Any new plan once put into action and takes deep roots converts into a tradition and traditions hardly die. Over three decades ago Batas came up with the idea of going on with the programme of recognizing and awarding young school cricket talent with the Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Show and now thirty years later it has become tradition.
Many a today’s cricketing stalwart has walked down the stage and climbed that stage proudly in their college blazers to be crowned as the kings of schools cricket of a given year and this there is no exception. This year once again Bata Shoe Company along with the Sunday Times has identified the three schoolboys who are best above the rest for the second year running.
On the seventh of August 2009 history will repeat when Ananda’s prolific batsman Dinesh Chandimal would emulate some his school peers by walking down the isle of the BMICH to be crowned as the Schoolboy Cricketer of the year – Allisland.At the selections held at the Hotel Galadari last week by representatives of the ACUSL and the SLSCA Chandimal was elected as the Best Batsman and the Best captain in the Allisland category besides being selected as the Schoolboy Cricketer of the year.
The Ananda College skipper in eighteen matches scored 1560 runs that contained four centuries and nine half centuries. He also led Ananda to a 13 outright win all time record in school cricket history. However the Anandians had one blemish this year by losing to Royal who eventually were selected as the best Team for 2009. .
Along with Chandimal, Dharmasoka Vidyalaya Ambalangoda’s promising allrounder Imesh Udayanga was chosen as the Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year, while Lyceum International’s Aswin Hanifa was chosen as the Most Promising Player among the International School Cricketers.
Udayanga in twelve matches scored 812 runs making two centuries and six half centuries. He also bagged 73 wickets during the season.
For his contribution to his schools’ cause this year, Udayanga was chosen as the Best Allrounder Outstation as well the runner-up Best Bowler, besides the Main award that he was bestowed with.
| School Boy Cricketer of The Year 2009 |
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Player All-Island Contest
Dinesh Chandimal (Ananda College)
Best Captain All Island
Best Batsman |
Player Outstation Contest
Imesh Udayanga (Dharmasoka
College, Ambalangoda) Best All Rounder Best Bowler Runner- Up |
Most Outstanding Player International Schools
A. Hanifa – Lyceum College
Nugegoda |
Runner-up Schoolboy Cricketer of the year All-Island Angelo Perera Runner-Up,
Best All Rounder
(St. Peter’s College) |
Runner-up Schoolboy Cricketer of the year
OUTSTATION Wimanga Perera
(Maliyadeva
College,
Kurunegala)
Best Batsman Runner Up |
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Best Bowler ALL - ISLAND
Matheesha Perera
(Ananda College) |
Best Bowler OUTSTATION Maduka Liyanapathirana
(Presidents College, Rajagiriya) |
Best Batsman Best Fielder - OutstationGayan Manishan
(Maliyadeva College Kurunegala) |
Best Fielder - All IslandDenuwan Rajakaruna (Mahinda College Galle) |
Runner-up Best Bowler - All IslandRushan Jaleel (Trinity College Kandy) |
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Runner-up Best Fielder - All IslandAndri Berenger (St.Peters College Colombo) |
Runner-up Best All Rounder - All Island Shameera Weerasinghe
(St.Joseph College Colombo) |
Runner-Up Best Batsman - All IslandKusal Janith(Royal College Colombo) |
Runner-up Best Fielder - OutstationIsira Kumara(Royal College Panadura) |
Runner-up Best AllRounder - OutstationChaturanga de Silva
(St. Aloysius College Galle) |
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| (L-R); Ajith Bodinagoda – Coating Manager BATA Shoe Company,U.G. Saman - A.C.S.S.T. Southern,Vidura Prasad - Assignment Secretary Kalutara, S.B.N.S.K. Semasinghe - Asst. General Manager (A.C.U.S.C.), D.L. Weerasinghe - Assingnment Sec.(Gampaha Dist.), N.A. Saman Mohan - Gen. Secretary(A.C.U.S.S.L.), Jagath Nanda Kumar – V.President, Igantius Anandappa – Admin. Manager(A.C.U.S.L.), Saman Amarasinghe – President (A.C.U.S.L), Cesar Alex Panduro Arevalo, Dilshan De Silva - Gen. Sec.(A.C.U.S.L.), J.W.K.Boteju - Hon. Assignment Sec.(A.C.U.S.L.), Kapila Jayalath - Hon. Vice President(A.C.U.S.L.), Hatta Tutuko – CFO Bata, Sujith Chandana (C.M.), D.M.M.A.D. Dissanayake – Secretary (A.C.U.S.L.), Sujith, Sanath Balasooriya – Merchandising Manager, Maheel Senarathne. |
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| All Island Best team - Royal College |
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| All Island Runner-up - Ananda College |
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| All Island Most Disciplined School - Wesley College |
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| All Island Best up and Coming Team - Gamini Vidyalaya Bentara |
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| Outstation Best team - Moratu Maha Vidyalaya |
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| Outstation Runner-up - Maliyadeva College Kurunegala |
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| Provinces Best Team - Northern Province - St.Patrick’s College Jaffna |
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| Best Team - North Central Province - Anuradhapura Madya Maha Vidyalaya |
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| Best Team - Southern Province - Mahinda College Galle |
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| Best Team - Central Province - St.Anthony’s College Kandy |
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| Lyceum College Wattala - Best Team International Schools |
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| Trinity College Kandy Central - Province Runner-up |
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