f41656	Western Province North v Central Province
	Singer President's Trophy 1994/95
Venue	Air Force Ground, Katunayake on 2nd, 3rd, 4th March 1995 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Western Province North won the toss and decided to field
Result	Western Province North won by an innings and 143 runs
Points	Western Province North 17 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Central Province 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	NKB Gunawardene, DN Pathirana
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2	Western Province North (1) 340/8 (D Ranatunga 145*, KSC de Silva ?*)

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Central Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SI Fernando	b N Ranatunga	14
+PB Dassanayake	c Sittamige b N Ranatunga	20
K Gunawardene	c Sittamige b N Ranatunga	8
*DN Nadarajah	c de Alwis b N Ranatunga	18
GST Perera	c de Alwis b KSC de Silva	3
UH Kodituwakku	c de Alwis b Labrooy	8
S Liyanage	not out	16
T Nonis	c Fernando b N Ranatunga	10
PK Aluwihare	st de Alwis b Kariyawasam	45
MJH Rushdy	run out	6
PM Weragoda	c Wickramaratne b KSC de Silva	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 46.4 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Fernando), 2-36 (Dassanayake), 3-53 (Gunawardene), 4-56 (Perera), 5-72 (Kodituwakku), 6-76 (Nadarajah), 7-110 (Nonis), 8-144 (Aluwihare), 9-144 (Rushdy), 10-156 (Weragoda, 46.4 ov)

Western Province North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Labrooy	13	4	41	1	-	-
KSC de Silva	14.4	3	39	2	-	-
N Ranatunga	15	3	61	5	-	-
Kariyawasam	4	2	8	1	-	-

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Western Province North first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Ranatunga	not out	166
EFMU Fernando	c Dassanayake b Aluwihare	25
SI de Saram	c Fernando b Rushdy	6
V Sittamige	c sub (S Madanayake) b Aluwihare	19
RPAH Wickramaratne	c Kodituwakku b Fernando	37
WT de Silva	c Gunawardene b Fernando	8
*N Ranatunga	c Dassanayake b Fernando	37
+ADNR de Alwis	b Fernando	12
RS Kariyawasam	c Perera b Fernando	17
KSC de Silva	c Perera b Fernando	8
WC Labrooy	st Dassanayake b Weragoda	18
Extras	(7 b, 10 lb, 14 nb, 5 w)	36
Total	(all out, 111.3 overs)	389
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Fernando), 2-63 (de Saram), 3-90 (Sittamige), 4-141 (Wickramaratne), 5-153 (WT de Silva), 6-229 (N Ranatunga), 7-268 (de Alwis), 8-340 (Kariyawasam), 9-348 (KSC de Silva), 10-389 (Labrooy, 111.3 ov)

Central Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rushdy	15.5	0	91	1	-	-
Aluwihare	14	1	71	2	-	-
Fernando	35.1	9	114	6	-	-
Weragoda	40.3	14	75	1	-	-
Nonis	5	0	16	0	-	-
Gunawardene	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Central Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SI Fernando	c KSC de Silva b N Ranatunga	21
+PB Dassanayake	c de Saram b Labrooy	1
K Gunawardene	c Wickramaratne b KSC de Silva	3
*DN Nadarajah	c de Saram b Labrooy	43
GST Perera	run out	4
UH Kodituwakku	c de Alwis b N Ranatunga	10
PK Aluwihare	c Sittamige b N Ranatunga	0
T Nonis	b Labrooy	1
MJH Rushdy	lbw b N Ranatunga	0
PM Weragoda	not out	0
S Liyanage	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 19.3 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Dassanayake), 2-13 (Gunawardene), 3-62 (Fernando), 4-72 (Perera), 5-84 (Kodituwakku), 6-84 (Aluwihare), 7-89 (Nonis), 8-90 (Nadarajah), 9-90 (Rushdy, 19.3 ov)

Western Province North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Labrooy	8	0	45	3	-	-
KSC de Silva	6	1	23	1	-	-
N Ranatunga	5.3	0	17	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> S Liyanage made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PK Aluwihare made his debut in First-Class matches
--> D Ranatunga (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> ADNR de Alwis (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> SI Fernando achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed KSC de Silva in the Western Province North first innings (previous best was 5-34)
--> S Liyanage retired ill in the Central Province first innings (team had lost 5 wickets) - he returned when the score was 144/8

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