By Dinesh Weerawansa | Sunday Observer

By Dinesh Weerawansa

Farveez Maharoof of Wesley won the Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award 2003 and also won the Best Batsman All-Island award
Wellalage lives up to his image
Promising Dunith Wellalage seems to be the next rich contribution to Sri Lanka cricket from St. Joseph’s College, Colombo after former Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews. Wellalage emerged the Observer SLT Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2022. Having completed a superb final season for St. Joseph’s, he climbed to the top most level, while still being a...
2 October, 2022
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