Sachitra of Ananda and Dishan of Royal, Panadura - early leaders

OBSERVER-MOBITEL AWARDS: Ananda College leg spinner Sachitra Perera took top billing in the Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer 2011 All Island category, while Dishan Vimukthi of Royal College, Panadura took the lead in the Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer 2011 in the Outstation category at the end of count number 1 in the Observer/Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of The Year competition.

The Ananda College prolific wicket-taker was discarded from the Sri Lanka Schools Under 19 squad to meet the visiting England Under 19 team presently engaged in a series of matches in the Island. Josephian captain Chaturanga Kumara who is placed second in the competition missed last year's tour of England by a whisker, has rightly found his place in the present Sri Lanka Under 19 team to meet their counterparts from England.

Royal's Bhanuka Rajapakse who was judged the Observer/Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of The Year 2010 is captaining the Sri Lanka Under 19 national team by virtue of his excellent performances at school and International level, and he too, looks a strong contender for the title this year too.