Under-19 Provincial Youth League Colombo South Zone 2 maintain unbeaten record

By M. Shamil Amit

Colombo South Zone 2 maintained their unbeaten record in the ongoing Under-19 Provincial Youth League limited overs tournament by chalking up their fourth successive win when they recorded a comfortable five-wicket win over Kalutara Zone 1 in the match played at Moratuwa.

The low-scoring match saw Kalutara Zone 1, taking first lease of the wicket, being bowled out for 140, and Colombo South Zone 2, in their run chase, reaching the target with ease in the 24th over.

In the other matches that were played, Batticaloa, along with Color South Zone 1 and Ratnapura, came out victorious against Trincomalee, Kalutara Zone 2, and Monaragala, respectively.

Results

At Moratuwa – Colombo South Zone 2 won by five wickets 

Kalutara Zone 1 140 in 38.5 overs (Janith Dananjaya 33, Deshan Dilmith 18, Kovindu Wickramasinghe 18; Charuka Peiris 3/27, Nimuthu Gunawardena 2/13, Akash Fernando 2/22, Shenon Rodrigo 2/27)
Colombo South Zone 2 146/5 in 24 overs (Oween Salgado 26, Rusanda Gamage 25, Romesh Mendis 17, Nimuthu Gunawardena 16, Malith Perera 44 n.o.; Kovindu Wickramasinghe 3/40)

At Batticaloa - Batticaloa won by three wickets 

Trincomalee 133 in 41.1 overs (Supun Chanaka 39, Tharindu Bhagayawantha 16; U.M. Imdath 2/15, F.M. Afnik 2/20, Aakist Ahamed 2/29)
Batticaloa 134/7 in 26 overs (Mathisa Banuman 24, Abdul Harish 23, Aakist Ahamed 22, F.M. Afnik 17; Supun Chanaka 5/41)

At Maggona- Colombo South Zone 1 won by 67 runs 

Colombo South Zone 1 246 in 37.3 overs (Malitha Perera 43, Gaviru Senhas 36, Senura Silva 35, Uvindu Weerasekera 21, Sahan Kaushalya 34 n.o.; Mevindu Kumarasiri 2/24, Vishwa Kumara 2/28, Rusith Jayawardena 2/43, Sahan Mihira 2/70)
Kalutara Zone 2 179/6 in 38 overs (Vishwa Kumara 48, Duranka Silva 23, Sachira Damian 44 n.o, Kavindu Gayathra 15 n.o,; Dumindu Sewmina 3/34)

At Monaragala- Ratnapura won by seven wickets 

Monaragala 150 in 47.5 overs (Gihan Lakshitha 51, Sithum Sudaraka 16; Nimantha Hansaka 2/20, Lithika Jayasundara 2/21, Vihara Attanayake 2/22, Ruvindu Didulaka 2/24)
Ratnapura 151/3 in 28.2 overs (Nimesh Neranjana 63, Hasindu Rajapakse 26, Thuhina Anuwan 33 n.o., Chanuka Dhananjaya 18 n.o.; Praveen Madusanka 2/42)