Paceman Bhushana Nibandana picked up six wickets including a hat-trick to steer Isipatana College to a 71 run victory over Gurukula College in their Inter School Under-19 Limited Overs Tournament match, played at BRC Ground yesterday.

Chasing 202 to win, Gurukula were 115 for five wickets at one stage before Nibandana and spinner Anushka Samaratunga ran through their batting line up to restrict them to 130 runs.

Earlier, off spinner Shehan Nivanka picked up five wickets for 35 runs for Gurukula, but a valuable knocks of 47 runs from Thivanka Ranasinghe, 30s from Nilusha Sasanka and Dimithri Perera and an unbeaten 24 runs from Anushka Samaratunga took them to a respectable total.

Scores:

Isipatana 201 all out in 48.5 overs (Nilusha Sasanka 32, Thivanka Ranasinghe 47, Dimithri Perera 37, Anushka Samaratunga 24n.o; Bhushana Nibandana 19; Sheshan Nivanka 5/35, Rukshan Bandara 3/28, Roshan Anuruddha 2/51)

Gurukula 130 all out in 37 overs (Nilendra Prabath 34, Sheshan Nivanka 22, Rasika Kottagoda 23, Bhushana Nibandana 6/35, Anushka Samaratunga 3/31)

Ananda record 250 runs victory

Ananda College amassed 308 runs for eight wickets before restricting Asoka Vidyalaya to paltry 58 runs to record a mammoth 250 runs victory in their Under-19 Limited Overs Tournament match played at Ananda Mawatha yesterday.

Scores:

Ananda 308 for 8 in 50 overs (Sachin Devage 65, Madumal Jayaratne 51, Minura Janadhi 43, Matheesha Rasuwan 37, Ruwinda Shamen 28, Danuka Madushan 24; Lakshan Dananjaya 2/60, Sandun Jeewantha 2/52)

Asoka Vidyalaya 58 all out in 22.4 overs (Chanaka Hemachandra 17, Sandun Jeewantha 15; Ruwinda Shamen 3/20, Sachithra Perera 3/15)

Samarasekara helps Maris Stella

A top score of 90 runs (in 134 balls, 6x4s) from skipper Malinda Samarasekara was the highlight as Maris Stella College recorded a close eight runs victory over Wesley College in their Inter School Under-19 Limited Overs match played at FTZ Ground yesterday.

Scores:

Maris Stella 209 for 9 in 50 overs (Malinda Samarasekara 90, Dasun Shanaka 39, Vishwa Kanchuka 21, Prasansana Jayamanne 15n.o; Basith Muzammil 2/28, Sachin Jayawardena 2/50)