (1), 5-127 (5) Sinhalese Sports Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Zoysa 16 5 27 2 2nb 9 1 23 1 Vidanapathirana 13 2 46 1 2 0 23 1 Jayaweera 17 6 54 2 (4) 9.2 3 13 2 Suraj 17 4 58 1 (5) 6 2 15 4 Lokuarachchi 27 10 45 2 (3) 15 6 23 2 Polonowita 6.4 1 12 1 Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Bowling O M R W O M R W K.L.S.L.Dias 26 2 61 3 (2) 10 2 29 3 Ranjith 17.3 7 41 4 (1) 4 0 15 0 W.J.M.R.Dias 20 4 55 3 (5) 4 0 19 1 Jayaprakashdaran 13 2 45 0 2 0 8 0 M.C.R.Fernando 7 0 19 0 (3) 15 0 56 1 Tissera (6) 0.2 0 6 0 Umpires: P.T.Manuel and J.W.L.Nandana. Referee: N.Fredrick. Toss: Sinhalese Sports Club Close of Play: 1st day: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club (1) 164-5 (Kumara 71*, W.J.M.R.Dias 29*, 73 overs); 2nd day: Sinhalese Sports Club (1) 84-3 (Paranavitana 46*, Polonowita 12*, 26 overs); 3rd day: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club (2) 82-6 (W.J.M.R.Dias 11*, 34.3 overs). 105