Naveen Kavikara takes over lead

There has been a change in voting on coupon No. 8 in the Observer-Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year All-Island Contest. The tussle has been a home-and-home affair and now Naveen Kavikara of D. S. Senanayake College is infront with 11,328 votes while teammate Charith Jayampathi drops down one place - to second position with 11,013 votes.

There are no changes in the other places in both competitions.

All-Island Contest

1.	Naveen Kavikara	(D.S. Senanayake College)			11328
2.	Charith Jayampathi	(D.S. Senanayake College)		11013
3.	Angelo Perera	(St. Peter’s College)				 7260
4. 	Yasith Abeykoon	(Royal College)					 4647
5	Buwanaka Ekanayake	(Dharmaraja College)			 3331
6.	Isham Ghouse	(Zahira College, Colombo)			 2312
7.	Dinesh Chandimal	(Ananda College)			 2223
8.	Waruna Fernando	(St. Benedict’s College)			 1688
9.	Sahan Palihakkara	(St.Anthony’s Kandy)			 1290
10.	Nishika de Silva	(St. Joseph’s College)			 1061

Outstation Contest

1. 	 K. Wickremarachchi 	(Gamini MMV,Bentota)			10738
2.	S.H.Indunil Kumara 	(Devapathiraja Vidyalaya, Ratgama)      10555
3.	Malinda Samarasekera	(Maris Stella College)			 4486
4.	Amila Tillekeratne	(Sri Rahula MV)				 4441
5. 	Shehan Silva	(Joseph Vaz College)				 3237
6.	Zakir Hussain	(Azhar College, Akurana)			 2175
7. 	Nuwan Abeyratne	(Sri Sumangala College)				 1158
8. 	Rashmika Perera	(Sri Dhammaloka College,Kelaniya)		  844
9. 	Gayan Maneshan	(Maliyadeva College)				  719
10.	Chandimal Pathirana	(St. Anne’s College)			  587

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