The Observer Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the year awards ceremony will be held at the Grand Ballroom of the Galadari Hotel, Colombo at 5.30 pm today. The outstanding school boy cricketers of the 2016/17 cricket season will be rewarded at this grand ceremony which is being held for the 39th year.
Former Sri Lanka Cricketer and the present manager of the Sri Lanka Cricket team Asanka Gurusinha will be the chief guest at this award ceremony. Gurusinha had the honour of being adjudged the Schoolboy Cricketer of the year in 1985. after an excellent season for his alma mater Nalanda College.
The award ceremony will inspire the recipients to give of their best on the cricket field and go on to represent the country and follow in the footsteps of several top Sri Lanka cricketers who have won this award of the calibre of Ranjan Madugalle (1979), Arjuna Ranatunga (1980), Roshan Mahanama (1983 and 1984), Asanka Gurusinha (1985), Kumara Dharmasena (1989), Marvan Atapattu (1990), Muttiah Muralitharan (1991), Dinesh Chandimal (2009) and Kusal Mendis (2013).
The most outstanding cricketer of the season will be awarded the prestigious Observer Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year trophy while several other awards will be on offer for the top schoolboy cricketers of the season.
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