Sri Lanka Rugby reinstated by Asia Rugby SourceDailymirror Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) has had its membership with Asian Rugby (AR) reinstated after Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe withdrew a gazette that had temporarily suspended SLR. In a gazette issued on April 1 2022, former Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa temporarily suspended the SLR administration through a gazette, and appointed the then Director General of Sports Amal Edirisuriya as a Competent Authority. Based on this gazette, AR suspended the membership of SLR, which has now been rescinded after Minister Ranasinghe withdrew the gazette earlier this week. The Minister subsequently dissolved the SLR administration and appointed a standing committee to stabilize the sports body, which include constitutional changes to allow clubs to have voting rights. ...
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New cricket selection committee Source:Dailynews The Cricket Committee headed by Aravinda de Silva is to recommend the names of Pramodya Wickremasinghe, Romesh Kaluvitharana, and Hemantha Devapriya to serve as National Cricket Selectors. The Cricket Committee is to make this recommendation to the Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa next week. (AN) ...
Mar 22, 2021
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Vaas goes to Parliament as cricket’s latest casualty-BY CALLISTUS DAVY Flashback to May 2019: Chaminda Vaas imparts fast bowling tips to two village boys, Steven Soosai (left) and MRM Rimzi at a private clinic in Colombo Source:Sundayobserver Chaminda Vaas joined the list of ex-players to be forced out of national cricket coaching which has exposed a cruel and forbidden system that the powers that be are yet to address as the sport has been placed in the dock awaiting its fate or salvation. Vaas and cricket have not only gone to parliament for debate but has shed light on a free-for-all set up at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) where nepotism and cronyism is the name of the game that has led to an unprecedented crash of the team. The scenario could not have been explained any better than by Vaas himself who said in a public message that “justice will ...
A 4-member technical committee of former cricket Source:Ceylontoday Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa has appointed a new technical advisory committee for the development of cricket headed by former cricket captain Aravinda de Silva, who has been appointed as the chairman of the committee. Former cricketers Roshan Mahanama, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Kumar Sangakkara, who represented the Sri Lanka national cricket team, have been appointed as the other members of the new technical committee. ...
Feb 8, 2021
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SLC to cut player salaries by 40%-by Rex Clementine Source:Island Sri Lanka’s elite cricketers are set to feel the pinch soon when their national contracts are up for negotiations in six weeks time. Cricket sources told Sunday Island that the board is considering slashing players salaries by as much as 40% following the recent disastrous performance in the two match Test series against England. Sri Lanka lost the first Test by seven wickets and the second Test inside four days by six wickets with the batting collapsing in both games as England won their sixth game in a row in Sri Lanka. Although a performance based incentive for players was suggested by Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa recently, the initial suggestion to cut salaries had come within the board. ...
