Ten teams will be action in the Under-19 Inter-Provincial cricket tournament scheduled to get underway on June 12 in five venues around the metropolis — NCC, Thurstan, Colts, FTZ Katunayake and CCC. The ten teams with the exception of Sabaragamuwa Province are divided into two groups comprising of five in each with Western Province fielding [...]

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Ten teams will be action in the Under-19 Inter-Provincial cricket tournament scheduled to get underway on June 12 in five venues around the metropolis — NCC, Thurstan, Colts, FTZ Katunayake and CCC.

Southern Province are the defending champions - File pic

The ten teams with the exception of Sabaragamuwa Province are divided into two groups comprising of five in each with Western Province fielding three teams. The teams that will be in the fray are Western Province North, Northern Province, Central Province, North Central Province and North Western Province who are slotted in Group A while the teams in Group B are Western Province South, Eastern Province, Southern Province, Western Province Central and Uva Province.

The tournament will see the top 150 players from the provinces and this will be an eye opener for young cricketers who will be in the radar of the selectors and the Sri Lanka U19 coach to select the team for the forthcoming visit of the India U19 team the U19 world champions who are scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka during the course of next month.

The top two teams of the two groups will then qualify to play in the final, scheduled to be played on June 23 at the CCC ground. Last year Southern Province, under the leadership of Dhananjaya Lakshan emerged champions defeating Western Province South in the final.

 Match Schedule

  •    June 12: Western Province North vs Northern Province at Thurstan;

Central Province vs North Western Province at FTZ Katunayake

  •     June 13: Western Province South vs Uva Province at FTZ Katunayake;

Eastern Province vs Western Province Central at Thurstan

  •    June 14: Western Province North vs Central Province at Colts;

Northern Province vs North Central Province at NCC

  •     June 15: Western Province South vs Eastern Province at NCC;

Uva Province vs Southern Province at FTZ Katunayake

  •     June 16: Western Province North vs North Western Province at Colts;

Central Province vs North Central Province at FTZ Katunayake

  •     June 17: Western Province South vs Southern Province at FTZ Katunayake;

Uva Province vs Western Province Central at Colts

  •     June 18: Western Province North vs North Central Province at NCC;

Northern Province vs North Western Province at Thurstan

  •     June 19: Eastern Province vs Southern Province at NCC;

Western Province South vs Western Province Central at Thurstan

  •    June 20: Northern Province vs Central Province at CCC;

North Central Province vs North Western Province at FTZ Katunayake

  •     June 21: Eastern Province vs Uva Province at FTZ Katunayake;

Southern Province vs Western Province Central at CCC.

  •     June 23: Final at CCC

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