Sri Lanka: Four clubs out of 'Sara' cricket (28 July 1999)
The interim committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka has decided to uphold the recommendation of the tournament committee to revoke the promotion granted to five clubs following protests of bias lodged by many member clubs
28-Jul-1999
28 July 1999
Sri Lanka: Four clubs out of 'Sara' cricket
The Daily News
The interim committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri
Lanka has decided to uphold the recommendation of the tournament
committee to revoke the promotion granted to five clubs following
protests of bias lodged by many member clubs.
As a result of this decision Ragama SC, Dimbula CC, Chilaw Marians
SC, Weera SC and Malay CC will not play in the Sara trophy tournament
in the 1999-2000 season on the grounds that there was no justifiable
basis.
Instead, the tournament committee will conduct a qualifying
tournament in 1999-2000 at division II level for 16 clubs including
those mentioned excepting Dimbula, since the club was not even a
participant in the division II tournament in 1998-99.
The first eight teams from this qualifying tournament will be
promoted to the Sara tournament for the 2000-2001 season, states a
Cricket Board press release.
The Cricket Board has also appointed the following sub-committees in
a honorary capacity to advice them on relevant matters:
Infrastructure Development (Colombo/Outstation) Advisory Panel:
Dr. Michael Joachim (chairman), Ashley de Vos, Vasantha Ratnayake,
Ranil Abeynaike (co-opted to this committee).
Insurance Advisory Panel: C.T.A. Schaffter (chairman), Darrel
de Zilwa, S. Siyasena.
National Cricket Development Committee: Ranjit Fernando, Ranjan
Madugalle, Jayantha Seneviratne, Bandula Warnapura, Chandra Schaffter,
Mano Ponniah, Malcolm Perera, Norton Frederick, Lalith Wijeratne (to
co-ordinate the deployment of regional funds and their administration
in consultation with the Board's Finance Manager).
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)