Chamindu’s ton help Central Province win
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Chamindu Wickramasinghe
An allround performance by Chamindu Wickramasinghe who slammed 117 off 110 balls inclusive of 16 boundaries and two sixes and grabbed three wickets helped Central Province coast to an easy 120-run win over North Central Province in the Under 15 Inter-Provincial cricket encounter played at Anuradhapura.
Chamindu was supported by Abishek Kumar who hit a 62 enabling Central Province taking first lease of the wicket to make a formidable score of 278. North Central Province in their run chase were able to muster a score of only 158 runs.
Western Province North Outer, Western Province South, Uva Province, Southern Province and Western Province Central recorded wins against Wayamba Province, Western Province South Outer, Northern Province, Eastern Province and Western Province South in the other matches that were played.
Results:
- At Anuradhapura – Central Province won by 120 runs
Central Province 278 for 8 in 50 overs (Chamindu Wickramasinghe 117, Abishek Kumar 62: Dileesha Sandaruwan 3 for 56, Kavindu Ekanayake 2 for 57)
North Central Province 158 in 43.3 overs (Maneesha Rukshan 42, Samith Supunthana 31, Kavindu Ekanayake 25 n.o.: Chamod Wickramasinghe 3 for 14, Sathsara Navod 2 for 13, Thushan Herath 2 for 19)
n At Kurunegala – WPN Outer won by 114 runs
Western Province North Outer 249 in 50 overs (Shenas Sandeepa 60, Pasindu Sharman 54, Sahan Kosala 24, Sihina Sithumina 23: Anjana Sivrathna 3 for 40, Kavinda Ishara 3 for 45, Rishi Adhishthan 2 for 36)
Wayamba Province 135 for 9 in 50 overs (Rishi Adhishthan 25, Anjana Sivrathna 22, Shevon Jonathan 20: Mithun Senarath 2 for 18, Dineth Thathsara 2 for 22, Sihina Sithumina 2 for 26)
- At Bandaragama – WPS won by three wickets
Western Province South Outer 169 in 40.4 overs (Ranesh Silva 70, Ishara Shashmitha 25: Ashan Fernando 4 for 31, Vinuja Rampaul 2 for 21, Vihanga Mendis 2 for 34)
Western Province South 174 for 7 in 41.4 overs (Prabashwara Herath 47, Chamod Gihan 39, Pasindu Pathum 26 n.o.: Heshan Uminda 2 for 38, Chanaka Jayatilleke 2 for 39)
- At Jaffna – Uva Province won by 166 runs
Uva Province 281 in 49.2 overs (Lashen Kenula 82, Sakuna Nidarshana 55, Randunu Ganganath 36, Thevin Amarasinghe 31: S. Dinushan 5 for 48, R. Jonathan 3 for 36)
Northern Province 115 in 39.1 overs (B. Inthujan 24: Dumesh Thimira 2 for 7, Savith Basnayake 2 for 19, Nipun Kanchana 2 for 22, Kalpa Bhanuka 2 for 35)
n At Rathgama – Southern Province won by three wickets
Eastern Province 126 in 45.2 overs (Pasindu Dilhara 52: Kushan Madusanka 4 for 15, Navod Paranavithana 2 for 13, Sudeera Weeraratne 2 for 18)
Southern Province 127 for 7 in 29.1 overs (Hirantha Jayasinghe 40)
- At Thurstan – WPC won by 38 runs
Western Province Central 175 in 44 overs (Amitha Dabare 53, Pawan Ratnayake 39, Shashika Nirmal 39, Bawantha Jayasinghe 20: Teshan Perera 4 for 36, Lasith Chethana 2 for 26, Dineth Samarajeewa 2 for 30)
Western Province North 137 in 33.2 overs (Yasith Rupasinghe 56, Teshan Perera 23: Sampath Nissanka 2 for 27)