Manoj remains in the lead

Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy / Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year 2019

Sukhitha Manoj of St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa continues to remain as the leader of the pack of the All-island Schools category in the fourth week of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest.

Manoj added 275 votes in the ended week, taking his tally to 756. His lead against second placed Lakshitha Rasanjana of Nalanda College, expands by a staggering margin of 592. Rasanjana added 66 votes in the ended week. Behind him is Abhishek Kumara of Trinity College, who takes his tally to 101 votes after adding 19 in the ended week.

Thanusha Sandaruwan of St. John’s College Nugegoda continues to lead the Emerging Schools category, where players of Division II and III cricket playing schools get to come among the top. He expanded his lead by a further 115 votes, as his total moved to 250 this week. He has a close contender in Vishal Rukshan of St. Peter’s College Gampaha, who rocketed his way to close in behind seven votes.

The Girls’ Schools category, which was introduced to the ever popular competition in the country last season, runs solo for the moment. Sithmi Nirasha of Anula Vidyalaya Nugegoda takes the sole run, but in weeks to come she is certainly to have more rivalry from other contenders who have already shown interest.

The nature of the race to the top could definitely hit a peak as weeks progress with 23 more weekends to go before it comes to an interesting end. 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 will also come will out in the Tamilmirror.