Wycherley in stunning win over Gateway

Wycherley’s posted a stunning 10 run win over Gateway College in the final of the International Schools under final played at Shalika grounds recently.

The tournament was played for the Chandra Schaffter challenge trophy. The game was originally to be a 50 over game, but was reduced to 40 due to the inclement weather that was prevailing at the time.

Batting first, Wycherley were wrapped up for just 95 runs, but hit back to send Gateway reeling for 86.

The tournament was worked over a month, beginning on October 1 with 17 international schools participating.

The winning team was led by Keshawa Gunaratne with Himal Attanayake his deputy.

The awards were given aw a y by Kingsley Jayasinghe, Principal of Wycherley International School.

All the special awards were won by Wycherley cricketers.

Best batsman. Sajeewan Angappan. Best bowler. Taariq Haniff. Best fielder. Himal Attanayake. Man of the match. Taalib Hanif. Man of the Series. Sajeewan Angappan WIS 95 in 33 overs (S. Angappan 44, T. Hanif 21, Thiwanka De Silva 3 for 15, Helitha Bambarands 2 for 16, Suwan Wijetunge 2 for 20, Aaqil Asharaf 2 for 13)

Gateway College 85 in 37.2 overs ( Yasindu Arangala 16, M. Wedage 10, T. De Silva 12, A. Mista 13, T. Haniff 3 for 11, T. Haniff 2 for 22, Rayhaan Rushdi 2 for 11) BM

SEATED ( L to R) – Mr. L. E. R. Fernando ( Head of Sports), Mr. A. Nanayakkara (Coach), Mr. J. Chandrasekara ( Coach), K. Gunarathne ( Captain), Mr. Kingsley J aya s i n g h e ( Principal), H. Attanayake (Vice Captain), T. Haniff, Mr. N. Ekanayaka ( Senior Manager Finance and Operations).

STANDING ( L to R) – A. Morioka , H . Wickremasinghe, R. Rushdi, A. Fernando, U. A. Rahman, M. Vi l l av a r aye n , D. Wijesinghe, D. Perera, A. Majeed, M. Riyaz, T. Haniff, A. Jayarajan, N. Nasir.