St. Joseph’s College allrounder Dunith Wellalage and Dharmapala College’s Chushadi Kaushalya have won the Sunday Observer SLT Mobitel Most Popular School Cricketer prizes at the final week’s count.
Wellalage polled 44, 564 votes while Kaushalya received 40,077 votes from readers and they will receive their prizes at the Observer Mobitel School Cricketer Awards Ceremony scheduled to take place soon.
Final Vote count:
Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer 2022
1. Dunith Wellalage (St. Joseph’s) 44,564
2. Rusanda Gamage (St. Peter’s) 39,997
3. Sadisha Rajapakse (Royal) 31,404
4. Vishara Fernando (Richmond) 28,703
5. Pasan Suwahas (St. Benedict’s) 28,238
6. Caniston Karunaratne (S. Thomas’) 18,993
7. Raveen de Silva (Nalanda) 14,109
8. Ramesh Madhubasana (Mahinda) 10,845
9. Pasindu Ratnayake (Thurstan) 10,056
10. Theeraka Ranatunga (Trinity) 9,406
11. Ruveen Fonseka (De Mazenod) 8,502
12. Malintha Malith (Maris Stella) 7,023
13. Shevon Daniel (St. Joseph’s) 5,899
14. Dinuka Kalupahana (Mahinda) 4,996
15. Sudesh Jayawardena (St. Joseph’s) 4,904
16. Kavindu Amantha (Isipathana) 4,447
17. Iruth Gimhana (Ananda) 3,606
18. Savindu Perera (Maris Stella, T’katuwa) 3,648
19. Shanujan Shanmuganathan (St. Benedict’s) 3,427
Most Popular Schoolgirl Cricketer 2022
1. Chushadi Kaushalya (Dharmapala) 40,077
2. Manudi Nanayakkara (Princess of Wales) 36,112
3. Kaushini Nuthyanga (Anula) 23,055
4. Navodya Nethmini (Wadduwa MMV) 15,348
5. Tharushi Rajakaruna (Nugawela Central) 10,899
6. Imesha Dulani, (Devapathiraja) 8,404
7. Vishmi Guneratne (Rathnavali BV, Gampaha) 7,236
8. Hirushi Nimanthi (Jayasiripura KV, Bakamuna) 6,989
9. Nimsara Dissanayake (Sri Siddhartha Central) 5,909
10. Hashini Liyanage (Anula) 5,403
11. Chadali Isurika (Jayasiripura KV, Bakamuna) 4,208