WP South win easily

Dilwin Mendis, Moratuwa Sports Corr

Western Province South beat Western Province North Outer by 112 runs in their inter-province under 15 cricket tournament match played for the Prima Cup.

Batting first Western Province South scored 258 for 9 in their allotted 50 overs with Peterite Chathuranga Rajapakse top scoring with 75 runs and an unbeaten 57 runs by Thilaksha Malshan.

In reply Western Province North were all out for 146 runs with Royalist Pathmanathan claiming 5 for 23 runs.

Western Province South: 258/9 in 50 overs (Ashen Ramanayake 49, Chathuranga Rajapaksa 75, Thilaksha Malshan 57 n.o, Roshan Anuruddha 2/37, Chanaka Shehan 3/60, Sahan Arachchige 2/34).

Western Province North Outer: 146 in 37.5 overs (Sahan Arachchige 33, Ravindra Dilshan 29, Lahiru Wickramasinghe 27, Binura Fernando 2/29, Devin Pathmanathan 5/23, Thilaksha Malshan 2/33).