Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2006/07 and 2007

SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB v TAMIL UNION CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, January 31, February 1, 2, 3, 2007. Sinhalese Sports Club won by ten wickets. (Points: Sinhalese Sports Club 16.245, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 3.395) TAMIL UNION CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB 1 K.S.D.Kumara lbw b Karunanayake 17 c Samaraweera b Prasad 17 2 N.A.N.N.Perera lbw b Karunanayake 1 c Karunanayake b Vidanapathirana 11 3 W.M.M.S.Dias b Prasad 23 lbw b Lokuarachchi 7 4 †S.K.L.de Silva lbw b Karunanayake 56 (5) c Gunawardene b Lokuarachchi 170 5 R.J.M.G.M.Rupasinghe run out (Mendis/Silva) 14 (4) c Paranavitana b Prasad 2 6 *W.J.M.R.Dias c Mendis b Lokuarachchi 25 b Prasad 107 7 K.M.Fernando b Prasad 1 c Silva b Vidanapathirana 60 8 S.C.Liyanagunawardene c Silva b Karunanayake 0 c Silva b Vidanapathirana 0 9 H.M.Maduwantha c Silva b Prasad 38 c Vidanapathirana b Lokuarachchi 25 10 P.N.Ranjith b Prasad 4 b Lokuarachchi 0 11 P.S.Jayaprakashdaran not out 9 not out 5 Extras b 4, lb 7 11 b 2, lb 5, w 2 9 —— —— 199 413 FoW (1): 1-2 (2), 2-32 (3), 3-65 (1), 4-85 (5), 5-145 (6), 6-147 (4), 7-147 (8), 8-152 (7), 9-156 (10), 10-199 (9) FoW (2): 1-21 (2), 2-36 (1), 3-38 (3), 4-46 (4), 5-206 (6), 6-335 (7), 7-343 (8), 8-398 (9), 9-398 (10), 10-413 (5) SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB 1 N.T.Paranavitana not out 232 not out 27 2 *D.A.Gunawardene c de Silva b Rupasinghe 98 3 †J.K.Silva run out (sub [C.C.J.Peiris]/de Silva) 155 4 T.T.Samaraweera run out (sub [C.C.J.Peiris]/de Silva) 8 5 B.M.A.J.Mendis c de Silva b Jayaprakashdaran 44 6 K.S.Lokuarachchi 7 K.P.S.P.Karunanayake 8 M.M.M.Suraj 9 S.H.Fernando (2) not out 22 10 C.W.Vidanapathirana 11 K.T.G.D.Prasad Extras b 15, lb 4, w 1, nb 9 29 —— —— (4 wickets, declared) 566 (no wicket) 49 FoW (1): 1-173 (2), 2-421 (3), 3-447 (4), 4-566 (5) Sinhalese Sports Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Vidanapathirana 11 2 22 0 20 3 76 3 Karunanayake 15 5 64 4 16 3 66 0 Prasad 12.4 3 37 4 (4) 13 0 50 3 2w Lokuarachchi 15 5 39 1 (3) 41.2 4 104 4 Suraj 16 6 26 0 24 3 92 0 Paranavitana (6) 1 0 2 0 Mendis (7) 3 0 16 0 Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Ranjith 19 0 104 0 2nb (4) 0.2 0 8 0 W.J.M.R.Dias 13 1 67 0 1w Maduwantha 28 0 112 0 2nb (2) 3 0 16 0 Jayaprakashdaran 7.3 0 39 1 (1) 4 0 19 0 Liyanagunawardene 28 0 134 0 2nb (3) 1 0 6 0 Rupasinghe 5 0 27 1 2nb Fernando 15 1 64 0 1nb Umpires: K.K.Jayaweera and M.G.Silva. Referee: G.F.Labrooy. Toss: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Close of Play: 1st day: Sinhalese Sports Club (1) 77-0 (Paranavitana 31*, Gunawardene 43*, 14 overs); 2nd day: Sinhalese Sports Club (1) 509-3 (Paranavitana 205*, Mendis 25*, 103 overs); 3rd day: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club (2) 283-5 (de Silva 93*, Fernando 40*, 74 overs). N.T.Paranavitana’s 232 took 353 balls and included 25 fours. J.K.Silva’s 155 took 148 balls and included 26 fours. S.K.L.de Silva’s 170 took 299 balls and included 14 fours. W.J.M.R.Dias’s 107 took 149 balls and included 17 fours and 1 six. 73