Sri Lanka Cricket Awaits Overhaul: Government Initiates Constitutional Draft

The Sri Lankan cabinet has directed a legal draftsman to work on a new constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), based on recommendations by the Chitrasiri Committee. The intervention aims to implement a new governing structure following allegations of vote-buying and questionable management practices within SLC.

The Sri Lankan cabinet has decided to instruct its legal draftsman to work on a draft of a new constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), based on recommendations by a committee of retired judges.

Known as the 'Chitrasiri Committee,' the panel proposed a structure where the SLC would be governed by an 18-member board of directors.

The government stepped in to overhaul the structure when then sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe dismissed the current SLC administration, replacing it with an interim committee.

Ranasinghe's decision resulted in Sri Lanka's ICC membership being suspended, and the SLC lost its right to host the U-19 World Cup, which was subsequently held in South Africa.

The current SLC management election process has faced severe criticism for excessive vote buying aimed at maintaining the status quo at the helm of the organization.

The proposed new law aims to set term limits while altering the voting structure to ensure fairer governance.

(With inputs from agencies.)