Lasith consolidates his lead over Nirmal
With another impressive haul of 12665 votes, Lasith Croospulle of Maris Stella College Negombo manages to maintain his lead which he gained last week of the All-Island Schools segment of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017. The 16th week comes in favour of Lasith overall, as his overall count reaches 111,846.
Lasith stands 8671 votes ahead of former leader Navindu Nirmal of St. Aloysius College Galle. Navindu accelerated by adding 10008 votes to his now overall tally of 103175, but that was not sufficient.
Mohamed Najath of Zahira College has slowed down. He received only 749 votes this week.
Pulitha Yasas Sri Sarathchandra of Sri Sumangala College Panadura continues to dominate the Emerging Schools category while the International Schools category is still led by Shimraz Shahil of Alethea International School.
The full list was pruned down to Top 20 from with the beginning of April the list will be further cut down to 15 by May. By end of May it will be shortlisted to the Top 10.
Important
Coupons of the competition will be published in the Sunday Times, the two English dailies, the Daily Mirror and DailyFT, and the two Sinhala dailies, Daily Lankadeepa and Ada. Coupons will run for 26 weeks with the deadline set for week beginning on July 2. Readers could vote for their favourite schoolboy cricketer and take them to the winning post during that period.
Online voting could be done through Dialog Axiata’s digital online voting system Portal to vote for the Most Popular Cricketer via www.dialog.lk/cricket. The count of week 16 of digital voting was monitored and approved by auditors Pricewaterhouse Cooper.
All-Island Schools
Lasith Croosepulle (Maris Stella College) 111846
Navindu Nirmal (St. Aloysius’ Galle) 103175
Mohamed Najath (Zahira College) 59574
Charana Nanayakkara (Thurstan College) 10401
Santhush Goonathilake (St. Peter’s College) 8950
Romesh Nallaperuma (S. Thomas’ College) 6412
Dinitha Basnayake (St. Benedict’s College) 5794
Helitha Vithanage (Royal College) 1785
Mohamed Rifaz (Presidents College) 1292
Lakshina Rodrigo (St. Peter’s College) 1205
Nikesh Anjana (S. Thomas’ College) 835
Sahan Suraweera (Ananda College) 683
Dileepa Jayalath (Ananda College) 531
Hareen Buddhila (St. Aloysius College) 473
P.A. Dananjaya (Richmond College) 291
Sammu Ashan (Ananda College) 232
Pasindu Sooriyabandara (Royal College) 212
Sanjula Abeywickrama (Isipathana College) 191
Asel Sigera (Ananda College) 189
Jehan Daniel (St. Joseph’s College) 134
Emerging Schools
Pulitha Yasas (Sri Sumangala Panadura) 2679
Sahan Perera (Christ King Pannipitiya) 235
Imesh Basnayake (St. Peter’s Gampaha) 214
Gimhana Dhanushka (Piliyandala Central) 130
Nipuna Ransika (P. de S. Kularatne MV) 98
Methushan Thilina (Kegalu Vidyalaya) 83
Raveen Yasas (Devapathiraja Rathgama) 44
Suminda Lakshan (De La Salle Mutwal) 40
Hirusha Mendis (Siddartha Central Balapitiya) 32
Tissara Dilshan Jayananda (National School Polonnaruwa) 8
Shrushee Adhishtana (St. Bernadette Kurunegala) 1
International Schools
Shimraz Shahil (Alethea International) 283
Tariq Haniff (Wycherley International) 1
Readers prizes go to: 1. Mohan Saverimuttu, 235/9, Greenwood Terrace, Kerawalapitiya, Hendala, Wattala, 2. Vinuth S. Siriwardana, 43/56, Poorwarama Road, Colombo 5, 3. Ranjan Sudarshana, Kanilmo Inn, Mattegoda, Ku/Bopitiya, 4. Sarath K.K. Fernando, 41, 2nd Lane, Ratmalana.