Pete Hemantha closing on Tyron of Richmond
The year of 2013 is a memorable one for Thurstan and Isipathana colleges who celebrate their 50th Big Match encounter next week. So it will be a memorable one for Thurstanite Minhaj Jaleel who will be part of this encounter and above all the undisputed leader of the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013 for the ninth consecutive week.
Jaleel received 1049 votes this week and his tally swelled to 14855 with a massive lead from the rest of the competitors.
Jaleel enjoys a gigantic lead of 11283 votes from second-placed A.K. Tyron of Richmond Galle who is at 3572 as the entire line up remains the same apart from the sudden hop by Roshan Anuruddha of Gurukula Kelaniya. He jumped three places up to eighth after obtaining just 21 votes.
Meanwhile Dushan Hemantha, the skipper of St. Peter’s College Colombo is closing in to grab Tyron’s place. Hemantha is at third place at present but he is just 109 votes behind Tyron. This week Hemantha received 319 votes and Tyron got just 26. If this fashion of receiving counts continues to go on Hemantha can effortlessly snatch the second slot maybe in a week.
As last week Trinitian Dinuka Wickramanayake remains at fourth place followed by Madawa Nimesh of Royal College Panadura. Following them are Sachin Bulathsinhala of St. Anthony’s Katugastota, Jason Buultjens of St. Peter’s and Anuruddha who cost Damindu Ashan of Royal Panadura, Kusal Mendis of Prince of Wales’ and Royal Colombo skipper Devin Pathmanathan a place respectively.
Sanju Sharuk of Vidyaloka Galle continues to lead the Emerging Schools category followed by Lahiru Vimukthi and Chamika Amarasekera of Sri Sumangala Panadura. Sharuk received 447 votes last week as his count reached the 1458. Others in the list are Prasanna Sujith of Uhana MV Ampara, Banuka Manelanga of St. Mary’s Kegalle and former leader Deshan Dhananjaya of Rahula Matara among the top five.
Walid Jiffry of Leighton Park maintains the lead of the International Schools category with an overall tally of 5439 votes. This week along Jiffry received 600 votes as Sasika Rathnathilake of Lyceum Nugegoda obtained 531 votes to accumulate 3752 votes. The difference between the top two is 1687 votes.
Coupons for the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013 competition will appear in Wijeya Newspapers’ dailies- the Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa- and also in its weekend English publication, the Sunday Times. Readers will be able to send in as many coupons as they wish in favour of their favourite schoolboy cricketer until the deadline on May 30. Minhaj Jaleel A.K. Tyron Dushan Hemantha Dinuka Wickramanayake Madawa Nimesh Sachin Bulathsinhala Jason Buultjens Roshan Anuruddha Damindu Ashan Kusal Mendis Devin Pathmanathan Thamalaka Athulathmudali Yohan Silva Sanjika Ridma Gehan Gajadheera Sanju Sharuk Lahiru Vimukthi Chamika Amarasekera Prasanna Sujith Bhanuka Manelanga Deshan Dhananjaya Sadeepa Lakshan Nipun Yathidura Lasith Lakshan Walid Jifftry Shasika Rathnathilake Davin Serasinghe Naveen Sanjula
ALL-ISLAND
Thurstan College Richmond Galle St. Peter's College Trinity College Royal Panadura St. Anthony’s Katugastota St. Peter's College Kelaniya Gurukula Royal Panadura Prince of Wales’ Royal Colombo Ananda Colombo Dharmasoka Ambalangoda St. Servatius Matara St. Servatius Matara
EMERGING SCHOOLS
Vidyaloka Galle Sri Sumangala Panadura Sri Sumangala Panadura Uhana MV St. Mary's Kegalle Sri Rahula Matara Balawana Veyangoda Dharmaloka Kelaniya St. Thomas’ Matara
INTERNATIONAL
14855 3572 3463 1468 1011 550 480 197 192 186 176 147 79 70 10 1458 707 473 328 132 117 19 13 13 Leighton Park 5439 Lyceum Nugegoda 3752 Gateway 59 Royal Intl Kurunegala 3 Kalpa Geethanjana, Nuwara Hotel, Main Street, Hingurakkgoda, Zihana Miskin, 40, Sambodi Mawatha, Kandy, G.M.P. Sugathapala, 48, Siddartha Mawatha, Kegalle, L.C. Gunasekara, 83, Galthude, Panadura.