Former SLC administrators failed to rebuild the sport: Sports Minister

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Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage

Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage said that the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) administrators, headed by Shammi Silva, acknowledged their failure to rebuild the sport and thereby tended their resignations.

“We experienced it clearly during the last World Cup,” the Minister said, referring to Sri Lanka’s performances and broader issues within cricket administration.

“Considering all those matters, they resigned from their positions,” he added.

SLC’s entire Executive Committee resigned en bloc, thus paving the way for the Government to appoint an interim committee to run the day-to-day affairs of SLC.

The Minister said the Government had subsequently appointed a new SLC Transformation Committee headed by former Minister Eran Wickramaratne, whom he described as “a capable administrator, a good politician, and a skilled cricketer.”