Pawan wafts as Lahiru makes formal warning
View(s):Pawan Dias of Royal College Panadura continues to waft ahead as the leader of the All-Island Schools category in the fourth week of the 37th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2016. Last week he had a healthy lead, and by today Pawan has moved further ahead to reach 1482 votes. Pawan sits 868 votes ahead of his closest rival Lakshina Rodrigo of St. Peter’s College and looks to have slowed down his pace a bit. It took three weeks for Lahiru Thambawita of Holy Cross College to make a surprising move as takes hold of the third slot, pushing Trinity College skipper Raveen Sayer a place down. During the ended week Lahiru received 177 votes, sufficient enough to jump two steps forward. As fifth is Malshan Rodrigo of St. Peter’s College. Sachinda Gamadikari of Maris Stella College and Sammu Ashan of Ananda College managed to move two places up and are now at 15th and 17th places respectively. Other than that the rest of the lineup remains the same. However weeks to come could bring surprises with many changes in line.
For the fourth week running Madawa Fernando’s of De La Salle College Mutwal is the only contender to appear in the Emerging Schools category and he seems to be in a position to dominate this segment right till the end. The International Schools category is yet to kick off. Coupons of the 37th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2015 will appear on Wijeya Newspaper’s dailies, the Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa and also its weekend English issue, the Sunday Times and the Sinhala weekly Deshaya. Readers will be able to send in as much as coupons in favour of their favourite schoolboy cricketer until mid May.
Readers prizes go to: 1. S. Chandrasekara, 162/B, Mahavihara Road, Wadduwa, 2. Nishen Shabian, TN6, Tony Mawatha, Galagahaduwa, Henadala, Wattala. 3. R.R. Bopegamage, 362/A2/1, Hamuhena, Udupila North, Delgoda, 4. Winston Lewis, 329/85, Attidiya Road, Dehiwela.
Name School
Pawan Dias Royal College Panadura 1482
Lakshina Rodrigo St. Peter’s College 614
Lahiru Thambawita Holy Cross College 414
Ravin Sayer Trinity College 410
Malshan Rodrigo St. Joseph’s College 302
Pasindu Sooriyabandara Royal College Colombo 168
Ravindu Kodituwakku S. Thomas’ College 87
Gishath Panditharathne Royal College Colombo 77
Himasha Hashen Dharmapala Pannipitiya 74
Charana Nanayakkara Thurstan College 59
Yohan Mendis S. Thomas’ College 54
Geethal Fernando St. Benedict’s College 54
Kamindu Mendis Richmond College 48
Kavindu Bandara Nalanda College 46
Sachinda Gamadikari Maris Stella College 43
Charith Asalanka Richmond College 39
Sammu Ashan Ananda College 36
Nipun Samarasinghe St. Joseph’s College 35
Thulina Dilshan St. Benedict’s College 28
Lasith Embuldeniya Royal College 22
Emerging Schools
Name School
Madawa Fernando De La Salle College Mutwal325