Southern Province overcame North Central Province in the final of the under 15 Inter Provincial Tournament 2015 worked off at the Colts cricket grounds in Colombo today (7).

Keshara Nuwantha was the star for Southern Province as he bowled splendidly to capture three wickets after North Central won the toss and elected to bat first on a gloomy morning. North Central captain Kaween Bandara was the only batsman to make a notable contribution(17) while the other batsman folded up against some quality bowling with Dilum Sudeera also picking up two wickets.

In reply, Southern made light work of their chase as they reached the target in the 27th over for the loss of just three wickets. Vinura Iranjith guided the run chase with an unbeaten 31 runs while he got good support from Ravindu Rasantha who made 26. R.M. Ranathunga was the most successful bowler for North Central as he ended up with two wickets but it wasn’t enough to prevent Southern Province from recording a convincing win to be crowned champions.

Southern swept away all the awards of the final with Vinura Iranjith grabbing the best batsman award while the star of the day, Keshara Nuwantha collecting both the best bowler and man of the final awards.

Chief scores

North Central Province – 88 (45.5) Kaween Bandara 17, Keshara Nuwantha 3/11, Dilum Sudeera 2/16

Southern Province – 93/3 (26.3) Vinura Iranjith 31*, Ravindu Rasantha 26, R M Ranathunga 2/17