Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2005/06 and 2006

COLOMBO CRICKET CLUB v SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB Played at Colombo Cricket Club Ground, February 24, 25, 26, 2006. Sinhalese Sports Club won by 94 runs. (Points: Colombo Cricket Club 3.505, Sinhalese Sports Club 16.675) SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB 1 R.M.Fernando b Chandrakumara 23 lbw b Chandrakumara 25 2 *D.A.Gunawardene c Dissanayake b M.I.Ratnayake 7 3 †J.K.Silva lbw b Kalum 8 lbw b Chandrakumara 54 4 A.S.Polonowita c Dissanayake b Kalum 0 c Rupasinghe b Chandrakumara 5 5 B.M.A.J.Mendis c M.I.Ratnayake b Chandrakumara 114 not out 5 6 G.D.D.Indika lbw b Chandrakumara 37 7 N.T.Paranavitana lbw b Kalum 9 (2) not out 135 8 M.M.M.Suraj run out 39 9 C.W.Vidanapathirana c and b R.W.M.G.A.Ratnayake 19 10 R.D.Abeydeera c Randika b M.I.Ratnayake 22 11 R.A.C.G.Jayaweera not out 5 Extras b 3, lb 2, w 6, nb 3 14 b 7, lb 3, w 3, nb 1 14 —— —— 297 (3 wickets, declared) 238 FoW (1): 1-15 (2), 2-25 (3), 3-25 (4), 4-53 (1), 5-117 (6), 6-142 (7), 7-232 (8), 8-266 (5), 9-278 (9), 10-297 (10) FoW (2): 1-62 (1), 2-211 (3), 3-226 (4) COLOMBO CRICKET CLUB 1 S.G.Perumpuli b Suraj 9 b Vidanapathirana 0 2 E.S.Abeysinghe c Fernando b Suraj 15 c Paranavitana b Suraj 3 3 K.G.A.S.Kalum c Polonowita b Suraj 13 (10) b Vidanapathirana 5 4 †K.D.Dissanayake c Silva b Suraj 11 (8) b Vidanapathirana 24 5 K.G.N.Randika c Silva b Jayaweera 23 (3) lbw b Vidanapathirana 23 6 B.M.T.T.Mendis c Polonowita b Suraj 46 (4) c Fernando b Vidanapathirana 8 7 P.D.G.Chandrakumara c Fernando b Suraj 24 (5) c Paranavitana b Vidanapathirana 45 8 R.W.M.G.A.Ratnayake lbw b Suraj 0 (6) c Silva b Suraj 97 9 H.B.C.C.Bandara lbw b Suraj 14 (7) c Suraj b Jayaweera 28 10 *N.S.Rupasinghe c and b Suraj 14 (9) c Fernando b Suraj 5 11 M.I.Ratnayake not out 0 not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 6, w 4, nb 3 22 b 5, lb 2, w 1, nb 4 12 —— —— 191 250 FoW (1): 1-28 (2), 2-39 (1), 3-54 (3), 4-79 (4), 5-93 (5), 6-140 (7), 7-140 (8), 8-166 (9), 9-183 (6), 10-191 (10) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-26 (3), 3-32 (2), 4-40 (4), 5-143 (5), 6-194 (7), 7-237 (6), 8-240 (8), 9-250 (9), 10-250 (10) Colombo Cricket Club Bowling O M R W O M R W M.I.Ratnayake 11.5 0 54 2 1w 9 2 43 0 3w Bandara 4 2 6 0 1w Kalum 21 3 80 3 1w (2) 7 0 27 0 Chandrakumara 14.3 1 48 3 3w,2nb (3) 12 1 49 3 1nb Rupasinghe 15 1 60 0 (4) 16 0 80 0 R.W.M.G.A.Ratnayake 11 3 39 1 (5) 6 0 24 0 Randika 1 0 5 0 1nb Abeysinghe (6) 1 0 5 0 Sinhalese Sports Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Vidanapathirana 12 2 46 0 15.1 2 53 6 1w Jayaweera 10 1 38 1 4w,1nb (4) 7 2 16 1 Abeydeera 9 3 22 0 2nb 11 0 52 0 4nb Suraj 21.1 5 62 9 (2) 20 1 93 3 Polonowita 3 2 8 0 4 2 8 0 Mendis (6) 3 0 21 0 Umpires: E.A.R.de Silva and C.B.C.Rodrigo. Toss: Colombo Cricket Club Close of Play: 1st day: Colombo Cricket Club (1) 28-1 (Perumpuli 9*, Kalum 0*); 2nd day: Sinhalese Sports Club (2) 183-1 (Paranavitana 109*, Silva 41*). B.M.A.J.Mendis’s 114 took 161 balls and included 13 fours and 1 six. N.T.Paranavitana’s 135 took 174 balls and included 16 fours and 1 six. 93