by T. Rajah - Badulla Sports Correspondent
Bad light saved Badulla Udawela Central College from outright defeat, in their Under-13 inter-school cricket encounter against Balangoda Sri Buddhajayanthi Central College, played at the Badulla Esplanade, last Sunday.

Buddhajayanthi Central College, batting first, scored 160 and declared their second innings at 79 for 9 wickets. Udawela Central College were all out for 88 in 21.2 overs and chasing 151 runs for victory in 30 overs, were 46 for 5 wickets in 10 overs when bad light halted play.

Tharindu Hasanka had a match bag of 6 wickets for only 10 for Balangoda while Udawela Central’s Chathuranga Dilipkumara captured 9 wickets for 51 runs.

Chief Scores:—

Balangoda Sri Buddhajayanthi Central College 160 (Asanka Laksiri Pieris 23, R. K. Jayatissa 10, Supun Shirantha 16, Dilan Piyasiri 19, Piyum Niroshan 12, Chathuranga Dilipkumara 2 for 20, Janaka Srilal 4 for 52, Sanjeewa Asanka 3 for 17) and 79 for 9 (L. P. Asanka 15, Tharindu Hasanka 14, Chathuranga Dilipkumara 7 for 31).

Badulla Udawela Central College 88 (Dimantha Chandanakumara 14, Dilan Piyasiri 3 for 10, Tharindu Hasanka 4 for 3) and 46 for 5 (Janaka Srilal 23, Ranga Wajiranath 2 for 9 Tharindu Hasanka 2 for 7).