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, Bata Shoes, and Warner-Hudnut. So far seven players have been able to win the award twice. Almost all the players that have won these awards went on to join the Sri Lanka national cricket team.
List of winners + 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, ColomboObserver-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, ColomboObserver-Haliborange Warner-Hudnut 1980 Arjuna Ranatunga Ananda CollegeObserver-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, ColomboObserver-Bata 1982 Arjuna Ranatunga Ananda CollegeObserver-Bata 1983 Roshan Mahanama Nalanda College, ColomboObserver-Bata Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs. Former Sri Lanka ODI captain and ex-ICC Match Referee 1984 Roshan Mahanama Nalanda College, ColomboObserver-Bata 1985 Asanka Gurusinha Nalanda College, ColomboObserver-Bata Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs. 1986 Roshan Jurangpathy Royal College, ColomboObserver-Bata 1987 Rohan Weerakkody Saint Joseph's College, ColomboObserver-Bata 1988 Sanjeeva Ranatunga Ananda CollegeObserver-Bata 1989 Kumar Dharmasena Nalanda CollegeObserver-Bata Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs. 1990 Marvan Atapattu Ananda CollegeObserver-Bata Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs. 1991 Muttiah Muralitharan St. Anthony's College, KandyObserver-Bata Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs. Most wickets taker in world history. 1992 Sajith Fernando St. Anthony's College, KandyObserver-Bata 1993 Naveed Nawaz DS Senanayake College, ColomboObserver-Bata 1994 Thilan Samaraweera Ananda CollegeObserver-Bata Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs. 1995 Thilan Samaraweera Ananda CollegeObserver-Bata 1996 Nimesh Perera St. Sebastian's College, MoratuwaObserver-Bata 1997 Chinthaka Jayasinghe Dharmapala VidyalayaObserver-Bata 1998 Pradeep Hewage St. Benedict's College, ColomboObserver-Bata 1999 Muthumudalige Pushpakumara Ananda CollegeObserver-Bata 2000 Kaushalya Weeraratne Trinity College, KandyObserver-Bata 2001 Kaushal Lokuarachchi St Peter's College, ColomboObserver-Bata 2002 Sahan Wijeratne Prince of Wales' College, MoratuwaObserver-Bata 2003 Farveez Maharoof Wesley College, ColomboObserver-Bata Captain of Sri Lanka U19 team. Played for Sri Lanka in Tests and ODIs. 2004 Lahiru Peiris St Peter's College, ColomboObserver-Bata 2005 Lahiru Peiris St Peter's College, ColomboObserver-Bata 2006 Gihan Rupasinghe Nalanda CollegeObserver-Bata 2007 Malith Gunathilake Ananda CollegeObserver-Bata 2008 Umesh Karunarathne Thurstan CollegeObserver – SLT Mobitel 2009 Dinesh Chandimal Ananda CollegeObserver – 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, ColomboObserver – SLT Mobitel 2011 Bhanuka Rajapaksa Royal College, ColomboObserver – SLT Mobitel 2012Niroshan DickwellaTrinity College, KandyObserver – SLT Mobitel Current Test, ODI, and T20 2013Kusal MendisPrince of Wales' College, MoratuwaObserver – SLT Mobitel 2014Sadeera SamarawickramaSaint Joseph's College, ColomboObserver – SLT Mobitel 2015Charith AsalankaRichmond College, GalleObserver – SLT Mobitel 2016Charith AsalankaRichmond College, GalleObserver – SLT Mobitel 2017Nipun RansikaP de S Kularatne Vidyalaya, AmbalangodaObserver – SLT Mobitel 2018Hasitha BoyagodaTrinity College, KandyObserver – SLT Mobitel 2019Kamil MisharaRoyal College, ColomboObserver – SLT Mobitel 2020Navod ParanavithanaMahinda College, GalleObserver – SLT Mobitel 2021Navod ParanavithanaMahinda College, GalleObserver – SLT Mobitel 2022Dunith WellalageSaint Joseph's College, ColomboObserver – SLT Mobitel 2023Shevon DanielSaint Joseph's College, Colombo 2024Dinura KalupahanaMahinda College, Galle
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