Jaleel charges ahead for another week
BATA- THE SUNDAY TIMES MOST POPULAR SCHOOLBOY CRICKETER 2013
Several weeks have passed by but it seems that Minhaj Jaleel is unstoppable and is extending his empire, as the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013 competition enters its eighth week.
Jaleel, of Thurstan College, reached the magical figure of 12, 383 votes after obtaining 1597, the highest number of coupons for yet another week.
Richmond’s A.K. Tyron remains in the second slot for the eighth week with 3519 votes but his closest rival, Dushan Hemantha, is accelerating at a reasonable pace. Hemantha, St.. Peter’s skipper, received 421 votes, way ahead of the figure Tyron received, which is 27, and is just 597 votes away from claiming the second slot.
Trinitian Dinuka Wickramanayake is in fourth place followed by Madawa Nimesh of Royal College Panadura. Others in the top ten are Sachin Bulathsinhala of St. Anthony’s Katugastota, Jason Buultjens of St. Peter’s, Damindu Ashan of Royal Panadura, Kusal Mendis of Prince of Wales’ and Royal Colombo skipper Devin Pathmanathan who remain at their respective positions from the previous week.
Sanju Sharuk of Vidyaloka Galle is one of the luckiest contenders in the Emerging Schools category. He made a sudden surge to dislodge then-leader Deshan Dhananjaya of Rahula five weeks ago and by this time he has managed to reach the landmark figure of 1003 votes. This is indeed a signifi- Year 2013 competition will appear in Wijeya Newspapers’ dailies- the Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa- and also in its weekend English publication, the Sunday Times. Readers will be able to send in as many coupons as they wish in favour of their favourite schoolboy cricketer until the deadline on May 30. cant achievement as his current run assures Sharuk an obvious win if he maintains this pace. In second place is Lahiru Vimukthi of Sri Sumangala Panadura but he is 560 votes behind the leader. Prasanna Sujith of Uhana Maha Vidyalaya Ampara failed to receive a single vote this ended week but he remains in the third slot, unchallenged. Chamika Amarasekara of Sri Sumangala Panadura and Bhanuka Manelanga of St. Mary’s Kegalle who fought a close battle last week ultimately managed to break apart. Chamika received 85 votes this week and is at 189 whereas Bhanuka managed to get only 24 votes taking his tally to 127 this week.
Walid Jiffry of Leighton Park continues to lead the International Schools category as he reached a tally of 4104 votes this week. Sasika Rathnathilake of Lyceum Nugegoda made a sudden surge after receiving 823 votes this week. At the moment Sasika trails by 1985 votes against the leader Walid, promising an interesting battle in the weeks to come. Coupons for the 34th Bata-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the