f41006	Western Province City v Central Province
	Singer President's Trophy 1993/94
Venue	Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo on 3rd, 4th, 5th March 1994 (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 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Central Province 1.7 (Batting 1, Bowling 0.7)
Umpires	MM Mendis, SG Ponnadurai
Close of play day 1	Western Province City (1) 37/1 (Hathurusingha 19*, Gurusinha 11*)
Close of play day 2	Western Province City (1) 320/5 (Perera 67*, Tillakaratne 63*)

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Central Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SI Fernando	c Wickremasinghe b Gurusinha	24
M Rifan	b Kuruppuarachchi	32
TP Kodikara	c Wickremasinghe b Gunaratne	34
DN Nadarajah	c Wickremasinghe b Jayaratne	36
+PB Dassanayake	c Wickremasinghe b Gurusinha	17
*UH Kodituwakku	c Hathurusingha b Dharmasena	14
M Ajaz	b Dharmasena	12
P Serasinghe	c Tillakaratne b Dharmasena	1
MJH Rushdy	st Wickremasinghe b Dharmasena	2
SB Dodanwela	not out	15
PK Wijetunge	c Perera b Gunaratne	1
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 82.3 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Fernando), 2-97 (Kodikara), 3-111 (Rifan), 4-151 (Dassanayake), 5-169 (Kodituwakku), 6-177 (Nadarajah), 7-185 (Serasinghe), 8-190 (Ajaz), 9-194 (Rushdy), 10-209 (Wijetunge, 82.3 ov)

Western Province City bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gunaratne	15.3	4	24	2	-	-
Kuruppuarachchi	11	1	31	1	-	-
Hathurusingha	14	5	30	0	-	-
Dharmasena	19	5	53	4	-	-
Jayaratne	11	5	21	1	-	-
Gurusinha	9	2	32	2	-	-
Tillakaratne	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Western Province City first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
UC Hathurusingha	lbw b Rushdy	66
R David	b Dodanwela	0
*AP Gurusinha	c Ajaz b Rushdy	11
RPAH Wickramaratne	c sub (CNB Rajapakse) b Rushdy	54
MV Perera	not out	102
HDPK Dharmasena	b Rushdy	26
YN Tillakaratne	b Kodikara	66
+AGD Wickremasinghe	b Dodanwela	1
JL Jayaratne	not out	17
PW Gunaratne	did not bat
AK Kuruppuarachchi	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 10 nb, 13 w)	34
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 101.1 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (David), 2-37 (Gurusinha), 3-144 (Wickramaratne), 4-160 (Hathurusingha), 5-221 (Dharmasena), 6-329 (Tillakaratne), 7-330 (Wickremasinghe)

Central Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rushdy	28	4	86	4	-	-
Dodanwela	31.1	6	121	2	-	-
Kodikara	13	3	60	1	-	-
Wijetunge	12	2	38	0	-	-
Serasinghe	5	0	14	0	-	-
Fernando	12	2	47	0	-	-

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Central Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SI Fernando	c Dharmasena b Tillakaratne	41
M Rifan	lbw b Kuruppuarachchi	18
TP Kodikara	c Jayaratne b Hathurusingha	29
DN Nadarajah	not out	18
+PB Dassanayake	lbw b Dharmasena	1
*UH Kodituwakku	b Gunaratne	67
M Ajaz	c Wickremasinghe b Gunaratne	0
PK Wijetunge	c Wickramaratne b Gunaratne	0
P Serasinghe	b Gunaratne	0
SB Dodanwela	c Kuruppuarachchi b Dharmasena	4
MJH Rushdy	absent hurt
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Rifan), 2-88 (Fernando), 3-102 (Kodikara), 4-103 (Dassanayake), 5-179 (Kodituwakku), 6-179 (Ajaz), 7-181 (Wijetunge), 8-181 (Serasinghe), 9-186 (Dodanwela, 50 ov)

Western Province City bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gunaratne	9	2	52	4	-	-
Kuruppuarachchi	9	4	18	1	-	-
Hathurusingha	8	1	34	1	-	-
Dharmasena	6	0	25	2	-	-
Jayaratne	2	0	17	0	-	-
Gurusinha	2	0	7	0	-	-
Tillakaratne	13	4	28	1	-	-
Wickramaratne	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Western Province City second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
UC Hathurusingha	not out	15
R David	not out	6
*AP Gurusinha	did not bat
RPAH Wickramaratne	did not bat
MV Perera	did not bat
HDPK Dharmasena	did not bat
YN Tillakaratne	did not bat
+AGD Wickremasinghe	did not bat
JL Jayaratne	did not bat
PW Gunaratne	did not bat
AK Kuruppuarachchi	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 3.3 overs)	22

Central Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ajaz	1	0	5	0	-	-
Nadarajah	1.3	0	10	0	-	-
Kodituwakku	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> M Rifan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> M Ajaz made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> M Ajaz (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> MV Perera (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> JL Jayaratne (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches

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