Sri Lanka, July 19 -- The Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year show will be held uninterrupted for the 42nd year maintaining its undisputed record of being the Mother of All cricket Shows.

Of the 41 awards ceremonies held to date since its inaugural Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year show in 1978-79, Thurstan College could not produce a single champion, except for once in 2008.

The Thurstanite schoolboy cricketer who had that rare honour in the annals of the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year history was Umesh Karunaratne, the golden boy of Sri Lanka school cricket some 12 years ago.

Karunaratne became the first cricketer from Thurstan College to win the Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year, 30 years...