Tharindu and Rivith steer Colombo South Zone 3 to victory
Half tons by Tharindu Amarasinghe and Rivith Jayasuriya paved the way for Colombo South Zone 3 to record a 15-run win over Kalutara Zone 3 in the Under-19 Provincial Youth League Cricket Tournament encounter played at Maggona. The duo’s knocks helped Colombo South Zone 3 to make a formidable score of 266 after electing to bat. Kalutara Zone 3 in response was 179 for 7 when bad light stopped played–15 runs behind the par score on Parabola method. In the other matches Puttalam, Colombo North Zone 3 and Matale won their matches against Jaffna, Gampaha Zone 1 and Kurunegala Zone 1 respectively.
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Colombo South Zone 3 266 all out (44.1) (Tharindu Amarasinghe 90, Rivith Jayasuriya 77, Uneth Peiris 23, Sanesh Fernando 15: Dinuka Thisara 5/39, Hansaja Brian 2/40) Kalutara Zone 3 179 for 6 (27) (Yuthika Silva 56, Sanuka Cheran 38, Gayantha Nadeesha 29, Tenushka Nanayakkara 16: Undeth Peiris 3/38)
Jaffna 216 all out (47.5) (Matheeswaran Sanjayan 66, S. Anushanth 49, Robinson Shiyanthsan 23, Ananthan Kajan 15: Chathumal Nimesh 3/54) Puttalam 217 for 7 (39) (Thisara Madushan 65, Hasith Kavinda 32, Vishwa Rajapakse 31, Maleesha Nesitha 23, Dasun Perera 29n.o., Gayan Harshana 22n.o.: Vigneswaran Akash 4/31)
Colombo North Zone 3 195 for 9 (40) (Kavindu Amameth 81, Yesith Kalupahana 23, Viranga Yeshan 24 n.o.: Ravindu Jayasanka 4/34, Sithum Nethsara 2/33, Sharith Sadeena 2/43) Gampaha Zome 1 137 for 6 (32.4) (Nethmal de Zoysa 45, Uvindu Perera 29: Praveen Maneesha 2/12, Sahan Viraj 2/36)
Kurunegala Zone 1 93 all out (31) (Yashan Savindu 28, Mahima Kotuwila 15: Kaveesha Liyanaarachchi 3/21, Praveen Prabakaran 3/30, J. Nimeshan 2/8) Matale 94 for 5 (13.3) (Anuradha Ranasinghe 19n.o.: Navin Shewantha 3/21) |