Lankan CC beat Moratuwa on the first innings

Dilwin Mendis - Moratuwa Sports Correspondent

Lankan Cricket Club beat Moratuwa Sports Club by 167 runs on first innings in their inter-club premier cricket tournament organized by SLC and played at De Zoysa Stadium, Moratuwa.

In reply to MSC total of 264 Lankans replied with 431 runs. For the homesters former Cambrian Sanka Peiris top scored with 76 runs and Gayan Sirisoma bagged 7 for 53. Bradman Ediriweera hit up scintillating 125 runs for the visitors with eighteen hits to the ropes.

Valuable contributions came off the bats of Rashika Priyadarshana 61, Hemantha Boteju 50 and Suranjith Silva 51, Sudeera de Zoysa is the pick of the bowlers for MSC with 4 for 118.

In their second essay at the close Moratuwa SC were 251 for 6 with Sanka Peiris unbeaten on 72 and Milinda Sepala 63 and Nalin Wijesinghe 50.

Moratuwa SC: 264 (Sanka Peiris 76, Milinda Sepala 39, U.K.D. Aravinda 22, Taranga de Silva 26, Sudeera de Zoysa 21 n.o., Gayan Sirisoma 7/53 and 251/6 Sanka Peiris 72 n.o., Nalin Wijesinghe 50, Milinda Sepala 63, U.K.D. Aravinda 39, Chamara Abeyratne 3/109).

Lankan CC: 431 (Bradman Ediriweera 125, Suranjith Silva 51, Thamara Abeyratne 41, Rashika Priyadarshana 61, Hemantha Boteju 50, Pathum de Mel 3/101, Sudeera de Zoysa 4/118).