Himeth, Avishka, Uthpala steer Matale to massive win

By M. Shamil Amit

A 115-ball knock of 117 inclusive of 16 boundaries and three sixes by Himeth Panditharatne and half tons by Avishka Mallawa and Uthpala Rajasinghe helped Matale District to record a massive 218 runs win over Polonnaruwa District in the Under 19 Inter-District Provincial limited overs tournament encounter played at Hingurakgoda.

Colombo North Zone 3 along with Puttalam District, Jaffna District and Galle Zone 2 came out victorious in the other matches that were played.

Results:

At Hingurakgoda - Matale District win

Matale District 349 for 9 in 50 overs (Himeth Panditharatne 117, Avishka Mallawa 72, Uthpala Rajasinghe 51, Senul Koswatte 35, Sachintha Weerakoon 29: Jinajith Dulmika 5/24)

Polonnaruwa District 111 in 28 overs (Matheesha Yehenith 39: Thenuka Herath 4/12, Sachintha Weerakoon 2/17, Senul Koswatte 2/27)

At Darley Road - Colombo North Zone 3 win

Colombo North Zone (1) 100 in 27.4 overs (Yenula Dantanarayana 19, Aveesha Samash 17, Rasheed Nahyan 15: Venura Kaveethra 3/11, Geeth Sandaruwan 2/17, Sethru Fernando 2/17, Sithum Vihanga 2/21)

Colombo North Zone (3) 104 for 1 in 16.1 overs (Sineth Weeraratne 67 n.o., Venura Kaveethra 34 n.o.)

At Katuneriya - Puttalam District win

Kurunegala Zone (1) 120 in 36.3 overs (Sanuka Kemsara 20, Mohamed Jazil 19, Imanjith Bathika 20 n.o.: Damesh Mathisan 4.17, Maheesha Sithum 2/31)

Puttalam District 121 for 2 in 27.4 overs (Dinidu Dilan 22, Damesh Matthishan 72 n.o.)

At Jaffna - Jaffna District win

Kilnochchi District 96 in 36.5 overs (Ratheeswaran Thamilvanan 15: Sutharsan Subarnan 4/31, Uthayakumar Tharanigan 2/9, Uthayakumar Thulasigan 2/14)

Jaffna District 97 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Balamuralitharan 34 n.o.: Vasanthan Sarangan 3/16)

Galle District Zone 2 win

Matara District 225 in 39.3 overs (Abdul Majeed 64, Chamarindu Nethsara 51, Janiru Wijewardena 49, Heshan Madusanka 29: Latheendra Akash 4/67, Sandaru Malshan 2/13, Lidula Nuwanga 2/41)

Galle Zone (2) 227 for 7 in 41.3 overs (Sandaru Malshan 51, Puljith Wathsuka 43, Yasiru Lakshan 18, Risimu Rupasinghe 15, Lidula Nuwanga 38 n.o.: Mohamed Sadik 3/41)