U-19 Cricket: Race bound to pick-up as Dialog 4G-TST reaches Week 21

After a brief recess last week, Maris Stella College batsman Lasith Croosepulle, regained his usual pace with a weekly record in combined votes as the 21st week's results of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 comes out. 

Lasith added 14960 combined votes last week, taking his tally to a strong 165289. 

This progress takes back his deficit against Navindu Nirmal of St. Aloysius College Galle to a healthy 29084 as against last week's vulnerable 16563. 

However the race is still on between the two who are eagerly keen to finish off on a high. Navindu added 2439 combined votes in the ended week as his total reaches 136205. 

With six more weeks to go till the end, it could be anybody's call, being an open competition.
 
Mohamed Najath of Zahira College remains at third place. 

The full list was pruned down to Top 10 from this week and it will run the same way until the end of the competition on the first week of July. 

Pulitha Yasas of Sri Sumangala College Panadura, may have had a cruise with a tally of 4259 votes in the Emerging Schools category, but the entry of Prabash Maduranga of Siri Piyarathana MV Padukka put his stronghold at risk. Within two weeks Prabash's count reaches to 1821, trailing Yasas by 2438. 

The International Schools category had a major shakeup after Tariq Haniff of Wycherley International School ended the dominance of Shimraz Shahil of Alethea International School. 

Important 

Please note: Due to Poya Holiday falling next Thursday, June 8, readers should send their coupons before 12.00noon on Wednesday, June 7. 

This will be effective only for Count 22, the coming week. 

Coupons will run for 26 weeks in the Sunday Times, the two English dailies, the Daily Mirror and DailyFT, and the two Sinhala dailies, Daily Lankadeepa and Ada with the final week set from July 2. 

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 21 of digital voting was monitored and approved by auditors Pricewaterhouse Cooper. 

All-Island Schools 

Lasith Croosepulle (Maris Stella College) 165289 

Navindu Nirmal (St. Aloysius' Galle) 136205 

Mohamed Najath (Zahira College) 61918 

Charana Nanayakkara (Thurstan College) 10490 

Santhush Goonathilake (St. Peter's College) 9189 

Dinitha Basnayake (St. Benedict's College) 6603 

Romesh Nallaperuma (S. Thomas' College) 6415 

Helitha Vithanage (Royal College) 1832 

Nikesh Anjana (S. Thomas' College) 1512 

Mohamed Rifaz (Presidents College) 1368 

Lakshina Rodrigo (St. Peter's College) 1209

Sahan Suraweera (Ananda College) 705

Hareen Buddhila (St. Aloysius College) 567

Dileepa Jayalath (Ananda College) 531

P.A. Dananjaya (Richmond College) 291

Sammu Ashan (Ananda College) 254

Asel Sigera (Ananda College) 237

Pasindu Sooriyabandara (Royal College) 236

Sanjula Abeywickrama (Isipathana College) 200

Jehan Daniel (St. Joseph's College) 175

Lasith Udage (St. Mary's Kegalle) 145

Avishka Perera (Nalanda College) 55

Naveen Gunawardana (Thurstan College) 54

Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan     (Trinity College) 27

Dineth Madurawala (St. Joseph's College) 25

Thilina Perera (Wesley College) 25

Salith Fernando (St. Anthony's Wattala) 17

Kavindu Gimhana (Ananda College) 15

Pathum Nissanka (Isipathana College) 14

Avishka Fernando (St. Sebastian's Moratuwa) 14

Thilina Nemesh (Prince of Wales') 11

Emerging Schools 

Pulitha Yasas (Sri Sumangala Panadura) 4259 

Prabash Maduranga (Siri Piyaratana Padukka) 1821 

Sahan Perera (Christ King Pannipitiya) 322 

Imesh Basnayake (St. Peter's Gampaha) 305 

Gimhana Dhanushka (Piliyandala Central) 130 

Nipuna Ransika (P. de S. Kularatne MV) 98 

Methushan Thilina (Kegalu Vidyalaya) 84 

Suminda Lakshan (De La Salle Mutwal) 51 

Raveen Yasas (Devapathiraja Rathgama) 44 

Hirusha Mendis (Siddartha Central Balapitiya) 32 

Tissara Dilshan Jayananda (National School Polonnaruwa) 8 

Shrushee Adhishtana (St. Bernadette Kurunegala) 1 

International Schools 

Tariq Haniff (Wycherley International) 357 

Shimraz Shahil (Alethea International) 331 

Readers prizes go to: 1. Mohan Saverimuttu, 235/9, Greenwood Terrace, Kerawalapitiya, Henadala, Wattala, 2. F. Ramza, 12/28, Araliya Uyana, Gorakana, Panadura, 3. Janani Perera, 27/158, 'Big City', Balika Niwasa Road, Rukmale, Pannipitiya, 4. G.D. Mahinda Lal, 279/4, Ovitigama, Padukka.