f41693	Western Province City v Central Province
	Singer President's Trophy 1994/95
Venue	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo on 23rd, 24th, 25th March 1995 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province City won by 10 wickets
Points	Western Province City 17.5 (Batting 1.5, Bowling 4); Central Province 3 (Batting 1.4, Bowling 1.6)
Umpires	DWJ Boteju, WAU Wickremasinghe
Close of play day 1	Western Province City (1) 95/1 (UC Hathurusingha 57*, Peiris ?*)
Close of play day 2	Central Province (2) 57/0 (Fernando 27*, de Silva 21*)

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Central Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SI Fernando	run out	82
C de Silva	c Atapattu b Ramanayake	19
K Gunawardene	lbw b Gunaratne	5
*DN Nadarajah	c Weerasinghe b Dharmasena	16
+GST Perera	lbw b Gunaratne	1
MJH Rushdy	c and b UC Hathurusingha	5
UH Kodituwakku	c Gunaratne b UC Hathurusingha	2
T Nonis	c Arnold b Dharmasena	24
S Liyanage	b Gunaratne	3
PK Aluwihare	not out	4
PM Weragoda	c Weerasinghe b Dharmasena	4
Extras	(8 b, 14 lb, 8 nb, 6 w)	36
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (de Silva), 2-62 (Gunawardene), 3-93 (Nadarajah), 4-94 (Perera), 5-141 (Rushdy), 6-159 (Fernando), 7-165 (Kodituwakku), 8-193 (Liyanage), 9-193 (Nonis), 10-201 (Weragoda, 58 ov)

Western Province City bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramanayake	12	4	24	1	-	-
CM Hathurusingha	5	0	30	0	-	-
Dharmasena	14	3	26	3	-	-
UC Hathurusingha	11	7	34	2	-	-
Gunaratne	10	3	42	3	-	-
Arnold	6	0	23	0	-	-

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Western Province City first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*UC Hathurusingha	c Perera b Aluwihare	78
RP Arnold	b Weragoda	12
GRP Peiris	c Perera b Aluwihare	32
MS Atapattu	lbw b Rushdy	109
VSK Waragoda	lbw b Fernando	20
UDU Chandana	b Aluwihare	56
HDPK Dharmasena	c Perera b Fernando	63
+WMJP Weerasinghe	not out	51
CPH Ramanayake	not out	20
PW Gunaratne	did not bat
CM Hathurusingha	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 11 nb, 3 w)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 111 overs)	457
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Arnold), 2-116 (Peiris), 3-155 (UC Hathurusingha), 4-197 (Waragoda), 5-312 (Chandana), 6-318 (Atapattu), 7-428 (Dharmasena)

Central Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rushdy	13	2	71	1	-	-
Aluwihare	40	3	169	3	-	-
Fernando	38	9	136	2	-	-
Weragoda	9	4	18	1	-	-
Nonis	11	1	61	0	-	-

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Central Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SI Fernando	c Arnold b Dharmasena	77
C de Silva	c Weerasinghe b Ramanayake	21
K Gunawardene	b Gunaratne	12
*DN Nadarajah	c Arnold b Dharmasena	80
+GST Perera	c Weerasinghe b Chandana	0
UH Kodituwakku	c Chandana b Ramanayake	43
PK Aluwihare	c Ramanayake b Dharmasena	15
T Nonis	c and b Arnold	11
MJH Rushdy	b Arnold	1
S Liyanage	not out	0
PM Weragoda	absent hurt
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 8 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-64 (de Silva), 2-82 (Gunawardene), 3-199 (Fernando), 4-202 (Perera), 5-228 (Nadarajah), 6-253 (Aluwihare), 7-281 (Nonis), 8-283 (Rushdy), 9-283 (Kodituwakku, 70.2 ov)

Western Province City bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramanayake	10.2	2	45	2	-	-
CM Hathurusingha	4	0	19	0	-	-
Dharmasena	21	2	67	3	-	-
UC Hathurusingha	6	0	16	0	-	-
Gunaratne	11	2	45	1	-	-
Arnold	7	1	19	2	-	-
Chandana	11	1	57	1	-	-

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Western Province City second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RP Arnold	not out	18
CPH Ramanayake	not out	9
*UC Hathurusingha	did not bat
GRP Peiris	did not bat
MS Atapattu	did not bat
VSK Waragoda	did not bat
UDU Chandana	did not bat
HDPK Dharmasena	did not bat
+WMJP Weerasinghe	did not bat
PW Gunaratne	did not bat
CM Hathurusingha	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(no wicket, 4.5 overs)	30

Central Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rushdy	2	0	9	0	-	-
Aluwihare	1	0	8	0	-	-
Kodituwakku	0.5	0	7	0	-	-
Nadarajah	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> C de Silva made his debut in First-Class matches
--> C de Silva made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> K Gunawardene made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> UH Kodituwakku made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GRP Peiris (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> MS Atapattu (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 85
--> SI Fernando (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> PK Aluwihare achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed UDU Chandana in the Western Province City first innings (previous best was 2-32)

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