CH-Police match should be a thriller

CH and FC which is desperately in need of a victory after two successive defeats at the hands of CR and FC (8-14) and Kandy SC (19-41) will play host to vastly improved Police Sports Club at Maitland Crescent tomorrow.

The Policemen are in a buoyant mood after their sensational win over the formidable CR and FC and will go all out to topple CH and FC and notch up their second successive win.

The lads from Maitland Crescent should come up with a much better performance if they hope to emerge victorious and stay in contention for the 'A' division league title.

They will hope that their new halves combination of Tuan Shamrock and Arfath Meedin will click today as they have two hard runners in centres Salusalu and Jayah while on the wings they will have the services of skipper Lakala Perera who has stood out with his daring runs down the flank.

Up front, Police's power-packed forwards spearheaded by that terrific player in the loose, skipper T D Seneviratne should prevail over the CH 'eight' with Sivadason, Malith Hettiarachchi, Archarige, Dinesh Kumara and Indrachapa likely to give another sterling display.

CH and FC - Shane Sammendaperua, Parakrama Ratnayake, Bimal Herath, Chamindra Herath, Chanaka Bandara, Manasa Qoro (jnr), Tharindu Siriwardena, Arjuna Bopitiya, Tuan Shamrock and Arfath Meedin, Ameen Jameel, J Salusalu, Zafique Jayah, Lakala Perera (captain), Indika Wicrkemanayke.

Police - Malith Hettiarachchi, Champika Thushara, Sivadason, Romesh Archarige, Dinesh Kumara, U B Gonawela, T D Seneviratne (captain), Gemunu Indrachapa, Mohamed Rizwan and Lahiru Gurusinghe, Jeevan Amaradasa, Viraj Devasurendra, Ranjith Kumara, Priyantha Ekanayake, Hashen Gomes.