Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year:

All set for mega show on July 18

The 30th Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year awards ceremony will be held on July 18 at the BMICH. It would be a memorable experience for outstanding schoolboy cricketers, their supporters and sports enthusiasts as the organisers have included several entertaining items that would keep the capacity crowd on the edges of their seats.

As ‘the schoolboy cricketer of the year show’ completes three decades, it has gained national recognition. This year’s contest will be organised in association with the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Several past Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award winners will grace the special 30th anniversary show.

Besides the first recipient of the award - the current ICC Chief Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle, who will be the chief guest, the Sri Lanka Cricket chief Arjuna Ranatunga, who won the coveted award twice in 1980 and 1982, will be an honoured guest.

Ranatunga, who has always stressed the importance of paying special emphasis on school cricket, has extended his fullest support to the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the year show.

Meanwhile, entries for the Observer-Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year All-Island and Outstation contests will close on July 10 at 12 noon. The last round of voting coupons will appear in the Sunday Observer on July 6 and in the Daily News, Dinamina and Thinakaran up to July 9.