Sports minister wants the former cricket chief back

Minister of Sports and Tourism, Lakshman Kiriella, revealed today that he is seriously contemplating the inclusion of Rienzie Wijethillake into the Interim Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka.

The minister sighted the heavy workload of the Interim Committee in the months ahead as the reason for his possible appointment..

Wijethillake, who is the managing director of Hatton National Bank, a leading bank in Sri Lanka, was the chairman of the Interim Committee which was appointed in 1999 by the then Sports Minister S.B. Dissanayake. The committee headed by Wijethillake continued for close to a year before the S.B. Dissanayake called for fresh elections.

Minister Kiriella dissolved the board of control in March this year and immediately appointed an Interim to run the affairs. The committee initially comprised of four members but two were brought in later. Wijethillake will therefore be the seventh member.

Wijethillake said today that he has not been approached so far and claimed that he was not interested in taking up a position within the cricket board again.