Manoj, Vishal, Sathya end 2018 in style
The 11th week results of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest comes out with minor changes on the top of each category. Sukhitha Manoj, of St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa continues to lead the All-Island Schools segment while a few changes occurred in the centre of the list.
Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College Galle and Lakshitha Rasanjana of Nalanda College continues to remain at second and third respectively while Abhishek Ananda of Trinity College remains at fourth.
Vishal Nagasena of St. Peter’s College Gampaha, continues to lead the Emerging Schools category while claiming the highest tally among all contenders by this week. Lithija Kalhara of Ananda Maithree NS Balangoda clings on to the second position he claimed last week from Thanusha Sandaruwan of St. John’s College, Nugegoda, who now sits at third.
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. Until last week she only had Sithmi Nirasha of Anula Vidyalaya Nugegoda but from this week the category will have a third contender with Nimesha Tharuni of Marapola MV, Minuwangoda joining in.
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 also comes 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 of all categories, including those already in the fray through coupons, should register themselves following the link — www.dialog.lk/cricket/register, prior to end of 2018. The method to follow in the digital registration process has been made simple for schoolboys and schoolgirls. Already a good number of players have registered and their names will be published in weeks to come after necessary verification.
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 will be automatically eligible for the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2018 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 11 | |
| All-Island Schools Sukhitha Manoj St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa 2407 Navod Paranavithana Mahinda College 1382 Lakshitha Rasanjana Nalanda College 1005 Abhishek Ananda Trinity College 475 Ravindu Fernando Maris Stella College 240 Naushan Rafeel St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala 233 K.A.L.C. Warnakulasuriya St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala 223 Shehan Fernando St. Benedict’s College 211 Yasitha Samararathne Dharmaraja College 178 Kanishka Ranthilakage Ananda College 172 Nishan Madushka Moratu Vidyalaya 166 Mihisal Vidanapathirana St. Thomas’ College, Matara 114 Pasindu Ushetti Maris Stella College 60 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 Pasindu Bandara Trinity College 5 Kalana Perera S. Thomas’ College 5 Shevon Daniel St. Joseph’s College 4 Emerging Schools Vishal Nagasena St. Peter’s College, Gampaha 3032 Lithija Kalhara Ananda Maithree, Balangoda 1848 Thanusha Sandaruwan St. John’s College, Nugegoda 1657 Chamod Sandaru Piliyandala Central 184 Sachin Jayasinghe Royal College, Panadura 116 Girls’ Schools Sathya Sandeepani Devapathiraja College, Ratgama 194 Sithmi Nirasha Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda 37 Nimesha Tharuni Marapola MV, Minuwangoda 10 Readers prizes go to: 1. G.T.M. Perera, 7th Lane, Bulugahawatte, Merakaduwawa, Kurunegala, 2. Shyama Mendis, 8, Montalix Garden, Thalpawila, Kekunadura, 3. Nihal Fernando, Ihalagama, Udubaddawa, 4. M.S.P. Costa, 58/50, 3rd Lane, Galawilapura, Malapala, Homagama |