Top three positions remain unchanged
View(s):Moratuwa Sebastianite Sukhitha Manoj conveniently went past the count of 2500 votes limit while his immediate follower Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College, is closing in gradually as the 12th week results of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest comes out.
The gap between the top two has now come down to less than 1000 votes for the first time as Naushan Rafeel of St. Anne’s College marches forward by another slot to fifth. The third and fourth positions are still held by Nalandian Lakshitha Rasanjana and Trinitian Abhishek Kumara.
Vishal Nagasena of St. Peter’s Gampaha, continues to lead the Emerging Schools category while claiming the highest tally among all contenders for yet another week while Lithija Kalhara of Ananda Maithree NS Balangoda clings on to the second position.
Sathya Sadeepani of Devapathiraja College Rathgama continues to lead the Girls’ Schools category, which was introduced to the ever popular competition in the country last season. Sithmi Nirasha of Anula Vidyalaya Nugegoda and Nimesha Tharuni of Marapola MV, Minuwangoda are the other two contenders.
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), is now alive. Online registrations ended on December 31, 2018.
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 12 | |
| All-Island Schools Sukhitha Manoj St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa 2580 Navod Paranavithana Mahinda College 1603 Lakshitha Rasanjana Nalanda College 1118 Abhishek Ananda Trinity College 529 Naushan Rafeel St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala 428 K.A.L.C. Warnakulasuriya St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala 253 Ravindu Fernando Maris Stella College 240 Kanishka Ranthilakage Ananda College 220 Shehan Fernando St. Benedict’s College 211 Yasitha Samararathne Dharmaraja College 178 Nishan Madushka Moratu Vidyalaya 178 Mihisal Vidanapathirana St. Thomas’ College, Matara 133 Pasindu Ushetti Maris Stella College 65 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 6 Kalana Perera S. Thomas’ College 5 Shevon Daniel St. Joseph’s College 4 Emerging Schools Vishal Nagasena St. Peter’s College, Gampaha 3353 Lithija Kalhara Ananda Maithree, Balangoda 1989 Thanusha Sandaruwan St. John’s College, Nugegoda 1954 Chamod Sandaru Piliyandala Central 216 Sachin Jayasinghe Royal College, Panadura 145 Girls’ Schools Sathya Sandeepani Devapathiraja College, Ratgama 221 Sithmi Nirasha Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda 37 Nimesha Tharuni Marapola MV, Minuwangoda 17 Readers prizes go to: 1.R. Hettiarachchi, 67, Sri Dharmarama Mawatha, Veheragamvita, Matara, 2. K.W.H. Pradeep, 443, Athgala, Gampola, 3. P. Umayangana T. Dhanayanjali, ‘Mudali Gedara’. Boosa, Galle, 4. S.B. Senanayake, 59G, Marapola, Veyangoda. |