Charith-Schoolboy Cricketer 2015
Charith Asalanka of Richmond College,Galle became the undisputed
champion schoolboy cricketer for the year 2015 winning three major
awards .
 Asalanka won the most prestigious 37th Sunday Observer/ Mobitel
Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award last week in a ceremony held at
the Galadari Hotel main Ball Room .He has been representing his school
Richmond and captaining theteam at all junior levels. The 2015/ 2016
school cricket season should be another significant year for him as he
will be captaining the first XI .
A fine left handed batsman and an useful off spin bowler , Asalanka
has represented the Sri Lanka schools under 19 in major tournaments and
have toured Bangladesh and played against England and Australia in a
home series .
In this year’s Sunday Observer/ Mobitel contest besides the main
Schoolboy Cricketer Award, Charith Asalanka won the National award for
the Best All rounder and also was the runner up in the Most Popular
contest in the platinum category . His ambition is one day to represent
the country at the highest level.
National awards:
Best batsman: Avishka Fernando (St.Sebastian’sCollege, Moratuwa)
Best bowler: Asitha Madushanka Fernando (St.Sebastain’s MMV, Katuneriya)
Best fielder: Wanindu Hasaranga (Richmond College,Galle)
Best all-rounder: Charith Asalanka (Richmond College,Galle)
National award for the Schoolboy Cricketer Of The Year: Charith Asalanka
(Richmond, Galle)
Runner- up: Avishka Fernando ( St.Sebastian’s,Moratuwa)
Platinum Awards:
Best batsman: Akeel Inham (D.S.Senanayake )
Runner- up: Sahan Arachchige (Ananda College)
Best bowler. Raveen Sayer ( Trinity)
Runner-up. Dualanjana Seneviratne ( Mahanama,Colombo)
Best fielder: Kavinda Ratnayake (Dharmaraja,Kandy)
Runner-up: Naveen Ekanayake (Trinity)
Best all-rounder: Sachintha Peiris (Maliyadeva,Kurunegala)
Runner-up: Shifran Muthalif ( D.S.senanayake )
Gold Awards:
Best batsman: Pethum Nissanka ( Kalutara Vidyalaya)
Runner-up: Ashira Wageesha ( St.Anthony’s,Wattala)
Best bowler: Shamsul Muneer (St.Anthony’s,Wattala)
Runner-up: Kosala Bandara (Kegalu Vidyalaya)
Best fielder: Nimesh Dananjaya Jayakody (St.Sebastian’s , Katuneriya)
Runner-up : Aravinda Warnasuriya ( (SriDharmaloka, Kelaniya)
Best all-rounder; Shamsul Muneer (St.Anthony’s,Wattala)
Runner-up: Yohan Madushanka (Karandeniya CC, )
Silver Award:
Best batsman: Shanaka Sampath (Siri Piyaratana,Padukka)
Runner-up: P.Thuwarakaseelam ( St. John’s,Jaffna)
Best bowler: W.A.P.D.Fernando (St.Peter’s, Negombo)
Runner-up: Prasad Waththage ( Waduwa MMV)
Team Awards:
Best school team for National award: Trinity College, Kandy
Runner-up: Thurstan College
Best school team Western Province: Lumbini College, Colombo
Runner-up: St.Peter’s College, Colombo
Best school team Southern province: Richmond College, Galle
Runner-up: P.de.S.Kularatne MV, Ambalangoda.
Best school team Northern Province: St.John’s College, Jaffna.
Best school team Central Province: Dharmaraja, Kandy
Runner-up: St.Sylvester’s Kandy
Best school team North Western Province: Maliyadeva , Kurunegala.
Runner-up: St.Sebastian’s , Katuneriya,
Best School team Sabaragamuwa Province: St.Mary’s, Kegalle
Runner-up: Kegalu Vidyalaya
Best School team North Central Province: Anuradhapura Central
Best School team Uva Province: St. Thomas’, Bandarawela
Best behaved team for the Nationalaward: St.Peter’s Bambalapitiya.
Best promising team for the yearNational Award: St.Anthony’s College,
Wattala
Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer ofthe Year (Platinum)
[division 1 schools]
Lakshina Rodrigo (St.Peter’sCollege, Bambalapitiya)
Charith Asalanka (Richmond College, Galle )
Raveen Sayer (trinity College, Kandy)
Most popular Schoolboy Cricketer OfThe year (Gold)
[division 11 schools]
Randev Pathirana (Royal College, Colombo)
Ramindu Nickeshala (Devapathiraja, College Ratgama)
Ransith Upamal (Dharmaloka College, Kelaniya)
Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer OfThe Year (Silver) division 111
Shanaka Sampath (Siri Piyaratana, Padukka)
Mohammed Isaaf (St.Aloysius, Ratnapura)
P.. thuwarakuseelan ( St. John’s, Jaffna) |
