Arjuna Ranatunga Sacked!

In a media statement earlier today Sri Lanka Cricket announced that Sports minster Gamini Lokuge has relieved Arjuna Ranatunga of his duties as chairman of SLC.

The interim committee which governed Sri lanka Cricket has also been dissolved.

The Hon. Minister of Sports & Public Recreation Gamini Lokuge has dissolved the Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee with immediate effect.

Furthermore the Secretary to the ministry of sports & Public Recreation Mr. S. Liyanagama has been appointed as the Competent Authority until further notice.

by Hilal Suhaib +/- Expand Post

Interim Committee to be disolved?

Sports minister Gamini Lokuge is to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa ahead of taking a final decision on a possible dissolution of the Interim Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, reports the Ceylon Daily News.

A few excerpts can be found below you may read the full story here.

Minister Lokuge when contacted said that it was too premature to comment on the issue, but stressed that any decision regarding the SLC Interim Committee will be taken on the advice and recommendations of President Rajapaksa.

The Minister agreed that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the sport’s local controlling body was afflicted by a spate of ills as was recently highlighted in Parliament by SLC Interim Committee Chairman and MP Arjuna Ranatunga during the Committee Stage debate of the Ministry of Sports, and the only panacea could be either to hold elections to SLC or form a fresh Interim Committee.

Posted by Hilal Suhaib

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