Colombo North remain unbeaten as Garuka takes five wickets  

Colombo North completed their first round matches as the only unbeaten team as they beat Dambulla by eight wickets in the Sri Lanka Cricket conducted Inter Provincial Under 17 tournament match at Welagedara Stadium on Sunday.

Garuka Sanketh led the attack with a five wicket haul for Colombo North to restrict Dambulla to 117 runs before Sahan Dabare scored an unbeaten half century to secure the victory with 20 overs to spare.

In the other match played at Dambulla, Galle beat Kandy by four wickets as Dinura Kalupahana, Ravishan Nethsara and Dinura Abeywickrama scored half centuries for the team to reach a target of 243 runs with 14 overts to spare.

Results  

Colombo North beat Dambulla by eight wickets at Welagedara  

Scores: 

Dambulla 117 all out in 33 overs (N. Ebanaser 48, Vishwa Rajapaksha 18; Garuka Sanketh 5/27, Thanuga Palihawadana 3/24) 

Colombo North 118 for 2 in 29.4 overs (Kavindu Amameth 17, Sahan Dabare 57n.o., Sharujan Shanmuganathan 37n.o.) 

Galle beat Kandy by four wickets at Dambulla  

Scores: 

Kandy  242 all out in 49.5 overs (Supun Waduge 78, Pulindu Perera 36, Thisara Ekanayake 22, Manula Kularatne 50; Sanju Dilshan 3/47, Senitha Helambage 2/36, Sadew Gamage 3/26) 

Galle 246 for 6 in 35.5 overs (Dinura Kalupahana 73, Ravishan Nethsara 56, Dinura Abeywickrama 78; Akila Wickramasinghe 4/43)