| f39209 | |
| Venue | Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th February 1991 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sri Lankans won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | LF Jones, RL McHarg |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 249/6 (Duff 62*, Leonard 11*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sri Lankans (1) 199/3 (Gurusinha 106*, Madurasinghe 0*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Central Districts (2) 42/3 (Briasco 22*, Blain 12*) |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Hart | c Kaluwitharana b Ramanayake | 9 | 31 | 50 | - | - | |
| CJP Smith | c Hathurusingha b Gurusinha | 12 | 37 | 46 | 1 | - | |
| MW Douglas | c Kaluwitharana b Gurusinha | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| *PS Briasco | lbw b Warnaweera | 41 | 130 | 149 | - | - | |
| +TE Blain | c Madurasinghe b Wijegunawardene | 57 | 108 | 163 | 8 | - | |
| SW Duff | run out | 80 | 185 | 217 | 6 | - | |
| RK Brown | c and b Madurasinghe | 24 | 65 | 90 | 2 | - | |
| DJ Leonard | c sub b Madurasinghe | 48 | 149 | 183 | 4 | - | |
| MJ Pawson | st Kaluwitharana b Warnaweera | 17 | 60 | 77 | 1 | - | |
| PR Lowes | lbw b Warnaweera | 24 | 22 | 24 | - | 3 | |
| PB Gibbs | not out | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 23 nb) | 33 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 128.2 overs) | 353 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28, 2-28, 3-39, 4-131, 5-143, 6-199, 7-270, 8-315, 9-337, 10-353 (128.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ramanayake | 20 | 2 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wijegunawardene | 25 | 1 | 74 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gurusinha | 15 | 4 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Madurasinghe | 23 | 2 | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Warnaweera | 30.2 | 10 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| Jayasuriya | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hathurusingha | 8 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| de Silva | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lankans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CP Senanayake | c Douglas b Duff | 39 | 94 | 118 | 6 | - | |
| UC Hathurusingha | c Blain b Pawson | 21 | 63 | 98 | 2 | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | c Douglas b Duff | 121 | 242 | 284 | 13 | 2 | |
| *PA de Silva | c and b Duff | 14 | 22 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| MAWR Madurasinghe | c Blain b Lowes | 29 | 112 | 139 | 2 | - | |
| HP Tillakaratne | run out | 37 | 69 | 70 | 5 | - | |
| ST Jayasuriya | lbw b Pawson | 39 | 58 | 82 | 7 | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Blain b Pawson | 9 | 29 | 60 | 1 | - | |
| CPH Ramanayake | c Hart b Pawson | 67 | 156 | 189 | 9 | 1 | |
| KIW Wijegunawardene | c Douglas b Lowes | 7 | 39 | 52 | - | - | |
| KPJ Warnaweera | not out | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 7 lb, 16 nb, 2 w) | 32 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 144.2 overs) | 419 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-76, 2-157, 3-185, 4-225, 5-262, 6-300, 7-306, 8-388, 9-415, 10-419 (144.2 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leonard | 21 | 3 | 78 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pawson | 25.2 | 5 | 87 | 4 | - | - | |
| Gibbs | 21 | 5 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Duff | 44 | 8 | 92 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lowes | 31 | 10 | 82 | 2 | - | - | |
| Brown | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CJP Smith | c Hathurusingha b Gurusinha | 4 | 16 | 24 | - | - | |
| RT Hart | b Wijegunawardene | 1 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| MW Douglas | lbw b Wijegunawardene | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| *PS Briasco | c and b Madurasinghe | 92 | 193 | 277 | 7 | - | |
| +TE Blain | b Wijegunawardene | 15 | 30 | 87 | - | - | |
| SW Duff | c Hathurusingha b Warnaweera | 42 | 87 | 89 | 2 | - | |
| RK Brown | b Wijegunawardene | 1 | 3 | 13 | - | - | |
| DJ Leonard | lbw b Gurusinha | 1 | 16 | 26 | - | - | |
| MJ Pawson | not out | 54 | 134 | 133 | 7 | - | |
| PR Lowes | c de Silva b Madurasinghe | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| PB Gibbs | c Tillakaratne b Wijegunawardene | 9 | 45 | 53 | - | - | |
| Extras | (8 lb, 17 nb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 86.2 overs) | 244 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-4, 3-10, 4-49, 5-125, 6-131, 7-151, 8-209, 9-209, 10-244 (86.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wijegunawardene | 22.2 | 3 | 65 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gurusinha | 19 | 3 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Madurasinghe | 12 | 5 | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
| Warnaweera | 18 | 5 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jayasuriya | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hathurusingha | 9 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| de Silva | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tillakaratne | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lankans second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *PA de Silva | c Douglas b Leonard | 14 | 10 | 15 | 3 | - | |
| CP Senanayake | c Brown b Leonard | 21 | 17 | 26 | 3 | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | not out | 61 | 57 | 89 | 5 | 1 | |
| AP Gurusinha | c Brown b Duff | 36 | 22 | 34 | 2 | 2 | |
| ST Jayasuriya | not out | 42 | 32 | 43 | 5 | - | |
| UC Hathurusingha | did not bat | ||||||
| MAWR Madurasinghe | did not bat | ||||||
| HP Tillakaratne | did not bat | ||||||
| CPH Ramanayake | did not bat | ||||||
| KIW Wijegunawardene | did not bat | ||||||
| KPJ Warnaweera | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 22.1 overs) | 179 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-44, 3-96 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Leonard | 5 | 0 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pawson | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gibbs | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Duff | 9 | 0 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 1.1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |