U-15 Cricket: Western Province Central clinch Prima Inter-Provincial championship

Western Province Central won the Prima Under 15 Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament after obtaining first innings points against Western Province South in the final played at the SSC ground in Colombo on Saturday (29).
 
Western Province Central (WPC), resuming from their overnight score of 161-9 added a further nine runs to their total to end their first innings with a score of 170. 

On the opening day bowling duo of WPC, Sampath Nissanka and Tashik Nirmal shared nine wickets between them to run through the Western Province South (WPS) batting lineup to bundle them out for a meager 96. 

WPS  declared their second innings at 187-9, to set WPC a modest target of 119 runs for victory.

At close of play WPC were 75-6. 

Western Province South 96 all out (Pasindu Pathum 28, Chamod Gihan 23: Sampath Nissanka 5/26, Tashik Nirmal 4/23) and 187 for 9 wickets declared (Prabashwara Herath 27, Sukitha Manoj 74 n.o.: Tashik Nirmal 4/59, Kavindu Pathiratna 2/31)
 
Western Province Central 170 all out (Tashik Nirmal 37, Bawantha Harith 49 n.o.: Chamod Gihan 2/15, Vinuja Ranpul 2/30, B. Mendis 2/35, B. Ninuka 2/47) and 75 for 6 wickets at close (Vinuka Rubasinghe 24: Ashan Fernando 3/16, Piyanga Mendis 2/11)