Amitha, Thevindu, Savindu steer Colombo Central Purple to win
Amitha Dabare slammed a quick fire 127 off 115 balls that included 12 hits to the ropes and seven over it as he along with Thevindu Dickwella and Savindu Uthsara who cracked half tons guided Colombo Central Purple to record a convincing 148 runs win over Colombo South Blue in the Under 15 inter-district cricket encounter played at Mt Lavinia. Colombo Central Purple taking first lease of the wicket posted a formidable score of 364 and then restricted their opponents to a score of 216.
In the other matches that were played saw Matara District, Puttalam District, Hambantota District, Ratnapura District, Colombo Central Red and Galle Zone 1 recording wins against Galle Zone 2, Matale District, Galle Zone 3, Trincomalee District, Colombo North Outer and Galle Zone 2.
Results
- At Mt. Lavinia: Colombo Central Purple won by 148 runs
Colombo Central Purple 364 in 46.3 overs (Amitha Dabare 127, Thevindu Dickwella 96, Savindu Uthsara 67, Manendra Jayathilake 23, Chethana Fernando 23: Behan Inuka 3 for 66, Prabashwara 3 for 73, Anuk Palihawadana 2 for 86)
Colombo South Blue 216 in 35.2 overs (Vishud Perera 70, Shanaka Galagoda 49, Shenal Boteju 29: Shakthi Udara 2 for 26, Manendra Jayathilake 2 for 29, Savindu Uthsara 2 for 44)
- At Dickwella: Matara District won by 8 wickets
Galle Zone 2 163 in 40.3 overs (Pawan Sandesh 66, Bhanuka Manohara 24: Tharusha Chamoth 3 for 26, Namith Jayaweera 3 for 30)
Matara District 166 for 2 in 26 overs (J.P. Harindu 27, Woshitha Amarasinghe 26, Tharindu Rajapaksha 69 n.o., Hirantha Jayasinghe 18 n.o.)
- At Dalupotha: Puttalam District won by 8 wickets
Matale District 141 for 9 in 50 overs (Kavindu Shehan 21, Maneesha Rukshan 55 n.o.: Dhanuka Nirmal 4 for 23, Shevon Jonathon 2 for 14)
Puttalam District 142 for 2 in 29 overs (Pasindu Kaveesha 50, Shevon Jonathon 47, Sithum Sulochana 24 n.o.)
- At Debarawewa: Hambantota District won by 38 runs
Hambantota District 212 for 9 in 50 overs (Kokum Induma 50, Wattage Manusha 53, Ushan Thisal 34, Prashan Dilakshitha 21, Udith Geethanjana 16: Naindu Pehesara 3 for 28, Lohana Aroshana 2 for 23, Kaveesh Sathsara 2 for 30)
Galle Zone 3 174 in 35.4 overs (Lohan Aroshana 72, Navindu Pehesara 23, Hasitha Rajapaksha 22: Kokum Induma 4 for 31, Samith Dilshan 2 for 34, Wattage Manusha 2 for 38)
- At Pelawatta: Ratnapura District won by 116 runs
Ratnapura District173 in 4 overs (Pasindu Rashmitha 37, Ravindra Shan 47, Yasiru Chathumal 20: Nimantha Madhusaman 2 for 16, Sudesha Dilshan 2 for 20, Kalana Shanilka 2 for 36)
Trincomalee District 57 in 22.3 overs (Chathura Dilshan 16: Nipun Kanchana 5 for 15, Lashen Gunarathne 3 for 13)
- At Thurstan: Colombo Central Red won by 5 wickets
Colombo North Outer 100 in 28.3 overs (Sevinda Gimhan 36, Thenuka Nandalal 21: Devindu Kekirideniya 5 for 22)
Colombo Central Red 101 for 5 in 20.1 overs (Pawan Rathnayake 49, Niman Umesh 17: Lasitha Chethana 4 for 15)
- At Karandeniya: Galle Zone 1 won by 7 wickets
Galle Zone 2 110 in 38.1 overs (Pawan Sandesh 37, Dilan Rashnda 16, Himal Hansaka 16: Kushan Madhusha 4 for 7, Ushan Charuka 3 for 12, Shanuka Nikeshala 2 for 13)
Galle Zone 1 114 for 3 in 19.s overs (Sandeepa Shamod 25, Navod Paranavithana 58 n.o.)