Sri Lankan Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year

Schoolboy Cricketer 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 Lakspray. 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		Captain of Sri Lanka U19 team.
1976	Anura Ranasinghe	Nalanda College, Colombo
1978	Ranjan Madugalle	Royal College, Colombo	Warner-Hudnut Limited	Test Cricket captain of Sri Lanka 1987-1988
1979	Ranjan Madugalle	Royal College, Colombo	Observer
1980	Arjuna Ranatunga	Ananda College	Observer	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, Bambalapitiya	Observer
1982	Arjuna Ranatunga	Ananda College	Observer
1983	Roshan Mahanama	Nalanda College	Observer	Captained the ODI team for two matches in 1994. International Cricket Council match referee 2004 -2009.
1984	Roshan Mahanama	Nalanda College	Observer	He is the first man to have stood as a match referee in a day-night test match in Test history.[2]
1985	Asanka Gurusinha	Nalanda College	Observer
1986	Roshan Jurangpathy	Royal College, Colombo	Observer
1987	Rohan Weerakkody	Saint Joseph's College, Colombo	Observer
1988	Sanjeeva Ranatunga	Ananda College	Observer
1989	Kumar Dharmasena	Nalanda College	Observer
1990	Marvan Atapattu	Ananda College	Observer
1991	Muttiah Muralitharan	St. Anthony's College, Kandy	Observer
1992	Sajith Fernando	St. Anthony's College, Kandy	Observer
1993	Naveed Nawaz		Observer
1994	Thilan Samaraweera	Ananda College	Observer
1995	Thilan Samaraweera	Ananda College	Observer
1996	Nimesh Perera	St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa	Observer
1997	Chinthaka Jayasinghe	Dharmapala Vidyalaya	Observer, Bata
1998	Pradeep Hewage	St. Benedict's College, Colombo	Observer
1999	Muthumudalige Pushpakumara	Ananda College	Observer
2000	Kaushalya Weeraratne	Trinity College, Kandy	Observer
2001	Kaushal Lokuarachchi	St Peter's College, Colombo	Observer
2002	Sahan Wijeratne	Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa	Observer
2003	Farveez Maharoof	Wesley College, Colombo	Observer	Captain of Sri Lanka U19 team.
2004	Lahiru Peiris	St Peter's College, Colombo	Observer
2005	Lahiru Peiris	St Peter's College, Colombo	Observer
2006	Gihan Rupasinghe	Nalanda College	Observer
2007	Malith Gunathilake	Ananda College	Observer
2008	Umesh Karunarathne	Thurstan College	Observer
2009	Dinesh Chandimal	Ananda College	Observer	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, Mobitel
2011	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	Royal College, Colombo	Observer, Mobitel
2012	Niroshan Dickwella	Trinity College, Kandy	Observer, Mobitel	Current Test, ODI, and T20 Vice Captain
2013	Kusal Mendis	Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa	Observer, Mobitel
2014	Sadeera Samarawickrama	Saint Joseph's College, Colombo	Observer, Mobitel
2015	Charith Asalanka	Richmond College, Galle	Observer, Mobitel
2016	Charith Asalanka	Richmond College, Galle	Bata, Observer, Mobitel
2017	Nipun Ransika	P de S Kularatne Vidyalaya, Ambalangoda	Observer, Mobitel,
2018	Hasitha Boyagoda	Trinity College, Kandy	Mobitel, Observer

References

1. "Sri Lanka team studded with three Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketers". Daily News. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
2. Roshan Mahanama