f40997	Southern Province v Western Province City
	Singer President's Trophy 1993/94
Venue	Galle International Stadium, Galle on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th February 1994 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Southern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Southern Province 2 (Batting 1, Bowling 1); Western Province City 9 (Batting 2, Bowling 1)
Umpires	HBD Hettige, A Jayasundara
Close of play day 1	Southern Province (1) 310 all out
Close of play day 2	Western Province City (1) 275/5 (Gurusinha 121*, Dharmasena 33*)
Close of play day 3

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Southern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DD Wickramasinghe	b Gurusinha	34
SS Kulatunga	c Dharmasena b Kuruppuarachchi	4
SM Faumi	lbw b Hathurusingha	13
MAR Samarasekera	b Gunaratne	37
WS Jayantha	lbw b Gurusinha	58
H Premasiri	run out	1
+SI de Saram	st Wickremasinghe b Dharmasena	20
UDU Chandana	c Wickramaratne b Hathurusingha	86
CPH Ramanayake	c Wickremasinghe b Gurusinha	36
C Bandara	run out	5
*KPJ Warnaweera	not out	0
Extras	(11 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	16
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Kulatunga), 2-30 (Faumi), 3-87 (Samarasekera), 4-101 (Wickramasinghe), 5-102 (Premasiri), 6-147 (de Saram), 7-185 (Jayantha), 8-291 (Chandana), 9-305 (Ramanayake), 10-310 (Bandara, 92.5 ov)

Western Province City bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gunaratne	18	3	55	1	-	-
Kuruppuarachchi	13	5	32	1	-	-
Hathurusingha	19	3	77	2	-	-
Gurusinha	20.5	4	69	3	-	-
Dharmasena	16	4	40	1	-	-
Tillakaratne	6	0	26	0	-	-

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Western Province City first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
UC Hathurusingha	c Kulatunga b Ramanayake	53
R David	b Bandara	14
*AP Gurusinha	lbw b Bandara	126
RPAH Wickramaratne	lbw b Bandara	9
MV Perera	lbw b Bandara	0
MN Nawaz	c Jayantha b Ramanayake	1
HDPK Dharmasena	lbw b Ramanayake	34
YN Tillakaratne	not out	47
+AGD Wickremasinghe	c de Saram b Bandara	32
PW Gunaratne	b Bandara	0
AK Kuruppuarachchi	c Samarasekera b Ramanayake	2
Extras	(9 b, 17 lb, 26 nb, 7 w)	59
Total	(all out, 115 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (David), 2-147 (Hathurusingha), 3-174 (Wickramaratne), 4-175 (Perera), 5-178 (Nawaz), 6-282 (Gurusinha), 7-284 (Dharmasena), 8-359 (Wickremasinghe), 9-359 (Gunaratne), 10-377 (Kuruppuarachchi, 115 ov)

Southern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramanayake	33	8	89	4	-	-
Bandara	30	4	98	6	-	-
Samarasekera	13	1	38	0	-	-
Faumi	10	1	51	0	-	-
Warnaweera	20	5	55	0	-	-
Jayantha	8	1	17	0	-	-
Chandana	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> C Bandara made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WS Jayantha (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> HDPK Dharmasena (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> C Bandara achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Western Province City first innings

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Play stopped on the 3rd day at 1.54 pm as there were no balls of the make authorised by the Board available to commence the Southern Province 2nd innings, two having gone out of shape in the 1st innings. On the 4th day the appropriate balls were available and Western Province City took the field but Southern Province did not appear. Southern Province objected, seeking a replay of the game because the loss of time on the 3rd day prevented any chance of their winning (there had also been a delay of 35 minutes when the umpires had to consult the Laws of Cricket following an incorrect decision to rule a batsman out hit wicket off a no-ball). The Tournament Committee told Western Province City to replay the game on April 1, 2, 3, 4, the dates originally set for the Final at Matara, and postponed the Final until April 22, 23, 24, 25. Western Province City strongly appealed to the Executive Committee, and the Tournament Committee then ruled the game as abandoned with no points to either side. Finally, the Executive Committee ruled that as the Tournament Committee had decided to continue the match on the 4th day and Southern Province had refused to play, the match should be awarded on first innings to Western Province City

 

 

 

 

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