ICBT, ESOFT, ACBT, CIM make winning starts

The first round of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2018 nationals started yesterday with preliminaries played at Colts and BRC grounds with ICBT, ESOFT, ACBT, CIM each securing wins

* At Colts: ICBT beat IIT by 10 wickets.

Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) 90 (P. P. Bandaranayake 29, Randel Seneviratne 4/15)

International College of Business and Technology (ICBT) 91-0 in 11 overs (Priyamal Perera 37 n.o., Salinda Ushan 27 n.o.)

* At Colts: ACBT beat OUSL by 124 runs.

Australian College of Business & Technology (ACBT) 223-5 in 20 overs (Avishka Fernando 59, Minod Bhanuka 57, Lakshina Rodrigo 36, Adeesha Thilanchana 35)

Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) 99-7 in 20 overs (A. C. Samarasinghe 25, Akash Senaratne 3/11)

* At BRC: ESOFT Metro Campus won by 9 wickets.

Ocean University 58 in 15.3 overs (Gihan Sanjeewa 3/7, Shaluka Silva 3/12, Sachin Jayawardena 3/18)

ESOFT Metro Campus 60-1 in 3.4 overs (Tharuka Wijetunga 18, Vishal Amugoda 36 n.o.)

* At BRC: CIM beat ANC by 151 runs.

Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka (CIM) 212-7 in 20 overs (Nipun Haggalla 78, Thanula Jayashantha 54, Mario Perera 3/21)

American National College (ANC) 61 in 13.4 overs (Fanaz Nawaz 3/14, Kasun Harshana 2/13)