Under 19 Youth League Matheesha steers Kurunegala Zone 2

By M. Shamil Amit  

A fine knock of 74 by Matheesha Weerasinghe paved the way for Kurunegala Zone 2 to record a comfortable 96 runs win over Jaffna District in the Under 19 Youth League cricket tournament played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium.  

Matheesha’s knock helped Kurunegala Zone 2 taking first lease of the wicket to make a score of 292 for 8 in a match curtailed to 46 overs and Jaffna District in their turn was able to muster a score of only 186 runs despite a fighting century by Kuganeswaran Karishan.  

In the other matches that were played saw Badulla District along with Colombo South Zone 2, Kurunegala Zone 1 and Matara District coming out victorious.  

Results:
At Dambulla – Kurunegala Zone 2 won by 96 runs
Kurunegala Zone 2 292 for 8 in 46 overs (Matheesha Weerasinghe 74, Jayamin Muthukumarana 40, Rishi Adishan 40, Amesh Tennekoon 30, Janith de Silva 23, Pasindu Menaka 37 n.o., Yogathas Vithushan 3 for 34, Anton Abishek 3 for 50)  
Jaffna District 186 for 7 in 46 overs (Kuganeswaran Karishan 111, Anton Abishek 34, Shehan Kokila 2 for 34, Sakindu Wijeratne 2 for 40)  
At Sooriyawewa – Badulla District won by 36 runs
Badulla District 184 in 44.2 overs (Yasitha Heshan 34, Kavindu Vimansa 34, Dinuka Palandagedera 31, Supun Seneviratne 27, Kavindu Nimesh 18, Dulaj Samudika 3 for 32, Sampath Wijesooriya 2 for 5, Kaveesha Sanjana 2 for 28)  
Hambantota District 148 in 36.5 overs (Aditha Abilasha 25, Manusha Ashan 24, Yeshan Sithmina 22, S. Kabileshwaran 4 for 33, Yamila Kaveesha 3 for 23, Ruchira Dilshan 2 for 26)  
At Panniptiya – Colombo South Zone 2 won by nine wickets
Kalutara Zone 2 65 in 27 overs (Jayod Silva 16, Vishwa Lahiru 15, Wanuja Sahan 3 for 11, Charuka Peiris 2 for 1, Ryan Fernando 2 for 19)  
Colombo South Zone 2 66 for 1 in 7.4 overs (Thisara Sishara 43 n.o.)  
At Dambulla – Kurunegala Zone 1 won by 19 runs
Kurunegala Zone 1 196 in 44.3 overs (Prabuddha Premalal 72, Adithya Nirvan 47, Yohan Devapriya 20, Rishitha Perera 16, Dudlia Kularatne 2 for 28)  
Matale District 177 in 44.3 overs (DilanIshara 75, Sandun Ratnayake 24, Sithum Jayaratne 23, Thisum Subasinghe 15 n.o., Mannan Muzanmil 3 for 27, Shevon Nimantha 3 for 34)  
At Sooriyawewa – Matara Disrtict won by ten wickets
Ratnapura District 87 in 28.2 overs (Roshan Madusanka 28, Dineth Maduranga 15, Sineth Sithara 5 for 21)  
Matara District 92 for no loss in 8.2 overs (Harindu Jayasekera 66 n.o., Hasitha Amarasinghe 20 n.o.)