Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2005/06 and 2006

SRI LANKA A v SOUTH AFRICA A Played at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo, September 7, 8, 9, 2005. Sri Lanka A won by six wickets. SOUTH AFRICA A 1 A.G.Puttick c Wijesinghe b Lokuarachchi 41 (2) b Perera 1 2 *J.A.Rudolph c Jayawardene b Dilhara 28 (1) c Tharanga b Weerakoon 35 3 H.M.Amla lbw b Jayaweera 15 b Weerakoon 35 4 Z.de Bruyn not out 100 c Jayawardene b Weerakoon 0 5 J.L.Ontong b Weerakoon 40 st Jayawardene b Weerakoon 0 6 †T.L.Tsolekile b Weerakoon 0 c Mubarak b Lokuarachchi 31 7 J.J.van der Wath c Daniel b Weerakoon 0 c Jayawardene b Jayaweera 4 8 J.Botha c Lokuarachchi b Weerakoon 14 lbw b Weerakoon 41 9 P.R.Adams lbw b Lokuarachchi 1 not out 21 10 M.Zondeki c and b Weerakoon 1 lbw b Weerakoon 0 11 D.W.Steyn c Wijesinghe b Weerakoon 0 lbw b Weerakoon 0 Extras b 1, lb 1, nb 3 5 b 1, lb 1, nb 3 5 —— —— 245 173 FoW (1): 1-68 (2), 2-79 (1), 3-95 (3), 4-157 (5), 5-157 (6), 6-157 (7), 7-231 (8), 8-238 (9), 9-243 (10), 10-245 (11) FoW (2): 1-9 (2), 2-71 (3), 3-73 (4), 4-73 (5), 5-78 (1), 6-89 (7), 7-147 (6), 8-171 (8), 9-173 (10), 10-173 (11) SRI LANKA A 1 *D.A.Gunawardene c van der Wath b Zondeki 0 b Ontong 83 2 W.U.Tharanga c Puttick b Zondeki 12 b Zondeki 6 3 G.I.Daniel lbw b Botha 48 c Tsolekile b Steyn 35 4 J.Mubarak c Tsolekile b van der Wath 46 not out 37 5 C.G.Wijesinghe b Zondeki 29 c Puttick b Botha 8 6 †H.A.P.W.Jayawardene c Tsolekile b Botha 0 not out 16 7 L.H.D.Dilhara c Botha b Steyn 3 8 K.S.Lokuarachchi not out 53 9 S.Weerakoon c and b Adams 0 10 R.A.C.G.Jayaweera c Amla b Adams 5 11 P.D.R.L.Perera lbw b Adams 8 Extras b 2, lb 5, nb 8, pen 5 20 b 4, lb 8, nb 3 15 —— —— 224 (4 wickets) 200 FoW (1): 1-4 (1), 2-32 (2), 3-111 (4), 4-123 (3), 5-123 (6), 6-126 (7), 7-189 (5), 8-190 (9), 9-196 (10), 10-224 (11) FoW (2): 1-15 (2), 2-118 (3), 3-156 (1), 4-171 (5) Sri Lanka A Bowling O M R W O M R W Perera 14 4 40 0 9 0 42 1 2nb Jayaweera 11 4 54 1 1nb 15 2 33 1 Dilhara 10 3 28 1 (4) 4 0 17 0 1nb Weerakoon 22.2 4 59 6 1nb (3) 22.4 6 47 7 Lokuarachchi 18 4 56 2 12 3 32 1 Daniel 2 0 6 0 South Africa A Bowling O M R W O M R W Zondeki 13 4 54 3 6 0 27 1 van der Wath 11 3 39 1 1nb (4) 5 0 25 0 2nb Steyn 9 0 39 1 7nb (2) 9 2 37 1 1nb Adams 10.4 1 37 3 (5) 3 0 16 0 Botha 7 0 35 2 (3) 12.2 1 53 1 de Bruyn 3 0 8 0 Ontong (6) 7 1 30 1 Umpires: P.T.Manuel and B.B.J.Nandakumar. Referee: U.C.Hathurusingha. Toss: Sri Lanka A Close of Play: 1st day: Sri Lanka A (1) 16-1 (Tharanga 2*, Daniel 5*, 6 overs); 2nd day: South Africa A (2) 108-6 (Tsolekile 26*, Botha 4*, 42 overs). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. Z.de Bruyn’s 100 took 154 balls in 208 minutes and included 14 fours and 1 six. 3