Three players from Kandy for National Under 19 tour of UAE

By Shamseer Jaleel

Three schoolboys from Kandy have been picked for the National Under 19 team cricket tour of UAE which will take placer this month.   

Antonian Treveen Mathew, Trinitians Manula Kularatne and spinner Theeraka Ranathunga will be part of the tour which will be played in 50-over format.   

Kularatne had scored over 700 runs this season both in two day encounters as well in the one day format with a best batting performance of an unbeaten 100 against Mahanama College. He also has taken over 30 wickets this season.   

Theeraka Ranatunga a fine leg spinner and bat for the Trinity College outfit was the Best Bowler for Trinity in their 2021/2022 season. This season he has taken 33 wickets in the limited over matches while taking 44 wickets in the two-day format. He also won three player of the match awards this season. He scored a blistering 134 for Ace Capital against the NCC in the recently concluded Under 23 cricket encounter conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).   

Meanwhile, Mathew represented the national Under 19 outfit against the visiting Bangladesh team in Dambulla. He played for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders team in the T10 which took place in UAE while playing for SSC in the Under 23 tournament.