There have been interesting rounds of early voting in the 43rd Observer-SLT Mobitel Most Popular School Cricketers of the Year competition as it enters the third week. Although the Covid-19 pandemic badly affected all activities in the world and all schools’ sports activities here too came to a complete standstill from the second week of March, 2020, the 43rd Observer-SLT Mobitel School Cricketers of the Year has been held continuously.
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The 43rd Observer-SLT Mobitel Most Popular School Cricketers of the Year voting has been going on for a little over two weeks with a tremendous early response. It was a positive early response for the 2020-21 season cricketers who seek public response to become the most popular schoolboy and schoolgirl cricketers. The 2020-21 season’s official tournament matches are confined to only one-day matches as they were badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic while only a few two-day matches were played.

The 43rd Observer-SLT Mobitel Schools Cricketer of the Year commenced last week with its most popular contests. With the country opening its doors from the beginning of this month, the voting for the 2021 Observer-SLT Mobitel Most Popular School Cricketers of the Year too were launched. There has been a tremendous response from the first week itself and the positions of the schoolboys and schoolgirls will be published shortly on a regular basis.

The Sunday Observer-SLT Mobitel 43rd School Cricketer of the Year 2021 was launched last Friday under the patronage and sponsorship of the Chief Marketing Officer, Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd, Shashika Senarath who presented the relevant Cheque to Director Legal and Administration Rakhitha Abeygunawardhana of ANCL. SLT Mobitel is one of Sri Lanka’s leading communications providers and the contest is already on the fast lane.

The sponsorship cheque for the 43rd Observer-SLT Mobitel Schools Cricketers of the Year 2021 was presented by Chief Marketing Officer, Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd, Shashika Senerath to Director, Legal and Administration of ANCL, Attorney-at-Law Rakhitha Abeygunawardhana at the SLT Mobitel office at Rotunda Gardens on Friday. The Observer-SLT Mobitel Schools Cricketers of the Year contest will be sponsored by SLT Mobitel for the 15th successive year and the voting for the Most Popular Cricketers will commence from today.

The sponsorship for the 43rd Observer-SLT Mobitel Schools Cricketers of the Year 2021 was presented by Chief Marketing Officer, SLT Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd, Shashika Senerath to Director, Legal and Administration of ANCL, Attorney-at-Law Rakhitha Abeygunawardhana at the SLT Mobitel office at Rotunda Gardens on Friday. Here they are pictured after the sponsorship presentation. (from left) Editor-in-Chief of Sunday Observer Dinesh Weerawansa, Attorney-at-Law Abeygunawardhana, CMO of SLT Mobitel Shashika Senarath, Senior Manager, Channel Publicity of Mobitel Jude Silva and Manager, Channel Publicity of ANCL Chanaka Liyanage (Pic by Chinthaka Kumarasinghe)

The awards ceremony of the 42nd Observer-SLT-Mobitel School Cricketer of the Year contest took place at the BMICH recently. The Youth Observer met Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College, Galle who was picked as the Observer-SLT-Mobitel School Cricketer of the Year, to discuss how he achieved it.

Young Kaveesha Dilhari coming from Rathgama, has proven not only to Sri Lanka but also to the rest of the world, just how much potential she possesses, through her impressive career as a cricketer. From becoming the youngest girl to play on the Sri Lankan national women’s cricket team to recently earning the title of ‘Best female school cricketer’ At the ‘42nd annual ‘Observer SLT-Mobitel School Cricketer of the Year’competition, this young and shining star has worked hard and created a path for herself that will undoubtedly lead to many more impressive accomplishments, accolades and titles that will make herself, her family and her country proud.

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The Observer - SLT - Mobitel School Cricketer Award Ceremony held at BMICH last Tuesday will be Telecast on ITN at 10.15 pm Tonight

The 42nd annual Observer SLT-Mobitel Schools Cricket Awards Ceremony concluded last night at BMICH. Kaveesha Dilhari of Devapathiraja College, Rathgama and Navod Paranawithana of Mahinda College, Galle were adjudged the Best School Cricketers. They received the awards from Chief Guest former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Sanath Jayasuriya. Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, ANCL Chairman W. Dayaratne, PC, SLT-Mobitel Chairman Rohan Fernando and Sunday Observer Editor-in-Chief Dinesh Weerawansa and other invitees are looking on. Pictures by Rukmal Gamage