Three players from Central Province for National Under- 19 tour of UAE

By Shamseer Jaleel

Three schoolboys will represent from Central Province for the National Under -19 team cricket tour of UAE which will take place shortly.Antonians, Treveen Mathew, Trinitians Manula Kularatne and their leg spinner, Theeraka Ranathunga will be part of the tour which will be played in One day format.

Theeraka Ranathunga a fine leg spinner and bat for the Trinity outfit was the Best Bowler for Trinity in their 2021/2022 season. This season he has taken 33 wickets in the One day matches while taking 44 wickets in the two day format. He also won three player of the match awards this season. He scored a blistering 134 for Ace Capital against the NCC in the recently concluded under -23 cricket encounter conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

Manula who had scored over 700 runs this season both in two day encounter as well in one day format with a best batting performance of an unbeaten 100 against Mahanama. He also has taken over 30 wickets this season.

Treveen represented the National Under- 19 outfit against the visiting Bangladesh team in Dambulla. He played for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders team in the T10 which took place in UAE while playing for SSC in the under-23 tournament.