Outright wins for Southern Province and Western Province North
The four matches of the U19 Inter-provincial cricket tournament which ended yesterday saw two teams, Southern Province and Western Province North, record outright wins at Maggona and Campbell Park while North Western Province and Western Province South recorded first innings wins at Colts ground and P. Sara Stadium.
Amindu Udara’s top knock of 98 laid the foundation for Southern Province to record an innings and 15-run win over North Central Province. The second day’s play saw Southern Province resuming on their overnight score of 166 for 3 going on to make a formidable score of 343 in reply to North Central Province’s score of 147.
North Central Province batting the second time and left with the task of erasing a deficit of 196 runs were unable to achieve it as Harren Buddila, who ended with a five-wicket haul, along Dilum Sudeera combined to bowl them out for 181 runs.
All round performances by Sammu Ashan and Jehan Daniel and an unbeaten run-a-ball knock of 55 runs inclusive of six boundaries and two sixes by Dushan Guruge helped Western Province North coast to a sixwicket win over Uva Province.
Uva Province after being bowled out for 138 runs in the first innings, batting the second time fared better to make a score of 225 runs and Western Province North left with a simple target of 126 runs, which they achieved with ease.north Western Province registered an easy first innings win over the strong Western Province Central side. In fact the outcome was decided at the end of the first day’s play despite Western Province Central making a score of 320 runs in their second innings yesterday. Western Province South too recorded a first innings win against Eastern Province who in reply to their opponents’ score of 296 continuing from their overnight score of 81 for 3 was restricted to a score of 234 for 8. RESULTS:
AT MAGGONA – SP BEAT NCP BY AN INNINGS AND 15 RUNS
North Central Province 147 (Asel Sigera 47, Dasun Senevirathne 38, Pubudu Bandara 21: Dilum Sudeera 4 for 37, Thilan Prashan 2 for 22) and 181 (Nipun Lakshan 44, Asel Sigera 44, Sahan Peiris 25 n.o.: Hareen Buddila 5 for 60, Dilum Sudeera 2 for 80)
Southern Province (166/3 overnight) 343 (Amindu Udara 98, Navindu Nirmal 41, Kaveesha Dilranga 35, Thilan Prashan 35: Asel Sigera 6 for 94, Dasun Seneviratne 2 for 70)
AT CAMPBELL PARK – WPN BEAT UP BY SIX WICKETS
Uva Province 138 (Gayan Prithimal 42, Avindu Theekshana 25, Ravindu Sanjana 15: Sammu Ashan 3 for 48, Samitha Ranga 2 for 20, Jehan Daniel 2 for 30) and 225 (Mapa Malindu 96, Avindu Theekshana 23, Raveen Yasas 21, Ravindu Sanjana 20, Supun Kavinda 19, Rajitha Nirmal 19: Helitha Bambarenda 3 for 33, Samitha Ranga 3 for 47, Sammu Ashan 3 for 64) Western Province North 238 for 9 declared (Jehan Daniel 78, Sammu Ashan 58, Krishan Sanjula 22, Helitha Vithanage 21: Gayan Prithimal 3 for 35. Kavishka Dinesh 3 for 50, Raveen Yasas 2 for 29) and 126 for 4 (Nipun Sumanasinghe 28, Sammu Ashan 15, Dushan Guruge 55 n.o.: Supun Kavinda 2 for 28)
AT COLTS – FIRST INNINGS WIN FOR NWP
Western Province Central 91 (Damitha Silva 3 for 8, Wanitha Wanninayake 3 for 21, Krishan Ranasinghe 2 for 27, Manelka Dharmadasa 2 for 34) and 320 (Vishad Randika 118, Manelka de
Silva 51, Sanjula Abeywickrama 38, Sajith Sameera 30, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 28, Pathum Nissanka 19: P. Dharmadasa 5 for 115, Krishan Ranasinghe 3 for 68)
North Western Province (233/9 overnight) 233 (Nipun Dananjaya 59, Damitha Silva 55, Nipun Danajaya 59, Krishan Ranasinghe 23, Kamesh Nirmal 25 n.o., Wanitha Wanninayake 16 n.o.: Vimukthi Kulatunga 3 for 47, Kaveesh Manelkar 2 for 39, Chathura Obeysekera 2 for 67) and 35 for 5 (Heshan Dhanushka 16: Vimukthi Kulatunga 3 for 12, Neranjan Wanniarachchi 2 for 9)
AT P. SARA STADIUM – FIRST INNINGS WIN FOR WPS
Western Province South 296 (Thilan Nimesh 62, Asher Warnakulasuriya 59, Kamil Mishara 46: Mohamed Rasfas 4 for 44, Rethnarajah Thenurathan 4 for 48) and 319 for 6 declared (Vishwa Chathuranga 135, Nuwanindu Fernando 63, Mishen Silva 43, Kamil Mishara 51 n.o.: Deshan Fernando 2 for 84)
Eastern Province (81/3 overnight) 234 for 8 declared (Dinesh Madusanka 35, Torin Pitigala 33, Lasith Croospulle 103 n.o.: Savindu Peiris 3 for 70,Avishka Fernando 2 for 18)