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

• Manoj, Vishal, Sathya end 2018 in style

The 11th week results of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest comes out with minor changes on the top of each category. Sukhitha Manoj of St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa continues to lead the All-Island Schools segment while a few changes occurred in the centre of the list. 

Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College Galle and Lakshitha Rasanjana of Nalanda College continues to remain at second and third respectively while Abhishek Ananda of Trinity College remains at fourth. 

Vishal Nagasena of St. Peter’s College Gampaha, continues to lead the Emerging Schools category while claiming the highest tally among all contenders by this week. Lithija Kalhara of Ananda Maithree N.S. Balangoda clings on to the second position he claimed last week from Thanusha Sandaruwan of St. John’s College Nugegoda, who now sits at third. 

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. Until last week, she only had Sithmi Nirasha of Anula Vidyalaya Nugegoda but from this week the category will have a third contender with Nimesha Tharuni of Marapola Maha Vidyalaya Minuwangoda joining in. 

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 also comes out in the Tamil Mirror. 

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 live. Players of all categories, including those already in the fray through coupons, should register themselves following the link – www.dialog.lk/cricket/register, prior to end of 2018. The method to follow in the digital registration process has been made simple for schoolboys and schoolgirls. Already a good number of players have registered and their names will be published in weeks to come after necessary verification. 

Players who have represented their respective school in First XI cricket and with a tally of 400 or above runs or 25 wickets or above in the last season will be 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 Cricket Association.