Sineth, Kavindu, Manula, Vishwa and Ravishan to captain Under 17 provincial teams

By Reemus Fernando

Royal College’s Sineth Jayawardena, Mahanama’s Kavindu Amameth, Trinity’s Manula Kularatne, Joseph Vaz’s Vishwa Rajapaksa and Ravishan Nethsara of P. de S Kularatne, Ambalangoda will captain the five provincial teams in the Sri Lanka Cricket conducted Inter Provincial Under 17 cricket tournament.The tournament, featuring juniors who are in the eligible age category to compete in the ICC Youth World Cup in 2024, will commence tomorrow with a card of two matches.

Colombo North, Colombo South, Dambulla, Kandy and Galle are the five provincial teams competing in the tournament consisting of eleven matches.The tournament will commence with a card of two matches on Monday. While Galle meet Colombo North at Dambulla, Colombo South will encounter Kandy at Welagedara Stadium. The two venues will host all eleven matches including the final between the top two teams on August 29.

Colombo North are captained by Mahanama College open batsman Kavindu Amameth. The left hander will have Hiran Jayasundara of St. Joseph’s as his deputy.Royal College, Colombo batsman Sineth Jayawardena will captain Colombo South. The top order batsman who occasionally bowls medium pace will have the support of D.S. Senanayake’s Gaviru Senhas (vice captain).

St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa all-rounder Vishwa Rajapaksa is the skipper of the Dambulla team, while Gayana Weerasinghe of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala is his deputy.Kandy are captained by Manula Kularatne of Trinity College. He has St. Anthony’s player Thisara Ekanayake as his vice captain.

Ravishan Nethsara, the fast bowling all rounder from P. de S Kularatne College, Ambalangoda is the captain of Galle team. He has Minura Abeywickrama (St. Servatius’) as his deputy.