St. Aloysius College Ratnapura bounced back to register a 4 wickets win against Prince College Ratnapura in their first-round fixture at Seevali Ground Ratnapura.

Scoring 161 in the first inning, Prince College bundled out St. Aloysius for 73. St. Aloysius hit back strongly in the second inning to skittle out Prince College for 40 in their second innings. Kalpa (4), Chanuka (3) and Kaveesha (2) did the damage. Set 128 to win, St. Aloysius reached the target for the loss of 6 wickets. Thuhina (30*), Kavindu (29) and Dananjaya (23) were the main contributors.

In Ratnapura (St. Aloysius won by 4 wickets)

Prince College: 161 (78.4) (Dilsara Udana 32, Thejan Jayaratna 26, Ovindu Lalithya 22, Kaveesha Wimalasiri 4/37, Chanuka Dananjaya 4/45) and 40 (37.2) (Ovindu Lalithya 12, Kalpa Bhanuka 4/13, Chanuka Dananjaya 3/7, Kaveesha Wimalasiri 2/15)

St. Aloysius: 73 (37.5) (Thuhina Handagala 20, Hansaka Lawrence 4/26, Dilsara Udana 2/3, Thejan Jayaratna 2/19) and 134/6 (41.1) (Thuhina Handagala 30*, Kavindu Dulshan 29, Chanuka Dananjaya 23, Thejan Jayarathne 3/42, Dilsara Udana 2/33)