Lyceum Wattala emerge 2018 champions
Lyceum International School Wattala beat British School in Colombo by 5 wickets to clinch the Inter-International Under-13 Cricket Tournament 2018. Batting first in the crucial final British School in Colombo were restricted to 140- 9 in their allotted 40 overs and Lyceum Wattala reached the target losing 5 wickets and with 18 deliveries to spare.
Lyceum Wattala beat Wycherley International School, Royal Institute and OKI International in the first round to reach the semi- finals, wh e re t hey beat S t a f f o rd International School convincingly. They met British School in the final, which was expected to be a thrilling final. Eventually Lyceum Wattala overcame the equally talented British School team to win the title.
For the winners Uvin Perera top scored with 40 while Travin Nishanthan ( 33) and Joshua Prabagaran ( 30) contributed with useful knocks. Uvin Perera went on to claim the awards for the Best Bowler and Man-of-the-Tournament.
The tournament was organised by Lyceum Wattala and was held from March 2 to 16 at the Railway ground in Mahara and Lyceum Wattala ground. A total of 14 teams from international schools participated in the tournament.
Lyceum Wattala team: Uvin Perera ( Capt), Shanujan Baskaran, Joshua Prabhagaran, Senithu Jayasuriya, Vishal Liyanage, Yuvan Thiruchelvam, Malinda Mulgama Enuka de Alwis, Maduka Perera, Travin Nishanthan, Sanuka Dissanayake, Jaden de Silva, Lisara Samarasinghe, Thurairaj Kavin, Balendran S ab a r i , D i n ev Punchihewa, Nathan Gunaratne, Hamdan Careem, Yohan Oliver, Nadupa Wedage