Southern, North Western and Eastern triumph

By M. Shamil Amit

Southern Province along the North Western Province and Eastern Province came on top in their 48th National Sports Games Men’s T20 Cricket Tournament matches played in Kandy and Kalutara.

Chief scores: 

At Kandy – Southern Province won by 55 runs.

Southern Province: 163 in 20 overs (Amoda Vidanapathirana 43, Sudeer Rubasinghe 30, M. Nawaratne 2/24, Selvakadhir Gobinath 2/31)

Uva Province: 108/9 in 20 overs (Asanka Priyananda 3/26, Kavindu Nirmana 2/5, Irushka Thimira 2/12).
At Kalutara - North Western Province won on toss.

North Western Province: 59/5 in 5 overs (Kasun Runeru 32 n.o, Arunothayam Anchayan 2/9)

Northern Province: 59/1 in 3.5 overs (Paramasivampillai Nishanthan 32 n.o, Sooriyakumar Ajith 25 n.o).
At Kandy – Eastern Province won by 47 runs.

Eastern Province: 206/6 in 20 overs (S. Vikasilan 83, Mohanasundran Sharuhan 31, S. Lajikumara 20, Thusitha Herath 2/22, Chamila Bandara 2/27)

Central Province: 159 in 17.2 overs (Dinidiya Polkotuwa 46, Rifai Nihuferdeen 33, Chamila Bandara 33, M. Fayil 4/24, Mohanasundran Sharuhan 3/24, M. Fahim 2/20).