Kavindu steers Matale to big win over Jaffna

By M. Shamil Amit

(Daily Mirror) - Impressive match figures of six for six by Kavindu Abeyratne paved the way for Matale to record a 162-runs win over Jaffna in their Under-15 Inter-Provincial Limited Overs Cricket Tournament match played at Kurunegala.

Matale taking first lease of the wicket made 235 for nine and Kavindu’s six-wicket haul helped them to bundle out Jaffna for 73 runs.

Chief scores

At Kurunegala (Matale won by 162 runs)

Matale: 235/9 in 42 overs (Anupama Viduranga 47, Yohan Weerakkody 44, Ishara Chathuranga 37, Ranithu Methmal 33)

Jaffna: 73 in 21.1 overs (Kavindu Abeyratne 6/6).

At Batticaloa (Kegalle won by 129 runs)

Kegalle: 217/7 in 47 overs (Dilshan Kavinda 45, Ohas Adithya 40, Radva Rupasinghe 31)

Trincomalee: 88 in 32.3 overs (Sanjana Sachindra 5/25, Shimar Ahamed 3/17).

At Bandaragama (Kalutara Zone-3 won by 10 runs)

Kalutara Zone-3: 154/9 in 50 overs (Savinu Liyanage 54 n.o).

Kalutara Zone-2: 144 in 43.3 overs (Lasiru Sandakan 38, Radeesh Theekshana 3/24, Malith Pavasara 3/31).

At Matara (Galle Zone-2 won by 11 runs on Parabola)

Matara: 191/9 in 50 overs (Aayu Kaviraj 36)

Galle Zone-2: 162/7 in 32 overs (Arosh Sithmina 72, Puljith Wathsuka 38, Praveen Madusanka 4/50).

At Vavuniya (Vavuniya won by 67 runs)

Vavuniya: 125 in 23 overs (Vasanthan Sarangan 5/24, Jeyaram Mathusan 3/14)

Kilinochchi: 58 in 20 overs (Puvaneshvaran Kishanth 5/2, Shivakaran Birawin 3/7).

At Batticaloa (Ampara won by 13 runs)

Ampara: 134 in 38.4 overs (Ethum Damsa 30 n.o, T. Sintgugeshan 3/27)

Batticaloa: 121 in 39.1 overs (D. Mathushanth 39, Wimalsa Hethidu 3/32)

At Hikkaduwa (Galle Zone-1 won by six runs on Parabola)

Galle Zone-1: 141 in 42.5 overs

Hambantota: 84/6 in 29 overs (Nadun Thikshana 39).