Has Dellon shifted to gear five
The results of week 21 of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy / Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year 2018 come out with Dellon Peiris taking his lead against Sachin Silva by 10202 in All-Island Schools.
The deficit, will assure Dellon, the left-spinner of S. Thomas’ College, his crown of popularity, in addition to being an effective bowler and a match winner. But with only five weeks to go before the closure of the competition, sudden acceleration from St. Peter’s College’s Sachin or from the unsuspecting Vihan Gunasekara of D.S. Senanayake College is inevitable.
As usual Dellon, moves ahead at his normal pace by adding 1604 combined votes, taking his tally to 27133. Sachin added 952 combined votes, which took his total to 16931.
But the real surprise and danger lies on the sudden rise of Vihan, who recorded the highest gain of combined votes for this year. He added 5004 and took his total to a staggering 9700 from the mid 4000s in no time. This definitely will bring an additional pressure on Dellon and Sachin, considering the point of another one or two large additions from Vihan could hinder their mission. The rest of the lineup remain the same unchanged.
Denuwan Perera of Carey College continues to dominate the Emerging Schools while taking his tally to 14564 votes with the addition of 954. He maintains the deficit against Kenula Gunaratne of St. Aloysius’ College, Ratnapura by 3757. Kenula added 977 combined votes and took his total count to 10807. Sonara Karunathunga and Thimira Malshan, both of Ananda Sasthralaya and Heshan Madushanka of Piliyandala Central follow in down the order for yet another week unchanged, but Kavindu Shilpage of Siri Piyaratana Padukka makes a sudden entry with 956 all new votes through coupons at sixth place.
Harshitha Samarawickrama of Anula Vidyalaya, continues to lead the Girls’ Schools category. She remains secured with the addition of 1161 combined votes, taking her tally to 9759. Pabasara Ranabahu of Rathnavali Girls’ School Gampaha added 451 combined votes and reached 7478 votes in total. 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 five 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.
- All-Island Schools
Dellon Peiris S. Thomas’ College 27133
Sachin Silva St. Peter’s College 16931
Vihan Gunasekara D.S. Senanayake College 9700
Asel Sigera Ananda College 3116
Kavin Peiris Lumbini College 1269
Dulaj Bandara Dharmaraja College 1163
Kalana Perera S. Thomas’ College 720
Mahesh Theekshana St. Benedict’s College 656
Dinidu Wijewardene Nalanda College 520
Ravindu Fernando Maris Stella College 461
Kalana Wijesiri Ananda College 137
- Emerging Schools
Denuwan Perera Carey College 14564
Kenula Gunaratne St. Aloysius Ratnapura 10807
Sonara Karunathunga Ananda Sasthralaya 5235
Thimira Malshan Ananda Sasthralaya 2729
Heshan Madushanka Piliyandala Central 2152
Kavindu Shilpage Siri Piyarathana Padukka 956
Saliya Jeewantha Eheliyagoda Central 451
Pulitha Yasas Sri Sumangala Panadura 255
Pathum Hasaranga Vidyaloka Galle 217
- Girls’ School
Harshitha Samarawickrama Anula Vidyalaya 9759
Pabasara Ranabahu Rathnavali GS, Gampaha 7478
Kaveesha Dilhari Devapathiraja, Rathgama 61
Ruwini Nandasena St. Joseph’s Girls School 27
Readers prizes go to: 1. W.C. Pushpasiri, 33/3, Yatimeeya, Kotadeniyawa, 2. Sandali Wimalaweera, 125/14, Debarahenawatte, Yatigalsiluwa, Polgahawela, 3. Dilushi Perera, 41/4B, Railway Avenue, Nugegoda, 4. Dumindu Rashmika, 100/7, Arasinga Mawatha, Arukwatte, Padukka.