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).