Sri Lanka Telecom-Mobitel will sponsor the annual Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer contest for the year 2014. Sri Lanka Telecom-Mobitel is sponsoring the contest for the seventh consecutive year to harness and reward outstanding schoolboy cricketers in the island. This year is the 36th year in the series of annual Schoolboy Cricketer contest in which a galaxy of top class cricketers, who represented Sri Lanka were picked. Here, the Sri Lanka Telecom-Mobitel Senior Deputy General Manager Nalin Perera presenting the sponsorship cheque to ANCL Chairman and Managing Director, veteran media personality Bandula Padmakumara at Lake House Chairman’s office yesterday. ANCL Director Editorial Seelaratne Senarath (left) and ANCL Legal Director Rasanga Harischandra look on.
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As any schoolboy cricketer's ambition is to one represent the country at the highest level, the SUNDAY OBSERVER/MOBITEL Schoolboy Cricketer Of The Year Sadeera Samarawickrema 's intentions were quite clear as he became only the second player from St.Joseph's to win the richest school cricket award since Josephian Rohan Weerakkody won it in 1987.
Sunday Observer/Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer 2014....: Sadeera Samarawickrema of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo carried away the Sunday Observer/Mobitel School Cricket plum for the Year 2014 when he was judged the Schoolboy Cricketer Of The Year amidst a distinguished gathering at the Cinnamon Grand Ball Room last Wednesday .
CRICKET IN FOCUS.... Nalanda College’s star cricketer of the past – Kumara Dharmasena now one of the leading cricket umpires in the world, made it a date to be at the Sunday Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year.
OBSERVER/MOBITEL CRICKET AWARDS: Thirty seven awards will be at stake at this year’s SUNDAY OBSERVER/MOBITEL SCHOOLBOY CRICKETER OF THE YEAR CONTEST which has produced many top class cricketers on it’s 35-year-old journey.
The 36th Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer 2014 awards night will be telecast on October 25 at 9.30 p.m. on Channel Eye, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.
The Mega Show which richly rewards budding schoolboy cricketers - the 36th Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year awards presentation will be held at the grand ballroom of the Cinnamon Grand on Wednesday. Former Sri Lanka cricketer and current ICC elite panel umpire Kumar Dharmasena, who had won the prestigious Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award in 1989, will be the chief guest.
The grand finale of the 36th Sunday Observer/Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year contest will be held on October 15 at the Oak Room of The Cinnamon Grand Hotel from 5.30 pm. The show of shows brings out the cream of schoolboy cricketers. It has continued for over three decades and provided the platform for young aspiring cricketers.
