Lasith continues to build on his popularity
Lasith Croosepulle of Maris Stella College Negombo continues to lead the All-Island Schools segment for the third week running in the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017.
As the competition completes its 17th week Lasith had added 8070 combined votes, the highest among contenders for yet another week, as his tally swells to 119916. He stands 11677 ahead of Navindu Nirmal of St. Aloysius College Galle.
Navindu added 5064 combined votes to his tally, taking the count to 108239. The race now is clearly between Lasith and Navindu and with eight more weeks to go till the end, it could be anybody's call.
Mohamed Najath of Zahira College has relatively downed his pace and the input has slowed down. His weekly collection has declined and this week he only received 598 combined votes.
Pulitha Yasas Sri Sarathchandra of Sri Sumangala College Panadura continues to
All-Island Schools
Lasith Croosepulle (Maris Stella College) Navindu Nirmal (St. Aloysius' Galle) Mohamed Najath (Zahira College) Charana Nanayakkara (Thurstan College) Santhush Goonathilake (St. Peter's College) Romesh Nallaperuma (S. Thomas' College) Dinitha Basnayake (St. Benedict's College) Helitha Vithanage (Royal College) Mohamed Rifaz (Presidents College) Lakshina Rodrigo (St. Peter's College) Nikesh Anjana (S. Thomas' College) Sahan Suraweera (Ananda College) Dileepa Jayalath (Ananda College) Hareen Buddhila (St. Aloysius College) P.A. Dananjaya (Richmond College)
Emerging Schools
Pulitha Yasas (Sri Sumangala Panadura) Sahan Perera (Christ King Pannipitiya) 119916 108239 60172 10432 9001 6413 5985 1804 1325 1205 956 688 531 489 291 2736 249 dominate the Emerging Schools category while the International Schools category is still led by Shimraz Shahil of Alethea International School.
The full list will be pruned down to the Top 15 from this week and by end of May it will be shortlisted to the Top 10.
Important
Coupons of the competition 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. Coupons will run for 26 weeks with the final week set from 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 for the Most Popular Cricketer via www. dialog.lk/cricket. The count of week 17 of digital voting was monitored and approved by auditors Pricewaterhouse Cooper. Imesh Basnayake (St. Peter's Gampaha) Gimhana Dhanushka (Piliyandala Central) Nipuna Ransika (P. de S. Kularatne MV) Methushan Thilina (Kegalu Vidyalaya) Raveen Yasas (Devapathiraja Rathgama) Suminda Lakshan (De La Salle Mutwal) Hirusha Mendis (Siddartha Central Balapitiya) Tissara Dilshan Jayananda (National School Polonnaruwa) Shrushee Adhishtana (St. Bernadette)
International Schools
Shimraz Shahil (Alethea International) Tariq Haniff (Wycherley International) 238 130 98 84 44 43 32
1. H.M. Ariyaratne, 122/17, Ganewatte, Lewalla, Kandy, 2. Nathan Amath, 40/41, Katuwawela Road, Maharagama, 3. Yasiru Dilshan, 426/2, Araliyagahawatte, Dorape, Angulgaha, 4. Ajith Aberatne, 50/1, Siripa Road, Colombo 5. 8 1 300 1