Sri Lanka: New-look selection committee (31 March 1999)
The first step the newly-elected executive committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) took when they met yesterday was to recommend a fresh selection committee to the Minister of Sports for ratification
31-Mar-1999
31 March 1999
Sri Lanka: New-look selection committee
Sa'adi Thawfeeq
The first step the newly-elected executive committee of the Board of
Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) took when they met yesterday
was to recommend a fresh selection committee to the Minister of
Sports for ratification.
The ExCo decided to drop T.B. Kehelgamuwa and K.M. Nelson from the
existing committee and instead recommended the names of two former
Sri Lanka all-rounders - Uvaisul Karnain and Lalith Kaluperuma.
Duleep Mendis and Ashantha de Mel have been retained, while Shammi
Silva, who is the chairman of the regional selection committee has
been co-opted as the fifth selector.
The ExCo did not name the chairman of selectors which post was held
earlier by Mendis.
The 'Daily News' reliably understands that Mendis is being considered
for a managerial post in the Sri Lanka team for the World Cup.
The first job of the new-look selection committee will be to pick the
Sri Lanka World Cup squad of 15 before April 1.
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)