While Peterite Lakshina Rodrigo maintains his top position , an intense fight for the second place between the other Peterite Santhush Gunatileka and Isipathana’s Sanjula Abeywickrema is on at the Sunday Observer / Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer Of The Year contest at the end of the 14th week count.
The majority between Rodrigo and Gunatileka is 123 votes with Sanjula Abeywickrema securing 13433 votes to Gunatikleka’s 13537.
Piyumal Sinhawansa of St. Anne’s Kurunegala and Charitha Basnayake are still at the top in division 11 and 111 repectively. Piyumal Sinhawansa was the last year winner of the division two and Raveen Yasas of Devapathiraja College, Ratgama is in second place with 2153 votes.
Division 1 schools
1. Lakshina Rodrigo (St.Peter’s) 15796
2. Santhush Gunathileka (St.Peter’s) 13537
3. Sanjula Abeywickerma (Isipathana) 13433
4. Avishka Fernando (St.Sebastian’s, Moratuwa) 2076
5. Sammu Ashan (Ananda) 1693
6 Charana Nanayakkara ( Thurstan) 1531
7 Vihan Gunasekera (DS Senanayake ) 1176
8. Shanoggeth Shanmuganathan (Trinity, Kandy) 1096
9. Nipun Dhananjaya (St. Joseph Vaz, Wennapuwa) 801
10. Kamindu Mendis (Richmond) 612
11. Budhika Weerasinghe (St. Aloysius Galle) 356
12. N.Ekanayake (St.Benedict’s) 301
13. M.Najat (Zahira) 161
Division 11 schools
1. Piyumal Sinhawansa (St.Anne’s, Kurunegala) 4896
2. Raveen Yasas (Devapathiraja, Ratgama) 2153
3 Nipun Deshan (Sri Sumangala, Panadura) 1362
4.Dilum Sudara (Karandeniya CC) 1062
5. Ramindu Preminath (St. Thomas’, Matara) 902
6 Chatura Milan (Sri Devananda, Ambalangoda) 762
7 Dimuth Sampath (Siri Piyaratana, Padduka) 576
8 Jenie Fleming (St. John’s , Jaffna) 516
9 Nandun Dharshana (St. John’s, Panadura) 413
Division 111 schools
1. Charitha Basnayake (Bandarawela CC) 1467
2. Kalhara Shaminda (Kiridiwela MV) 806
3. Selvarasa Mathushan (Jaffna Central) 718
4. Thimira Malshan (Ananda Sasthralaya, Kotte) 548
5. Pathum Hasaranga (Vidyaloka, Galle) 409
6. Abhishek Perera (Christ King , Tudella, Ja-ela) 368
The reader’s prizes were won by
1. L. Nonis, No.96 , Katukurunda, Moratuwa. Rs. 2500.00
2. Sugathapala Adhikari, no.54/7, Baron Perera Mawatha, Gothatuwa. Rs.1500
3 Leslie Ivor Fernando, 487/8, E.W.Perera Mawatha, Pitakotte. Rs 1000