Dialog-ST 2018: Dellon and Denuwan go past personal marks

Leg-spinner Dellon Peiris of S. Thomas' College continues to dominate the All-Island Schools category, while surpassing the landmark of 20000 votes, as the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year 2018 competition reaches the end of 17th week. 

While Dellon earns that feat the leader of Emerging Schools, Denuwan Perera of Carey College continues his stronghold for yet another week while reaching the milestone of 10000 votes. 

Continuing his pace intact, Dellon received the highest number of combined votes with 1798, while his total reaches 20529. 

He leads Sachin Silva by 8024, yet improving from last week's deficit. 

Sachin of St. Peter's College, added 1130 combined votes while taking total to 12505. 

Though both top contenders stand far ahead of the rest, it is evident that Dellon is way far ahead of Sachin. 

Third in line is Vihan Gunasekara of D.S. Senanayake College who looks comfortable with 4656 votes, despite adding 31 combined votes. 

Ananda College skipper Asel Sigera follows in at fourth with Kavin Peiris of Lumbini College at fifth. 

In the Emerging Schools category, leader added 1002 combined votes to take his total to 10614. 

He leads second placed Kenula Gunaratne of St. Aloysius College Ratnapura, by 4041 votes. Kenula's total reached 6573 with the addition of 702 combined votes. 

Sonara Karunathunga of Ananda Sasthralaya follows in at third with 4401 votes, with the addition of 413 combined votes last week. 

Thimira Malshan, also of Ananda Sasthralaya, is at fourth place while Heshan Madushanka of Piliyandala Central remains at fifth. 

Harshitha Samarawickrama of Anula Vidyalaya, has picked up this week after slowing down during the last, as she continues to lead the Girls' category. 

Her count now is 6244 votes and she added 787 combined votes last week. 

Pabasara Ranabahu of Rathnavali Girls' School Gampaha took her tally to 4979 votes after adding 510 combined votes. 

Harshitha's lead against Pabasara has improved to 1265. 

Kaveesha Dilhani of Devapathiraja MV, Rathgama and Ruwini Nandasena of St. Joseph's Girls School are the other two contenders in the list. 

On coupons and online votes 

Coupons will be published in the two English dailies, the Daily Mirror and DailyFT, and the two Sinhala dailies, Daily Lankadeepa and Ada and Sinhala Weekend, Deshaya with the deadline set in 11 more weekends. 

Readers could vote for their favourite schoolboy or schoolgirl cricketer and take them to the winning post during this period. 

Dialog Axiata's online voting system through their official Online Portal to vote for the Most Popular Cricketer (www.dialog.lk/cricket). 

Online voting will be open until April 5. Both coupon votes and online votes will be counted on a weekly basis and the official results published from every Sunday in the five newspapers and its websites. 

The deadline for COUPONS and ONLINE VOTES will be every Thursday Noon. 

Online Votes received after the weekly cutoff time will be counted for the next week, while for Coupons, ONLY those numbered for the particular week will be taken into count. 

This week's digital voting count was monitored and approved by auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers. 

Results: Week 17 

All-Island Schools 

Dellon Peiris (S. Thomas' College) 20529 

Sachin Silva (St. Peter's College) 12505 

Vihan Gunasekara (D.S. Senanayake College) 4656 

Asel Sigera (Ananda College) 3030 

Kavin Peiris (Lumbini College) 1263 

Dulaj Bandara (Dharmaraja College) 1023 

Mahesh Theekshana (St. Benedict's College) 611 

Kalana Perera (S. Thomas' College) 589 

Dinidu Wijewardene (Nalanda College) 423 

Ravindu Fernando (Maris Stella College) 356 

Kalana Wijesiri (Ananda College) 136 

Emerging Schools 

Denuwan Perera (Carey College) 10614 

Kenula Gunaratne (St. Aloysius Ratnapura) 6573 

Sonara Karunathunga (Ananda Sasthralaya) 4401 

Thimira Malshan (Ananda Sasthralaya) 2717 

Heshan Madushanka (Piliyandala Central) 2017 

Saliya Jeewantha (Eheliyagoda Central) 394 

Pulitha Yasas (Sri Sumangala Panadura) 255 

Pathum Hasaranga (Vidyaloka Galle) 152 

Girls' School 

Harshitha Samarawickrama (Anula Vidyalaya) 6244 

Pabasara Ranabahu (Rathnavali GS, Gampaha) 4979 

Kaveesha Dilhari (Devapathiraja, Rathgama) 60 

Ruwini Nandasena (St. Joseph's Girls School) 18 

Readers prizes go to: 1. Supun Munasinghe, 238, Sewagama, Polonnaruwa, Lalani Chandrika, 117, Thalawathugoda Road, Pitakotte, 3. Gayan Wijesinghe, 107/1, Bangalawatte, Kottawa, 4. S.I. Harischandra, 212, Hulangashinna, Meepitiya, Nawalapitiya.