Navod expands lead, despite changes in the middle
View(s):Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College expanded his lead while dominating the All-Island Schools while changes occurred in the following three places at the end of the 17th week of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest. After the online process kicked off last weekend significant changes have begun to occur as Navod reaches the milestone of 11506 votes.
Pasindu Ushetti of Maris Stella College made a notable progress — pushing forward to the second position while claiming the highest tally for the week with a combined intake of 2793 votes. Nalandian Lakshitha Rasanjana moved to the third position while pushing down former leader Sukhitha Manoj, of St. Sebastian’s College, to the fourth position.
The Emerging Schools category is led by its new crown prince Lithija Kalhara of Ananda Maithree NS, Balangoda,. He made a giant leap by adding the best combined figures last week, and continues with the trend.
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. Sathya and her team mate Kaveesha Dilhari, who debuted two weeks ago at No.2, have surpassed 1000 votes.
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.
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 are automatically eligible for the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 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 17 | |
| All-Island Schools Navod Paranavithana Mahinda College 11506 Pasindu Ushetti Maris Stella College 5406 Lakshitha Rasanjana Nalanda College 3381 Sukhitha Manoj St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa 3271 Muizz Rafeel St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala 2831 Mihisal Vidanapathirana St. Thomas’ College, Matara 1407 Yasitha Samararathne Dharmaraja College 1319 Nishan Madushka Moratu Vidyalaya 1160 Abhishek Anandakumar Trinity College 771 Kanishka Ranthilakage Ananda College 627 Ravindu Fernando Maris Stella College 339 Shehan Fernando St. Benedict’s College 311 K.A.L.C. Warnakulasuriya St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala 253 Supun Sumanarathne Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala 142 Shevon Daniel St. Joseph’s College 77 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 Pubudu Bandara Trinity College 6 Kalana Perera S. Thomas’ College 5 Emerging Schools Lithija Kalhara Ananda Maithree, Balangoda 7139 Vishal Nagasena St. Peter’s College, Gampaha 5008 Thanusha Sandaruwan St. John’s College, Nugegoda 3316 Chamod Sandaru Piliyandala Central 1817 Roshen Samuel Carey College 887 Sachin Jayasinghe Royal College, Panadura 221 Nisal Malinga Christ King College, Tudella 161 Lahiru Peiris Christ King College, Tudella 85 Avishka Lakshan Kalutara Vidyalaya 32 Girls’ Schools Sathya Sandeepani Devapathiraja College, Ratgama 1605 Kaveesha Dilhari Devapathiraja College, Ratgama 1007 Sithmi Nirasha Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda 679 Nimesha Tharuni Marapola MV, Minuwangoda 118 Readers prizes go to: 1. K.L. Chamil Lekamge, Maila, Galhira, Openaike, 2. Dinara Wijewardene, 7, Anyra Mawatha, Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda, 3. Dharshana Sampath, Gurudeniya, 4. W.D. Pathma Kamal Vithana, 284/C/03, Walgama, Welmilla Junction |