Imperial Institute of Higher Education (IIHE) met the Business Management School (BMS) while Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) played against St. Aloysius College, Galle in the Red Bull Inter Campus Cricket Tournament 2016 at the Thurstan College Grounds, today.


IIHE vs BMS

IIHE won the toss and elected to field.  The BMS team put up a mammoth 356 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Shehan Jayasooriya top scored with an unbeaten 112 runs while skipper Niroshan Dickwella and Janith Vimukthi scored 78 and 70 respectively.

IIHE managed to score only 101 for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.

BMS topped the world records by scoring the highest team total of 323 runs (33 runs came off an ‘Energizer over’, in which the team gets double the runs) and the highest victory margin with 222 runs in a T20 game.

BMS- 356/4 in 20 overs: Shehan Jayasooriya 112, Niroshan Dickwella 78, Janith Vimukthi 70, PM Jayathilake 62/2, Ushen Fernando 39/2.

IIHE- 101/7 in 20 overs: Ushen Fernando 40, Saveen Cyril 19, Koshan Dhanushka 12/2, Geshan Wimaladharma 6/2.


APIIT vs ST. ALOYSIUS COLLEGE

APIIT posted up a total of 113 for the lost of 9 wickets in 20 overs. St. Aloysius College managed to chase down the total losing 6 wickets in 15.5 overs.

APIIT- 113/9 in 20 overs: Rawshan Razik 19, Chedi Jitendra 16, Harin Buddila 22/4, Gihan Niroshan 11/2.

St. Aloysius- 117/6 in 15.5 overs: Praboda Guruge 28, Harin Buddila 24, Dilum Lewis 27/3,  Dasitha Kandanabachchi 24/2.