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Lasith Croosepulle of Maris Stella College Negombo is still in the lead as the results of the 19th week of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 competition came out.
This is the fifth week running that Lasith is in the lead in the All-Island Schools category. Now his combined total has reached 150,083 votes.
During the count of the two combined weeks Lasith, as usual, received 30,167 votes, once again the most received for the week. Former leader Navindu Nirmal of St. Aloysius College, Galle added 16,505 combined votes in both weeks, taking his tally to 124,744, as he remains in second position. The difference between the two is 25339 votes.
The race is now clearly between Lasith and Navindu and with eight more weeks to go until the end, it could be anybody’s call, being an open competition. Mohamed Najath of Zahira College has slowed downed but remains in third place. The full list will be pruned down to a Top 15 during this month and by the end of May it will be shortened to a Top 10.
Pulitha Yasas of Sri Sumangala College, Panadura continues to dominate the Emerging Schools category while the International Schools category is still led by Shimraz Shahil of Alethea International School.
Important
Coupons of the competition will be published in the Sunday Times, the two English dailies, the Daily Mirror and Daily FT, and the two Sinhala dailies, Daily Lankadeepa and Ada. Coupons will run for 26 weeks with the final week set from 2 July. Readers could vote for their favourite schoolboy cricketer and take them to the winning post during that period. Online voting for the Most Popular Cricketer can be done through Dialog Axiata’s digital online voting system portal www.dialog.lk/cricket. The count of digital voting for week 19 was monitored and approved by auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers.
All-Island Schools
Lasith Croosepulle (Maris Stella College) – 150,083
Navindu Nirmal (St. Aloysius’ Galle) – 124,744
Mohamed Najath (Zahira College) – 61,179
Charana Nanayakkara (Thurstan College) – 10,467
Santhush Goonathilake (St. Peter’s College) – 9,093
Romesh Nallaperuma (S. Thomas’ College) – 6,414
Dinitha Basnayake (St. Benedict’s College) – 6,265
Helitha Vithanage (Royal College) – 1,820
Mohamed Rifaz (President’s College) – 1,333
Nikesh Anjana (S. Thomas’ College) – 1,256
Lakshina Rodrigo (St. Peter’s College) – 1,208
Sahan Suraweera (Ananda College) - 692
Hareen Buddhila (St. Aloysius College) - 535
Dileepa Jayalath (Ananda College) - 531
P.A. Dananjaya (Richmond College) - 291
Emerging Schools
Pulitha Yasas (Sri Sumangala Panadura) – 4,052
Sahan Perera (Christ King Pannipitiya) - 278
Imesh Basnayake (St. Peter’s Gampaha) - 266
Gimhana Dhanushka (Piliyandala Central) - 130
Nipuna Ransika (P. de S. Kularatne MV) - 98
Methushan Thilina (Kegalu Vidyalaya) - 84
Suminda Lakshan (De La Salle Mutwal) - 46
Raveen Yasas (Devapathiraja Rathgama) - 44
Hirusha Mendis (Siddartha Central Balapitiya) - 32
Tissara Dilshan Jayananda (National School Polonnaruwa) - 8
Shrushee Adhishtana (St. Bernadette Kurunegala) - 1
Shimraz Shahil (Alethea International) - 319
Tariq Haniff (Wycherley International) - 30
1. J.A. Hemapala, 18, Welhena, Minuwangoda, 2. Antony Joseph, 181, Welikada, Makevita, 3. Nipun Fernando, 13/8, Kanakaratna Place, Lakshapathiya, Moratuwa, 4. Nilupa Nishanthi, 452/A5, Pitipana North, Homagama
