Colombo South wins U19 Super Provincial Cricket Tournament

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Player of the Tournament Vinuja Rampol receiving his award from Chinthaka Edirimanne and Janaka Pathirana of SLC

Text and photo by Shamseer Jaleel

Colombo South beat Colombo North by 9 wickets in their Under-19 Super Provincial Cricket Tournament 2022 which concluded at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium recently.

Out of the five teams, Colombo South and Colombo North reached the final encounter. The players will be reduced from 65 for the final training camp that will take place in Dambulla shortly for the Under-19 national team tour of England.

Former Royal cricketer and SLC Head of Domestic Cricket Chinthaka Edirimanne and Janaka Pathirana (Exco SLC) gave away the awards.

Colombo North 90 in 30.1 overs

Mineth Karunarahne – 17
Viunja Ranpol – 12
Canostan Gunerathnam 5 for 14
Danal Hemananda 4 for 25

Colombo South 91 for 1 in 11.5 overs

Sineth Jayawardena – 40 not out
Sadeesha Rajapakse – 37
Tharindu Amarasinghe – 14 not out
Player of the Final – Canistan Gunerahnam (Colombo South)
Best Bowler – Wanuja Sahan (Colombo South)
Best Batsman – Rishi Adishan (Dambulla)
Player of the Tournament – Vinuja Rampol (Colombo North)