Voting for Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the year 2012

Salgado and Kavindu get Observer/Mobitel awards

Sajeewa Salgado of Thurstan College and Kavindu Ashan of Royal College, Panadura are the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketers of the Year. Sajeewa Salgado edged out team-mate Ashan Wanigaratne in All-Island contest. Salgado finally obtained 78,002 votes and Wanigaratna received 77,304 votes

Close battle for top berths in both contests

OBSERVER-MOBITEL AWARDS: The run for the first two places (All Island) between Thurstanites Ashan Wanigaratne (74,805) and Sajeeva Salgado (74,549) is intensifying with Wanigaratne in front with a majority of 256 votes and in the Outstation contest too, Kavindu Ashan Perera (Royal, Panadura) (48,904) and Maris Stella’s Angelo Jayasinghe (47,882) the Sri Lanka Under-19 World Cup vice-captain are also in a keen tussle for the top berth in the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Contest at the end of count number 22.

Thurstanites carry the important battle forward

OBSERVER-MOBITEL AWARDS....Sajeeva Salgado (72,987) of Thurstan has obtained a slender 176 votes lead over his closest rival another Thurstanite Ashan Wanigaratne (72,811) in the race to the first place in the All Island Contest while the fight between Kavindu Ashan Perera (47,101) of Royal, Panadura and Angelo Jayasinghe (46,927) of Maris Stella, Negombo too is hotting up in the Outstation contest with the lead narrowing down to 174 votes at the Sunday Observer/Mobitel contest at the end of count number 21.

Battle wages between Thurstanites Ashan and Sajeeva for top berth

OBSERVER-MOBITEL AWARDS: With the contest reaching its final stages, the tussle between the first two contestants in the All-Island Contest Thurstanites Ashan Wanigaratne (70,019) and Sajeeva Salgado (69,473) is getting more intense with the deficit between the two only 546 votes.

Thurstanites in tight contest and Bandara goes in front from Outstation schools

The two Thurstanites Sajeeva Salgado (67,105)and Ashan Wanigaratne (66,897) are in a tight contest for the number one spot while Vidyartha’s Ruwan Bandara (41,817) sprang into the number one position, displacing Angelo Jayasinghe and Kavindu Ashan to second and third places at the end of count number 19 in the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year All Island and Outstation contests respectively.

Ashan (All-Island) and Angelo (Outstation) takes lead on count No. 18

OBSERVER-MOBITEL AWARDS: Observer/Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2012 contest is getting more and more competitive and the deficit between the contestants is getting smaller and smaller. At the end of counting on Coupon Number 18, the contests are in a interesting stage in both the ALL-ISLAND and (OUTSTATION) categories.

Close battle for top honours continue

OBSERVER-MOBITEL AWARDS: Sajeeva Salgado and his teammate Ashan Wanigaratne of Thurstan College is in a close tussle for supremacy for the top spot with Salgado in the lead with 168 votes while Kavindu Ashan of Royal College, Panadura took a 447 vote majority over Angelo Jayasinghe of Maris Stella, College, Negombo.

Maris Stella's Angelo Jayasinghe takes 91 vote lead in Outstation contest

OBSERVER-MOBITEL AWARDS: With the completion of count number 16, the competition between the first two candidates of both categories All Island ... Ashan Wanigaratne (56,391) and Sajeeva Salgado (55,988) both from Thurstan College) and Angelo Jayasinghe (35,002) of Maris Stella, Negombo and Kavindu Ashan (34,911) of Royal, Panadura from the Outstation schools, are engaged in a close tussle for the number one berth.

Two Thurstanites in ding-dong battle for top place

OBSERVER-MOBITEL AWARDS: The tussle between the two Thurstanites Ashan Wanigaratne (53,165) and Sajeeva Salgado (51,984) continued as Wanigaratne took the lead from Salgado with a majority of 1,181 votes at the end of count number 15 in the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy (All-Island) category.

Observer-Mobitel Awards:
Leaders ousted - Salgado and Ashan take top spots in Most Popular Contests

Thurstana's Sajeeva Salgado (47,104) ousted Josephian Sadeera Samarawickrema (46,993) to the second place with a majority of 111 votes in the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Contest (All-Island) at the end of count No.14.

Sadeera Samarawickrema and Ruwan Bandara take top spots in Most Popualr Contests

Sunday Observer-Mobitel Awards: Josephian Sadeera Samarawickrema and Ruwan Bandara of Vidyartha, Kandy took the top spot in the All Island and Outstation Contest respectively in the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Contest at the end of count Number 13.

No changes in voting in both contests

SUNDAY OBSERVER-MOBITEL CRICKET AWARDS: Ashan Wanigaratne of Thurstan College and Kavindu Ashan Perera of Royal College, Panadura continued their dominance at the top spot in the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of The year Contest All Island and Outstation respectively at the end of count number 12.

Wanigaratne and Ashan take over leads in Most Popular Cricket Contests

SUNDAT OBSERVER/MOBITEL MOST POPULAR SCHOOLBOY CRICKETR OF THEe YEAR 2012 CONTEST (ALL ISLAND): Thurstan College cricketer Ashan Wanigaratne and Panadura, Royal's Kavindu Ashan took over the lead from Sadeera Samarawickrema (St. Joseph's) and Angelo Ranasinghe (Maris Stella) in the All Island and Outstation categories.

Josephian Samarawickrema and Maris Stella's Jayasinghe take the lead

MOST POPULAR SCHOOLBOY CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 2012 CONTEST: Josephian Sadeera Samarawickrema and Angelo Jayasinghe of Maris Stella College, Negombo took the lead from last week winners .

Kavindu Ashan hits the top in Outstation Contest

MOST POPULAR SCHOOLBOY CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 2012 CONTEST: Royal College, Panadura's Kavindu Ashan sprang into the top spot of the Outstation category while Thurstan's Ashan Wanigaratne continued his dominance at the top spot of the All-Island Contest at the end of count number 9 in the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Contest 2012.

Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year :
Home and home battle

The fight for the first place between Thurstanites Ashan Wanigaratne and Sajeeva Salgado (All  Island) continues and the deficit between the two are 583 votes while in the Outstation category the tussle between Maris Stella's Angelo Jayasinghe and Vidyartha's Ruwan Bandara is hotting up as the gap between the two is only 303 votes at the end of count number 8 in the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Contest.

Close tussle for top berths in both contests

The close tussle for the first place between the two Thurstan College players Sajeeva Salgado (19,802) and Ashan Wanigaratne (19,567) kept on fluctuating in the (All Island) competition with Salgado taking over the lead with a slender majority.

Tussle hots up - Jayasinghe creeps up to top slot in Outstation Contest

MOST POPULAR SCHOOLBOY CRICKETER CONTEST: The tussle for the first two places in both categories All-Island and Outstation is steaming up in the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer Of The Year Contest 2012.

Changes in voting in Most Popular Contests.... :
Ashan Wanigaratne (Thurstan) and Ruwan Bandara (Vidyartha) hit the top

Thurstanite Ashan Wanigaratne and Ruwan Bandara of Vidyartha , Kandy, took the top spot this week with last week's winners Sajeeva Salagado (Thurstan ) and Angelo Jayasinghe (Maris Stella) being pushed to the second place with a slender lead at the end of count number 5 at the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the year All Island and Outstation competition. The competition is gathering momentum as the voting mainly for the first three places in both categories All Island and Outstation is hotting up.

Sajeeva Salgado (Thurstan) and Angelo Jayasinghe (Maris Stella) hit the top

Thurstan College captain Sajeeva Salgado who had a successful season this year and his teammate Ashan Wanigaratne ware placed first and second respectively at the end of Count Number 4, ousting Josephian Sadeera Samarawickrema to the third place in the Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer All Island Contest.

No changes in voting on Count Number 3

MOST POPULAR SCHOOBOY CRICKETER CONTEST: There were no changes in the positions in both categories (All Island and Outstation) with Josephian Sadeera Samarawickrema (All Island) and Ruwan Bandara (Vidyartha) from Outstation taking the top spot at the end of Count Number 3 in the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricket of the Year contest. Sadeera Samarawickrema polled 6,123 votes and his closest rival Thurstan's Sajeeva Salgado is not far behind with 5,427 votes.

Sadeera and Ruwan take-over the lead in 2nd week's voting

MOST POPULAR SCHOOLBOY CRICKETER CONTEST: Josephian Sadeera Samarawickrema (All Island) and Ruwan Bandara of Vidyartha, Kandy (Outstation) took the number one spot in count number 2 at the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2012 competition.

Sunday Observer - Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer 2012

Ashan Wanigaratne and Angelo Jayasinghe take lead in first week's voting MOST POPULAR SCHOOLBOY CRICKETER: Ashan Wanigaratne of Thurstan College, Colombo and Angelo Jayasinghe of Maris Stella College, Negombo topped the list of the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer 2012