Leaders strengthen their positions

With the online voting system coming back on track, the leaders of the three respective segments have further strengthened their positions as the 19th week results of the Dialog 4G- the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest are released.

Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College holds on to his lead in All-Island Schools, leading Pasindu Ushetti of Maris Stella College Negombo by 3996 votes while Muizz Rafeel of St. Anne's College Kurunegala progressed to third position from fifth.

The best addition for the ended week was recorded by Pasindu, which is 3064, followed by Navod, who claimed 2871. Lakshitha Rasanjana of Nalanda College follow in at fourth as former leader Sukhitha Manoj of St. Sebastian's College Moratuwa slid down to fifth, strangely without no additions for the week.

The Emerging Schools category is still led by Lithija Kalhara of Ananda Maithree NS, Balangoda,. while Sathya Sadeepani of Devapathiraja College Rathgama continues to lead the Girls' Schools category, which was introduced to the ever popular competition in the country last season.

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, Sinhala Weekend Deshaya and TamilMirror.

In addition Dialog Axiata's online voting system through their official Online Portal to vote for the Most Popular Cricketer (www.dialog.lk/cricket), is now alive.

Players who have represented their respective school in First XI (Under-19) cricket and with a tally of 400 or above runs or 25 wickets or above in the last season are automatically eligible for the Dialog 4G- the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 competition. Schools have been categorised under three categories -- the All-Island, Emerging and Girls schools, according to the segmentation process of Sri Lanka School Cricke t Association.