Paranavithana makes quick progress
St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa’s Sukhitha Manoj, remains in the lead of the All-Island Schools segment as the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest completes the tenth week.
While Manoj continues to lead the lot, Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College Galle, appears to become a threat with his rapid advance. The difference between the two is 1013 and for now Manoj stays safe.
While Lakshitha Rasanjana of Nalanda College and Abhishek Ananda of Trinity College remain at fourth and fifth positions, Shehan Fernando of St. Benedict’s College moves two slots up to fifth.
Vishal Rukshan of St. Peter’s College Gampaha, continues to lead the Emerging Schools category. Thanusha Sandaruwan of St. John’s College, Nugegoda loses the second place to Lithija Kalhara of Ananda Maithree NS Balangoda, causing one of the notable changes seen in the recent times.
Sathya Sandeepani of Devapathiraja College Rathgama continues to lead the Girls’ Schools category. Until last week she only had Sithmi Nirasha of Anula Vidyalaya Nugegoda but from this week the category will have a third contender with Nimesha Tharuni of Marapola MV, Minuwangoda joining in.
Coupons 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 and Sinhala Weekend, Deshaya. From this year coupons will also come will out in the TamilMirror.
In addition Dialog Axiata’s online voting system through their official Online Portal to vote for the Most Popular Cricketer (www.dialog.lk/cricket), will come alive from next week. Players of all categories, including those already in the fray through coupons, should register themselves following the link — www.dialog.lk/cricket/register. The method to follow in the digital registration process has been made simple for schoolboys and schoolgirls. Already a good number of players have registered and their names will be published in weeks to come after necessary verification.
Players who have represented their respective school in First XI cricket and with a tally of 400 or above runs or 25 wickets or above in the last season will be automatically eligible for the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2018 competition. Schools have been categorised under three categories — the All-Island, Emerging and Girls schools, according to the segmentation process of Sri Lanka School Cricket Association.
| Results: Week 9 | |
| All-Island Schools Sukhitha Manoj St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa 2226 Navod Paranavithana Mahinda College 1213 Lakshitha Rasanjana Nalanda College 991 Abhishek Ananda Trinity College 431 Shehan Fernando St. Benedict’s College 211 Ravindu Fernando Maris Stella College 192 K.A.L.C. Warnakulasuriya St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala 181 Nishan Madushka Moratu Vidyalaya 148 Yasitha Samararathne Dharmaraja College 127 Naushan Rafeel St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala 111 Kanishka Ranthilakage Ananda College 88 Mihisal Vidanapathirana St. Thomas’ College, Matara 82 Pasindu Ushetti Maris Stella College 60 Nuwanidu Fernando St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa 51 Randheer Ranasinghe St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala 38 Sandun Mendis Richmond College 26 Dinitha Prabhanaka Devapathiraja College, Rathgama 17 Pasindu Bandara Trinity College 5 Kalana Perera S. Thomas’ College 5 Shevon Daniel St. Joseph’s College 4 Emerging Schools Vishal Ruskhan St. Peter’s College, Gampaha 2631 Lithija Kalhara Ananda Maithree, Balangoda 1632 Thanusha Sandaruwan St. John’s College, Nugegoda 1547 Chamod Sandaru Piliyandala Central 172 Sachin Jayasinghe Royal College, Panadura 102 Girls’ Schools Sathya Sandeepani Devapathiraja College, Ratgama 194 Sithmi Nirasha Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda 37 Nimesha Tharuni Marapola MV, Minuwangoda 10 Readers prizes go to: 1. Sunimal Fernando, 123/5, 5th Lane, Uyana Road, Lunawa, Moratuwa, 2. Athula Jayasekara, 72A, Edirisinghe Road, Mirihana, Nugegoda, 3. Devinka Peiris, ‘Asiri’, Aniyakanda Road, Ragama, 4. Marzook Samoo, 85, Malabar Road, Gampola. |