Grand finale on July 28

The grand finale of the 37th Observer/Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the year show will be held on July 28 at the Galadari Hotel main ballroom.

The contest has produced hundreds of schoolboy cricketers who have represented the country at the highest level, and this year too, the selected players will get a tremendous boost for their future cricketing endeavours.

The contest is conducted in the National, Platinum, Gold and Silver categories. The first winner of the contest was Ranjan Madugalle in 1978. He later captained Sri Lanka and is presently the only Sri Lankan to have became an ICC Chief Match referee. In year 1979 Arjuna Ranatunge won the award. Ranatunge too captained Sri Lanka and had the rare honour of winning the Cricket World Cup in 1996.