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It's a three-cornered battle for the top spot in the Observer-Bata Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year and indications are that there will be a flood of votes for the front runners - Eashan Abeysinghe of Ananda, Thushan Amerasuriya of Royal and Muditha Maduwantha of D. S. Senanayake College.

Eashan Abeysinghe leads for the second successive week with 5,628 votes - just 197 votes ahead of second placed Thushan Amerasuriya who has 5,431 votes. Muditha Maduwantha who was second last week has dropped down one place and is third with 5,219 votes.

The last coupon appeared in The Observer of Friday, April 9 and voting on coupon number 12 will end on April 15 and the results of the competition will appear in the Sunday Observer of April 18.

In the Most Popular Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer of the year, Kasun Bulathsinghala of Maris Stella leads with 3,538 votes from his schoolmate Ishan Mutaliph who has 1,974 votes after count on coupon number eleven.

Observer readers are requested to send in the votes on coupon number 12 as soon as possible to enable us to publish the results in the Sunday Observer of April 18.

Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the year

Coupon No. 11

1. Eashan Abeysinghe   (Ananda)     5,628
2. Thushan Amerasuriya (Royal)      5,431
3. Muditha Maduwantha  (DSSC)       5,219
4. S. Shanaka Caldera  (STC ML)     435
5. Upeka Fernando      (STC ML)     378
6. Johannes Jayasuriya (SJC)        239
7. Kasun Jayaratne     (SACK)       238
8. Gihan Fernando      (STC ML)     156
9. Naren Ratwatte      (STC ML)     114
10. A. Riyas           (Wesley)     103