 The captain Dinesh Chandimal of
Ananda College was the winner of the All-Island award of the 31st
Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the year. He is the seventh
Anandian to win the award.
 Chandimal who has captained the Sri Lanka under-19 team, also showed
his batting ability scoring a century against the New Zealanders last
month for Sri Lanka Board President XI-the opening match for Kiwis.
The wicketkeeper cum batsman, who is turning 20 next month, has been
playing cricket since the age of eleven.
He started playing cricket at Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda,
captained Dharmasoka under-13 and was selected the best wicketkeeper all
island. He was a key figure in the Southern Province schools cricket
team in the inter-district tournaments. He also captained the under-16
team at Dharmasoka prior to coming over to Ananda in 2005.
After coming to Ananda he captained the under-17 team and proved his
capabilities. He was appointed 1st XI captain in 2008-2009 and also was
the vice captain of the Sri Lanka under-19 team.
He made a record against the Australian schoolboy team, with a
staggering eight wickets. In the year 2007, he scored 143 against the
Indian Schools side and in the limited over matches against the English
schoolboys, Dinesh struck a fine century 112 and a bright half century
65.
This year he led Ananda to a record 12 wins but unfortunately lost to
Royal. It's a record for Ananda to win 12 games.
The previous record of II wins was by St. Joseph's College. In 2009
alone he had a total of 1,580 runs with ten half centuries. But that is
not all; he is also a 'smart keeper', with 64 victims during the season.
He made yet another record slamming 205 against Moratu Vidyalaya.
Dinesh Chandimal was the runner-up in the best fielders award in 2007
Observer-Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year and winner best fielder in the
2008 contest.
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