Cricket Interim Committee dissolved

The Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage has dissolved the Interim Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket from November 15, 2011. It was appointed on July 1, 2011. This decision was taken as per the powers vested in the Minister of Sports under the 1973 Sports Act 25, Articles 32, 33 and 34.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Sports, Udaya Ranjith Seneviratne has been appointed as the competent authority to temporarily overlook matters with regard to Sri Lanka Cricket with effect from yesterday. The Ministry of Sports states that the Minister of Sports has appointed the secretary with effect from November 15, 2011 until further notice.

Interim committees appointed by the government have run cricket in Sri Lanka for the last seven years.

In July, Aluthgamage dissolved the committee headed by former player Somachandra de Silva following allegations of mismanagement and corruption, and replaced it with a panel headed by Upali Dharmadasa.

The ministry has promised it would abide by a new ICC directive requiring all national boards to be elected independently by June 2012.