Sri Lanka's sports ministry sets up a cricket advisory committee
It will help with the day-to-day activities of the Competent Authority, which is currently heading up the SLC until fresh elections take place
Madushka Balasuriya
12-Nov-2018
Sri Lanka's fans enjoy a sunny day at The Oval • Getty Images/ICC
Sri Lanka's sports ministry has appointed a five-member advisory committee to assist in Sri Lanka Cricket's day-to-day operations, until yet-to-be-announced board elections are held. It is expected to share duties with the sports ministry-appointed Competent Authority, which has been heading up SLC since June 1.
Comprising president's counsel Dinal Philips, Samantha Rajapaksa, Mohamed Hisham Jamaldeen, Ranil Pathirana and Lasantha Wickremasinghe, the committee has been mandated with "inculcating corporate and operational efficiency."
An SLC release said: "The new committee will provide guidelines for the SLC management to continue its operations unhindered, whilst it will also focus on inculcating corporate and operational efficiency to SLC operations, going forward"
The appointment of this advisory committee - effective November 9 - comes on the heels of three other committee appointments last week, though SLC confirmed that each committee would retain a degree of autonomy and exist independent of each other.
"The recently appointed Cricket Advisory Committee, Tournament Committee and the Umpires Committee will co-exist independently and are authorised to take decisions, without interference from any parties on cricket-related matters," the release concluded.
SLC elections have been delayed indefinitely since May 31 after a Court of Appeal found that SLC election protocol had been flouted in the run-up to the elections. While the court subsequently lifted the ban, elections failed to materialise in the months since. The ICC has set a deadline of February 9, 2019 for the SLC to hold its elections.