Navindu getting stronger after ten counts

A healthy lead of 14214 puts the chart-topper, Navindu Nirmal of St. Aloysius' College Galle, in a strong position as he continues to lead the All- Island Schools segment of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 at the end of the tenth week.

An addition of 8226 votes made his tally an inaccessible 64112 while Mohamed Najath of Zahira College, despite adding 7980 in the ended week, stays put at second with a tally of 49898.

Lasith Croospulle of Maris Stella College Negombo moves close to Najath rapidly and his tally currently reads as 44135. This after adding 9906, the highest number of combined votes received by a competitor for the second consecutive week. Others in the list too added to their existing tally but not as big as the top three as the list remain unchanged for yet another week.

This list will remain open until end of March, before it is pruned down to the Top 20. By end of April the list will be cut down to 15 and by end of May only the Top 10 will be shown. This will be valid to all categories of the competition.

Pulitha Yasas Sri Sarathchandra of Sri Sumangala College Panadura continues to dominate the Emerging Schools category while the International Schools category is led by the sole runner Shimraz Shahil of Alethea International School.

Important

Coupons of the competition will be published in the Sunday Times,

All-Island Schools

Navindu Nirmal Mohamed Najath Lasith Croosepulle Charana Nanayakkara Santhush Goonathilake Romesh Nallaperuma Dinitha Basnayake Helitha Vithanage Lakshina Rodrigo Mohamed Rifaz Sahan Suraweera Dileepa Jayalath Nikesh Anjana P.A. Dananjaya Hareen Buddhila Sammu Ashan Asel Sigera Pasindu Sooriyabandara Sanjula Abeywickrama Jehan Daniel Naveen Gunawardana Avishka Perera Dineth Madurawala Thilina Perera Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan (St. Aloysius' Galle) ........................ 64112 (Zahira College) .............................. 49898 (Maris Stella College) ..................... 44135 (Thurstan College) .......................... 10093 (St. Peter's College) .......................... 7955 (S. Thomas' College) ........................ 6386 (St. Benedict's College) .................... 4696 (Royal College) ................................. 1636 (St. Peter's College) .......................... 1133 (Presidents College) ........................... 863 (Ananda College) ............................... 670 (Ananda College) ............................... 517 (S. Thomas' College) .......................... 341 (Richmond College) ............................ 285 (St. Aloysius College) ......................... 243 (Ananda College) ............................... 197 (Ananda College) ............................... 163 (Royal College) ................................... 163 (Isipathana College) ........................... 103 (St. Joseph's College) ........................ 102 (Thurstan College) ................................ 53 (Nalanda College) ................................ 50 (St. Joseph's College) .......................... 25 (Wesley College) .................................. 24 (Trinity College) .................................... 24 the two English dail i e s, the Daily Mirror and DailyFT, and the two Sinhala dailies, Daily Lankadeepa and Ada. Coupons will run for 26 weeks with the deadline set for week beginning on July 2. Readers could vote for their favourite schoolboy cricketer and take them to the winning post during that period.

Online voting could be done through Dialog Axiata's digital online voting system Portal to vote Salith Fernando Kavindu Gimhana Pathum Nissanka Thilina Nemesh Avishka Fernando Lasith Udage

Emerging Schools

Pulitha Yasas Gimhana Dhanushka Nipuna Ransika Methushan Thilina Imesh Basnayake Sahan Perera Raveen Yasas Hirusha Mendis Suminda Lakshan Tissara Dilshan Jayananda Shrushee Adhishtana Shimraz Shahil for the Most Popular Cricketer via www. dialog. lk/ cricket. Player registration closed on February 28. Both coupon votes and online votes will be counted on a weekly basis and the official results published every week in the five newspapers and its websites, as well as that of Dialog Axiata's Online Portal. The deadline for online voting will be the same as for the coupons. Accepting coupons valid for each week will (St. Anthony's Wattala) ........................ 17 (Ananda College) ................................. 15 (Isipathana College) ............................. 14 (Prince of Wales') ................................. 10 (St. Sebastian's Moratuwa) ................... 8 (St. Mary's Kegalle) ................................ 8 (Sri Sumangala Panadura) ................ 1981 (Piliyandala Central) ........................... 130 (P. de S. Kularatne MV) ......................... 84 (Kegalu Vidyalaya) ............................... 83 (St. Peter's Gampaha) .......................... 80 (Christ King Pannipitiya) ....................... 74 (Devapathiraja Rathgama) ................... 42 (Siddartha Central Balapitiya) .............. 27 (De La Salle Mutwal) ............................ 16 (National School Polonnaruwa) .............. 8 (St. Bernadette Kurunegala) ................... 1

International Schools

(Alethea International) ....................... 120 1. Kushan Udayanga, 235/1, Galedanda, Gonawala, Kelaniya, 2. R.P.D.B. Dharmapriya, the Parliament, Kotte, 3. H.G. Kularatne, Ratna Stores, Palawela Road, Elapatha, Ratnapura, 4. Rozanne Amath, 40/41, Katuwawela Road, Maharagama. be received only until Thursday noon on each week. Online voting for each week will be counted by Thursday noon each week. This deadline will be strictly implemented by the organisers. Coupons for the related week will NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THURSDAY NOON on each week. This is an open competition and unethical campaigning will be a disqualification. The Sports Editor of the Sunday Times reserves all rights to disqualify such players if any illegal movements is found with proof.