Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year

School Cricketers Of The Year Award is an award given to school cricketers in Sri Lanka. It was first awarded by the patronage of Warner-Hudunut Ltd in 1978 and The Sunday Observer newspaper by Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited has been sponsoring the award since 1979 in collaboration with other companies such as Mobitel (Sri Lanka), Bata Shoes, and Warner-Hudnut. So far seven players have been able to win the award twice. Almost all the players that have won this awards went on to join the Sri Lanka national cricket team.[1]

List of players to win the 'Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year' award
Year Player Name School Award Sponsor Remarks
1975 Anura Ranasinghe Nalanda College, Colombo Not counted in the official series
1976 Anura Ranasinghe Nalanda College, Colombo Not counted in the official series
1978 Ranjan Madugalle Royal College, Colombo

Observer-Haliborange Warner-Hudnut

Not counted in the official series. Test Cricket captain of Sri Lanka 1987-1988 and ICC Chief Match Referee
1979 Ranjan Madugalle Royal College, Colombo

Observer-Haliborange Warner-Hudnut

1980 Arjuna Ranatunga Ananda College

Observer-Bata

Test and ODI Cricket captain of Sri Lanka 1989-1999. Sri Lanka won the 1996 Cricket World Cup under his captaincy.
1981 Rohan Buultjiens St. Peter's College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

1982 Arjuna Ranatunga Ananda College

Observer-Bata

1983 Roshan Mahanama Nalanda College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs. Former Sri Lanka ODI captain and ex-ICC Match Referee
1984 Roshan Mahanama Nalanda College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

1985 Asanka Gurusinha Nalanda College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs.
1986 Roshan Jurangpathy Royal College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

1987 Rohan Weerakkody Saint Joseph's College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

1988 Sanjeeva Ranatunga Ananda College

Observer-Bata

1989 Kumar Dharmasena Nalanda College

Observer-Bata

Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs.
1990 Marvan Atapattu Ananda College

Observer-Bata

Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs.
1991 Muttiah Muralitharan St. Anthony's College, Kandy

Observer-Bata

Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs.
1992 Sajith Fernando St. Anthony's College, Kandy

Observer-Bata

1993 Naveed Nawaz DS Senanayake College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

1994 Thilan Samaraweera Ananda College

Observer-Bata

Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs.
1995 Thilan Samaraweera Ananda College

Observer-Bata

1996 Nimesh Perera St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa

Observer-Bata

1997 Chinthaka Jayasinghe Dharmapala Vidyalaya

Observer-Bata

1998 Pradeep Hewage St. Benedict's College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

1999 Muthumudalige Pushpakumara Ananda College

Observer-Bata

2000 Kaushalya Weeraratne Trinity College, Kandy

Observer-Bata

2001 Kaushal Lokuarachchi St Peter's College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

2002 Sahan Wijeratne Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa

Observer-Bata

2003 Farveez Maharoof Wesley College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

Captain of Sri Lanka U19 team. Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs.
2004 Lahiru Peiris St Peter's College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

2005 Lahiru Peiris St Peter's College, Colombo

Observer-Bata

2006 Gihan Rupasinghe Nalanda College

Observer-Bata

2007 Malith Gunathilake Ananda College

Observer-Bata

2008 Umesh Karunarathne Thurstan College

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2009 Dinesh Chandimal Ananda College

Observer - SLT Mobitel

Former Test, ODI, and T20I Captain. Also captained Sri Lanka in Hong-Kong-Sixes Tournament, and T10 Cricket League
2010 Bhanuka Rajapaksa Royal College, Colombo

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2011 Bhanuka Rajapaksa Royal College, Colombo

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2012

Niroshan Dickwella

Trinity College, Kandy

Observer - SLT Mobitel

Current Test, ODI, and T20
2013

Kusal Mendis

Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2014

Sadeera Samarawickrama

Saint Joseph's College, Colombo

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2015

Charith Asalanka

Richmond College, Galle

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2016

Charith Asalanka

Richmond College, Galle

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2017

Nipun Ransika

P de S Kularatne Vidyalaya, Ambalangoda

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2018

Hasitha Boyagoda

Trinity College, Kandy

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2019

Kamil Mishara

Royal College, Colombo

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2020

Navod Paranavithana

Mahinda College, Galle

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2021

Navod Paranavithana

Mahinda College, Galle

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2022

Dunith Wellalage

Saint Joseph's College, Colombo

Observer - SLT Mobitel

2023

Shevon Daniel

Saint Joseph's College, Colombo

References

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  1. ^ "Sri Lanka team studded with three Observer-Mobitel School Cricketers". Daily News. Retrieved 2018-02-18.