Old Moratu Vidyalians triumph

Dilwin Mendis - Moratuwa Sports Correspondent

A fine all-round performance by Janidu Mudalige (83 runs and 5 for 88) and associating in a fifth wicket partnership of 117 runs with Skipper Kalhara Peiris (62) enabled Old Moratu Vidyalians Sports Club to beat Sri Lanka Police by a narrow margin of six runs on first innings in their inter-club under 23 division two cricket encounter conducted by SLC and worked off at Moratuwa.

In reply to the homesters total of 218 runs visitors were all out for 212 runs with Malin Silva scoring 78 runs. When the stumps were drawn OMVSC were 119 for 5.

Chief scores

Old Moratu Vidyalians Sports Club - 218 (Janidu Mudalige 83, Kalhara Peiris 62, Savia Wijesuriya 2/18, Tarindu Dilshan 2/32, Malin Silva 2/56, Rukshan Bandara 2/46 and 119/5, Lasintha Mendis 23, Janidu Mudalige 25, Asanka Silva 28, Savia Wijesuriya 2/16).

Sri Lanka Police - 212 (Dimithri Chathuranga 42, Malin Silva 78, Sujan Mayura 20, Janidu Mudalige 5/88, Chatura Vithana 3/27).