Sri Lanka Cricket: Questions before the change of guard

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The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee Eran Wickramaratne, recently announced that the Committee had virtually completed its work and that the administration of Sri Lanka Cricket would shortly be handed over to a newly constituted body.

However, Sri Lanka Cricket’s official website presently carries annual reports only up to the year ended 31 December 2024. As more than seven months have elapsed since the end of 2025, could the public be informed when the audited financial statements and annual report for the year ended 31 December 2025 will be published?

The Auditor General’s 2024 report contained significant observations, including non-compliance with tax provisions and weaknesses relating to budgetary control and corporate planning. Management indicated that an ongoing system of comparing actual results with the annual budget had been introduced and that a corporate plan had been finalized. It would be useful to know whether these measures have been fully implemented and will be continued by the new governing body.

Eran Wickramaratne

This is particularly relevant because SLC, in its media release of 19 May 2026, categorically denied reports of a “financial crisis” and stated that it continued to meet all its financial obligations. The 2025 financial statements and the newly appointed Auditor General’s report should provide independent assurance regarding SLC’s financial position and the progress made in addressing the previous audit observations.

Wickramaratne, whose honesty and integrity has never been in doubt, has also announced that a forensic audit would be undertaken into the affairs of SLC. Could the public be informed whether it has been commissioned, its present status and whether its findings will be published?

Shouldn’t these matters preferably be clarified before responsibility passes on to the succeeding administration?

Cricket Enthusiast- Moratuwa