Off spinner Hasitha Wickramasinghe and leg spinner Hasitha Nirmal bowled lengthy spells to share six wickets between them for Dharmapala College to record a close first innings victory over Nalanda College in their Inter School Under-19 match which ended at Bloomfield Ground yesterday.

In reply to Dharmapala College’s 237 runs, Nalanda who occupied the crease for almost 100 overs, were bowled out for 226 runs before rain ended the match early.

While Wickramasinghe bowled 35 overs giving away 64 runs for his three wickets, Nirmal bowled 29 overs for his three wickets. He gave away just 49 runs.

For Nalanda, Nipun Karunanayake top scored with 54 runs (in 115 balls) inclusive of five fours and one six.

Dharmapala 237 all out in 73 overs (Nipun Pavithara 57, Rasitha Gamage 44, Dilrukshan Jayasundara 36; Nipun Karunanayake 2/28, Dinuk Jayasinghe 2/63, Suranga Tennakoon 2/18)

Nalanda 71 for 3 overnight 226 all out in 99.3 overs (Tharindu Vidanapathirana 34, Nipun Karunanayake 54, Primesh Dassanayake 29, Dinuk Jayasinghe 22, Sineth Gunawardena 32; Hasitha Wickramasinghe 3/64, Hasitha Nirmal 3/49, Dilrukshan Jayasundara 2/44)

Paceman Dinal Dhambarage and spinner Roscoe Thattil shared seven wickets between them to restrict Kalutara Vidyalaya to 132 runs and record a first innings victory in their Inter School Under-19 match which ended at Kalutara yesterday.

In their second essay, St. Joseph’s were 72 for four wickets when rain forced a premature end to the match just three balls in to the second session.

St. Joseph’s 194 all out in 63.3 overs (Keshan Perera 25, Jaan Jayasinghe 56, Roscoe Thattil 31, Sachin Hewawasam 40; Brian Chapal 2/14, Savith Priyan 4/25) and 72 for 4 in 28.3 overs (Keshan Perera 15, Roscoe Thattil 10n.o, Sachin Hewawasam 13n.o; Brian Chapal 3/14)

Kalutara Vidyalaya 124 for 6 overnight 132 all out in 40 overs (Kushan Samithajith 43, Tharindu Uthpala 22, Chamika Madushan 22; Dinal Dhambarage 4/41, Roscoe Thattile 3/14)