Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2005/06 and 2006

COLTS CRICKET CLUB v SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB Played at Colombo Cricket Club Ground, March 10, 11, 12, 2006. Sinhalese Sports Club won by seven wickets. COLTS CRICKET CLUB 1 H.E.Vithana b Zoysa 5 b Lokuarachchi 1 2 S.Kalavitigoda c Silva b Lokuarachchi 9 lbw b Lokuarachchi 25 3 S.I.Fernando b Lokuarachchi 31 c Vidanapathirana b Lokuarachchi 49 4 *H.G.J.M.Kulatunga c Paranavitana b Jayaweera 26 lbw b Suraj 12 5 B.S.M.Warnapura lbw b Lokuarachchi 78 lbw b Lokuarachchi 0 6 †T.R.Peiris lbw b Lokuarachchi 41 (7) c Polonowita b Lokuarachchi 16 7 M.Pushpakumara c Polonowita b Suraj 5 (6) lbw b Suraj 1 8 M.R.C.N.Bandaratilleke c Polonowita b Lokuarachchi 8 c Paranavitana b Suraj 6 9 I.S.Gallage not out 8 not out 9 10 P.D.R.L.Perera lbw b Lokuarachchi 0 c and b Suraj 19 11 M.K.D.I.Amerasinghe c Polonowita b Lokuarachchi 0 c Fernando b Suraj 0 Extras b 4, lb 7, w 3, nb 3 17 b 5, lb 6, w 1 12 —— —— 228 150 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-46, 3-55, 4-97, 5-207, 6-208, 7-212, 8-224, 9-224, 10-228 FoW (2): 1-9, 2-74, 3-83, 4-83, 5-84, 6-105, 7-121, 8-122, 9-149, 10-150 SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB 1 N.T.Paranavitana lbw b Perera 4 (2) not out 28 2 *D.A.Gunawardene c Vithana b Gallage 137 3 R.M.Fernando lbw b Bandaratilleke 0 (1) lbw b Fernando 7 4 †J.K.Silva c Kulatunga b Perera 20 lbw b Bandaratilleke 5 5 A.S.Polonowita lbw b Gallage 39 not out 0 6 B.M.A.J.Mendis c Bandaratilleke b Gallage 4 7 K.S.Lokuarachchi b Bandaratilleke 101 8 D.N.T.Zoysa c Peiris b Fernando 0 (3) st Peiris b Fernando 6 9 M.M.M.Suraj c and b Gallage 2 10 C.W.Vidanapathirana c Pushpakumara b Bandaratilleke 4 11 R.A.C.G.Jayaweera not out 1 Extras b 4, lb 8, w 1, nb 2 15 b 6, w 1 7 —— —— 327 (3 wickets) 53 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-20, 3-68, 4-183, 5-261, 6-268, 7-273, 8-275, 9-312, 10-327 FoW (2): 1-16, 2-36, 3-45 Sinhalese Sports Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Zoysa 12 1 40 1 3w,3nb (2) 6 1 19 0 1w Vidanapathirana 10 1 39 0 (4) 6 0 14 0 Jayaweera 10 0 38 1 (5) 2 0 10 0 Lokuarachchi 27.3 4 66 7 (1) 15 3 29 5 Suraj 14 4 30 1 (3) 20.5 4 67 5 Mendis 1 0 4 0 Colts Cricket Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Fernando 18 3 54 1 (3) 4 1 15 2 Pushpakumara 3 1 3 0 Bandaratilleke 32.2 5 66 3 (2) 3 3 0 1 Perera 10 0 36 2 Gallage 25 3 58 4 2nb Amerasinghe 12 0 33 0 1w (1) 2 0 11 0 1w Kulatunga 14 1 49 0 (5) 0.1 0 4 0 Vithana 2 0 16 0 Warnapura (4) 2 0 17 0 Umpires: E.A.R.de Silva and M.G.Silva. Referee: C.T.M.Devaraj. Toss: Sinhalese Sports Club Close of Play: 1st day: Sinhalese Sports Club (1) 49-2 (Gunawardene 30*, Silva 12*); 2nd day: Sinhalese Sports Club (1) 273-7 (Lokuarachchi 59*, Suraj 0*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. D.A.Gunawardene’s 137 took 249 balls and included 16 fours. K.S.Lokuarachchi’s 101 took 171 balls and included 9 fours and 2 sixes. 107