Sri Lanka Cricket management dissolved by Sports Ministry amidst Corruption Allegations
The Sports Minister of Sri Lanka, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, has dissolved the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board in order to bring a drastic change in the structure and standard of cricket in the Island nation.
The board management has been encountering corruption allegations and governance problems for the last few months.
SLC Media manager, Brian Thomas, said, “The board has been dissolved, that is a fact. The government have not told us the reason why but this particular interim committee has served its two years”.
An interim committee is going to be set up to run the board affairs until the appointment of a new management team.
Following the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, that Sri Lanka co-hosted, with, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, the SLC was accused of mismanaging the funds that led the board to fall in debts. The national media unleashed a blame game against board officials.
Moreover, the entire selection committee of the board resigned after Sri Lanka’s failure in the tournament and the SLC came at odds with the political authorities on the issue of appointing new selectors.
Most of all, a file containing data records, of the World Cup was stolen from the control room of the board some days ago. This incident confirmed doubts into the belief that the board managers had embezzled funds.
All these developments provoked the sports ministry to lash out on the managerial ranks of the national cricket governing body.
Some days back, the ministry spokesman revealed, “The minister intends to make changes at Sri Lanka Cricket as soon as the national team returns from England”.
However, Mahindananda has not waited for the team’s return to execute his ‘reformative plan’.
The dismissed board management team was led by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dandeniyage-Somachandra-De-Silva-c52210, a former cricketer.
The political bosses of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 have taken this step despite International Cricket Council’s (ICC) recently imposed rule that separates cricket from politics in all cricketing nations.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hong-Kong-c2919, passed a constitutional amendment that demands all the member boards to shun political influence and be independent. The ICC rule threatens to cancel the membership of any board that does not comply.
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