Sri Lanka Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe. File
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Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe on November 19 slammed Sri Lanka Cricket for bidding for a ban from the ICC, calling it a “big betrayal of the country”.
Ranasinghe had appointed an interim committee after sacking the governing physique headed by Shammi Silva following the nationwide staff’s disastrous World Cup marketing campaign.
“This is big betrayal of the country,” mentioned Ranasinghe after studying out correspondence with the ICC by Silva administration.
“They were doing so to selfishly hang on to positions after audit reports had highlighted their corrupt action.” Ranasinghe had appointed legendary captain Arjuna Ranatunga as the head of the seven-member interim committee.
But the ICC then suspended SLC with speedy impact for presidency interference and Silva additionally managed to acquire a court docket order suspending the interim committee.
In response to a parliamentary speech by the foremost opposition chief Sajith Premadasa accusing SLC of selling the ICC for a ban, SLC mentioned Ranasinghe was politically interfering in its work and as a full member they had been obligation sure to stick to the articles of affiliation of the ICC.
The case on the suspension of the interim committee is to be taken up on November 20 in the Court of Appeal.
At least three judges have recused listening to the case. Ranasinghe led a scathing assault towards the chair of the court docket of enchantment in parliament for ignoring the audit report that highlighted the misdeeds of the SLC.
Last Wednesday, SLC had slapped a defamation lawsuit towards Ranasinghe for making “damaging defamatory statements” towards it, deepening the administrative disaster in the nation.
The chaos in Sri Lankan cricket got here after the nationwide staff’s early exit from the World Cup. The Lankans managed solely two wins in 9 video games.
