Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2005/06 and 2006

TAMIL UNION CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB v BURGHER RECREATION CLUB Played at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, December 29, 30, 31, 2005. Burgher Recreation Club won by an innings and 32 runs. (Points: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 2.545, Burgher Recreation Club 16) TAMIL UNION CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB 1 G.D.James c Abeyratne b Weerakoon 35 (3) b Weerakoon 12 2 P.B.Ediriweera lbw b R.C.R.P.Silva 8 c Vitharana b R.C.R.P.Silva 9 3 †D.K.Ranaweera lbw b Abeyratne 23 (4) lbw b Abeyratne 28 4 N.A.N.N.Perera c Arnolda b Abeyratne 1 (1) c Liyanage b R.C.R.P.Silva 17 5 W.M.M.S.Dias c Pathirana b Arnolda 32 (8) lbw b Weerakoon 3 6 *W.J.M.R.Dias b Arnolda 32 c Waragoda b Weerakoon 19 7 M.T.Gunaratne c Vitharana b Arnolda 10 lbw b Weerakoon 0 8 K.M.Fernando c Vitharana b Abeyratne 12 (5) not out 67 9 P.N.Ranjith b Abeyratne 8 c Perera b Abeyratne 4 10 P.S.Jayaprakashdaran run out 26 c Abeyratne b Arnolda 14 11 J.T.Samaratunga not out 4 c Perera b Weerakoon 0 Extras lb 2 2 lb 3 3 —— —— 193 176 FoW (1): 1-13 (2), 2-61 (3), 3-69 (4), 4-69 (1), 5-121 (5), 6-139 (7), 7-144 (6), 8-161 (9), 9-170 (8), 10-193 (10) FoW (2): 1-26 (1), 2-35 (2), 3-51 (3), 4-92 (4), 5-128 (6), 6-132 (7), 7-136 (8), 8-145 (9), 9-175 (10), 10-176 (11) BURGHER RECREATION CLUB 1 †D.W.A.N.D.Vitharana c Ranaweera b Ranjith 8 2 I.C.D.Perera st Ranaweera b Samaratunga 152 3 D.F.Arnolda c Ranaweera b W.J.M.R.Dias 1 4 D.N.Pathirana c Jayaprakashdaran b W.J.M.R.Dias 68 5 R.H.S.Silva lbw b Jayaprakashdaran 63 6 *I.C.Soysa c Perera b Samaratunga 16 7 V.S.K.Waragoda retired hurt 64 8 D.K.Liyanage c sub b Jayaprakashdaran 9 9 W.T.Abeyratne not out 0 10 S.Weerakoon 11 R.C.R.P.Silva Extras b 3, lb 3, nb 14 20 —— (7 wickets, declared) 401 FoW (1): 1-9 (1), 2-14 (3), 3-112 (4), 4-216 (5), 5-259 (6), 6-396 (2), 7-401 (8) Burgher Recreation Club Bowling O M R W O M R W R.C.R.P.Silva 8 2 45 1 12 2 36 2 Soysa 4 2 12 0 3 0 12 0 Weerakoon 19.1 4 47 1 23.5 6 50 5 Liyanage 5 3 4 0 (5) 5 2 7 0 Arnolda 8 1 36 3 (4) 6 1 13 1 Abeyratne 8 1 47 4 16 3 55 2 Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Bowling O M R W Ranjith 28 6 87 1 3nb W.J.M.R.Dias 23 2 92 2 Jayaprakashdaran 18.5 1 92 2 5nb Samaratunga 20 1 79 2 2nb Gunaratne 4 0 19 0 Perera 7 2 26 0 4nb Umpires: A.G.Dissanayake and C.B.C.Rodrigo. Toss: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Close of Play: 1st day: Burgher Recreation Club (1) 185-3 (Perera 52*, R.H.S.Silva 52*, 37 overs); 2nd day: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club (2) 55-3 (Ranaweera 14*, Fernando 2*, 21 overs). I.C.D.Perera’s 152 took 311 balls and included 18 fours and 1 six. V.S.K.Waragoda retired hurt in the Burgher Recreation Club first innings having scored 64 (team score 383-5). 29