Daily Mirror - Print Edition

Central Province record second win

04 Jun 2026 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}      


By M. Shamil Amit


Central Province recorded their second successive win of the Under 19 inter-provincial limited overs tournament with a massive 208 runs win over Eastern Province in the match played at the Pallekele Stadium. 

North Central Province defeated Northern Province by 97 runs and Colombo North got the better of Colombo North Outer by 47 runs on the DLS in two other matches played at Hingurakgoda and Maggona.

Results:

AtPallekele - Central Province win

Central Province 287 in 47.4 overs (Praveen Rukunayake 98, Sisal Hemaka 91, Aadhel Sheriff 34, Yogarasa Dhanujan 3/19, Dilmith Rinosha 3/49)

Eastern Province 84 in 29.2 overs (Anuhas Dilshan 26, Kirupaeththinam Kishalan 21)

At Hingurakgoda - North CP win

North Central Province 236 in 49.4 overs (Thejan Bandara 55, Manula Manasara 41, Maleesha Gunasekera 29 n.o)
Northern Province 139 in 39.1 overs (Uthayakumar Shannon 46, Balamuralitharan Anish 32, Sutharsan Subarnan 26: Jinajith Dulmika 4/29)

At Maggona - Colombo North win on DLS

Colombo North 238 for 7 in 46 overs (Rishma Amarasinghe 48, Lithma Perera 44, Aveesha Samash 37, Nadul Jayalath 33, Rachintha de Silva 31,Tharusha Ranasinghe 3/32, Thushan Nipun 3/39)

Colombo North Outer 197 for 6 in 41 overs (Shaveen Perera 46, Ramith Bandara 28, Janith Mihiranga 21, Tharusha Ranasinghe 51 n.o)