Moratu MV notch up their sixth win

Dilwin MENDIS Moratuwa Sports Correspondent

Moratu Maha Vidyalaya registered their sixth outright victory from seven outings when they beat Karandeniya Central College by 130 runs in their under 19 inter-school cricket tournament match being played at Moratuwa.

Only Ananda College, Colombo has six victories from eight games. Resuming at 40 for 2, Vidyalians declared at 291 for 9, leaving an impossible target of 296 for an outright victory and for the homesters Sudeepa Kelum 70 and Davindu Devinda 50 were the chief run getters.

A. Sampath had a fine performance with the ball with a match-bag of 10 wickets for 133 runs.

Moratu Maha Vidyalaya 120 and 291 for 9 dec. (Sudeepa Kelum 70, Davindu Devinda 51, Malinga Bandara 45, Avishka Peiris 40, Anuruddha Kalhara 20, N. Kumara 4 for 135, A. Sampath 3 for 94).

Karandeniya Central College 116 and 165 (M. Alkaduwa 30, S. Thilaketti 31, M. Chaturanga 24, S. Priyanga 21, Malinga Bandara 4 for 47, Chatura Peries 2 for 16, Chatura Vithane 2 for 34).