Sri Lanka News Round-up (18 Aug 1998)
A fine century by Udara Dhanthanarayana enabled Badulla District to beat Ampara by five wickets and enter the second round in their Under 15 Badulla Region inter-league cricket encounter played on the Badulla Esplanade
18-Aug-1998
18 August 1998
Sri Lanka News Round-up
The Daily News
Fine ton by Udara
Badulla sports correspondent
A fine century by Udara Dhanthanarayana enabled Badulla District to
beat Ampara by five wickets and enter the second round in their Under
15 Badulla Region inter-league cricket encounter played on the
Badulla Esplanade.
Ampara District batting first scored 219 runs in 49 overs with P.
Silva (49) and S.M. Nuwan (42) top scoring. In reply Badulla scored
the required runs in 32 overs losing only 5 wickets. Udara
Dhanthanarayana who scored 82 runs two days back against Moneragala
District, was unbeaten with 100 runs with 13 fours.
Scores:
Ampara district 219 (G.A. Ruwan 18, S.M. Nuwan 42, C. Nilanka 18, P.
de Silva 46, A. Jeewantha 18, S. Tharanga 19, Indika Fernando 2 for
24, Gihan Indika 3 for 35 and M. Shiffan 2 for 21).
Badulla District 220 for 5 (Udara Dhanthanarayana 100 n.o. B.
Udayanga 12, D.N. Jayasooriya 19, M. Shiffan 12, Isuru Fernando 11,
Dhamitha Ratnayake 12 n.o. and A. Jeewantha 2 for 36).
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)